Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-03-27
Republican Aid, However, Is
Looked For.
FIELDER CRITICISES NUGENT
Governor Issues Statement In Which
He Says Powerful Influence Has Been
Used Opposing His Lesislation-He
Alleged an Alliance In Legislature.
Especial correspondence.I

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expected that Governor Fielder will be
able to get through the Legislature his
bill placing an assessment on the stock
of banks. Republican aid. however. is
looked for to give the necessary votes.
The lower branch of the legislature has
become the storm center. The executive
sent a special message to the house.
pointing out that the banks practically
enjoy exemption and urging that affirm
alive action be taken TO compel them
to contribute to the state revenues. He
again gave figures to show that some
of the counties receive very little, If
any, money from the institutions. Re
publican State Chairman Bugbee also
spent some time at the statehouse With
Assemblyman Richards, leader of the
Republicans. and they discussed the
bills together. 1T is estimated that the
revenue from the m, will be high
under the present returns of the insti
buttons. Senator Pierce. Republican.
believes the doubt abou4 its constitu-
tionality has been removed by the C.
ton of the house committee introduc.
ing a substitute to his bill. This makes
1t originate in the house. he declares.
and is in keeping with the injunction
Of the constitution on measures for
ven 1t will be sent back to the
senate. where it will again be voted
upon, but a majority is expected to be
for it.
Approve Revenue Bill.
One of the Fielder bills for revenue
has received the approval of both
houses, that by Assemblyman Brane-
gan for the taxing of inheritances. Ii
was opposed in the senate by Read,
Edge and Rathbu., who declared it
was assessing the dead. Senator Col.
gate. however. Joined with the Demo-
Gratis, as he said it was a fair measure.
and the vote was II to u. 1t is expect.
ed that it will bring the state $1,000 0
yearly.
Sweeping changes are 70 be made in
the management of the State Home
For Girls as a result of the recent in
vestigatiOn. Governor Fielder has pre-
sented to the legislature the report OF
the committee and urges that the rec
concentrations be adopted. The home
board viii be reduced to five, three of
whom are women, and practically all
of the present EN-. .oyees are to be
dropped.
Fnanpnnucuad hu tIta1 1AlAt-- = -
ding bills he wished, the governor held
a conference with leaders of the Dem.
ocrats in his office Monday. Several
state officers were present.
Issues Statement.
just before he held this meeting the
governor issued a statement couehed
in vigorous terms ON the opposition to
the bank stock tax bills. He asserted
In it that he hoped there were enough
Democrats and Republicans in the
house not the personal property of
James Nugent, Democratic "boss., and
David Baird, Republican boss" to
vote for the bill. 'The Developments
this week." he asserted, ION the bank
stock tax bill, will be most interesting.
and the people of the state win learn
very definitely which members of the
legislature are concerned In their vel
fare and which are more interested
Ia protecting the banks. As a former
member of the assembly | have a high
regard for the integrity and honor of
that body and refuse to believe that a
substantial majority will not be found
supporting the bill" The executive
then comments on the change of front
adopted toward the measure by Nu-
gent and attributes it to some other
motive than the desire to aid the city
of Newark. "Mr. Nugent is also a
political boss" he continues, land in
this latter capacity he asserts his own
ership Of the Democratic assemblymen
from Essex county and issues orders
to them to oppose the bill In which |
am interested. l cannot think that the
six members from that county who
took part In the conference which
they voluntarily turned into a caucus.
and at which 1t was unanimously de-
cided to support this bill, will now
stultify themselves. Powerful infiu-
ences," he further asserts, shave been
in work, as in past years, opposing
this legislation, among which may
name Mr.. Baird of Camden, who has
been active about the statehouse for
two weeks. Following his activities
the minority leader of the house in n
of his daily screeds announces that the
Republican members at a caucus have
decided to join the men whom Mr.. Nj
gent claims to own In choking this
measure to death. / am wondering
with how much Joy the Republicans
OF the state will receive the news OF
the alliance with Nugent, into which
Baird has drawn their party repre-
sentatives and how the people gen
orally will regard this old time work
ing combination which we thought had