The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-08

this year. There need be 10 difficulty.
The State can get through without
passing these bills if the State officials
want to by carrying out this program
| have mapped out and by practising
proper ~retrenchment.
Follow any or all of these plans
and you will have no trouble. My tax
bill and yours, Mr.. Speaker, is payable
October 20. If we do not pay a penalty
is added after December 20.
THE railroads get their tax bills on
January. i. They a o~ne-fourth on
February 1 and one-fourth on May i,
another quarter on August l, the re-
mainder on November L. Then the
State is supposed to distribute this
money after the last quarter Is in. This
bill would hold 1t for six months more.
Specifically the joint finance commit
tee said it was necessary to have a
State working balance. Then let the
railroads pay all their tax bills on Feb
rnary /, or even January ], when the
bills are sent out. Then you Will nave
your balance
Young on the Bill.
Young. of Essex, in speaking for the
bill, said:
lne 2LdlG is III d lndllCiol OiS ihAs
is not the ultimate n proper solution,
but we must pass this bill
Questioned by Sullivan, Young said
the schools received too much.
Blauvelt, of Passaic, made the hot
test speech of the session against the
I4eavitt bill, being frequently inter-
rnpted by Democratic applause.
Let us see by what h%ippancy of
t----.y ..Gi Iotaa,,a1s sthia 1oanau
was held up in the first place
He her read the act of 1906. and rid
iculed the refusal of the State Comp
troller to distribute railroad taxes to
chools until all the money was In.
You have collected all of our money
due us last November but a measly
$13, 00o," he went on. You have got
In the treasury 50, 500, 900 that belongs to
us. Why don't you give it to us? What
right have you got to it? You don't
care attack the schools" and the Pas
sale man walked among the members,
his voice vibrating with passion.
BIauveIrs Def.
You don't dare attack the schools,
any more than you dare attack that
flag. They are in no more danger than
that nag.
Where Is this money? | have tried
to find out. / understand it is In 12b
banks drawing not more than 2 per
cent. interest a year, and | know that
my city of Paterson is borrowing money
now, going to the bankers and paying
4 or 5 per cent. The city is paying out
$500 every month TO let the State cling
to these funds that belong TO us.
Repudiates G. o. p.
They say this is a Republican move
i .repudiate it's Republicanism. It's
plain, diabolical trickery.
Instead of attacking the schools in
the open, a thing none dares do, this
move is a recourse to subterfuge n
deception.
Let me show you What the Repub-
lican party had to say of the Demo
cratic party In the State convention
platform of 1907. This is it.:
spent without Authority.
The State money was expended
without authority of law, and this led
to the diversion of school money to
State use to save the party from the
odium of a State a x
s'That was what the Republican party
said of the last Democratic administra-
ton. As a Republican l do not pro-
pose any such move shall be made by
our palrty.
Whats the use of r~epudiating our
actions and being put down by these
fellows across the hall every time "a
nefarious scheme like this comes up.
LET Us BE Men,"
lie us be men. Do not back down.
Let public opinion prevail. If the peo-
fle want such Legislation as this let us
find 1t out by going to them. My city
and every municipality In Passaic
county is demanding the defeat of this
bill and the immediate distribution of
the money that belongs to US. Let rea-
son have sway; do not back down. Do
not let power force you TO repudiate
the passage of the Radcliffe bill"