The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-08
FINANCE REPORT
BOUND To LEAD To
A LIVELY FIGHT
Joint Committees Conclusions
Opposed by Democrats and
Many Republicans.
BILLS ON SUBJECT ARE
DUE DURING WEEK
Many Hearings on Important
Subjects Scheduled for To-
day and Tomorrow.
Especial to the Evening star.l

TRENTON, March S.-The failure to
agree pm thes action to take on the re-
port of the special legislative finance
committee, presented last week, is ex-
pected to lead to some lively work at
the session of the Legislature begin
ming tonight. The report has not yet
been actually accepted by any one.
The joint committee sent it in to both
houses last week, but a motion to
adopt was lost. The most that was
done, either in the House or the SEN
ate, was to receive it and order it
printed.
There are too many Republicans who
are not entirely In sympathy with the
report to make the carrying out of
Its recommendations an EASY job. The
Democrats, although their members on
the committee signed the report, are
not in favor of it, and, in fact, had
hoped to have a minority report ready
for this weeks sitting.
The action of the Democratic com
mittee members, however, killed that
hope, SO that the best they can do now
is to find some way to get before the
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cure State financial ills discussed at
the meeting held in Jersey City last
Friday night.
Finance Bills Due.
The recommendations of the special
committee, whose report was written
at the dictation of Senator ~Frelinghuy-
sen, are due to appear again This week
in the form of bills. BY placing each
separately before the members 1t would
be possible to avoid a fight on the
whole of the Frelinghuysen PROPOSE
tions at n At the same time it is
probable that the Democratic recon-
mend tions, put in the form of a joint
or concurrent resolution, may appear
Mt the same time, adding new fire to
the fight between the two parties as to
economies which would be most effect
i've and those which should not be
considered at all.
AS a week of hearings this will be
of interest to nan throughout the
State. This afternoon at 3 o'clock the
bill now in the House committee on
municipal corporations, to prohibit
children under Is years of g from
visiting theatres niles accompanied
by a parent or guardian will be given
a public hearing. At the same time
the committee on boroughs and Dor
ough commissions will hold a hearing
on the Ocean Grove Incorporation bill.
Both sides in the controversy on the
latter measure will be we'll represent
ed. The lessees of the land in Ocean
Grove are strongly in favor OF It, hold
ing that as things are now they are
taxed without representation. The
Ocean Grove Association, which owns
the land, Is equally strong in its oppo-
sition, fearing that the old relig-
ious restrictions placed upon the prop
erty-holders will disappear should the
government go Out of it's hands.
Local Option Hearing.
The local option bill hearing. which
will Tx place in the Senate judiciary
committee tomorrow afternoon, is not
to be the fireworks affair hat it has
been In past years. The ministerial
feature, according to j. Frank Burke,
superintendent of the A~nti-Saloon
League in New Jersey, who is manag-
ing the thing, will be absent. Instead
of the heavy representation of clergy
men there will be but six speakers,
professional anti-saloon men from out
side of the State. The forces opposing
the bill will have the best representa-
tives they can, find to put their size
of the story before the committee.
Although relieved that the question
has not been put to them as hereto
fore. the House members are not tax