The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-20

erty under quo warranto proeee
In the event of such proceedin
ing successful what would nap
The burden of operating the
would fall upon the State-an
pense of 100000 amually-and
canal must be kept in operation or
Of the rights revert to the orig T.
owners. Further, the canal basin b
Jersey City, the ownership Of wa CT
is sought by Jersey City, would no
be available for city use before 1874.
The Jersey City plan gives The
State nothing but saddles it with con
siderable expense. The Godfrey bills
benefit the State to the amount Of
at least $1,000, 900 without a single
cent of expense. In view of this
understanding Of the situation the de-
mand has become general for the pas
sage of the bills and unless something
not indicated now should arise it is
likely that when the bills come up
next Tuesday night for third reading
and final passage they will be passed.
1t is easy to understand the atti-
tude of the Democratic press. 1t
vent the Republican majority from
accomplishing IlC dDdliuOllillCliI VI
the Morris Canal under such terms as
| are set forth in the Godfrey bills be-
| cause the comforting of such great be-
neft on the State with no expense at
tached would be an accomplishment
rejecting too much credit on the Re-
publican Party, particularly when ev-
cry Democratic effort for the canal
abandonment had failed so miserably.
T1AV4 Laa 1-4x ~ aA.-o4f4D -. %ha
work Aon the great problems before
the Legislature this week. The Sen
ate passed the suffrage amendment
, reported f~avorably in the upper
house. In spite of the statements of
the Democratic press to the contrary.
the Economy and Efficiency bills will
go through. President Edge, Speak
er Godfrey and the two leaders, Sen
| ator Read and Assemblyman Runyon
are determined on this point and they
have the support of the Republican
majority in both branches of the Leg
islature.
Senator Reads bill amending the
"Seven Sisters antitrust laws, that
have never been enforced, was passed
Monday night in the Senate. This
bill permits a corporation to hold
stock in another corporation for in
vestment purposes.
Assemblyman Whitman's bill vail
| dating the election of recorder, treas
urer and tax collector in Atlantic City
last November finally passed the
House by g vote of 81 to 16.
A concurrent resolution was intro
duced in the House, Monday night,
calling upon Congress to impose an
embargo on the expectation of food
stuffs from this country to the bellig-
erent nations of Europe. The object
of the bill is to put a stop to the con-
stantly increasing prices of food in
this country
Attorney General Wescott sent a
communication to the Senate this
week in which he says that the re-
port of the Assembly committee last
year that alleged to have discovered
a combination to boost the price Of
coal in this State, V reached the
legal department of the State and for
this reason no steps have been taken
against such alleged combination.
The present senator from Hudson,
Charles NJ. Egan, was chairman of
the Assembly committee and if he
did not submit his report to the prop
er authority it is only another illus
tration of Democratic remissness and
laundering. After all the spread
eagle talk made by the Democrats
last year in reference to helping the
poor man by prosecuting the coal
combine" it is indeed strange that
the Democratic chairman of a Demo
cratic committee should fail to place
the evidence in the hands of q Demo-
cratic Attorney General which the
committee alleges will furnish basis
for prosecution. There seems to be
no indication whatever of any at
tempt on the part of the Democrats
RI boon faifh with tho npon1e