Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-06
Little Opposition to Measure
In the House.
NUTTlNG ATTACKS COLBY.
Pennsylvania Action In Deprivins 1877
State officers of Passes Arouses Leg
isIators-Senator McGinnis Plans a
Rigid investigation Into Operations
of Telephone Companies.
Especial Correspondence

Especial correspondence
Trenton, N. J.. Feb. AFTER several
exciting incidents the house yesterday
afternoon passed the resolution for an
amendment to the constitution giving
women the ballot. The vote was 40 to
4. Assemblyman Charles A. Nutting
of Essex in his bitter opposition to the
resolution made an attack on former
Senator Colby. the Progressive candi-
date for governor in the last campaign.
He said that Mr.. Colby's campaigns
were conducted by Mrs. Colby, and he
attributed their failure to her activity.
Speaker Beekman hurriedly pounded
the gavel and ordered Mr.. Nutting to
take his seat. The Essex representa-
tive did not want to be quelled, how
ever. and shouted aloud that he APP
pealed from the decision of the chair.
No one seconded his motion. and he
subsidized. The four ballots against the
measure were all cast by Democratic
assemblymen. and besides Mr.. Nutting
they were John J.. Griffin and William
A. Leonard of Union and Michael J.
Quigley of Essex. Many women were
present, including Mrs. Colby.
AS soon as the resolution was passed
Speaker Beekman had it carried to the
senate. but it will not be taken up
there until next week. as both houses
adjourned early today. The sessions
were closed for the week to permit the
members to go to Franklin Furnace as
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the president of a company which
opened a new theater at that place last
night.
Opposes Pennsy Action.
The action of the Pennsylvania rail
road and the Lackawanna in issuing
orders that deprive 1877 state officers of
their passes has aroused the legisla
tors, and the right of the corporations
to take this action will be made an is
sue. The ,enators held an executive
session and had a resolution drawn up
for the attorney general to proceed
against the order of the corporations.
The members voiced the opinion that
those whose passes have been declared
invalid should continue to use them.
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they will do so at their own peril.
The members of the assembly also
want the test carried to the court of
errors and appeals, as the supreme
court has said that the railroads have
such right in DECIDING "A case Of Water
Commissioner Hoagland against the
~Lackawanna railroad.
CIarI In rbaaoaru DAbhfoc roftoad
to pay his fare yesterday and told the
conductor to put him off. but he did
not do SO.
Probe Telephone Companies.
Rigid Investigation into the opera
ton of the telephone companies of the
state is to be made under a resolu
ton of Senator McGinnis. 1t has been
acted upon f%avorably by the members
of the upper branch and calls for the
appointment of three senators and
three assemblymen to be appointed by
the president of the senate and the
speaker of the house respectively to
conduct the investigation. They are
to report at the next session of the
legislature. The resolution by Mr.
vas ullA jill Liz CDOi -
In the public press of discrimination,
~overcharges and poor service by tee
phone corporations. The probers are
to meet at convenient places and have
the authority to summon witnesses
and examine the books of the firms.
Members of the Camden Business as
ISOLATION and other bodies In that sec
ton nave fought for two years against
what they claimed were exorbitani
rates for telephones. Examinations
were made by the public utility COM
mission and some orders were issued.
but the business men have never been
really satisfied.
Party caucuses.
Party caucuses will be smashed if a
bill introduced in the house by As
semblyman Richards meets with ap
prevail. The measure would brand as
g. conspiracy the holding by any party
of a caucus that might be made bind
ing upon the participants to vote for
or against a bill. Mr.. Richards, who is
the Republican leader, also presented a
measure that is aimed at the alleged
hit 4liouldlCC II - AldudSCo ~
keep up prices, it is stated. 1t is de
signed as an amendment to the Ram
say act of last year. 1T is for the
purpose Mr.. Richards said. "of elm
mating the jokers which the insurance
men succeeded in getting into this bill.
The principal joker was in permitting
the companies to combine and dele
eating to an outsider the power OF
making their rates. The present
amendment retains the anti -discrimina-
ton clause of the bill and provides
that the insurance companies shall not
combine together to fix rates or to re
tain free competition between them
selves. 1t permits the establishment
under the approval of the insurance
commissioners of a bureau for the pur