Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-24
n. .l.LEG|SLATURE
WAITS ON EDWARDS
Expected He Will Make Nomina.
tons to Two Boards Be-
fore June 2
STOKES REAL G. 0. P. LEADER

3 speo,oi Dispatch TO Evening Public Ledger
Trenton. May 24.-Govcrnor Ed
wards said recently at his presidential
campaign headquarters in New York
that he did not think he could go to the
Democratic national convention in juno
as one of New Jerseys Democratic Zig
Four, because he had to keen an eye on
''those birds" referring to the New
Jersey Legislature. which is controlled
by the Republicans.
The birds" while rcsenting the OK.
ecutive's characterization. last week al
lowed him to fix through Senate Ma
jority Leader Allen. the time OF the
Legislative recess which will end on June
2. showing apparently that the Repub-
lican legislators are not going to cmbar-
rass the governor in his presidential
aspirations.
The understanding seems pretty clear
that after June = the Legislature VIII
again recess until such time as the
governor may desire, if he has not then
made his appointments TO the utllltE
board and highway commissions; IL Is
these appointments. of course that are
holding the Legislature in session when
n should have adjourned weeks ago III
aocarSance with custom The Senate.
however. desires to be in session 50 as
10 censor the appointments the governor
may make. .,.o,
The governor will continue the trlal
Of the public utilities commissioners
here Tomorrow on the charges preferred
nv Jersey City, which alleges mlscon
duct in Office and neglect OF duty on
the ,part of the utilities commissioners
In allowing increased trolley fares ana
utilities rates. Ii is believed that the
trial will be ended tomorrow or pos,
sibly Wednesday and the governor VIII
then have from that time on IN wh'rh
to make his decision. If he desires TO
ret rid of the board and the Legs.
iature II is pointed that he can kill
two political birds with one stone by
s'firinr'' the commission aud sending
his new appointment for that body to
the Senate by June >. If the appoint
mepts are satisfactory to the senate
and those also of the highway com
mission the upper house Will lmmrdi
, ately confirm them and sine die ad-
iourpment may be expected few days
thereafter or as soon as the senate
disposes of the five housing hllls Whlch
the Assembly has passed to relieve tnc
acute rent proftecring situation in the
state.
In the Republican camp State Chair
man Stokes seems to keep in the saddle
on the matter of the state leadership.
while il is true that United States Sen
ator Walter f. Edge landed on the
Big Four as we'll as Stokes, yet the
fact remains that Stokcs's persistent
attitude in favor of General Leonard
Wood won the day. a. the state indi-
Gated its preference for. the general.
This has given Stokes the upper hand.
as Edge will be obliged to tax" his cue
for Wood from the preference of the
voters. Another indication of Stokes 5
leadership was his control of the con =
ference Of national delegates at Newark
recently, when he engineered the plan
of picking Colonel Austin Colgate TO
IN the convention resolutions
committee. The trend of events at
that conference showed that apparently