Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-03-10

%lature, he said, should follow the
wishes of the people. Senator Hen
messy contended that the results of the
last vote OF the subject by the people
was not decisive that the legislature
could not grant this privilege to women
Teachers Oppose Bill.
Among the schoolteachers great op-
position developed to the passage of
assembly bills 204 and 300, by Assem-
blyman Crosby of Essex, the first of
which provides that the probationary
period of teachers from three years
before they are placed on the regular
teaching force and the second requir.
ing teachers and principals to inform
their boards of education, upon re-
quest, whether they intend to teach for
the ensuing year.. Charles ?. Taylor.
former president of the teachers re-
tirement fund, spoke in favor of the
bills at a hearing on them by the house
committee on education.
The purpose of the first bill, he said,
was to give rural boards more time to
try out the abilities of teachers and TO
engage successors for those who do
not mean to continue. Rural boards
are frequently informed of the inten-
ton of the teacher not to return on
the opening day of the school term.
Under the present law also. he con-
tended, the probationary period was
two years and not three. because a
teacher became a member of the regu-
lar force as o as she started her
third year.
Former Attorney General McCarter
led the fight against the measures for
the teachers. He maintained that three
years was sufficiently long to decide
whether or not a teacher was capable
and decried the constant interference
with teachers through the passage of
new laws.
The railroads of New Jersey are
grossly discriminating against the peo-
pie of the state in spite of the great
privileges granted them, according to
a statement made by William Carey
Marshall of Haddonfield. counsel for
the South Jersey Commuters associa-
ton, at the hearing on Senator Acker-
sons measure giving the utility board
power to compel railroads to sell strip
tickets between points in the state be-
fore the senate judiciary committee.
MI. Marshall said that the railroads
in order to escape rate regulation by
the state utility board made it a prac-
tice of selling tickets from points in
New Jersey to points in other states,
such as Philadelphia and New York.
even though the terminal points of the
tickets were in New Jersey, as at Cam
den and Jersey City.
Bill to Eliminate Practice.
1t is to remedy this practice that the
bill is sought. The railroads represent
ed by Henry Wolfe Bickle, assistant
general solicitor for the Pennsylvania
lines east of Pittsburgh; Duane G.
Minard, counsel for the Erie railroad,
and e. G. Holmes, counsel for the Jer-
sey Central railroad, strenuously op-
posed the BILL
The railroads opposed Senator Egan's
bill prohibiting the public utility board
from considering the value of fran
chises for rate making purposes. The
Public Service corporation, represent
ed by former Senator Edmund w.
Wakelee, and the New Jersey Gas
company, represented by Theodore J.
Grayson, also opposed this measure.
They maintained that the value of a
franchise should be considered in de-
termining whether or not a property
was paying a fair return.
Frank B. Jess, member of the state
state committeeman of the Progressive
party, resigned from the latter office
and returned to the G.. o. 2. in order
that he may work there for the nomi-
nation of Theodore Roosevelt for presi-
dent.
His resignation was in the form of a
letter to J. A. II. Hopkins of Norris
town, chairman of the Progressive
state committee. Mr.. Jess declared
that there is danger of the Republican
party being controlled by reactionary
interests, thus defeating the aims of
the Progressives and of the Republic
ans with progressive ideals. Sentiment
for Roosevelt is rife, he declared, and
needs only some n to give expression
to it.
His letter follows in part:
Since receiving your letter of Feb. IS no.
tifying me of the state convention to be
held at Trenton March II to name dele
gates to the Progressive national conven-
ton l have given very serious considera-
ton to the question of the best means to
make effective the strong Progressive
sentiment in the state. 1 have now reach
ed definite conclusions as to what my
plain duty is under existing conditions as
to the course which I think ought to be
pursued most surely to accomplish those
things to which the Progressives are COM
mitted. These conclusions are not COM
patible with my continuance in the men,
bership of the Progressive state commit
tee. I therefore tender my resignation to
take effect at once.
Mr.. Jess then states that he is thor
oughly in accord with the policy which
the Progressive party has decided to
o6Ank IY,4 toIao that he fnolc ~ dIJfu