Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-22
WillDiscuss Proposed
Bills at Confab
Tuesday.
EXPECTS NO OPPOSITION
TO MONOPOLY STATUTES
Action on Trust Measures viii
Be Deferred Awaiting Sen
atoriaI Inquiries.


TRENTON, N. j., Jan. 22.-Gov-
erncr Wilson today called confer
ence of the Democratic legislators in
both houses to be held at the State
House next Tuesday at 2 o'clock
The primary purpose of the con-
ference is to instruct the legislators
about the administration measures
which the governor would like to
put into law before he leaves for
: Washington. The bills to revise the
corporation laws of the State which
rtere introduced into the Senate Mon
Sday night viii be discussed and their
provisions explained 10 the members
! in detail.
Governor Wilson said he expected
so encounter no OPPOSITION in the Leg
islature in the passage of the cor
Roration bills. -
we are simply applying ihs a
Husiness-like way what the whole
Buntry has agreed upon,' is the way
II put it.
There's nothing to hold public
Earrings about" commented the Gov
*fnor These are perfectly business
xI#e bills. They do not affect any spe-
IA interest. If hearings were to be
#< d we would have to hear every
ky in the United States. There is
H|thing sensational or novel about the
Us. They simply make an effort to
Eply in a businesslike way the
nciple that the whole country has
reed upon"
Nhen asked his opinion as to
- sether the Republican members
uld assist in the program of pro-
- essive legislation at this session,
N governor said he confidently
I1ped they would.
While there are no Progressives
4fith capital "P' in the minority,
lie governor remarked, he expects.
Icy win cooperate with him in the
administration program
Hearings on Bills.
1t has been decided by the leaders
IN the Legislature that they will give
8tatewide hearings on the bills. This
does not mean that there is organ
led opposition to the proposed stat
: ntes but that the lawmakers wish to
ascertain sentiment throughout the
&tate before taking any definie action.
1t is said by them that while the
Vroposed laws may go long way
stpward remedying the trust evil the
taxpayers of the State may not favor
legislation which will do away with
en annual income of s2,600.000. Hear
<ngs will be held in Newark, Trenton
md Camden, and representatives of
corpora tion interests will be asked
to attend them. Among those who
viii be. asked to come before the
committee of the Senate are Samuel
Grtermyer. John w. Griggs, one-time
attorney-general, and Richard V.
Lindabury.
III Realizing the Importance of the
bills, the legislators are determined
10 go slow. AS the Senate now stands
fhere would appear to be no doubt
sthat the measures would pass. How
fever,, some of the Democrats whose
support is counted on are not heart
and soul for the proposed legislation,
and there is strong suspicion that
they would like to see the whole is
sue deferred until the governor be-
fcomes President; then, they as
ssume, it would be easier to defeat the
thllls than while the governor is the
! head of the State organization.
AS matters now stand the Demo-
crats have IL votes against 3 of the
opposition. When James S. Fielder,
president of the Senate, becomes act
3ing governor the lineup will be IL
Ito in favor of the governors pro-
gram. The desertion of one men,
B ber of the Senate would tie the vote,
therefore, and while this is not looked
FLOR, 1t is regarded as a possibility.