Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-01-18
POLITICS AND COMMENT FROM
THE STATE CAPITOL.


PRODUCTION of many bills in each House
and the innovation of a real business
session in the Assembly marked the
opening of the second week Of the
Legislature, Monday evening. Gov
ernor Wilson sent to the Senate these
appointments: Howard Carrow, OF
Camden, to be Judge Of the Common
Pleas Court of Camden County, Will
lam +. Boyle, TO be County Prosecu-
tor of Camden County and William @.
French to be Judge of the City Dis
trict Court of Camden. Mr.. Carrow
/ is one of the members-at-large of the
4 Democratic State Committee, and has
long been one of the leaders of the
party in the State All the men APP
pointed will succeed Republicans.
Among the measures introduced in
the Senate were two automobile bills,
one permitting the use of chains on
tires when roads are slippery, with
rain, snow or ice, and the other re-
quiring every motor vehicle to carry
noise preventing and smoke escaping
devices; bill by Senator Edge re-
Qulring the report of industrial acci-
dents to the State Department of La
Dor, and designed to prevent accidents
in factories; a bill protecting the
rights of adopted children; limiting
baggage on railroad trains to $50 lbs.
Ito each adult and IS lbs. to each child; J;
putting all County Court officers un-
der Civil Service regulations; permit
ting the indenture of inmates of the
State Home for Boys and the State
Home for Girls to farmers and Others
The Morris Canal abandonment bill
was also Introduced. A petition was
received for a monument to the New
Jersey soldiers who were at Valley
Forge.
In the Assembly Speaker McCran
followed to the letter his determina-
ton to run the session ON business
schedule. He had most of the MEM
bers lined up with him and with watch
in hand, he raped the gavel on. the
dot OF eight o'clock Assemblyman
Gill, of Mercer introduced a bill for
small boards of freeholders in every
county in the state. 1t provides for
Board of nine members in counties
having more than 100000 population;
seven members, in counties between
100000 and 100000 population; five
members, $4,000 to 100000 population,
and three members for counties less
than 10000
Their salaries are to be $500 a
year, except in counties of less than
10000 population, where they will be
$500. A automobile reciprocity bill
was put in permitting nonresident
motorists to come into the State for
Is days without being registered. and
without giving the Power of Attorney
now required. Other bills introduced
in the Senate provided for the aboli-
ton of the death penalty for muir
der; for the Incorporation of Ocean
Grove Camp Meeting Association; a
bill for the Incorporation of the Bor-
ough of Fair Haven, Monmouth
County, and for the semi-monthly pay
ment OF wages to County employees in
second-class counties. A resolution
was presented petitioning the New
Jersey representatives gin Congress to
use their influence to have the pro-
posed new Navy-yard located at Com
munipaw.
Although Democratic lawmakers in
this State for several years have been
lighting for an income tax, the out
look is that the proposition will fail
in the Senate this year through fail
ure to receive one Democratic vote.
that of Senator Fielder, of Hudson
County. Senator Nichols, Republi-
can, of Cumberland, has introduced a
Joint resolution providing for the rati-
flcation of the amendment to the fed
eral constitution providing for an in
come tax, and declares that he will
vote for it. If the ten Democratic
Senators solidly support it, therefore,
1t would pass the Senate Senator
Fielder, however, has announced that
he is opposed to the income tax prop
osition and will not support the Mich
OILS resolution. The only hope of get
ting the measure through the Senate
is that it shall receive the votes of
the other nine Democrats and one Or
more Republicans, in addition to SEN
ator Nichols. It is deemed quite un-
likely that any other Republicans will
support the resolution
$50
Governor Wilson, when asked to
give expression to his idea of the
Legislature. replied. 'T regard the
Legislature as purely non-partisan
body, and 1 shall so consider it
throughout this session. / had this
idea in mind when / made the recon-
mendations in my message" When
asked about his program for the ses-
sion, the Governor smilingly answered:
why, it does not look as if am go
ing to be allowed to have a program" I"
These remarks were based on the ac-
ton of the Republicans in planning
the majority program in advance of
the meeting of the Legislature.
Particular attention has been direct
ed to the act of 1909 authorizing the
appointment in municipalities of
Boards of Protectors for the preyen-
tion of drunkenness, by the decision
of the Supreme Court that members of
such boards cannot ibe sued for libel