New-York tribune., 1909-04-05
FINANCE SOLUTION NEAR
,J0iut Committee Plan IN Far ~ ar
Of Passing the House.

rr.ror, The Regular Correspondent of The Tribune
Trenton ApriI 4-The financial miXup In the
State Treasury which has proved 10 Be ore 81 inc
most perpexing questions Of the entire session
viii be settled this week If he Republicans in the
House ny he work OF thsiT colleagues ia the
Senate Governor Fort is still ins:sieHt In ms pe-
lief that only logical solution CT he question
IS the wpin2 out OF the Perkins law, and iafEe
number Of the lawmakers agree with him out are
afraid TO vote for it on account of the agitation
which has been stirred up by some politicians
throughout the state against the diversion OF
money from the schools.
II fer this that il i pretty Vel as
sured the reconnrRda tons of the joint finance
committee Viii he adopted A. a matter o. iae''
one Of the recommends lions Of this committee
that providing for the appointment oi three experts
TO alue railroad property in the s5ate-has al
ready passed both houses. and is now In the Gov
ernor,s hands Another committee suGEestioa-that
paying state fund the $4,000 of back railroad
taxes-has passed the Senate. but only after the
most violent opposition the par5 IL the Demo
Gratis.
DEMOCRATIC TACTICS DEPIOREp,
The attitude OF the Democrats toward The bill
WAS only a foreI unrer of what they intend 10 d"
when Senator Freliughuy the Republican leader,
brings I'D the remainder of the committee bills this
week. That The Democrats should inject poii!cs
into SO important thing the preservation OF the
states credit has been Geplcred b. many Of their
friends the more so in view or the fact that the
signed the report containing the recommendations
that before the Senate
There ie little doubt thai Senator Leavitts substi-
tute for the Radcliffe bill, Before the Senate
will be as satisfactorily those Municipalities which
have been urgins the immediate distribution Of the
state school money Under its provisions one-hali
this money vii! ne distributed on April 10 thuS
giving the schools ample funds Tor their present
needs while half will be held BY Ire state
until June 10 al which time more tnan E2"'"9 IN
Will pour into
the treasury The Leayitt bill viii come up this
week and among the others en- the calendar III '''e
Senate are bills changing the amount o. money
paid the OF the insane. increasing the 'aeS
on miscellaneous corpora tions and creating STATE
board Of control fer the purchase Of supplies io'
the states institutions.
The House will devote The early part OF ,i's
weeks session to the consideration of Senate oHiS
and among the first be brought up vii! he sen
sfor Ackerman's employers liability bill There Is
It-ra do ,bt cf the passage OF this measure IN vie"
Of the fact that the last week refused to re-
consider the employers liability bill q AssemHH-
man Blauvelt II is also probable thaj many OF
The FINANCE Committee bills viii ais" come over
from the Senate and repetition of the scenes III
the upper house are looked for-at least. Mr. SUI
Ivan the minority leader. has served notice mat
h. Is going to fight and every recon'meHdati""
Of the Governor and abe Finance Committee i'r "'e
=, r1edying Of the states financial condition
INTEREST IN BAIRD's REAPPOINTMENT.
With only two weeks more of the session re-
manning il IS probable that the Governor viii SEND
in q big batch OF uomina tons this week Inc Gov
crnor has had the politicians guessing for long
time and it is said there will be some surprises
when his seiec1i3ns reach the Senate the reap
pointrnent OF David Baird member or l"e
State Board Of Assessors is or course. the most
talked Of thing among the politicians one OF 'h'
corridor stories had il last week that the Governor.
6ndins il impossible 10 prevail on 'paVy strong
10 res,zn from Board OF Assessors. would R"i
reappoiut Baird to that board, but instead W"u!a
provide q place for MIN on the state Railroad
Commission. If no utilities commission is created
this veal There now practically TWO vacancies
on the Railroad Commission, one caused ay the
resignation Of General Congdou. the other oy the
expiration of the term Of Borden D Whiting.
Baird by the wav. viii celebrate his seventeen
birthday on "Wednesday although ne does not LOOK
within a dozen years Of IT,
Il IS generally supposed that Samuel X. Robbins
President Of Tho Senate. will be the next Banking
and Insurance Commissioner. and That Frank y
Jess would take r Amber Armstrong place as a
member Of tn. state Tax Board although some op-
position has sprung up in Camden County {" me
latter appointment MT. Jess who Is the chile
examiner or the Civil Service Commission. is no"
III With typhoid fever He is one OF he most p"pu-
lar officials around the state House