Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-17
WITH TWO DAYS
LEFT SOLONS
FEEL UNEASY
Legislators Confronted by a
Hard Task for Monday and
Tuesday.
SPECIAL ELECTION
DATES FORM MIX-UP
Newark Police Judge Bill Is in
n Disfavor Even With Es-
sex Lawmakers.
From y staff Correspondent.

From stan Correspondent.
TRENTON, April 17.-With sine die
adjournment fixed for next Tuesday
at o'clock, there is every indication
that the Legislature will have a busy
time of 1t next Monday and Tuesday
The House will convene Monday
morning, the first time it has met on
q Monday morning this session.
The Republicans have arranged a
program to be followed out during the
closing hours of the session.
Among tho important matters to
come up will be the appropriation bills
and the re-passage of the economy
and efficiency bills which reorganize
the department of labor. The latter
measure was vetoed by Governor
Fielder and sent back to the Senate,
whereupon the majority made it a
party measure. and put 1t through
that house, the governors veto not
withstanding
The tang1e over the fixing Of the
date for the special election on the
constitutional amendments will have
to be settled next week. AS it stands
now two dates have been fixed tenta-
lively. September 81 is the date fixed
by a bill introduced by Assemblyman
Peacock, OF Burlington. while bill
presented in the Senate by Senator
Read, of Camden, fixes October 19.
The latter date is the first registry
day for the general election in Mo-
vember and, in choosing that date
Senator Read proposes to save the ex-
pense of election officers salaries and
other election expenses by killing the
two birds with the one stone.
Assemblyman Peacock quotes the
State constitution to prove his con-
tention that such an election must
be held "for that purpose only" The
question will come up for final settle
ment at a conference of the Republic
can legislators on Monday
Certain political influence around
Newark has been at work to get out
of committee the bill to create the
Office of city purchaser of Newark.
So far 1t has been to no avail and
there is every reason to believe that
the bill will be among those that will
lead the procession to the legislative
morgue. The Essex delegation, it is
known, looks with disfavor on the
proposition and the death Of the
measure seems certain.
Newark is particularly interested
in the bill creating new police
judgeship in Newark. The measure
was introduced in the House by As
semblyman Wolf, of Essex, who
boastfully announced he was to be
named to the position. the annual
salary of which is fixed at $4,500 per
year, not counting about $4,000 more
for clerks, equipments and SO forth.
1t passed both houses, and was
ready for executive action, when the
Senate recalled the measure. At the
time it was explained the reason for
recalling the bill was for the pur-
pose of amendment, but it has since
Developed that certain Republicans
were desirous of discipling Wolf for
his vote on one of the economy and
efficiency bills. Now it is said the
Republicans in the Senate have de-
cided to sit tight on the bill while
Assemblyman Wolf is pulling wires
to get some action on the measure.
VOLTS boasts that he is to be the
new judge in Newark. If his own
bill becomes law, have Jared on
the sensibilities of. the. lawmakers.
They feel that it would be moral
effect" lesson TO kill legislation of
this nature 1t isNtoo much of a per-
sonally conducted enterprise to suit
proper views
Another attempt will be made by
the Democrats to get some action on
the resolution calling for the election
of assemblymen by districts, TO
which the Republicans are committed
in their platform.
Ever since the measure was intro
duced the Republicans have been
lodging the issue. Minority. Leader
Agnew. of Hudson, attempted to
have the resolution moved, but
Speaker Godfrey ended the matter
with the old parliamentary trick of
having the motion tabled.
There will be plenty of crepe need
ed next Wednesday on the many
bills that will die with the Legis-
lature. Among these will be Speaker
Godfrey's Morris canal abandonment
bill the full crew repeater and many
others that never saw the light.
Again House Bill sl6.
Assembly bill s16, which passed
both, houses, has become as unpopu-
lar as Assembly 2s4, the measure Gre
ating a needless police judgeship for
the city of Newark. No. Sl6 got
through before it dawned on the law
makers that it was really an act to
help the Newark police and fire
commissioners and the Newark city
administration out of a hole they got
themselves into by demoting certain
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