Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-15
JUDICIARY WANTS
CONF F|RMATION OF
JUSTICE GUMMERE
Senate Committee Fayors His
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Hen
messy May Object.

Tuesday to succeed himself as JUS
tice of the New Jersey Supreme
C.ourt. was reported on favorabiy
yesterday afternoon by the Senate
committee on judiciary. to which the
nomination was referred. The com
aittee recommended that Mr.. Gum"
mere be confirmed for the posltloh'
senator Hennessy. Democrat,
member of this COMMITTEES. was not
nresent when the confirmation was
favored. and. 1t is understood, he
NAV make some objection TO favor
able action being taken next Monday
night. The other members OF the
committee are Majority Leader Reao
and Senator Rathbnn.
The chief justice was the recipient
of warm congratulations ut the eta'e
House today, when he came TO attehd
the first conference of the Court OF
srrors and Appeals, which VIII con
sider the cases argued at the hareh
term of court.
All other penang nominations were
reported favorably yesterday AFTER
noon. but there were no conflrrna-
ions. Chief Justice Gummere Will
be confirmed next Monday night.
President Edge appointed Senators
T5atehinson. of Mercer; Rathbun, of
Morris, and Egan, of Hudson, as a
committee to investigate the work
ings of the reqdsItion law. The COM
nittee will consider the questions Oh
suggesting any needed amendments
to the law 4,,o
The COMMITTEES substitute for the
Singer boxing bill came up on tnlIu
reading and final passage IN the sen
ats h1t was laid over when only
s.scht afI1rmative votes could be Sc
eltred. The measure viii probably be
brought no again Monday evening:
The affirmative votes were cast oy
colgate. Edge, Egan, McGinnis, Ram
sav Rathbun, Read and wheaton,
Fha negative by Ackley, Barber
f.annt Hutchinson, Pierce, Smalley
ana White; not voting, Aekerson,
Allen, Hennessy, Martens, Mains aho
Munson.
Governor Fielder transmitted TO the
senate a special message OF the Econ-
orny and Efficiency Commission. lns
commission wants 20 be continued
and wants the Legislature to keep 1t
IN existence.
The annual and supplemental ap-
ueanriatjon bills were attempted to be
moved Yesterday afternoon for final
passage under suspension of the
niles. but the attempt was
nwarted. The bills were placed
r,u the desks OF the sena-
tors Yesterday. notwithstanding
the restriction of the Senate rules
that five days must elapse before
final passage of a bill, Senator small
ley. chairman of the joint approprla-
lions committee, moved that the
rules be suspended. -
This brought protest Iroin senator To-.
acGinnis. of Passaic, who spoke Tor
tbe minority in the absence OF sem
..+nr Hennessy. A two-thirds vote
-oas necessary to suspend the rules
md the motion was only able to corral
he eleven votes of the RepuDncan
ma iority and, therefore. was lost
Tn difference to Senator Hennessy,
senator McGinnis thought the Repnp-
leans should wait until MS return
i,afore the passage OF the Dlls.
President Edge remarked tnat II
was the custom of former Leslsiat ures
~ act favorably on the work OF the
-.nrronriations committee. But the
york Is different this year was the
ranIv of Senator McGinnis.
Frhe Incidental appropriation Dill,
which is a House measure, was re-
caived in the Senate just before ad-
ionrunent. The rules in this instance
Svere suspended to permit the bill to
.ro to second reading, so as to oe
,eady for third reading Monday night.
No objection was entered TO TINS
course Senator McGinnis, however,
was assured that the bill was SUD-
II
for final passage.
Majority Leader Read, Of Camden.
Introduced a bill for date for the
apeciai election for the submission of
the proposed constitutional amend
,aeuts. 1t fixes the special election
for Tuesday, October 10.
Assenblvn1an Peacock, of Burling
ION who championed the woman suf-
rage resolution, which will be sub
lnitted this year. introduced a bill
b the House last night for the special
election to be held Tuesday, Septem-
her 21.
The Read bill undoubtedly has a
better. opportunity of bringing out the
voters, as October 10 is the first
registry day for the general election
in November special election set
apart for woman suffrage without any
other election machinery in effect
would induce but few voters to the
polls, in the belief OF many Of the
legislators.
Defeat Disorderiy House Bill.
The Senate yesterday defeat
I'd House 752 by Assembly
man Barradale of Essex Coun-
ty, which wouldgive the Court
of Chancery Jurisdiction in dis
orderly cases. Senator McGinnis.
Df Passaic, insured the defeat OF
the bill He objected GO the measure
~ too stringent in that it made a
4isorderly house a nuisance and held
the owner of a hotel personally re-
sponslble for acts committed in such
a place without the consent oI
knowledge of hotel proprietor. He
entered protest also to comforting or
The Court Of Chancery criminal juris'
diction. IIe also found fault with the
provision of the bill giving a con
stable the privilege of disposing o.
the effects of hotel which might b'
Declared nuisance through no faui
Of a proprietor The bill is supposed
TO have the backing of the Newarl
Contemporary.
The proposed 81. 900, 600 referendum
on the scheme to purchase tn
Wharton lands in South Jersey me
with defeat in the Senate yesterda
by a vote of to s. The measure Wi
be brought up again and probabl
passed. Lack of information of wha
the bill is really intended to cove
on the part of some of the Senator
was responsible for the defeat. Mn
Senators were not recorded on IN
bill.
Assemblyman Rrnyon, of Uniol
had introduced the bill in the Hous
and secured favorable action in tha
fsbody at once. The plan Is to pul