Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-14
LOTS Of ACTION
IN LEGISLATURE
Governor Gets Ship Canal
Measure; Soldiers Bonus
Bill Signed; Soon to Adjourn
Bu srecial Correspondent.

~ Special Correspondent
TRENTON, April 1.-THE House
OF Assembly and state senate are
scheduled to wind up active work
either tonight or tomorrow according
to the program and then take re-
cess until Wednesday of next week; iS;
This evening the assemblymen Will
hold their annual entertainment and
present the gifts to the speaker and
other house officials.
Act ON Economy Bills
Both branches are working today
grinding out legislation as the hour
for stopping of the legislative mill
grows nearer. The administration
bills to abolish n number of the Edge
economy and efficiency boards as well
as the state department OF instruc-
tions and agencies and substitute
state board of control Of hve mem
bers each to receive $500 went
day. The Republican judiciary COM
mittee presented an adverse report
upon ALI the bills and the Republican
ma iority smothered them to death by
adopting the report over the protests
of the Democrats. Assemblyman Bar
rett. of Essex. and McAleer, Hudson,
filed a minority report as members
Of the judiciary committee favoring
the bills, but this was not accepted,
being voted down on party lines.
The bills would have abolished the
department of institutions and agen-
cies, including the office OF Commls-
sioner Burdette G.. Lewis, VINO re-
ceives $4,000 q year. and al the
local boards of managers OF the va
rious state institutions. Other boards
which, would have been legislated out
would have been those OF commerce
and navigation, conservation ana ue-
yelopment, health and shell hsheries.
In order to get vote on the pllIs
Assemblyman Gaede. Democrat, OF
Hudson, presented petition sisIeu
NV fifteen members requesting thaI
the judiciary committee be relieved
of further Consideration of the meas
ures. seven in number. THIS torceu
the judiciary committee to hand up
the bills. but 1t killed them by the
parliamentary methd of making an
adverse report
The House passed the bill or senator
-Runyon limiting the hours of employ
ment of females in factories ana
amending the present law by proving
adequate penalties for violation or the
act.
The senate before adopting the an
nual appropriation bill added an ad-
ditional appropriation amounting 10
half million dollars making the total
Senator Brown secured 100000 for
the construction of a ceramic art build
ing at Rutgers College. New Bruins
wick. The breaking of the original
bill to permit this increase was fol-
lowed by Senator Whitney getting in
a continuation of 100000 appropria-
ton for Morris Plains, asylum. Sena-
tor Runyon securing $4,000 for night
schools and Senator Simpson securing
funds for the increase in judicial sal
aries.
Shin Canal Bill for Governor
With Favorable action in the senate
on the House Young Bill for bond
issue of 81 100000 to be voted on in
November to purchase the right of way
for the state ship canal, the bill now
goes to Governor Edwards for disposi-
ton.
Modelled after the proposed federal
legislation a bill by Assemblyman
Fritts, of Morris. passed the senate
today to regulate blue sky stock
spectators.
The McAleer bill for a labor de-
partment museum in Jersey City
passed the senate.
Hearing on Pierson Bll
A public hearing will be given to-
day on the Pierson bill, now before
the senate, to restore party columns
on ballots.
ReactlOnary RepuDilcan senators
conferred on the bill and decided to
vote for a bill measure to permit
party column voting again but not to
restore the straight party ticket plan
by the voter merely inserting the
X on the ballot.
Governor Signs Bonus Bill
Governor Edwards has signed the
soldiers bonus bill for 500 bonus
to ex-service men and providing for
popular election on a $15,0OO,00
bond issue to defray the expense to
the state.
Some criticism has been heard of
failure on the part of Governor Ed
wards to appoint former service men
in specific instances to the county
boards of taxation. Middlesex Repub-
iicans claim ]. Frederick Orpen, of
New Brunswick. a Republican. should
have been renamed by the governor
because of his war record. They say
an opinion from the attorney general
holds that where veteran is in Of
fee he cannot be displaced for an
other person. To this post, the gov
ernor named Joseph A. Hermann. OF
Roosevelt, q Democrat. Captain
Richard Stockton, Democrat, an
overseas man, was candidate in
Mercer county. but the organization
choice, William A. Lowrey, was
named.