Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-04-05
TUMULTY FLAYS
REPUBLICANS AS
P. s. c. SERVANTS
q. O. P. Members Sit COwed and
Silent as Charges G0
UnchalIenged.
[From a STAFF Correspondent.

TRENTON, April 5.-House subserv-
iency to the corporation lobby was ex-
posed in a ringing speech last night
by Assemblyman Joseph P. Tumulty
of Hudson county. He charged that
the municipal corporations committee
was holding up his Hudson boulevard
subway bill at the behest of the Pub
lie Service. The Republican majority
sat cowed and silent Nobody chal-
lenged the young assemblyman' state
ment. His charge being unanswered,
had but one effect.
THE House may not know why this
bill is held up" said Mr.. Tumulty, who,
in keeping with his notice served last
week, had offered a resolution to re-
lieve the committee of further consid-
Grafton of his bill. IF they don't, I'll
tell the gentlemen.
"It is being kept in committee be-
cause the service corporation wants it
kept there, and for no other reason.
My county of 100000 population is in
terested in this bill. 1t affects no other
county in the State. Can you tell me
any reason for keeping it in committee
except at the request of this corpora
tion, which will be affected if this bill
passes?
THE gentleman from Camden (mean-
ing Henry r. Tatem), chairman
of this committee. dare not stand
on the floor of this House and tell me
he is not holding this bill because the
Public Service Corporation of New Jer
sey has brought it's influence to bear
upon him.
There was a terrific uproar before the
finish of the Tumulty charges, so loud
ly did Speaker Ward cry out for order
and beat upon his desk.
Mr.. Tumulty showed that he wouldn't
sit down until he had finished and he
carried his point.
At the end of the night sitting Mr..
Sullivan walked to the speakers desk,
being unable to get the services of one
of the nineteen pages. He had notice
before Clerk Parker. All efforts to have
it read were vain, however, until Ma
iority Leader Edge, just at adjourn
ment, magnanmously consented to let
1t go before the members. 1t was by
Mr., Tumulty and gave notice that he
would again move tomorrow to get his
boulevard bill out of committee.
Yes, and I'll rule you out of order
when you do" Speaker Ward said In
a voice that carried we'll out into the
House.
Democrats Ignored.
This is the worst outrage ever per-
petrated in this House." said Mr.,
| Tumulty. after the session. 'I have
been denied my constitutional privilege
as an Assemblyman, as have all my
Hudson associates. Speaker Cannon in
the days of his Czardom never ran the
steam roller as ruthlessly In Washing
ton as it was run here tonight"
1t was plain that the minority was
waging war on the majority. The
speaker ignored every attempt of a
/ Democrat to gain recognition and
| by prearrangement had Majority Lead
er Edge move the consideration of bills
that were entered upon duplicate lists
| in the hands of the speaker and the
leader.
| The House passed a total of forty
! five bills yesterday, the largest days
work of the session so far as measures
disposed of is concerned; four bills were
| beaten. making the total reduction in
| the mountain of business on the calen-
dar forty-nine. There are eighty -one
members of the Legislature, but only
the bills of the favored ones get
through in these closing days of the
! session.
Senator Wakelee. of Bergen County,
is living up to his reputation. The
speaker is from Bergen, and somehow
l the Wakelee bills are all on the private
calendar of the speaker. OF the forty
five bills passed in the House eleven
are fathered by Wakelee, about the
usual proportion.
Assemblyman Brooks, of Essex, in
troduced a bill to permit the summary
investigation of construction of the in
sane asylum at Overlook.
The bill was drafted by County
Counsel Joseph L. Mum, and is aimed
to meet the criticism of the Grand jury
presentment of last Saturday. 1t pro-
vides for investigation by a Supreme
Court justice.
The present law as to court inves-
legations requires filing a sworn state
ment by twenty-five property owners