The Penn's Grove record., 1920-06-11
Legislators
Take A Recess
Gov. Edwards Not Trusted. He
Keeps Eye On Those
Birds

cause the legislators are tired of con-
tinuing the present session any long
er, or whether the legislation before
them was satisfactory or not, the
senate and house did not get along on
very good terms on their return after
q tWo-weeks rest.
Outside of Strengthening out an err
Yor of omission in the annual appro-
priations bill to allow the Morris
Plains hospital to proceed with the
erection of two treatment buildings
as provided by law, and the passing
of a concurrent resolution to adjourn
until Wednesday, September s, the two
houses did not transact any other busl-
ness jointly.
The senate left in committee, which
means that they are dead, the hVe
housing bills pas4bd by the assembly.
The committee was ordered continued
with a view to getting housing legisla-
ton which will be constitutional TO al
leviate the present conditions, and
preserve the property rights OF lana
owners. In view of this move, Senator
Simpson of Hudson. instead of intro
ducing his bill, removing from the pro-
visions of the state tenement Il act
houses with three families and making
it apply to houses containing foul or
more families, gave the measur to the
committee.
Senate and House Disagree.
Three new measures aimed to de-
feat Governor Edwards in his attempt
TO prevent the State House Commits
sion from "appropriating sums from
the states 100000 emergency fun TO
state institutions to meet added bur
dens as a result of the high cost of liv-
ing. were introduced and passed by the
senate, but were shelved by the house.
The assemblymen held that the bills
were unnecessary" because their pro-
visions were contained in house $40,
by Mr.. Wallworth of Camden, appropri-
ating 100000 as supplemental to the
emergency fund for this year.
The senate wanted to adjourn until
September Z, but the house objected
ON the ground that this would be the
day after Labor Day. The members
insisted on making the date September
s. The senate acquiesced.
After Majority Leader Hershfield of
fered the resolution fixing the date of
adjournment, Minority Leader Barrett
of Essex introduced a concurrent reso-
luton calling upon the legislature to
adjourn sine die, which was beaten y
a party vote. During repartee which
followed, Mr.. Barrett said that sit
was about time the members put a
stop to the senate making a fool of the
house.
Mr.. Barrett had contended that there
was no need of the legislature cOntinu-
ing the present session, as there was
nothing for it to do. Assemblyman
Rowland of Camden asked him if ii
wasn't true that Governor Edwards
had appealed to them in a special
message to pass some bills to relieve
housing conditions. Mr.. Barrett re-
piled that that was true, and declared
that the house had already passed the
bills. But, Mr.. Rowland countered, the
matter was before the senate for ac-
ton.
THAT is So" responded Mr.. Barrett,
"but your resolution provides that the
legislature adjourn until September S.
The people want houses now. Th Y
can't wait until the senate returns in
September to make laws because it will
be too late then"
1t was at this point that Mr.. Barrett
remarked that the senate was making
"a fool" of the house.
More Appropriations Proposed.
One of the new bills introduced in
the senate permitted those in charge
Of the ReformatOry for WCmen at Clin-
Ton to use its u~neXpended balance for
the present fiscal year to build a laun-
dry. storage room, carpenter Shop.
butcher shop and a storage barn. 1t
also allowed the Glen Gardner Tuber-
culosis Sanatorium to appropriate its
uneXpended balance for the conStruc-
ton of Il water storage reservoir, and
il further provided that the Home for
Feeble Minded at Nineland could use
its surplus funds on June 80 to builG
Il StOreroom. cold storage, cannerY and
10 purchase ullllIS room equipment
for the tuberculosis shack.
Specific appropriations were made in
the second bill as follows: Glen Gard
ner Sanatorium, $1,000 for food State
Home for Boys at Jamesburg, $16,-
1880, of which about $4,000 is for
food. coal and changes in the heating
equipment and $1,000 for salary in
creases granted by the state last fall :;
State Home for Girls at Trenton, So
600, to meet the salary increases grant
ed; Home for Feeble Minded at Vine
land, $21, 903.4S. of which $4,000 is for
fuel and the remainder for salary in
creases and the farm; State Prison,
Trenton, $31 300. to reimburse the
prison for the falling off in receipts
from convict labor. and the Kearny
Soldiers Home, 1900, for salary in
creases. These items total in all ST.
3SO.9S.
The third bill reduced the amount