Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-19
RICHARDS CLASHES
WITH BRANEGAN
Minority and Majority Leaders
of House WrangIe Over
Economy Bills.

TRENTON, March 10 There was
some lively tiffs in the House yester-
DAY over the economy and efficiency
bills Minority Leader Richards in
sisted on his application signed by
fifteen republican members to bring
the two bills which have been passed
in the Senate out of committee. The
minority leader said some sharp
things about the Democratic mem
bers and Assemb,yman McDermott
and Majority Leader Branegan got
back at him In the same way.
1t was the first time Majority Leader
Branegan abandoned his dip'omat'c
policy of calming all members of
whatever party and he dashed out at
Assemblyman Richards and his side
partner Assemblyman Godfrey, with
such vigor that the speakers gavel
beat a regular tattoo on the block
while he completed his remarks.
The bills had to come out of the
judiciary committee in response to
the signed resolution. As soon as
they were out Majority Leader Bran
cyan moved to refer them to the cor
porations committee. At that point
Minority Leader Richards made his
plea to have them advanced to second
reading
Minority Leader Richards protested
That the bills ought to go to second
reading at once.
Assemblyman Scovel came out with
a more reasonable proposition, in line
with his usual policy of give and
take. These bills have been approved
at Republican conference that was
not a caucus" he said II cannot see
any harm in the bills going back into
committee, with the understanding
that they are to stay there only q
reasonable time.
Mr. Richards said: 1T is part of
the Democratic program that they
will stay there as long as they see fit
to keep them there. II is matter
of record that the majority leader is
unable to say when these bills VIII
be acted upon
Assemblyman McDermott said:
THE Republicans are out to defeat
all of these bills but these two. The
Democrats will stand by them in
toto"
Mr. Richards said: Now, the gem
tleman has said in effect that If these
bills go back into committee they will
stay there until the Senate passes all
the other bills Are we in this House
to be governed by the action of the
gentlemen in the other house?
Il do not know what the matter is,
but I suspect that a certain gentle
man in the tax board has been very
busy Speaker Beekman raped for
order Mr.. Richards would not desist.
He exclaimed: 81 am not out of
order. l protest against the attempt
to strangle debate in this House"
ut is my notion that l am here to
hold the debate within reasonable
limits, and that the gentleman from
Atlantic has transgressed them"
II do not care about your notions,
said Mr.. Richards.
Then the gentleman will sit down,
said Speaker Beekman.
1t was then that Majority Leader
Branegan took the floor and warmed
up the debate still further. He said .
1.-THE gentleman from Atlantic has
expressed great concern that the Gov
ernors policies should go through
with respect to these bills. Yet it is
a notorious fact that before these two
bills were out of the Senate and N
the hands of the judiciary committee
this resolution had been prepared
and signed by fifteen Republican
members .- ,.. .s.g
"The gentleman has said that it
cost the people of his city s5), 001 paid
to a detective agency to find out
how they pill off political tricks in
Atlantic County. 1t will not cost the
people of this State anvth ng to find
out how the Atlantic County pol teal
tricks are pulled off in this House,
for they will not be permitted here.
The close of this speech was over
borne by the rapping of Speaker
Beekman's eavel but the leaders,
blood was up and he shouted the con-
clueion of his speech. The motion to
refer the bills to the Corpora tons
committee was then put to vote and
carried.