The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-19

League seem to feel that we are" He
took the view that the legislature was
taking advantage Of its right 10 Iegis.
late under the Eighteenth amendment
! as the best lawyers in the country said
it could legally do.
Big Ripper Bill Appears.
An administration measure sure to
| cause an uprOar and a scrap appeared
! from Assemblyman Judge Of Hudson.
1t creates a department of public af-
fairs, with a board of five commission
ers at 81, 800 year each. The depart
/ ment takes over and administers the
departments of health, shell fisheries,
| conservation and development, institu-
tiOns and agencies, commerce and nav
igation and the boards of managers Of
state institutions. Nearly all these
bodies were created by the series Of
| bills enacted in 1915 as the Edge econ
omy and efficiency program, and Gov
| ernOr Edwards has upon several &C.
! casiOns declared that there was nei-
Their economy nor efficiency in them.
He believes that board of salaried
OAiNlAios plNhCh uo CillNlCll Ddoi4Noo
! men, will accomplish more in that di-
rection than the multiplicity of unpaid
boards now in existence
The latest onslaught upon the State
Utility Board, the object of so many
hostile demonstrations, came in a bill
introduced by Asemblyman MacAteer
of Hudson, repeating the act by which
the body was created in 1911. The
| ripper" was drafted by City Attorney
| William Kearns of Newark as result
| of a decision of the Supreme Court
holding that the Public Service Cor
poration could at will increase its
rates, subject to review by the Utility
! Board.
How far Republicans will allow
these bills to get was indicated in a
| conference the assemblymen held prior
to the nights session. They decided
to put through as party measures the
bills they failed to agree upon at the
opening of the session intended to
strip the governor of summary power
of removal of boards and commissions
1t was the purpose at that time to get
these measures through in the first
week and prior to the Inauguration Of
Governor Edwards, but they were un-
able to corral enough votes.
Daylight Saving Passes.
The house by the close vote of 81 to
20 passed Assemblyman Eldridge's
daylight saving bill. In urging its
Mr. drfJ
war demonstrated the benefits to the
people at large derived from the act
of Congress, and he believed the ma
jority of the people favor the scheme.
Mr. Shields of Warren said the best
evidence of the unpopularity of the law
was its repeal by Congress. He pre-
sented the arguments of the farmers
that the law, accepted as a wartime
| regulation, had worked as a hardship
upon them in gathering crops and tend
ed to increase the cost of living. Mr.
Agans of Hunterdon also opposed the
bill upon the same general grounds.
We've tried to regulate everything
in New Jersey, from bullfrogs to goose
yokes, and now we are trying to regu-
late the time. It's time to call halt
and get down to common sense. The
war is over"
Mr. Tozer of Bergen called attention
to the immensely large number of en-
ployed people in the city industries
who would be benefited by the extra
hour of daylight, and that these toilers
should be considered. 1t would serve
to increase production in the factories,
and thus cut the cost of necessaries
which the farmers buy. Mr.. Roberts
| of Burlington, who owns several large
farms, opposed the bill, and the de-
bate went on upon about the same
lines. The Hudson delegation voted
solidly against the bill, but the Essex
men We're for it.
Whitneys Bill Passed.
Leader Hirschfeld obtained reconsid-
Grafton of Senator Whitney's bill, lost
| in the house after warm battle.
| charging against the state school funds
| instead of against the general fund ap-
preparations for continuation schools,
vocational education and similar items.
The measure was Endorsed by the Ap-
preparations Committee, of which Sen
| ator Whitney is chairman, and, it was
explained, is necessary properly to ad-
just the annual appropriations 1t in.
wolves about 100000 annually
Democratic Leader Barrett again op-
posed the measure. Former Speaker
Pierson declared that one reason for
the need of the bin was the reduction
in the states revenues caused by the
! enactment in 1911 of the pet meas
ures of the gentleman who now pre-
sides over the White House, known as
| the Seven Sisters, which took from the
state large sum of legitimate income.
He said the state has come to the stu
alton where its revenues do not meet
the extraordinary expenditures. The
bill passed by a vote of 80 to q, a
| strict party vote.
Need Much More Money.
Some stubborn facts with relation
to the financial problems facing the
people of New Jersey were presented
to the legislature in a special message
| from Governor Edwards His purpose,
| he said, was to acquaint the people
with the situation as they had been
| allowed to remain in woeful ignorance
| of the real facts in connection with
the highway program as outlined IN
| der the Edge road tax act of 1917"
He further said that it was high time
that the people should know the de-
tails of the problems with which they
are confronted. and il was also time