The Penn's Grove record., 1916-03-31
FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1916
STATE CAPITAL NEWS.
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banks that have the money deposited by
railroad companies who project new
lines, the law requiring a deposit of 81
600 per mile for each new railroad until
the line is completed. This reform has
netted the State an increased revenue of
about $4,000 a year. While other State
deposits have paid two per cent interest,
the interest was never before collected on
this fund.
Mr.. Grosscup has also saved the State
about $1,000 a year by cutting down the
size of his annual report. Although the
work in the Treasurer's Office has doubt
ed since Mr.. Grosscup took office three
years ago, he has handled the business
without any increase in Office force. The
additional work was caused by the law
requiring all State employees to be paid
semi-monthly the abolishing of all treas
urers of State institutions and paying the
institution bills directly through the
State Treasurer's office and an added
burden caused by the collateral inherit
snce tax. By simplifying the methods
of work in his Office, the additional work
has been handled without additional help.
The Legislature of 1916 was winding
up its affairs this week as this letter
was written. 1t had before it the mum
erous vetoes of Governor Fielder, the
appropriation bills. the nomination of
Mr.. Grosscup as State Purchasing Agent
and a few minor matters. The outlook
was that the Pierce grade crossing bill,
the Pancoast bill amending the Geran
election act in several important p~articu-
lars and a few others would be passed
over the disapproval.
1t was understood that while there
was some Republican opposition to Mr..
Grosscup, he would be confirmed by the
Senate.
The presence of former State Treas
urer Daniel s. Voorhees,, Republican, of
Morris county, at the State House sew
eral times the past week or two, has led
to speculation as to whether he is pre-
pairing to resume activities in the State
Republican counsels Uncle Dan" was
long one of the big leaders in the State
party ranks, but during the past two
or three years has not been so prominent
in party matters.
The Republican fight to nominate Sen
ator Walter e. Edge, of Atlantic county
for Governor has been carried into Es-
sex county, the stronghold of the forces
who would make Senator Colgate, of Es-
sex. the Gubernatorial candidate. Des-
pite the opposition of Alfred N. DAIRY
mple, nominating petitions are being cir
culated in the county for Senator Edge
and in other ways the Edge workers are
busy. 1t is being charged that the Dali
rymple machine leaders are not very
strong for Senator Colgate anyhow and
are inclined to let him do all his own
campaigning. The prospects for the NOM
ination of Edge are increasing. and it is
now generally conceded that he will be
nominated.
The Democratic boom for II. Otto
Wlttpenn for Governor is increasing and
no opposition has appeared to stop it.
1t now looks as though Mr.. Wittpenn
VIII have very little, if any, opposition
for the nomination.
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In a statement replying to Governor
FEEDERS veto of his grade crossing bill,
Senator Pierce, of Union county, claims
that protracted litigation for an indefinite
period may be expected from the present
Fielder grade crossing act, while if his
bill were enacted the litigation would
be greatly reduced or perhaps eliminated
altogether. He points out that his bill
is drafted after the Connecticut law
which has been upheld by the United
States Supreme Court, and therefore,
would not be open to attack in the
courts.
What is before us with the Fielder
law" Senator Pierce states, sis pro-
tracted litigation for an indefinite per-
lod, and | think probable, an adverse re-
suit IN the end, in which case all the in
tervening years will have lost. NV bill
simply aims at results"
Governor Fielder disagreed with Sena-
tor Pierce IN this question. He declares
that in the Bristol case, which took the
Connecticut grade crossing statute into
the United States Supreme Court, that
Court passed upon the law as applied to
the facts in that particular case, and then
only so far as the Federal questions in
volved. Governor Fielder declares that
the decision in that case would be no pre-,
cedent for the New Jersey law. Be
sides, he points out, the Connecticut law
NhNhhCN lAdI uteISIOQ WAS |
rendered.
The record for vetoes was broken last
week by Governor Fielder. He filed sew
erai bills in the Legislative morgue'' in
the state Library because the Legislature
was not in session at the end of the con-
stitutional five day period he had to con-
slider them. This killed those measures
and was equivalent to a vote. Then
when the Legislature reconvened he sent
to it forty vetoes in one lot. This made
forty-seven bills ~disapproved within less
than one week.
The record next to this was made nv
President Wilson in 1912, when Cover
nor OF this State. He sent to the Legis-
lature forty-two vetoes in one batch.
Some Republicans have attacked Gov
frnor Fielder for filing the saven hills in