Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-18
WILSON URGES
COMMISSION
Governor Does Not Like 20
Per Cent Amendment.
(Snecial Corresnondence.l

ADRCNltl W. SbpOAoSISS'
Trenton, April Ex-Governor VII
son would like to see a real com
mission form of government" bill
\ a geod, strong corrupt pracrIces
act" become a law. In O talk last
night with some of the newspaper
correspondents he expressed himself
upuon both of these subjects.
In talking about the passage OF
the commission form of government
bill, the Governor said that he was
surprised upon his return from In
~dianapolis to learn that the bill had
been amended by Assembiyman Grit
fin so that 1t provided that at least
forty per cent. of the voters at the
last general election would be neces-
sary to adopt the measur in any mu-
niclpality.
Wants Original Form.
The Governor declared that he
would do all in his power to get the
commission bill back to It's original
form, and to have 1t passed before
adjournment. Asked IL he would
consider the emasculation of the bill
as sufficient p~rovocation for insist
ing upon the continuance of the ses-
sion of the Legislature for the
amendment of the bill, he turned to
Assemblyman Egan and said: at
is up to you boys in the Legislature
to say when the adjournment shall
be. I think 1t was a very grave mis-
take to amend the bill, and there
could have been no other purpose
than to render It nugatory. There
/ naD~oa I~ ~ n Itfo-z " -.i-l@-
just as to what the amendment does,
The obvious intent would appear to
be that forty per cent. of the vote
cast ia the last election is necessary
IN order to adopt the measure, but
another Interpretation is that II
would require a majority Of the for,
ty per cent. Of the voters at the last
election. I sincerely trust that the
mistake will be remedied, and that
the Legislature, before adjournment
will pass a proper commission gov,
eminent bill.
"a majority of those who take
enough interest in the special cleo.
ton should be sufficient to put the
measure in force In any community
II the people stay away from the
election and lack interest In public
affairs, that is their own funeral"
1t is evident from this emphatic
utterance favorable to the Walsh
commission bill that Governor vii
son hopes to see the measure a!
originally introduced, become a Law
befote the adjournment.
Corrupt Practice Act.
In speaking about the corrupr
/ ru.p+Joa- mt CA-o~,@r UT;11o- aknt1S
that he had been informed that Sen
ator Prince, Of Passaic, had intro
duced a bill which, to some minds
was better than that of AssemblymaI
Simpson. The Governor stated tina
he had not had time ii look over th'
bill, but 1t was being inspected by al
expert George l.. Record) and late,
he hoped to know more about 1t
Governor Wilson did say, however
that he would like very much to Sc,
a good, strong corrupt practices &C
become q law.
Senator Prince, who introduces
his bill only recently, has stated TIA
he Is not averse to having his bill
amended In any way that will sui
the majority. Like Governor VIII
son, he IL anxious only that a GOO
bill shall be enacted. He also stated
that he would not mind much, II tn
bill that was finally enacted wa
given the name of the Simpson bill
so long as the better features of hi
bill were inserted In the bill that wa
finally agreed upon, II IL expootet
that the bill. as IL will lnaliy pass
will contain much that Ia already Il
the bill introduced by Senate
Prince,
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