The Penn's Grove record., 1922-02-17

shall incriminate him or subject him
to forfeiture for connection with VIC
lations of the act.
On procedure the act states that
the offense shall be In the county
where delivery of liquor is made
separate Offenses may be tried to-
gether and it shall not be necessary
to give the name of the consignee
only to prove an attempt to violate
the transportation feature of the law.
Information sent to prosecutors
shall give them power to issue sub
poena and examine witnesses as to
the facts before sending to the magis-
trate for action. Magistrates shall
have authority to act under their per-
sonal knowledge. No more licenses
shall be issued by any commission or
agent. Habitual violatOrs of this act
shall be dealt with as keepers of dis
orderly houses.
Vetoes Powell Bill
One more chapter was added to the
National Guard drama which has held
the boards for months. The Powell
bill, designed to disband the Fifty
seventh Infantry Brigade and reor-
ganize the New Jersey Gard, vas
vetoed by Governor Edwards and sent
back to the House, where it origi-
mated The governor had several eX-
cuses for vetoing the bill, but the
principal ones were that 1t would
throw the Guard into politics; that,
as drawn, 1t was unconstitutional, as
1t did not state In its title what it
pretended to do, and that it was based
upon false reasoning and logic when
1t attempted to punish the entire per-
sonnet of the Guard because the Re
publicans of the legislature wanted to
get Brigadier General Howard S.
Borden.
The action of the governor was
taken after he had heard the argu-
ments of more than a score of officers
Of the brigade against the bill. These
officers came to the governors office
unsolicited and told him hat 1t would
be the death blow to the hopes of the
guard for him to sign the measure.
They claimed that the members of the
house had been guilty of bad faith be-
cause they had promised a hearing on
the bill and then had arbitrarily pass
ed it without warning to the members
of the guards
1t was claimed by the soldiers that
80 per cent of the officers and so per
cent of the enlisted men were former
service men, and it would be a severe
hardship to punish these men because
of the desire of the Republicans to
get" Borden. The charge was made
that the report of the Mackay investl-
eating committee was inspired by
vicious ~partisanship and was drawn
without technical or expert military
advice.
The officers opposing the signing Of
the bill included Col. Joseph F. Norton
of Jersey City, Maj. Robert e. Burk
Of Morristown, Col. Edward Phillips
of Newark, Lieut.. Edward Murphy,
state vice commander of the Veterans
Of Foreign Wars and Capt. Richard
Maths of Newark.
1t is thought that the Republicans
III Tx lN6loldl pass lhS pihA
over the veto of the governor, al
though delegations of officers at the
State House claimed to have promises
from the members of the house that a
hearing will be given before an at
tempt is made to rush it through. No
claim was made that these men want
ed General Borden saved. They took
L -z-{4s.. AI.N 90. tLA .n,aArnI bod
resigned, there was nc. reason to hui
initiate the officers of the brigade by
It's complete abandonment. Colonel
Newton pointed out that there would
be 81, 100000 worth of federal prop
erty that would be j~eopardized by the
in control of the property would be
automatically relieved of their re-
sponsibility. He also said that If the
guard is to be divided by politics it
will mean the end of the guard in New
Jersey.
The governor also sent 9 special
message urging the defeat of Senator
Larsen's bill intended to repeal the
act of last year giving the State Board
of Taxes and Assessment power to in
vestigate assessments in several coun-
ties with a view to bringing about
equalization.
Lines Plead for Change
Humanity is at stake. Let life
be first and the dollar second" Such
was the reply made by former United
States Commissioner J. J.. Matthews,
of Newark. representing the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen. to pleas
made by railroad representatives that
the bill introduced by Senator Collins
B. Allen, of Salem, repeating the full
crew act of 1917 be passed.
Mr.. Matthews added that the full
crew law had been enacted at the
behest of the railroads and had stood
the test of the courts and therefore
should be satisfactory now.
Former Assemblyman, now Prose
cutor, A. Dayton Oliphant Of this city,