The Penn's Grove record., 1920-09-24
RunyOn Landlord Tenant Meas
ures and Election Law
Changes Put Through
Legislature
ADJOURN TILL NOVEMBER
A Concurrent Resolution Adopted by
the Assemblymen at Last Minute
Prevented Threatened Break
Between Two Houses

TelleI TO acute housing conditions III
congested sections of the state is the
signature Of Governor Edwards to four
measures which passed both houses of
the legislature. The bill giving mu-
inequalities power to enter the house
building business was defeated in the
senate. A series of bills that are eX-
pected to ease up the election ma
chinery with the newly enfranchised
oma vote will also go to the gov
ernor for his approval.
The session was another one of
those long drawn out, tiresome affairs,
lasting from morning until after 10
O'Clock at night. The Republican ma
jOrity in the assembly threatened to
break away from the Republican SEN
ators who control the upper house and
bring to an end the 1920 proceedings of
the legislature. To- offset this the SEN
ators passed a resolution to continue
their sessions until the end of the year
by %adjourning two and three days at
a time.
A concurrent resolution to adjourn
until November s, adopted by the as
semblymen at the last moment, pre-
vented the threatened break between
the two houses. The senate c%oncurred
in the resolution and then rescinded
the other resolution calling for the two
And three day ad~journments, but the
feeling between some Of the Repub-
lican senators and ~assemblymen was
bitter when they parted for home.
For the first time in the history of
the legislature, or as long back as any
of the old timers around the state
house could remember, the house with
out authority went into executive seS-
sion to denounce the senate. Behind
closed doors, the house members pan
ned the Republican senators for trying
to conduct the business of this years
legislature without consulting the
house and for its alleged lack of cour-
tesy to house measures and to the
house itself.
On the floor of the senate when the
resolution to adjourn two and three
DAYS at q time was introduced Senator
Runyon of Union, Republican, Joined
with Senator Simpson of Hudson, Dem
.ocrat, In protesting against its adop-
ton, charging that the people of the
state would 'r1dicule" them. The Hud-
son senator said the resolution was
Outrageous to throw in the face of the
senator's and he also characterized it
as a catalogue of hurdles for three
days" Majority Leader Allen said that
he was informed by Speaker Glover
Ali No ha1ISa wnI1A nnt consent tn q
. f~urnlr session of the legislature this
! yea. and that he was introducing the
resolution so the senate could continue
in session.
Speaker Glover said that one of the
members of the house knew about the
senate passing the three day resolution
until they learned about it through a
man not connected with the legisla-
ture. The house members took offense
at this, Mr.. Glover said, and expressed
themselves on 1t in no uncertain man.
ner and then decided to put through
the concurrent resolution without con-
sulting with the senators about it. Mr..
Glover admitted that he spoke to the
senate majority leader about winding
up the session, and he added that he
was in favor of quitting months ago.
Refuse to Increase Election Boards.
In the house the assemblymen bat
tied for more than two and a half
hours over a bill introduced by Ma
iority Leader Hershfield to increase
from four to six members district cleo
ton boards where go more votes were
cast in the last election. Mr.. Hersh-
field was supported by the Democratic
members of the house, but opposed by
the Republicans, who charged that
James r. Nugent of Newark and Mayor
Hague of Jersey City were behind the
measure.
objection was made to the introduce
ton of the bill, and Speaker Glover,
wha is also a Republican, sustained the
objection on the ground that unani-
nous consent was required under the
rules of the house. Mr.. Hershfield ap-
pealed from the ruling of the chair, but
later withdrew his appeal.
Finally the bill was allowed to be
presented and was referred to a COM
mittee, which juggled with it for a
long time and then returned with a ma
jority and minority report. Neither
was accepted, and the bill died with
the reports.
About the only important bill that
remains for the legislature to act upon
is Senate 800, a supplemental bill ap-
propriating about $125,0 600 to various
state institutions. One of the items in
it is $6,14S to the State Athletic Com
mission.
Seventeen bills passed both branches
of the legislature and are to go to the
governor for his signature. Ten of
them originated in the house. These
include seven election bills and four
housing bills. Briefly they are:
Provisions of Housing Bills.
Senate 1923 provides that no taxes
shall be levied for a period of five years
on any dwelling improvement that may