Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-03-20

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amount 4 per cent.
The Republicans who voted for the
measure were Barbour and Dalrymple
of Passaic. Hates. Pancoast and SEQ
vel of Camden: Peacock of Burlington.
Sheppard of Cumberland. West of
Gloucester and Stevens of Cape May.
Passes Two Bills.
BY a unanimous vote the senate
passed two of the aud eff
cheney commission bills One aholishes
the state board of asseSsors and the
board of equalization of taxes and re
places them with Il new state board OF
taxes to consist of five members. The
other places the. engineering depart
ment of the state hoard of assessors
under the jurisdiction of the board OF
utility commissioners. Senator Edge.
Republican. IF Atlantic. who intro
duced the measures. said that the mem
bers of both parties are In sympathy
with the work of the economy commits
sion. He stated that some criticism
Ind bee heard because the body point
ed out how to ave only S150,OOO after
two years work. His reply was that
the fact itself showed the conservatism
with which the investigations had
been carried on. Salaries. he asserted.
are n c~omparativel. small item of ex-
pense. the greater part of the state ap-
preparations going toward new build.
ings and like accounts. The object OF
the economy commission, he pointed
out. was to bring about business meth
DDS in conducting state affairs. He had
no criticism for any board, but stated
that those that had i~nterlocking duties
were not satisfactory. The consolida-
ton of the taxation commissions, he
estimated, would save the state from
$4,000 to $4,000 in a year.
Much Opposition.
So great was the opposition that was
voiced to the bill to exempt ministers
and priests from jury duty. Senator
Edge asked that 1t be placed aside
without a vote being taken on it. Sena-
tor Aekley asserted that the men in
those callings were best adapted to
such work, Senator McGinnis thought
bnCJ huu hOlC LinhC tIoh any bONJ AoN
and Senator Colgate asserted that they
tell others the need of patriotic action
and should be willing to practice it.
President Slocum made an attack on
senate 81, the bill by Mr.. Wheaton to
permit an attachment on wages to the
fail to pay their bills. 1t Is a credit
house measure and was passed by a
vote of IL to 0. Mr.. Slocum referred
to it as a farce and buncombe and
maintained there were already enough
laws on the subject. Another measure
that aroused discussion was that by
Senator Smalley to permit the per-
Torrance of ~autopsies on the bodies of
inmates at the State Village For Epi-
lepties. 1t was finally passed. Senator
McGinnis led the fight on it and main
tanned that this plea in 'the interest
of silence should not be cou%ntenanced
and pictured the feelings of those par
ents whose children would be "hutch-
cred" Senator Ramsay. a physician,
supported the measure.
neOuCC Appropriation
Practically every state department
will have a reduction made in its APP
preparation this year. While the asser-
ton has not been made officially, 1t has
been practically settled by the APP
preparations committee that such a
move will be made. Senator Hennessy
of Bergen county has admitted In an
interview that the committee has q
complex problem to handle. Conditions
at the Morris Plains State hospital he
refers to as d~isgraceful. and while 1t Is
the intention to give temporary relief
to the institution he asserts that 1t is
the highest duty of craftsmanship to
learn the basic causes of "these shock
ing manifestations of a wrong social
system"
Conditions Stated.
Besides holding numerous meetings
in the statehouse, the committee has
visited the insane asylum at Morris
Plains, the epileptic village ut Skill
man, the tuberculosis sanitarium at
Glen Gardner, the reformatory for
women at Clinton and the agricultural
experiment station ut New Brunswick.
From the managers of these institu-
lions come the demands for buildings
and equipment to relieve the ver
crowded conditions.
"At Morris Heights" Mr.. Hennessy
asserts, hundreds of unfortunates are
obliged to live during the day and sleep
during the night In the corridors of the
asylums. because there is no other
place to put them. The state hospital
at Trenton is also crowded. but not so
badly. The number of insane persons
needing public care seems to grow