Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-04-29
PASS ELECTION
BILL OVER VETO
Party Column viii be Restored
to State Ballots, Making End
of Geran Election Law.
By The Associated Press


By The Associated Press
TRENTON, April 29.-The senate
today passed over the veto of Cover
nor Edwards the bill by Assemblyman
Pierson, of Union, by which the party
column is restored to the ballot In
New Jersey elections. Party voting
was eliminated under the Geran cleo
ton law enacted during the admins
tration of oGvernor Wilson. The only
lRepublican in the senate today voting
against overriding the veto was Sena-
tor Whitney, of Morris. He said that
he had not sufficient time to properly
digest the bill.
The senate also passed over the
veto of the governor the Picrson bill
which directs the municipal accounts
commissioner to license accountants
under date of July /, next.
Senator Heath, of Mercer, made an
unsuccessful attempt to bring out or
the state library measures which were
filed there by the governor known
as dead bills under concurrent rcso-
object of the Mercer senator was 10
get before the legislature the mini
mum salary bill for school teachers.
Senator Brown of Mlddlesex, today
registered a protest against delay IN
conducting business in the senate. lie
is q Democrat. President Case OF
Somerset was i'll today and did not
attend the sessions.
In conference Republicans OF the
Senate and House agreed to pass over
the objections of Governor Edwards
ten bills which have been vetoed.
Carrying out this decision the SEN
ate passed the Allen bill for the ap-
pointment of the governor, comp
troller and treasurer as valuation
commission to appraise the properties
of the Public Service Railway Com
pany for future rate making. Sena-
| tors Runyon of Union. and Bright OF
Cape May. voted with the Demo
cratic senator's to uphold Governor
Edwards veto.
Another vetoed bill which passed
the Senate was the Pilgrim measure
permitting the Passaic Valley sew
erage Comm ission to have contrs ctins
| work done either on the cost plus OF
days work plan.
In the House the Pierson election
bill, to codify the election law ana
restore straight party column VOTING
twas passed over the governors veto
by the vote of 4l-7. The Essex Dem
ocrats voted to override the govern
| or's veto.
Holding to their conference agree
ment the Republicans also passed the
Rowland bill, over the veto of Cover
/ nor Edwards to prevent the dismissal
of secretaries of county boards OF TAX
alton for political reasons and giving
them tenure of office. The vote was
l31-17.
| Another vetoed bill passed in the
House directs the state municipal ac-
loounts chief to grant licenses to &C
Icountants.
The promised strike" of the three
Republican assemblymen from Mer-
| Ger county to vote against all legls-
lation not strictly partisan In charac
tier as rebuke to the legislature Tor
Ililling the 500 per month teachers
salary bill was emphasized las night
lwhen the Mercer men refused to over
ride Governor Edwards on a Plerson
lbill which would place upon munici-
pal governing bodies the responsi-
biity for the payment OF school
county and state taxes. Assembly
man Pierson was able to rally twenty
eight Republican votes to override
Edwards. but the bolt of tho three
Mercer men killed Persons attempt
to get the bill on the statute books
despite executive opposition
| House Leader Hershfleld after the
tRepublican caucus announced that in
addition to the county board secretary
bill. the election bill and Persons
two finance bills. the House would
pass over the governors veto bill
by Assemblyman Boswell for con-
| tinuation of the state highway system
in Cape May county and Pierson
bill pertaining to the collection o.
takes.
The senate bills which will have
a chance of getting by the House ac-
cording to Hershfield are Pngrim'i
cost plus plan for Passaic Valley Sew
erage Commission contracts; the AL
len valuation bill and the two bills
for the creation of the port authority
for the development of New Yorl
tharbor.
| The House took a recess until nexi
Tuesday night, while the senate meets
tomorrow to act upon the House bills
(which were passed over the governors
vetoes. The annual appropriation
bill will be acted upon by the House
Tuesday night.
The House took recesses until
o'clock last night when Republican
Leader Hershfeld placed the bod,
under call. Assemblyman Lyons wal
summoned to Trenton form a sicl
bed and Assemblyman Rogers of Pas
sale and Warner of Union who were
absent during the day put In an ap-
pearance last night and gave the Re
publicans the workable majority t.
pass the vetoed bills over the obpec-
ltions of the governor.