Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-22
CERAA BILL IS
up TO SENATE

any such course. The people do not
understand the bill. W. are dealing
with a myth. ! ask a man what the
bill is, and he replies, i don't know,
but It is a bill to give us pure cleo
tons
Against Illiterate.
You are going to disfranchise
the Hliterate," he continued. rs
that the object of the bill. 1t is evil
dent that this bill is going through
without the referendum and In spite
OF anything that ! can say against
1t, but IL ! am the only man to say
no. want to be recorded as saying
no."
Mr.. Walsh, of Mercer. said
The nan who stands In the way OF
the bill Is recklessly launching him
sell into that 'pitiless publicity that
VIII result in his death knell. The
Dill has for its purposes the rescue
or the government of New Jersey
from h control of the special In
t%erests' and the placing of 1t where
IT belongs, in the hands OF the PEG
pie. The government of New Jersey
has too long been in the hands of a
class which has Influenced Iegisla-
ton, and there is no hope that Iegis-
ration VIII ever reach the special in
~terests as 1t should while they con-
troll legislation. What could be said
OF us, IL we failed to pass this bill?
IL would be said that we had flung
our political power back into the
laps of the special interests
Long Life to Democrats.
If this bill is enacted into law Il
spells long life to the Democratic
party, and to the men who have the
courage to vote for 1t. Therefore, !
appeal to my colleagues to stand by
the bill, and to reap the benefits that
Will come to us. / appeal to the
party to take advantage of this gold
en- opportunity. and even to the mi
nority, for this is not a partisan
measure, TO come oyer and say, me
too. ] appeal to you to make the
state OF New Jersey what the I'M
mortal Lincoln said, "a government
OF the people, for the people and by
the people," (~Applause).
Mr.. Donnelly, of Hudson, said
that the government of this country
was In the hands Of the Interests
and of the lobbyists. and that the
bill, If enacted, would restore the
government to the people. Assem-
blyman Agnew spoke briefly in favor
of the bill, and urged its passage.
Assemblyman Whyte, of Camden,
said that the bill would make the
~elecaions mor expensive and put
the control In the hands of the office
holders. There are men In the pen-
ftentiary," said he, who could pass
the required civil service examina-
ton for an election officer. with q
brilliant examination" This bill
will add s250,0o0 a year to the ex-
penses of the election I'm the state,
and therefore 1t should be referred
back to the people.
Mr.. Simpson Speaks.
Mr.. Simpson, of Hudson, spoke on
the question of the DISTINGUISHING OF
the illiterate. Mr.. McGowan, of Es-
sex, declared that the people OF his
district, his constituents, did not
want the bill. "The people are in ia
vor of REFORM" said he, 'tbut they
would like the referendum. When
ever the corporate interests had any
thing to come before the Legislature
the committees arranged for hear
lings, and he inquired why 1t would
not be right for the people to have
a chance to hear something abou
the Geran bill, is well as to express
themselves on 1t. THE people OF
New Jersey have not had a chance
to be heard" he declared, with en-
fphasis.
IF the governor will let this go
before the people," said the assem-
blyman from Hudson, che will not
have any stronger supporter than /
am. When / give my word 1T is MS
good as gold. and as good as any
United States bond printed"
Object to Language.
Speaker Kenny objected to the
Language used by Mr.. Gowan as
not being parliamentary, and In
structed the sergeant-at-arms TO re-
quest him to take his seat. This
was the second time in the session
of the day that the speaker rebuked
him for his supplementary lam
guage. There were q number OF
sharp passages of wit between the
speaker and Mr.. McCran, the minor
ity leader, some OF which We're hui
morous and provoking the laughter
of the members. Through 1t all Mr..
Kenny maintained his composure,
ruled with fairness and made 1t evi-
dent that he had the situation we'll
in hand at all times.
Those who voted in favor of the
passage OF the Geran bill were: Az
semblymen Adams, Agnew, Balen-
tine, Goettner, Booraem, Brodhead,
Bunns Burke, Cole, Davidson, Dom
nelly, Egan, Ford Geran Griffin,
Hendrickson, Hinners, Jackson,
James, Kenny (speaker), Lafferty,
La Monte, Layden, Macksey, Mat
thews, Mclaughlin, Meyer, Mylod,
Newman, Ramsay, Simpson, STREET.
wolf, Taylor, Walsh. Those who yot-
ed against the bill were Assembly
men B~acharaoh, Backus, Bracken,
Brown, Christie, Coles, De Unger,
Hand, Leyeen, Martin, Mather, Me-
/ CraO MoHnman AoHraNb phtlI{Um