Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-01-24
PETITIONS FOR
MANY THINGS
Numerous Requests Are Sent
to Senator kean and Others
from New Jersey.
VARIOUS TOPICS
frrom The NEWS Correspondent.)

! from the NE WS CoTfeSp0HdeHt.)
Washington, Jan. 24:-United
States Senator Briggs has filed a lot
of petitions in the senate which came
from many parts of New Jersey, and
which relate to a variety of subjects.
The Heller Tool Company, of New
ark, sent a memorial demonstrating
against the retention of the public
ity clause in the so-called corpora
tion tax law" The Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union, of Orange,
asks for the enactment of legislation
to prohibit the white slave" traffic.
Residents of Newark and Irvlngton
ask for the enactment of legislation
to prohibit the manufacture, sale or
| transportation of adulterated or mis-
labeled paint or turpentine. Citizens
of Elizabeth and Ocean City asked
| for the enactment of legislation Gre
ating volunteer retired list in the
| War and Navy Departments for the
! surviving officers of the civil war; a
petition from Mrs. William D. Kear-
foot, of Montclair, urging the estab-
! lishment of military road from
Yorktown to jamestown, Virginia, by
way of Williamsburg. George w.
| Worthley, of Matawan, ana the Alli-
vine Company, of Norma, urge the
government inspection of canner1es.
C. W. Turner, of Cape May, sent
petition to Senator Briggs asking
that legislation be enacted to grant
pensions to the widows or heirs of
soldiers on the retired list of the
army. B. G. Pratt Company, of
Hackensack, demonstrate against
| legislation to, increase the rates of
Postage of periodicals, and the Ter
benson Motor Car Company of
Bloomfield, want the corporation
tax law repealed. Martin Stettiner
of Lakewood, demonstrates against
the practice of the government i'm
printing envelopes; while Pomona
| Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, OPP
pose the repeal of the oleomargarine
| law.
Members of the New Jersey dele
gauou, in common with many other
congressman, are receiving petitions
| from societies of the Sons of the
| American Revolution protesting
against any amendment Of the immi-
grafton law that would abolish the
bureau of information for the benefit
| of the immigrants at the big ports,
such as New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, San Francisco, New Orleans and
Seattle. The Sons Of the American
| Revolution, at it's meeting of the
national body recently, adopted res
olutions expressing the belief that
| the work of the bureaus of informa-
ton called for their retention, and
as a body it went on record as
strongly opposing any change.
Some of the New Jersey Congress
| men have had a number of worthy
cases called to their attention of men
who had been wounded in the civil
war, but who are not eligible for
pension due to the fact that they
we're never regularly enlisted in the
service. Many of these cases are ex-
ceptionally deserving, but because it
would open the door and establish a
civil pension list, the committees on
Pensions and Invalid Pensions have
resolutely refused to consider such
cases.
When the vote was taken on the
resolution designating the men TO
act on the committees to investigate
the Pinchot- Ballinger controversy
Representative Fowler, and some
other insurgents" voted with the
| regulars.
Representative Hughes, of New
Jersey, has introduced a bill grant
ing a pension to Franklin Peters, and
a bill granting a pension to Mary A.
GunsOles. Representative Kinkead
has introduced a bill to increase the
pension of Marjorey -Kuntz.
The Secretary of War has sent
communication to Congress recon-
mending to the Sundry Civil Appro-
priation bill providing for an appro-
priation of 500 to be paid to the
state of New Jersey for tract of
land to be conveyed TO the federal
government by the Riparian Commits
sioners Of the state. The tract OF
land is submerged and in front of
the reservation at Fort Hancock, 100
feet long and extending 1885 feet
out in Sandy Hook bay. 1t is need
ed to permit the completion OF the
sewer which has been constructed on
the reservation and to provide a
proper outlet for same.
Judge Joline, of Camden, is spend
ing a few days in this city.