The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-26

days aftefwafd the owner Of the ma.
chine was surprised to get a letter
from Justice Naar informing him that
he had violated the speed; law on the
trip and inviting him to pay a small
sum in fines and costs.
Mr.. Naar says in his own defense
that when he had evidence of a VIOLA
ton Of the speed limits he wrote to
the man alleged to be guilty and laid
the case before him. The object in
writing, Mr.. Mar claims through
counsel, was saving the expense of
mileage each time in bringing the vio-
lator to Trenton for trial, if the motor
list was ready3to plead guilty. In cases
where the motorist agreed by letter
to pay the fine hat agreement was
construed to be a plea of guilty, and
the case was settled. Mr. Mar de-
clares that in several cases the viola
tors thanked him for taking such a
course instead Of forcing them to come
to Trenton when they were already
willing to pay the fine.
Opposition to Anti Saloon Laws.
In the senate Senator Hillery Of Nor
ris said he would send to the presi-
dents desk the large batch of letters
urging him not to vote for any anti
saloon legislation which he had re-
ceived. The 600 which he had received
that day, he said, were Implications
of the 400 that reached him last week,
and they were all duplicates and evil
IDENTIFY the result of a carefully planned
anti-local option campaign.
Much to the surprise of some of the
militia officers, Assemblyman Vreden-
burgh's bill providing for the compul-
sorry retirement of officers of the ma
tional guard upon attaining the age OF
sixty-four years and permitting them
to retire voluntarily with the next
higher grade in rank upon reaching
the age of sixty-two years passed the
senate without a dissenting vote. When
it passed the house some time ago by
the votes of all the members present
the opponents of the measure said
they would be able to stop it in the
senate, and they were much surprised
when they were unable to muster a
single vote against it. There is a gen.
eral opinion among the friends of the
national guard that it needs a wedding
out of old material and an infusion Of
new blood, and it is believed that the
governor will sign the bill. 1t is also
admitted that it will affect some of the
best officers Of the guard, and it is re-
GREETED that they will have to be sac
rificed with those who have outlived
their usefulness and whose removal is
imperatively demanded by the welfare
of the states soldiery. Some of the Of
fcers whom the bill will remove are
Adjutant General r. Heber Breitnall,
Deputy Adjutant General James S.
Kiger, Inspector Joseph w. Congdon,
Surgeon General John D. McGill, Lieu
tenant Colonel Mortimer Lampson,
Medical Inspector and Lieutenant Colo
mel George e. P. Howard, judge advo-
cate general of division.
Most of Tuesday afternoon was TAX
en- up in committee of both houses in
giving hearings on various measures.
One of the most important of these
was a two hour forensic display before
the senate committee on judiciary over
the four employers liability bills now
in the keeping of that committee. The
bills introduced by Senators Acker-
man of Union and Osborne of Essex
were favored by representatives of the
labor unions, and it is believed that
the committee will report one of them.
W. Hale Apgar of Trenton, who, al
though a member of the Mercer coun-
ty tax board, represents a railroad
company in the lobby, spoke against
all the bills, claiming that the existing
law was sufficient for all present
needs.
To Protect ChiIdren's Health.
Among the bills which the senate
passed was that by Senator Alderman
which provides that each school dis
trict shall employ a medical supervisor
to look after the health of the chill
dren in such school district.
Another bill which went through the
senate makes a slight change in the
boundary of the second district court
judicial district of Bergen county, and
still another validates bonds issued by
counties for the purchase of toll Dads.
The bill which gives third and fourth
class counties the right to contract
with sheriffs to feed prisoners was lost.
Senators Hand of Cape May and Geb-
hardt of Hunterdon both advocated the
measure and attempted to show how it
was to the interest of the smallericoun-
ties to make such contracts. Mr..
Hinchliffe of Passaic and Mr.. Fielder
of Hudson tried just as hard to show
that such arrangements were perni-
cious. Senator Wakelee Of Bergen
said that he favored such a bill last
year and~would vote for the measure
this year if it was amended so that it
would apply to all counties alike. 1t
was not so amended, however, and
went down to defeat.