Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-28
LEGISLATURE TO
ADJOURN SATURDAY
IS LEADERS PLAN
Direct Primaries for Governor
and congressman Likely to
Be Taken Up.
Iron a star Correspondent


TRENTON, March 28.-If the Repub-
lican party eaders' program does not
miscarry, the bath legislative session
will be wound up this week. Both
houses will convene tonight, n the
Assembly is unanimously recorded to
end the session at 3 o'clock Thursday
afternoon. The, actual plan is to
stop work and adjourn sine die
about Saturday morning, unofficial
time, although the official records may
show that the n came Thursday,
March 81.
1t is quite probable that several hours
will be devoted in each branch this
week to a debate upon the question of
extending the direct nomination prin-
ciple to Congressman and Governor.
Assemblyman jams Baker served the
required notice last week that he would
move this week to relieve the commit
tee on elections in the House OF fur
Their consideration of his two bills tt
accomplish that thing, and it has been
discovered that through some inadver-
tence the Gebhardt direct primary bills
have been reported n are on the CAL
endar in the Senate.
President Frelinghuysen Is being
urged to declare himself for direct
primary with the argument that only
by an appeal to the voters with sut the
Intervention of a convention a he get
the nomination Of the Republican party
for Governor.
Senator Silzer, Of Middlesex, is push
ing a number of railroad reform bills,
among them one which is in the inter-
est of those who complain Of the lack
of available information as to train
schedules. 1t would require railroads to
return to the practise Of advertising
arrival and departure of trains. It Is
brief bill, interesting to every trav-
w 49,
Every railroad corporation shall
cause to be posted in each station es-
tablished by it for the reception Of
passengers or property a local schedule
OF the time of the arrival and departure
Of all trains stopping at such station.
and shall also deliver to any person APP
plying to the agent in charge Of any
such station a complete timetable of
al, passenger trains running over the
line or lines of such railroad, indicating
the stations at which such trains stop
and the time of their arrival at and de-
parture from all stations on the line or
lines of such railroad. Every such rail
road corporation shall also cause to be
published daily and on Sunday in one
or more newspapers. one of which shall
be the paper having the largest sworn
circulation, and published either on
weekdays or Sundays in the munich
pality in which such station is located.
a local timetable indicating time of
arrival of all passenger trains which.
stop at such station and the time Of
their departure therefrom; provided.
however, that in no case shall the
price charged for advertising be more
than the lowest commercial rate paid
to said newspaper by any other adver-
tiser for a like amount of space in said
paper; and be it further provided, that
every railroad corporation may require
sale newspaper to furnish an affidavit
as to its circulation and rates paid. II
any person shall make affidavit as re-
quired by this act and shall falsely
state the facts, he shall be guilty Of o
misdemealor.
ANY railroad corporation violating
the provisions of this act shall be la
BILE to a penalty of $25 per day for each
violation, and such penalty shall be
cumulative and more than one penalty
may be recovered in the same action.
bu. no action shall be maintained for
such penalty unless commenced within
one veal after the cause of action ac-
cr,1ed