The Penn's Grove record., 1914-04-03
LAW MAKING
TO Be FINISHED
Sacrifice of Many Measures
Necessary to Keep Plan
BIG BILLS STILL IN THE AIR
Both Branches of Legislature Have
Been Kept observation-disclosures Tax
Most Important Statewide
Act Passed This Season.
Especial Trenton Correspondence

(Speclal n Correspondence
Trenton-Many bills have been
passed and the members of both
branches lof the Legislature have kept
busy all the time they have been in
Trenton, but with the exception of the
inheritance tax act scarcely anything
of Statewide Importance has been
actually accomplished. Even that
was passed by the help of a Repub.
lican vote in the Senate. The admin.
istration is having a hard battle on
all of it's measures, but Governor
Fielder has not lost heart and expects
that in the end he will be able to
hold his party together in the
interest of the needs of the State,
and in keeping with its platform
pledges and campaign promises OF
last fall. He doesn't want the Re.
publicans to help and thus get the
credit for doing what the Democrats
agreed to do, but as the ase becomes
more desperate and it becomes ap-
parent that there are enough Demo.
cratic votes against the plans of the
Governor in the interest of the State
and Of the party, votes from the min
GRITTY side of both branches of the
Legislature~will not be turned away.
He has declared that he will continue
in the effort to put through the ad-
ministration measures without regard
to what the Essex county or other
Democrats may do, and he believes
that he will be successful. AS the
bank tax bill now stands, it provides
for a tax of th~ree-quarters of 1 per
cent, with reductions for the real
estate tax paid. The Governor will
stand for this, though his original
plan was for a fiat rate of 1 per cent.
The easiest way of avoiding a diff
cult muddle in the matter of the
Morris canal abandonment bills was
taken in the Assembly after a hear
submitted by the Commission which
had been investigating the subject for
two years. Jersey City and Newark
protested against the plans which
most particularly concerned them in
the general abandonment plan, and
there were objections from other
sources. It was seen that several
additional hearings would have to be
held and that the subject would take
much time and require much careful
attention and study. With all the
other big and important things still
before the Legislature and likely to
consume all the time at the disposal
of the members until the last hour,
1t was decided that neither time nor
consideration in keeping with the i'm
portance and the magnitude of the
subject could be given to the canal
bills, so the announcement was made
that they will not be reported out OF
committee in time for action upon
them during the present session. 1t
is not likely that there will be any
change in this program.
One Of the bills of special interest
to Newark that was passed by the
Senate after having gone through the
Assembly, provides for the construc-
ton of a thoroughfare from Central
avenue at Broad street to the Market
street station Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, approximately, and permits
the issuance Of bonds to cover the
cost Of the improvement. The plan
is in accordance with the proposed
diagonal highway in Newark to open
up new ways of access to different
parts of the city, and to therefore
lessen the traffic congestion at Market
and Broad streets. A bill also passed
has for its object regulation of signs
projecting from buildings by the city
authorities.
In the Senate an investigation has
been ordered made of the printing OF
what purported to be a committee
substitute for a civil service measure
which is still in committee and upon
which no action has been taken. The
osteopath bill, which has been a fea
ture in the Senate for the last few
years, its object being to obtain State
recognition for osteopathic practi
tons, was killed again in the Senate
after the usual stubborn fight. The
bill to make the school moneys re
ceived from the railroads in taxes
stand certain school costs which have
heretofore been paid out Of the gen
eral treasury Of the State is also
among the matters still hanging fire
There is strong opposition to it from
several quarters.
Bills introduced for the purpose Of
recognizing the State Home for Girls
over which there has been a great
deal of trouble and an investigation
directed by Governor Fielder during