Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-09
CHECK vERDON'S
ELECTION ACT
Prevent Move to Grab EIec-
tion Officers --House Acts
on Election Bills at Session


TRENTON, Sept. s.-Defeat Of the
bill to checkmate the action of the
Verdonites in Hudson county in grab
. bing the Republican election officers,
Ms well as some of the Democrats,
Tend passage of a resolution urging
congress to urge England to re-
Lease MacSwiney who Is on a
Younger strike in an English Jail
featured the session of the House of
assembly yesterday. Closely follow
ing it was the attempt to make
political capital out of the situation
respecting the state highway COM
mission which was in the form OF
a resolution and was eventually with
drawn.
After the state senate had passed
a bill providing for the validating
of the lists of Republican and De-
m~ocratic election officers In Hudson
county which the county board of
elections filed on August 20, three
days after the required date under
the law, the House of assembly failed
to concur. the bill only mastering
twenty-four votes, whereas thirty-one
are required to pass any measure.
Assemblyman Pierson, Republican,
who sponsored the revised election
act, this year. stated that the bill
IA al altculpI u use the legislature
to pull somebody's chestnut out of
the fire." and opposed the measure.
1t is likely that an attempt will
be made next week to have it re-
rconsidered and passed as both Mayor
Frank Hague. Democrat, of Jersey
- ity, and Prosecutor Pierre p.
GNryen.- leader of the Republican
acAon in Hudson, opposed to Verdon.
are known to favor the passage of
the measure.
AS it stands verdon's list of sew
eral hundred Republican election Of
ficers and also Democrats is the le-
gal official list for the coming cleo
AfiQns. in Hudson county. When the
co1nty board of elections failed to
certify the list on August 20. Coun-
ty Judge Richard Dorerty, a friend
OF Verdon's, exercised the right UNI
der the law inc filed a list of names.
The law provides that when a coun-
~ board fails to file by the goth,
then the county judge may do so.
Verdon caught them mapping and
now the effort to cover up.
Democratic Leader Barrett pre-
sented the Irish resolution, which
was first beaten on a vive voca vote,
the Republican majority voting
against it. but he forced a roll all
IN which the Democrats present, to-
gether with Assemblyman Lyons,
Republican, of Middlesex, supported
him and on the vote then taken,
many members voted AYE" and the
resolution was adopted.
The House passed a resolution In
PRODUCED by Mr.. Hershfield creating
a committee to investigate the sub
ject of preference for soldiers in
public Office, Assemblymen Moore,
Mercer; Lyons, Middlesex, Republi-
cans, and Forlenza, Essex. the DEM
ocratic member. all service men,
were named by Speaker Glover to
comprise the committee.
The series of bills to facilitate the
operation of the coming election in
view OF the increased number of
voters was also passed by the House.
Ehe bills do these things providing
The 1910 census figures shall be used
In the registration regulations; one
booth to every $50 voters, a twenty
GERS, additional poll and election
canvass books, each to represent a
part of the alphabet.
Among the other bills passed was
one to provide for a special marker
or license plate for motor vehicles
in transit from the manufacturer to
the dealers. 1t is designed to stop
an abuse of the present dealers Ii
cense system .
Both the state senate and the
House OF Assembly are coming back
for moro next Wednesday,. There is
a suspicion the Republican majority
wants to see what Governor Ed
wards intends to do with the Repub-
lican Public Utility Commission,
which is now on trial before him.
A hearing in this trial is scheduled
for to-day hafnra Mr. Edwards here