The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28
STRAIN or WORK
MAY SOON CEASE
Legislators Under Pressure
Look for Relaxation to r oIloW
SESSION WILL GO TO APRIL
Despite Great Amount of Business
Completed Many important Meas
ures Await Action Of Senate
and Assembly.

Especial Trenton Correspondence
Trenton. = Important measures are
pending with regular business ses-
sions of the Senate and Assembly.
Despite the fact that a great amount
of important work has already been
disposed of under the pressure exert
ed by Governor Wilson, there remains
much of equal Importance to receive
attention from the lawmakers, and all
hope OF early adjournment has been
abandoned. 1t seems impossible to
complete the matters now in hand,
without regard to what may appear
later, in less than a month or six
weeks, and the session will probably
not come to sine die adjournment IN
til some time in April.
No Loafing on Job.
One ease for this belief is that
after Governor Wilson leaves the
State to become President there will
be a period of relaxation from the
rush which has been the order of the
work since the opening night, in spite
of what Governor Fielder may do to
keep the pace up to the standard set
by his predecessor in the chair of the
Chief Executive of the State. Unless
he can hold the members OF both
branches of the Legislature in as firm
check as Governor Wilson has done
and can demonstrate his ability to
operate the steam roller. to the same
degree of perfection, it is expected
that while there may be no actual
loafing on the job there will not be
the speed which has this far marked
the sessions. Neither will there be
the constant feeling of being under a
great tension which has prevailed and
which has been due to the very pres
ence Of Governor Wilson and his
known desire to have certain legisla-
ton enacted before he handed in his
resignation.
Program Carried Out.
with the Seven Sisters" corpo-
ration curbing bills rushed through the
Senate and Assembly and signed by
the Governor, six of them becoming
laws Immediately and the seventh to
become operative on July 4 next, and
with the jury reform bill, constitution
al convention, tax reform bill and
grade crossing measure, and several
other matters in which the Governor
was especially concerned, well under
way and an agreement reached in con-
ference that they they will be put
through in the desired form, Governor
Wilson will go to Washington with
the knowledge that the program which
he planned has been or will be car
ried out with scarcely a change, and
certainly with no alteration of import
nee.
What May Happen.
There is curiosity and some anxiety
over what may happen after the Gov
ernor is out of the State for good, but
no one believes that there will be any
serious deviation from the program
in connection with the matters in
which he has taken the directing hand
thus far. That efforts will be made
in some quarters to amend some OF
the new anti-corporation laws or parts
of them is said to be quite certain, but
the manner of doing it has not yet
been fully determined, nor has it been
as~certained whether such a plan can
be successfully worked out. If the OPP
comes too strong it is possible that
action may be delayed until next year
rather than to attempt to get the
present Legislature to do anything,
especially as it is not believed that
| Governor Fielder would sanction such
a proceeding.
Morris Canal Measure.
One of the measures upon which
much interest centers is a bill to be
introduced providing for the abandon,
ment of the Morris Canal. 1t was in
troduced before, but when a hearing
was called the discovery was made
that all the legal requirements had
not been complied with, and it was de
cided to reintroduce it and to have a
hearing. The reason for the appear
ance of the bill was the failure of the
Morris Canal Abandonment Investiga-
ton Commission appointed by Govern
or Wilson. 1t has found it a physical
impossibility to complete its work, and
therefore decided that instead of pre-
senting a bill to the present Legisla-
ture it would seek additional time and
funds to proceed with the task placed
in it's hands. Other interests, how
ever, decided hat a wait of another
year would be too long, hence the at
tempt to get the necessary legislation
to proceed with the canal abandon
ment.
Denied Bond Issue.