The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-02-23

leced to have discovered a combination I
to boost the price of coal in this State
never 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 M. Egan, was chair
man of the assembly committee and if
he did not submit his report to the
proper authority it is only another
illustration 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 Goal combine
it is indeed strange that the Democratic
chairman of a Democratic committee
should fail to place the evidence in the
hands Of a Democratic Attorney General
which the committee alleges will furnish
basis for prosecution. There seems to be
no indication whatever of any attempt
on the part of the Democrats to keep
faith with the people.
Senator Colgate Of Essex introduced a
series of bills of vast importance to the
workingmen of the State as they pro-
vide for changes in the workingmen's
compensation laws. One measure, con-
current resolution No. 5, is a compulsory
workmen's compensation law.
Another bill amends the EMPLOYERS
liability law by raising compensation
for injuries from so percent. to 66 2-3
percent. of the salary of the person
injured. Another bill provides for COM
pensatiOn for deafness. The time for
compensation 10 case of injury is extend
ed from 300 to 400 weeks, and in case of
total disability for life compensation.
The bill provides an appropriation of
$3.50 for a commissioner of labor to
carry the law into effect.
The suffrage amendment passed the
Senate Tuesday by a vote of II to 4.
1.-THE Senators voting against the bill
were foul Observation-Disclosures McGinnis,
hudson and Ramsey.
Tuesday afternoon there wal a two
hour hearing IN Senator Hutchinson's
"Home Rule bill, serious objection be-
ing made because it was feared the bill
placed unlimited powers at the discre-
ton of municipalities.
Senator Pierce of Union had the salts
faction Of seeing his "Grade Crossing
bill pass the Senate this week. The bill
provides for the abolishing of one grade
crossing for each thirty miles of railroad
in the State every year until all Of the
grade crossings are done away with.
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 investment pur-
poses.
A concurrent resolution introduce
ed in the House, Monday night. called
upon Congress to impose an embargo on
the expectation of food stuffs from this
country to the belligerent nations OF
Europe. The object of the bill is to put
a stop to the constantly increasing
prices of food in this country.
As was expected the bill to Ak a mini
mum rate for newspaper advertising of
legal character was defeated. 1t was
vigorously opposed by Assemblyman
Whitman of Atlantic county.
The house cleaned up a lot of routine
business last week. thus clearing the
decks for the more serious problems soon
to follow. The session is now moving
along smoothly, surely and definitely
and with every confidence in its ability
to correct the evils of Democratic blund-
ering the past few years.