Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-25
LEGISLATURES END
COMES THIS WEEK
Still Important Bills in Both
Houses to Be Dis
posed Of.
EFrom a star correspondent.l


TRENTON, March 25.-The closing
week Of the legislative session will wit
ness a grand rush to enact into laws
numerous pending measures and much
dickering and confusion over the big
bills still in committee, like the grade
crossing elimination act, Morris Canal
abandonment, Congressional redis-
tricting, jury and taxation reform.
Automobile reciprocity is also on the
program for consideration in the form
of an amended bill this week. The
practise act bills are to be discussed
in the Senate and many important
measures affecting the larger cities n
counties of the State are awaiting &C.
ton in either or both Houses.
While a concurrent resolution has
fixed tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock
as the time for adjournment there is
no possibility that the work will be
cleaned up by that time. It had been
the custom in previous years to stop
the hands of the clock at the hour set
for adjournment and to continue in
session until everything had been dis
posed of, even though it took all night.
Speaker McCran, however, has put his
foot down on any such plan this year.
and the probabilities are that 1t will
be late Wednesday before both Houses
get through. Complications may arise
that will carry the session over till
Thursday.
Session May End Thursday.
The Morris Canal abandonment bill
promises to furnish the spectacular
scenes of the closing days. The chair
man of the railroads and canal COM
mittee, Assemblyman De Unger, of
Camden, has consented to let the
measure out of committee in amended
form and thus give it a run for its
life on the floor of the House. AS
semblyman Stickel, Of Essex. had OBJ
tanned fifteen signatures to a petition
to pry the bill out. but did not have
to resort to the prying process. AL
though the Hudson delegation has been
regarded as solidly against the bill
Assemblyman Davidson signed the
Stickel petition. This may be nothing
more than an act of courtesy. how
ever, and oes not necessarily indi-
cate that he favors the bill. The Demo-
Gratis from other counties are not going
to stand In a body, as was expected.
with the Hudson delegation against
the bill. A~ssemblymen Geran, of Mon
mouth; Smick, of Salem; Lafferty, of
Gloucester, and Newman, of Ocean,
are counted upon as supporters of the
measure. But even with this help 1t
is not clear where the thirty-one votes
necessary to pass it are going to come
from. Past experience has demon
strated, though, that 1t is futile to
predict what may happen to a measure
in the closing hours of the session.
The bill to create an extra v~ice-chan-
cellorship so that Senator Silzer may
get one appointment to the Chancery
bench and a Republican the other is
going to have a hard road to travel
in the House. The name of former
Governor Fort has been mentioned in
connection with one of the v~ice-chan-
celiorships, but the most persistent
rumor around the State House is that
the Republican one would probably go
to former Circuit Judge Allan B. End1-
colt, of Atlantic City. Judge Clarence
J.. Cole was appointed to succeed him
on the Circuit bench last winter.