The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-21
SEVEN SISTERS
BECOME LAWS
Wilson Anti Corporation Bills
Booked for Trial
TOOK FIVE HOURS IN SENATE
Not Delayed by Charges of Steam
Roller MISUNDERSTANDING That
Small Business Will Suffer-
Greatest Political Feat.

Especial Trenton Correspondence
Trenton.-It took five hours to get
the Seven Sisters" bills through the
Senate, and the discussion was at
times lively and bitter, and character
lied by Republican illusions to steam
roller" methods, and by declarations
that small business concerns would
suffer more by the operation of the
new laws than the trusts or big cor
~porations. Nothing availed to stay the
measures, however, when the vote was
The bills were Immediately
sent to the House, where they were
given in charge of the committee on
municipal corporations and plans were
made TO report them for the last
brush. They went through on time.
Both branches of the Legislature
will be busy from early morning until
time for the evening gathering in their
respective bodies. Many measures re-
garded as small, in comparison with
some of the matters which are yet to
be disposed of, were gotten out of the
way. Many new bills were introduced
in the Assembly as well as in the Sen
ate, and there was a variety of resolu-
tons introduced, some Of them call
ing for State Investigations of NUM-
cipal conditions of one kind or an
other. On n of these there was a
dispute which resulted in the whole
matter being laid over. 1t was a reso-
luton by Assemblyman Egan of Hud-
son county, calling for an investiga-
ton of police department conditions
in Atlantic City. The dispute arose
when it was pointed out that the Chief
of Police there is a Democrat and
might be hard hit in such proceedings,
whether he was the person aimed at
by the investigation or not, and that
it would be better to proceed with less
haste until it was known exactly what
was behind the proposal.
Soldiers Home Scrap.
One of the things which enlivened
the sessions was the scrap over the
bill to GUST the board of managers of
the Soldiers Home in Kearny, and
place the appointing power in the
hands of the Governor of the State,
despite the fact that such power has
been vested in the Supreme Court for
half a century. Former Representa-
tive r. Wayne Parker and other mem
bers of the board appeared before an
Assembly committee which gave a
hearing on the bill and declared that
while he and his colleagues had long
sought to shield an old soldier from
public criticism, it had become neces-
sary to speak out. He then asserted
that the whole trouble was due to the
refusal of the board to stand for per-
sonal eXtravagances of General E.
Burd Grub, superintendent of the
Home, being paid for out of the funds
of the State, and their efforts tt COM
pei better attention to the needs of the
inmates of the Home under his man.
agement. The story told by Mr.. Park
er was a strong arraignment of the
superintendent, and when members of
the committee carried it to Governor
Wilson, the latter replied that he was
aware of the facts in the case, all of
which were not being brought out, and
that he was in favor of the passage of
the bill. Later the measure was re-
ported and passed in the Assembly.
1t is now up to the Senate, where it is
expected its final passage will be bit
terly fought. General Grub made
vigorous denial of the stories told by
Mr.. Parker and other members of the
board, asserting that he is willing to
have the institution and his personal
acts fully investigated at any time and
to stand upon his record there.
1t is expected that the bill to create
a borough form of government for
Ocean Grove will come up in the
Senat for a vote. There was a Senate
committee hearing on it and some
lively talk was done, but neither side
advanced any newer arguments than
were used last year and each year for
almost the last decade.
1t is expected that the bill intro
duced at the instance of the city of
Newark to compel the payment of tax
cs upon Cle 9|oV,OOV,ouo IeSelNeu ulVA-
dend fund of the Prudential Insurance
Company will come up for action in
the Assembly. The bill was reported
without recommendation, and it was
conceded that there was little chance
for it to pass. This view of it vas
taken ever by members of the Newark
city government who have been be-
hind the measure. Every member of
the Assembly and of the Senate re-
ceived bushels Of letters from constit-
uents protesting against the passage