Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-01-04
Says He viii Name New
Board If One Recently Ap-
pointed is Not Satisfactory
By Special Correspondent.


TRENTON, Jan. 4-Following up
his call for a special session of the
New Jersey senate Wednesday noon
Of this week. Governor Edwards Of
New Jersey today issued state
ment setting further the. reasons
why the senate should lose no fur
ther time in confirming the gov
ernor's appointments to the new
Public Utility Commission.
The governor takes the position
that the state Is now without any
legal Public Utility Commission and
that the best interests of the state
make the confirmation OF the new
board matter Of vital necessity.
The Governor has appointed Con-
gresham James A. Hamill, of Jer-
sey City: Walter +. Whittemore, of
Sussex; State Labor Federation
President Arthur Quinn, of Sewar-
en-: Treadwell Cleveland, of Newark,
and former Senator James A. C.
johnson, Of Bergen, to the new
commission, and he has asked for
the senate's confirmation. The gov
ernor also says today that il the
senate decides to reject any or all
of these appointees he will be glad
to select other men and TO continue
tIiiS Pioccos uhtli tiic Sofefuof anu
the senate snail have reached an
agreement upon those appoint
ments.
The governors Statement:
have called the state senate in
special session for Wednesday next
for further consideration of the
Public Utility Commission nomina-
tiens. / have taken this action be-
cause the senate's failure to take
action upon the nominations at its
session last week was by tie vote,
and two OF the senators from the
important counties OF Bergen and
Essex. which are particularly inter-
ested In the Public Utility matter.
were absent; and because It seemed
10 me that the members OF the sem
ate who voted to postpone actioa,
ned not considered the grave DAM
age 70 the state whlcn such post
ponement wouid Hecossar11y create.
Tnls matter as not 2 controversy
petween tne governor and the SEN
ate, nor 1s u q pohtical matter be-
tween Republicans and Democrats.
1t Is matter OF the orderly con-
duct In the method prescribed by
law of one of the most important
branches Of the state government.
There is now no Public Utility
Commission. The supreme court in
a proceeding brought by Attorney
General McCran, has decided that
the terms of office of the members
of the commission whom removed
had been terminated according to
law and rendered Judgment ousting
them from office. If these men
should now attempt to act, it woull
be in open defiance of Judgment
of the court, and all such acts would
be void.
The state therefore is in a condi-
ton of an interrosnum In one of its
most important branches of govern
ment. The calendar of this commits
sion contains MANY inportanf cases
which should he sneedilv deter
mined both in the Interest of the
nubIic and In sust;ca ~ fha jndi-
viduals' and cornorations affected.
n this matter goes over to the
newt Ieg;slatnre II means, The ron
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weeks and nerhans months and will
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