Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-25
POOR RECORD IS
Barred AS SESSION
DRAWS NEAR END
Utilities Bill Only Executive
Recommendation Needed.
Pledges Broken.
[From a star Correspondent. l

TRENTON, March 25.-The Legisla-
ture, both houses, adjourned last night
after four days work. and 1t is ex-
pected that tina adjournment will be
taken next week.
4 No change has been made IN the
date fixed by the Edge concurrent
resolution which was unanimously
pa ssed by the House and is now before
the Senate. That fixes March 81, a
week from yesterday, at 8 o'clock In the
afternoon, as the official time for clos
ing the session OF the bath Legislature
1t is quite probable that the clocks will
be stopped Just before that time and
the remainder of. the session made q
continuous day.
With final Adjournment In sight, the
Legislature can look back on no con-
%structive piece OF legislation with tho
possible exception OF h Wakelee-
Pierce public utilities commission bill,
and that is not a strong measure.
Governor Forts annual message
asked first of all for a strong public
utilities commission act. Only the ex-
posture of the New York Telephone
Company and other corporations
changed the party program and led to
the passage of any such law
With six or eight more business days
at the outside, the McCran bill to pre-
vent diversion of s-ubterranean waters
is in jeopardy in the Senate, despite the
demand of the Governor III the whole
State for such a law.
Nothing is to be done with the en-
ployer's liability bill, the majority lead
1ox,;an 1oeidna m oidoutan that
question by appointment Of q commits
sion to investigate.
In brief, of ~thirty-hve concrete rec
concentrations of the Governor tho
Legislature has thus far enacted but
one of his propositions into law. None
oS-SSs. others at this time appea to
have a very rosy path ahead Of 1t.
Most of the administration bills are in
Senate committee. No bills have been
introduced to carry out quite a num-
Der Of the Governors requests
unique situation when one considers
that the Governor is a Republican, and
that the House stands Al Republicans
to 10 Democrats, and the Senate 15 Re-
publicans to 6 Democrats.
The Senate yesterday passed the fol-
lowing bills:
Senate 222-Provides uniform scheme
of newspaper advertising OF primary
elections, registry days, etc
House 166-Fixes salary OF assistant
prosecutor in counties Of between So,-
900 and 100, 900 population at $500 a
year.
House K72-Alfows wffe to esum
maiden name when decree nisi In d.
vorce case is granted.
House 96-Authorizes cities to ao-
qliire lands for public park purposes.
House 335-Authorizes municipalities
in frst-class counties to pay expenses
ofssadvertising any general. charter or
special elections. ~v
House 2s-Approprtates 5000 for tho
erection of a tablet n monument on
battle grounds at Chestnut Neck.
House ~336-Provides for appropria-
tions by counties, not exceeding $4,000.
to pay for maintenance OF New Jersey
Training School for Boys at French
town.
House s1-Increases power Of police
court judges ins second-class cities.
Senate 242-Provides for drainage Of
overfiowed lands in township OF Han
over, Morris county.
Sssfator Plummer, as chairman Of the
labor and industries committee. report
ed his own anti-chfld labor bill.
It prohibits the employment Of chill
dren under Is years in factories from
6 p. m. to 6 a. m.
Senator P1ummer refused point blank
the request of Henry J. Gottlob, repre-
sentfmg the State Federation Of Labor,
for a hearing on the bill. Mr.. Gottlob
SAID he and all men who want legisla-
ticn to prevent children from working
at night would try to defeat the Plum
mer compromise. The present 6 limit
Is IA. Assemblyman Olwell's bill fixes
1t at Is. Plummer refused to report the
dwell bill, although churches and labor
and charitable organizations through
out the State demanded it. He is in
terested in the glass industry, which
opposes the bill.