Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-03
COMMITTEE GIVES
HEARING On GERAN
BILL TOMORROW
Record May Appear in Defense
of Measure While Others
Oppose It.
OBJECTIONABLE FEATURES
WILL BE POINTED OUT
Several Measures Hang Fire as
Legislature Begins Thir-
tenth Week.
From a star correspondent.

TRENTON, April 3~.-Tonight ushers
IN the thirteenth week Of the legisla-
tive session.
The four administration measures,
the election reform bill, the corrup;
practises act. the employers liability
bill and the public utilities measure
are practically in the same position
they were 8 week ago. None of the
Tour has as yet passed both Houses.
The Geran election bill and the Simp-
son corrupt practises act are both in
the Senate committee on elections. A
public heari.g on the former will take
place tomorrow. 1t is the intention OF
the supporters of this Wilson-Record
measure, SO rumor mas 1t today, to
pack the meeting.
Record May Attend.
George l.. Record, who drafted the
Dill, is slated to be present. So is
John J. Tracy, of Hudson. Former
Governor John W. Griggs, it is said,
will appear in opposition to the bill.
or at least to some features of it.
The Edge employers liability bill,
the one that will probably become law.
is in the House committee on labor and
industry, the chairman of which is AS
semblyman Ford. who has an employ
ers' liability bill OF his own. This COM
mittee has also in its custody the
Walsh bill, that. like the Ford bill, was
introduced in the early part Of the ses-
sion. just what the labor and industry
committee will do with the Edge bill Is
not SO certain, but the chances are that
in the long run It will BE- the Edge
bill that will be passed.
The Senate committee substitute for
he four public utility bills Of Senators
Gaunt, Gebherdt and Osborne Is not yet
throrgh the Senate, but win u~ndoubted-
ly pass early this week. The bill has
been amended two or three me and
is now in just the shape that is accept
able to the Republican majority in the
upper house. This bill continues In
office the present public utility commits
sioners until the end of their terms
and Is the bill that the Republicans
will Insist upon becoming a law. While
the Democrats would like to have the
Egan bill it Is pretty certain that they
viii eventually have to accept the Sen
ate measure.
Some persons have expressed a fear
that there might be no public utility
legislation this year, but Messrs. Mat
thews n McCran. Democratic and
Republican floor leaders in the House,
botl gave public assurances last week
that a rate-making bill would be passed
before the Legislature adtourns.
The Republican senators will confer
tonight at 7 o'clock. The resolution
authorizing the appointment OF a SEN
ate committee to investigate public af-
fairs In Hudson county will be dis
cussed, az will also the Geran bill.
Senator Frelinghuysen is urging the
probe and Majority Leader Prince is
opposing 1t.
There is a lively fight on between
Senator Prince, Of Passaic. and
Frelinghuysen, of Somerset. who was
president of the last session. They
have come to an almost open break.
and friends of each are awaiting the
outcome of hostilities.
1t Is clearly evident that the guber-
material nomination of 1913 is the
source of contention between the two.
Colonel Frelinghuysen was an aspirant
for the nomination last year. and it is
said was vexed when he was turned
aside for State Banking and Insurance
Commissioner Vivian M. Lewis.
There are many who say hat FIRE.
linghuysen in his school investigating
report went out Of his way injuring
others in an effort TO further his own
political ends.