Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11

and directed stase police force can be-
established under wisely formulated
legislative regulations and restrictions.
which will be adequate to provide such
proper protection and yet not be sub,
jeet to such abuses as are commonly
anticipated and against which the publ
lie is amply warranted in demanding
safeguards. 1t is the duty of the Leg
islature to provide some practical
method of rural police protection M
der state control. The form which
this should take is a matter for legis-
lative consideration.
Elimination of Toll Bridges.
The task of eliminating toll bridges,
which are undemocratic and relics of q
past day, should be continued vigor-
ously, and to this end 1t is the duty OF
the legislature to continue the COM
mission appointed for the purpose and
to see that it is sufficiently equipped
with funds for the work.
With a view to further attracting
legitimate business to New Jersey and
yet taking care not to open the doors
to corporate fraud, there should be an
additional modification of our existing
corporation laws. The last legislature
found that New Jersey, entirely withs
u reason, was limping under corpora-
ton restrictions which did not cons
form at all to the Clayton act of the
federal government, thus creating an
atmosphere of business uncertainty,
and penalizing the state unnecessarily.
This was remedied. Since her other
defects have been found, and these
should likewise be remedied, to the end
that New Jersey may offer a hospita-
Bile field for legitimate business while
not FORGETTING any of the safeguards
against frenzied and INSCRIPTIONS
inanciers.
The power of county judges to re,
sentence a prisoner at any time dur-
ing his incarceration has frequently
given rise to the criticism that the
constitutional principles concerning
pardons and paroles have been violat-
ed. The criticism appears to be in ev-
cry way justified, and / urge a statute
repeating this power.
Full Cooperation With Federal Gov-
eminent in War.
The personal acquaintance which 1t
is my privilege to enjoy with you gems
tlemen of the legislature counselS
against the necessity of urging that
the session be in perfect accord with
the war aims and purposes of the ma
tional government. The public conf
dence which you enjoy is a guarantee
not ON trial. But perhaps this may
not be an inopportune time to let the
country know that every ounce of New
Jerseys weight in man-power, official
authority and material wealth will be
at all times cheerfully thrown in the
balance on the side of the nation and
her allies in the war. Our legislature,
whether in regular session or in any
extraordinary sessions that unforeseen
developments may warrant, can be
counted upon to shape all legislation
with the war program of the country
clearly in mind. We must be ready TO
stimulate and help to advance every
possible movement requiring public
support intended to assist the govern
ment in the prosecution of the wal and
to benefit the soldier at the front and
the family at home, and yet we must
be equally careful to recognize by Il
official action only those efforts which
are co-ordinated and authorized by
the federal government, in order to
avoid costly Implications and conserve
our energies. 1t is my firm belief that
all state wide activities should be
through the well organized State Coun-
ell of Defense, which provides an OPP
p~ortunity to present the problem in an
official manner TO the smallest munici-
pal unit Statutes found desirable in
peace may have to be repealed tenn
porarily in war, and I ask the legisla-
ture to hole itself ready to meet any
such contingency. There will be con-
f1ict in nothing, cooperation in every
thing. New Jersey is not merely ready
New Jersey is determined to trans
form her assets and into war
energy by the shortest cuts and to do
her full part as a dynamic instrument
tally in helping the Z. S. A. to reach
the zenith of her fighting power. No
state can do more. Every state is
reasonably expected to do as much. I
feel you have given me much power
in this regard. If I need more l shall
ask it with confidence.
New Jersey and the United States,
h~and-in-hand in war, will likewise
travel the same path of progress in inc
~. - INaN1lAr,Nn%
The way must be blazed by construe-
tive craftsmanship of large vision, see-
ing far beyond war times and through
glasses that detect all latent possibili-
ties. New Jersey took the initiative
by agreeing to give the land when
washington digs the cross-state canal
from river to ocean, a project which
would come in very handy in these