Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-25
[. O.P.|NM MOVE
To SAVE DILL
Would ReOrgdnize State Motor
Vehicle Department

TRENTON, Feb. 25.-Carrying out
an agreement of the senate and
house Republicans, Majority Leader
Allen, of the senate, introduced a bill
in the senate to reorganiZe the state
department of motor vehicles, taking
it from under the jurisdiction of the
secretary of state IL giving the ap-
pointment to Newton A. X. Bugbee,
state comptroller.
Back of the Allen bill is the at
tempt of Republicans to save William
l.. Dill, a Democrat, whose head is
to be chopped off by the Edwards
administration. Governor Edwards
has not sent the nomination of the
secretary of state to the senate but
whether Thomas +. Martin, the pres
emit incumbent Is reappointed or not,
the raining faction in Hudson county
Is opposed to the retention of Dill.
Honor Memory of Ex-Governor
TO honor the memoir of Former
Governor Franklin Murphy, the SEN
ate adopted a resolution for President
case to appoint a committee of three
senator's to draft appropriate reso-
buttons eulogizing the services rem
dered by the late governor to New
Jersey. "A committee of five sena-
tors will represent the senate at the
funeral services. Senators Pilgrim,
whitney n Runyon spoke in the
highest terms of the character Of Mr..
Murphy.
Three Bills Passed
Three bills were passed by the sem
ate. One. by Whitney, provides that
approximately $3.50, 900 of the money
available for school purposes from
main stem railroad tax be transferred
to the State Board of Education. The
money will be used for summer
schools, continuation schools, voca-
tional schools and other branches,
rather than become available for
county school purposes. The tax
money this year amounts to $1,000, 600
which Is between $1,000 0 and $780,
600 in excess of probable needs for
county school purposes.
Republican Leader Allen introduced
a bill to exempt from motor vehicle
license fees automobiles owned by
state departments and institutions.
Allen also introduced a $4,000, 900
bond issue bill for the New York, New
Jersey Tunnel n the Philadelphia,
Camden Bridge. The Allen bill was
drawn by Attorney General McCran
and will be favored in preference to
the Gaede bill which the Republicans
believe is faulty in minor particulars.
Allen said that the question of
solution of the public utility board
problem was not taken up in the
| Joint conference.
Next Monday night will be the last
legislative day for the Introduction of
bills in the senate.
Despite opposition. the house of
assembly last night adopted the reso-
luton of Assemblyman Donovan, of
Hudson. urging the government of
the United States to recognize the
Irish republic. Attempts were made
by Camden n Bergen members of
Kill the resolution by referring 1t to
the committee on federal relations,
but Donovan pleaded for its passage
and he was successful.
Assem- blyman Corio, Republican,
however. turned a neat little boomer
ang on the Democrats, who were sup
! porting the Donovan measure, when
he introduced a resolution immed-
lately afterward asking President
Wilson to recognize the italian claims
to Fiume. 1t caused considerable
laughter at the expense OF the min
GRITTY.
Then Republican Leader Hersh-
field jokingly moved hat the Presi-
dent nominate Mr.. Donovan as the
first ambassador to the free govern
ment in the Emerald Isle.
A delegation of Hudson soldiers
were here yesterday urging the pas
| sage of the Wallforth bill to give
each service man SO for every month
he was in the armed forces. They
ircluded Charles A. Rooney, Timothy
NJ. Crawley n Robert Armstrong,
all of Jersey City. for the American
Legion, and Robert Maresca, Rober:
Covart, Frank Jennings, all of Jersey
City representing the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars.