Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-04-23
Fight on workmen's Bureau.

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Fight on Workmen's Bureau.
The defent of the bill by Assembly
man Quinn for the establishment OF a
workmen's compensation hureau was
marked in the house by a fiery debate.
The minority members thought the de
cisive rulings Of the speaker an act OF
discourtesy to them. and Mr.. Dolan OF
Hudson. speaking on n matter of per
sonal privilege. declared that the Demo
Gratis were getting sick and fired OF
the treatment they were receiving. In
contrast with the compensation bill
the measure by Senator Gaunt to per
nit of fhe reorganization of the state
board of agriculture received approval
and this was made the topic of com
ment by the minority The n@ricnl
tural bill allowed Mr.. Quinn and other
minority members to assnil the Ilernb
leans on the ground of inconslstcins
and TO charge them with looking nftei
the interests of cattle and crop
through the expenditure of $Si 900 In
the appropriation bills. while they
bill that called for an appropriation of
only $4,000. Mr.. Quinn made n plea
for his measure, declaring that it was
the result of years of study by special
lists on the subject of workmen's com
pensation. 'rhe bill provided for the
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commission instead of by the courts.
The %introducer asserted that this had
been found the best system and that
all states except six that have com
pensation statutes had abolished the
plan of having the court deal with the
matter and had placed 1t in the hands
of a commission. On the ground that
it was expensive and the party pledge
of economy was binding. Mr.. Hates of
Camden asserted that he would not
support the measure. Mr.. Stevens re-
marked that the insurance fund fea-
ture would require the holding of a lot
of capital from manufacturers, but Mr..
Quinn retorted that the employers were
in favor of the provisions. The bill re
ceived only twenty affirmative votes
and there were twenty-seven against It.
The agriculture bill was then brought
up, and Assemblyman Dolan said II
seemed strange that it was favored
when the workingman's bill was de.
feated. Assemblyman West of Glouces-
ter retorted that the amount In the
agricultural measure was the same as
formerly, The measure was then put
through by a vote of 81 to 10.
President Edge Of the senate has
named Senators Hutchinson. Rathbun
and Egan as a committee to investi.
gate the workings of the requisition
act passed last year. The committee
was provided for in a resolution intro
duced by Mr.. Hutchinson. Heads OF
many state departments and institu
lions have complained of the 'red
tape that is now required in getting
money with the co~mptroller's approval.
and the committee will look into the
subject.
Telephone Probe Fails.
Assemblyman Hughes failed In his
attempt to have passed the resolution
requiring a probe of telephone com
panies throughout the state. He en-.
deavored to have the resolution adopt
ed following the reading of a lengthy
communication by the Paterson repre-
sentative. He had the resolution fore
ed out of committee by having other
members join in a demand with him.
He made vicious lobby charges against
the New York Telephone company, a
branch of the Bell system. He main.
tanned that Immediately after his reso-
luton calling for an investigation of
the company was introduced he motto.
ed in the corridors of the statehouse
sleek. well dressed and money spend
Ing men, whom he supposed were
men of leisure. An Investigation. he
asserted. convinced him that he was
wrong. and he found that they were