The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-17
LOCAL OPTION
MEASURE HAS NO
CHANGE TO PASS
Even Its Backers Are Willing to
Admit 1t Has Little
Strength.
REPORTED TO SENATE
WITHOUT COMMENT
Grist Ground Out by the LegisIa-
tive Mill at Trenton
Yesterday.
From a STAFF Correspondent

TRENTON, March 17.-Senator 10
sepRs. Frelinghuysen, chairman Of the
judiciary committee, reported late yes
terday afternoon h muci-talked-of
local option bill. without recommended
ton. TIL advocates of this bill are not
hopeful of its passage, the largest num-
Der of votes which they count on being
8 out Of the Il senator's. Ii is not prob
able that the bill will receive more
than seven votes, those who, il Is said,
will vote for 1t being Messrs. Acker-
man, Bradley, Minch and Plummer,
Republicans, and Messrs. Gebhardt, Sill
ger and Cornish. Democrats.
Municipal ownership received a set
back when the Senate passed Senator
Browns measure, which allows Dor
oughs to sell public utility plants when
operated at a loss.
The upper House yesterday passed a
bill increasing the speed of automobiles
In this State from twenty to thirty
miles an hour, thus setting at defiance
the House, which last week cut down
this speed to twenty miles an hour in
the Colgate bill.
Senator Leavitt put in a substitute
for a school bill. which provides for a
permanent distribution of the munich
pal share of the main stem railroad
tax, and makes the tax payable the
following June after apportionment on
the collectlble tax.
A feature of the House afternoon
session was the passage of the dwell
bill, requiring railroads to pay their
employees at least once i'm two weeks.
Committee on Elections.
The Senate adopted a concurrent res
olution for the appointment of a joint
committee to be composed of three sem
ators and Ave assemblymen to consider
the Governors special message on cleo
ton laws.
Governor Fort gave warning to the
Legislature during the day that he
would not approve any bill for bond
ing municipalities which does not carry
with it a provision with relation to the
issuance of bonds which shall require
that the bonds shall only be sold upon
bids duly advertised for or upon the
sale of such bonds at public sale.
The House defeated a bin terminating
the term OF all county school superin-
tendents on July A.. The bill was vigor-
ously opposed on the ground that many
of the present incumbents could not
qualify for reappointment under q bill
also passed yesterday, which Axes
qualifications for future appointments
of county school superintendents.
The House also defeated the bill to
regulate fishing in the Delaware river
through joint action of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
Teachers Tenure Bill.
The House committee on education
last night reported a substitute for
Assemblyman Amos Fl. Radcliffe's
teachers life tenure bill without rec
ommendation. The bill went on the
calendar FOR second reading.
John j. Matthews. of Hunterdon in
PRODUCED in the House a duplicate of
Senator John Hinchliffe's thirteen word
measu for abolishing voting ma
chimes.
Child Labor Hearing.
TRENTON, March t~7.-Several hun<'
dred persons came to Trenton to speak
for the passage of Assemblyman
Charles P. Olwell's bill. No. 50. before
the House committee on labor and in
dustries, providing that children under
16 may not be employed at night from
6 D. M. to s a. m. Mrs. Emily f..
Williamson. Of Elizabeth; Mrs. Caro-
line B. Alexander, of Hoboken. and
Secretary owen Lovejoy, of the Ma
tional Anti-Child Labor Association,
were speakers for the bill. After the
morning session Thursday the hearing
will be continued.