Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-19
GODFREYY'S GGOODI REY 'SPLANIE
/. TO KEEP ON GOING
BLOCKED BY RULES
Finds He Can't Prolong Ses-
sion TO Override Veto of
Labor Bill.
RON ) stafr Corfespondent.

From stan Correspondent.
TRENTON, April 19-Although ef-
forts were made today by Speaker
Godfrey to have reconsidered the
sine die resolution passed last week,
it was pointed out to him under the
rules of the House a reconsideration
Of the resolution was impossible.
The House rules set forth that mo-
tion to consider a resolution must be
Iraae within twenty-four hours after
Its passage. 1t would require a two
tn - vole of either or both houses
TO suspend the rules and as there
are ten Democrats in the Senate 1t
Is unlikely that such an action will be
taken.
1t Is said Speaker Godfrey's real
reason in trying to get the Legisla-
ture back on Friday of this week
was to pass over the veto of the gov
ernor House bill 606, which measure
reorganizes the State Department Of
Labor, and extends the term of State
Labor Commissioner Louis T. Bryant,
Governor Fielder has already said he
viii veto the measure. The time
limit for executive action on the
measure expires tomorrow. The bill
N all probability will be returned to
The House this afternoon and as the
Constitution provides 1t must lie over
Iwenty-four hours before 1t is moved
Tor re-passage, re-passage would be
impossible
May Meet Again Tuesday.
It is likely the members of the
Legislature will come back to Tren-
ton next Tuesday, the sine die reso-
luton fixing tomorrow as the date to
finish up. Notwithstanding. This is
the idea or Speaker Godfrey. When
he made it tiknown this morning there
was considerable DOUBT that such a
move could be made in view Of last
weeks resolution. The House rules
set forth that a motion to reconsider
= resolution must be made within
twenIy-1our hours after its passage.
This was not done, of course. A sus-
pension of the rules can only be done
by a two-thlrds vote of both houses.
AS there are ten Democrats in the
senate, this could not be done.
The confusion over the procedure
was finally Strengthened out this
afternoon at a conference between
PRESIDENT Edge, of the Senate, and
Majority Leader Runyon, of the
House. If it is deemed advisable to
bring the Legislature back 10 act on
any vetoes Coz ernor Fielder may
lhake, the majority will get around
last weeks resolution by introducing
another one, fixing perhaps next
Tuesday as the date for sine die ad-
journment.
Definite action the matter viii be
taken perhaps tonight or tomorrow.
BY coming back next Tuesday the
majority would have the advantage
of looking over all the vetoes Gov
ernor Fielder may make, the time
limit for executive action having ex-
pired by that time.
spppermost in the minds of the
legislators is House bill 606, which
Governor Fielder has announced he
will veto. That measure reorganizes
the State department of labor and eX-
tends the term of office of General
Lewis t. Bryant. Majority Leader
Runyon said today that measure
would be most certainly repassed, the
governors veto Notwithstanding.
Speaker Godfrey has given up the
ghost on the Morris Canal abondon-
nent bills. He realizes that even If
ne did get the measures through the
House. it would be impossible to get
them through the Senate. He was
asked today what the likelihood was
of the abandonment bills being moved
this week.
Canal Bills won't BE Moved"
II can tell you they won't be
moved he said.
1t is improbable that today and to-
morrow will be marked by much
legislation of Importance. The Demo-
Gratis are planning to attack the ap-
preparation bills, and this may result
in a filibuster, the only result of
which can be delay. The bills have
been made caucus measures in the
House. The Republicans of the Senate
have reached a conference agreement
to the same effect, so that there Is
scarcely a possibility of any change
being made in the recommendations
of the appropriations committee.
Prolonging its session beyond that
OF the Senate last week, the House
passed a big batch of minor meas
ures, which will be taken up by the
Senate tomorrow night, and, for the
most part, defeated Efforts may be
made to revive some Of the more
important bills defeated during the
session. but there is small chance Of
such attempts meeting with success.
To Make 20 Appointments.
Interest centres In the big batch of
appointments Governor Fielder will
nave to make as the result OF the
passage of the economy and efficiency
legislation, by which more than a
dozen State departments and commits
sions are to be reorganized. Governor
Fielder intends to send in his nomine-
ions tonight If possible, but he has a
hard task before him, and may not
be able to finish the task before to-
morrow.
Assuming that the governor will
veto Speaker Godfrey's bill for the