The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-09
Martins Repeater Is
Beaten in the House
After Long Fight.
KENNY, OF HUDSON.
ASSISTS IN BATTLE
Pet Measure of Essex Man Is
Beaten by Large
Vote.
FORT GETS TAX GRAB
PLAN BEFORE BODY
Measure, if Passed. Would Take
S5OO,OOO from Schools
of This County.
rFron a stan Correspondent. !

From STAFF Correspondent
TRENTON. March e.-Despite the
valicnt efforts of Martin, of Essex, ss-
sisted by Kenny, of Hudson county,
the repeater of the HiIIcry tax act
was defeated In the House today.
Martin charged that the only purpose
of the act was to allow the railroads
70 escape Just taxation. The vote was
So to 81.
bill to divert the arst-cIass rail-
road tax from the school funds along
the lines suggested by Governor Fort
was introduced In the House today by
Young, of Essex. If passed. the meas
ure would take half million dollars
from the schools of Essex county
BlauveH sIurs House.
Assemblyman Blauvelt, of Passaic,
stirred the House today and as
sailed the regular Republicans
who opposed him while discussing
his employers liability bill. The meas
rre was reported by substitute pat
termed after the A1kerman Senate bill,
Blauvelt at once offered amendments
to put back the original provisions.
He spoke On these amendments, will,
'Dory'' Gibbs, of Camden, holding the
watch on him. AT the end of five
minutes Gibbs called attention to the
Smith. of Essex, Immediately moved
extension of time, and Speaker Prince
ruled that his motion carried, despite
Uncle Dory's vociferous mo-"
Thanks smith.
Il thank the gentleman from Essex"
said Blauvelt, when told to go on. land
/ thank God there are enough men
here to let me talk for the working
men You can talk to the working
men for hours to get here, but when
you are elected and a member attempts
TO k in their behalf the fiye-minute
rule must be invoked. This is pretty
state of affairs. This is a deliberative
body and should be a deliberate body
pleads for workers.
"A man should be allowed to talk
till doomsday if he is not wasting time.
If / am wasting time I will sit down,
but believe I am working for some
good purpose.
u am pleading for the workingmen
of this State. more than 1000 of whom
were Injured OH TIE fdllTOduS III INSW
Jersey last year and had no redress"
The Passaic New Ideaite continued
his discussion with Uncle Dory reading
a newspaper.
Voorhees, of Middlesex Keffer of At
lantic and several others ducked when
the roll was called on the Blauvelt
amendments. but Sergeant-at-Arms
William Swan forced most of them to
go back and vote.
The Blauvelt bill was placed In its
original form despite opposition of
Speaker Prince and Majority Leader
Lewis, the amendments being adopted
by vote of 2S to 26.
AssembIyman Young, of Essex, to-
day introduced a bill TO repeal chapter
t4s of the laws of 1906, under which the
public school districts receive money
collected under the first-class railroad
tax. This Is what Governor Fort has
asked for state Assessor Charles e.
Hendrickson, jr.. of Jersey City. drew
the bill.
Bank street Bridge.
Assemblyman Smith, of Essex, as
chairman of House municipal corpora
tions committee. reported the Pruden-
tails Newark Bank street bridge bill by
substitute, providing that the bridge, il
built, shall not be more than thirty feet
in width, twenty-five feet from floor to
ceiling, one story high and shall not OBJ
struct the view from Broad street
Substitute school Bill.
Committee substitutes were reported
for the McKeag bills giving the Gov
ei'nor power to appoint county superin-
tendents of schools instead of having
them appointed by the State Board OF
Education.
The substitutes provide that the State
Education BOARD shall continue to ap-
point county superintendents but fixes
their terms definitely, and it is stipu-
lated a county superintendent may hold
no other office.
Martins repeater for the Hillery
maximum tax rate law was taken up
on third reading in the House this aft
ernoon. The Regulars conferred last
night in the hope of mastering votes
to beat the bill.
Martins interpretation OF rule IL at
last nights sitting was forced on the
House, thereby getting his repeater on
the calendar for today Newark and
Jersey City demanded the repeal of the
Hiilery law Martin in his opening ar
etinlent declared that the law was con-
ceiyed in the interest of the railroads,
forcing as 1t did big increases In local
rstables to keep the rate to statutory
tContiuued ON second PaEeD