Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-01-21

nor elected next November he could
then appoint a Republican prosecutor
at the next session for the full term of
five years.
Majority Leader Rathbun, chairman
of the judiciary committee. stated that
the name of Mr.. Richman has not been
taken up.
The session of the senate was brief
and confined chiefly to routine bust
ness. The first bill of the session to be
passed was passed under a suspen-
sion of the rules and amended the road
law of 1912 so as to allow state aid for
the construction of a new stretch of
road in the Atlantic shore boulevard.
A bill amending the traffic act of
1915 was introduced by Senator Egan
of Hudson. 1t provides that where the
houses are on the average less thar
a hundred feet apart the right of way
over vehicles at any street crossing
shall be given to pedestrians.
A measure introduced by Senator
Allen Of Salem allows each voting dis
trict in counties of less than 10000
population to contain 500 voters instead
of 400.
Fixes Bounty For Hawks.
For the better protection of song
birds Senator Stevens of Cape May
introduced a bill which gives a bounty
of 2 cents for the killing Of a hawk
or crow.
Two hearings were announced in the
senate for Monday afternoon. one on
Senator Pierce's grade crossing bill at
A o'clock and the other on the bills
providing for the creation Of a budget
system for appropriations at 2 o'clock.
The house transacted more business
thar did the senate. Among the new
bills introduced was one by Mr.. Ham
mond of Mercer. giving to voters in
each taxing district the power to ex-
empt from taxation for five years
buildings and other improvements.
A measure by Mr.. Woolverton gives
the commissioner of labor the right to
extend the time of employment of wo-
men from ten to thirteen hour q day.
Another bill by Mr.. Woolverton would
give to juries the right to render a YER
dltl lnc tuun " tdpltdi DuiliShlhChb
in murder trials, with the privilege of
saying how long the prisoner might be
imprisoned.
Two other acts referring to the Grim
inal laws We're also introduced. One by
Mr.. Whitman provides for the Mann
white slave law, violations of which
are claimed under the guise of employ
ing girls as mattresses and barmaids.
The other bill, by Mr.. Randall, re-
quires that a person indicted for Il
crime be put on trial within two terms
after his indictment or the charge
withdrawn.
A tax exemption measure introduced
by Mr.. Dalrymple would relieve from
taxation all household goods, wearing
apparel and personal effects that are
actually used by persons, up to the
value of $500.
Mr.. Schoen introduced a bill which
provides that the date for holding the
primaries for the election of delegates
to the presidential convention shall be,
advanced one month and fixes the date
for the fourth Tuesday in April.
Read Sure of Treasurership.
Amid the talk of booms and with
drawalS from races for various offices
it seems to be pretty well settled that
Senator Read of Camden, president of
the senate, will land the $4,000 berth
of state treasurer. George f. Wright.
former assemblyman. of Passaie coun-
ty was at the s%tatehouse promoting his
campaign for the Office, but it is nov
regarded that he has little chance of
being chosen at the joint meeting of
the legislature. AS the term of Mr..
Grosscup, the present state treasurer.
ends March l, it is said that the Re
publican legislators will caucus on the
treasurership early in February.
While Vice Chancellor Vivian NJ.
Lewis has definitely stated hat he is
not in the race for the ~governorship
nomination. his statement has not clar-
flied the situation with regard to that
office to any great extent since his
withdrawal leaves the way open for
the entry of another aspirant, former
Senator John Dynelly Prince of Pas
sale, who has been holding back till
Lewis should decide what to do. The
refusal of Lewis to run is no great sur
prise since few expected Slat he would
resign his present position at $4,000
per year on the chancery bench to GO
back into politics. 1t is said that his
refusal will be a disappointment to the
Stokes faction.
Among the Democrats all talk OF
making State Treasurer Edward Gross
cup the gubernatorial candidate seems
to have died out. The fight for the
nomination for governor is in the
northern end of the state between Ma
val Officer Otto Wittpenn and Senator
Charles O'Connor Hennessy.
Civil Service Probe.
Under a resolution presented IN the