Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-05
SPECIAL
81: SSION
IS KILLED
Governor Fort So Stated
Positively This
Afternoon.
DEFERS ISSUING STATEMENT
TILL TOMORROW MORNING
interstate Commerce Commis-
sion Gives No Relief-New
Commission PowerIess, as Well.

ShOh oAySS NV AShSh ASSV
/ Commission P0werless, as Well.
There will be no call for special
session of the Legislature for the pres
ent. and q statement will be issued to-
morrow morning. is all that Governor
Fort would...s say to STAR reporter
this AFTERNOON.
All deg there had been hopeful
gathering in the corridors. They came
to Tr6nton confident that the Governor
would issue the call that the 100000
cohmuters are urging. SO that the Pub
lic Utilities Commission might be given
power to make rates. Their hopes were
= crushed when Senator Wakelee,
Chancery Clerk Robbins and other
enemies Of rate regulation were called
into conference by the Governor.
The executive promised statement
at o'clock, but at that hour he went
to luncheon with the same men who
had been comforting with him. AT 2:So
he was importuned for something
definite by the reporters and sent out
this statement:
'I fear I cannot get statement
ready for you this afternoon. 1t has
not been copied. It's ready, but not
fully finished"
A few minutes later he left the lunch
room, and when questioned by re-
porter caught up pad and wrote that
there would be no call for a special
session He had upon his desk type
written statement of several pages
which he will release tomorrow.
The Governor hesitated after writing
what he did and then CROSSED out a line.
What he first wrote was:
There will be no call for special
gession at present, If at ALL
He crossed out the words III at all, "
but he might as well have left them in.
He has no idea of convening the Legis-
1ature. The commuters will have to
look elsewhere for relief and bide their
time
1t is understood that in its original
form the Governors Forthcoming
statement contained some hot shot for
the legislators.
Politicians, officials and representa-
tives of organizations that have de-
nanded the reconvening Of the Legis-
iature, swarmed the corridors during
the morning trying to get some news
from the executive office that would
,sstt1a- one way or the other the Ques-
tion that has kept everybody on tenter
hooks for many weeks.
At noon the Governor summoned
Banking and Insurance Commissioner
Vivian M Lewis, Comptroller Henry
j. West, Senator Edmund w. Wake
lee and several other prominent men
and read to them his statement.
~ f<,6n
following telegram:
s'Hon John Franklin Fort. Governor OF
New jersey Trenton, N. ].
For your information we report So
per cent of answers received from
members of Legislature favor extra
session and rate regulation power for
Public Utilities Commission. AS yet
no response to our letter has been re-
ceived from members Of Assembly from
Essex county.
COMMUTERS LEAGUE OF NEW
JERSEY.
by Howard Marshall, President"
The total number Of replies received
by the league is twenty. which is less
4han one-fourth of tho total number OF
legislators.
The railroads have deferred the In
CIeaHGQ
but they have put into effect the In
creased rates on single trip and ex-
cursion tickets.
The Governor has been negotiating
with the railroads with a view of hav-
ang them abandon their increases and
adopt measures along the lines set
forth BY the EVENING STAR. but
whether any satisfactory results have
lcI al ct MI ha r.
mined until the Governors statement Is
made public.
NohSdy wants a special session OF
the Legislature called II the railroads
recede.
There is considerable talk around the
State House that a compromise be-
tween the State and the railroads has
been reached, one that will be satisfac-
railroad interests.
The people Of New Jersey and the
commuters particularly are anxiouslS
waiting for the Governors statement
report or decision, whatever he elects
to term It, If it is not satisfactory tc
the. commuters, as the Governor de.
clared 1t would be, the commuters
howl will be given fresh impetus
that will be heard from now till cleo.
ton day.
It is interesting to try to keep in
touch with the swift changes in the
Governors office. 1t Is certain that he
has reached half dozen decisions ir
the last week or so. He had fully made
up his mind last Tuesday to call q
special session, but on Wednesday he
changed his mind. DUE no doubt, by
the rebuff to Hughes by the New York
Legislature.
The Senate majority talks Of investi.
eating the charges made in speeches
of Governor Fort since April O. reflect.
ing upon the corporation domination
of the Legislature. This Is said tc
disturb the Governor greatly
It is amusing to call the roll on some
of these with whom the Governor con-
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