Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-03-29
FORT FLAYS
LEADERS IN
HIS MESSAGE
vetoes Amendment TO Prim-
ary Law Bill Urged by
Essex County Machine.
SAYS ONLY THOSE WHO
ARE AFRAID WANT 1T
Special 70 the EVENING NEWS.


Trenton, March 29:-Charaeter-
izing assembly bill No. 81, intro
duced by Mr.. Miller, of Essex coun-
ty, as juggling with political com
mittees, Governor Fort vetoed it
today in a special message sent to
the assembly. The measure amend
ed the county committee primary
bill passed In the closing hours of
the last session after a notable fight
by extending the term of the mem
bers of such committees to two years
where not fixed at two years by the
constitution of such committee. The
bill was the measure of Alfred n.
Dalrymple, chairman of the Essex
county republican committee and its
purpose was to stave off an election
of county committee in Essex at
the open primaries next September.
The republican machine in Essex is
fearful that ii might lose control of
the committee at such an election
and this would be calamity to the
machine leaders just preceding an
election of a governor, congressman
and mayor of Newark.
Objectionable and Vicious.
The governor said any statute ex-
tending the term of Office is obJec-
tionable and vicious legislation. He
showed that this would not affect all
counties and therefore would destroy
uniformity. Then he continues:
THE act of 1909 has hardly had a
chance to be tried until this bill is
passed to endeavor to undo all the
good it was intended to accomplish.
We should not play with the rights
of the people 10 this manner II we
expect their approval. No party
can do that and receive support un-
der such circumstances. The old
idea of anything to win is gone. The
times demand that we shall be frank
and fair with the voters"
Flays Would-Be Leaders.
Governor Fort declared that the
bill appeared to be nothing but a
scheme of a few fso-called, would
be leaders" who fear the people and
wish to get another year of power
without the peoples consent The
governor held that no better legis-
lation has been placed upon the
statute books in years than the act
of last year, and then said: The
closer the party organizations can be
brought to the people and the more
responsibility the representatives OF
the party In the county. committee
can be made to feel in their relations
with the people, the better it will be
for the state, as well as for the
political organizations.
Power for Utility Board.
When the legislature convened last
night Governor Fort sent to the leg
islature a new message ON the public
utility law he signed last week, a
thought on the pending legislation
regarding the control of the state of
{ the subterranean waters, and four
vetoes, the first veto was of the SEN
ate bill No. 100, providing that in
| the absence of the mayor OF any city
the president of council should act
as the chief executive. He says Of
this that the measure is designed fol
| Jersey City and his objection to
signing 1t is ''the president of the
| common council is not always a fl
person to act as mayor" The Sec
ond veto is on senate 81, authorizing
bonds for the construction of charit-
able hospitals, and he says this is in
| conflict with article l of the consti-
tuition forbidding the loaning of the
credit of any city for such purpose
| The third veto is house 299, allow.
J ing cities to lend their aid in main
tanning hospitals, and he finds the
same objection to this as for the
preceding senate measure. The
| fourth veto is of house 293, the act
Incorporating the borough of Moo
| nachie in BERGEN county about
which he says "a new municipality
should not be created out of an ex
isting municipality.
| Regarding the public utility law
the governor said that there hai
been struck out of the state railroad
act the power of enforcement of it
orders through the court of chan
Gerry He deems this important al
regards a possible rate-making pow
| er and asks that the legislature re
enact this provision before it ad
journs.
Regarding the McCran bill to stoI
the diversion of subterranean waters
from this state to Staten Island, tht
chief executive urges the passage o.
this act, saying that the measure !:
urgently needed, because the con
duet of the Hudson Water COMPANY
has been fiagrantly offensive to The
people of the state, and it has beer
so peFsistently insistent in obtaining
water, whether they get it rightfulll
or wrongfully. fairly or surreptious
". that it is not entitled to any con
sideration at the hands of the legis
lature."