Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-17
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ON DRY BILLS
Anti Saloon League Lobbyist
Causes Stir Governors
Veto Overridden

TRENTON, March 17-G. o
land Monroe, counsel o the Anti
| Saloon League and IN of that or
| ganization's lobbyists at the state
! house for a number Of sessions of
| the legislature. yesterday afternoon
| precipitated a lively skirmish on the
floor of the assembly when he was
accused by Asssmblyman Joseph A.
lCorio, Republican, of Atlantic coun-
ty. and a ''wet" of openly workins<
in the vicinity of the house clerk's(
| desk to get a bill wanted by the
| Anti-Saloon League across and over
the governors veto. Speaker Row
land, Republican, of Camden. and
| Republican Leader Evans of Pas
| sale, came to the rescue OF onr
and prevented what looked for a
time like his expulsion from the
floor of the assembly. n
! flashed on the house sergeant at
| arms a pass from the speaker, al
| though this is the first time it has
| become public that the speaker has
issued floor passes to lobbyists. and
this saved the dry" advocate.
The bill which caused the row
was the Eaton measure which re-
quires that in any pool room. bill
lard parIor or other place where any
l HAL VI pIcWCd iA4uOi VI ohy -
that contains alcohol Is sold for
beverage purposes the entire inter-
\ rior of the establishment must be
free from screens SO that it may be
| viewed from the street. The meas
ure, which was vetoed by Governor
| Edwards, is meritorious enough in
itself in that it is aimed to pre-
vent the Illicit sale of intoxicat-
! ing beverages behind screened win
dows. Assemblyman Eaton. dry
Republican from Essex. brought IT
up for passage oyer the governors
veto and the vote was very close
on the roll call, so close that MEM
bers hurried about the House cham
Der for and against the measure lin
ing up votes according to THIEF
views. Democratic Leader Gaede
had attacked the bill as too drastic
and Assemblyman Corio objected &c
passing the bill on the ground that
it was not lin general demand by
either the Republican party or thN
public. 1t was during the scurry foV
votes hat Mr.. Monroe was alleged
to have done a bit of lobbying or
the floor to get the badly needed
lthirty-one alternatives. Corio spied
the anti-saloon man in action. o
roe had r~etreated to the side or the
| chamber when Corio, left his seal
land rushed toward the lobbyist and
demanded:
Have you got any right to tell +
member how to vote? Are you al
officer Of this House
Monroe replied that he was inter
ested in the bill as q law
ment measure.
Mind your own business ADVISED
=, r-s- ~ I1rr
BY this time every eye was upoi
the two men and the Democrats be-
gan demanding hat the floor be
cleared of all but members. :.
"Mr. Speaker, I want to know II
he has the privilege of the floor.
shouted Assemblyman Gaede, Demo-
cratic leader from Hudson. Il would
like to know whether Mr.. Monroe
has the right to tell the clerk how
a member voted"
The House sergeant-at-arms came
I'D to Monroe, who had remained
seated on the edge of the press plat
form and the dry" leader showed
him a pass from Speaker Rowland.
II move that the privilege granted
to Mr.. Monroe be revoked" contin :
ued Gaede. His last performance
warrants ii being revoked"
Republican Floor Leader Evans
broke in to say that the issuing OF
the pass to Monroe was one OF the
speakers privileges as presiding OIL
ficer.> This settled the uproar.
The bill was then declared passed
over the veto by the bare majority
of 81 votes and the question wal
then raised by Corio whether ASSENT
blyman Stratton, Of Gloucester, was
recorded on the roll call and how.
He was advised that the clerk had
Stratton marked for the bill.
ST want to say, Mr.. Speaker, tina
| Mr.. Stratton was not in his seat ant
was moi recorded" charged n At
lantic member.
The question whether Stratton
who had left the session for thu
day, could be recorded. was raised
and Speaker Rowland finally ruled
that he would have to have unani-
nous consent to be recorded in this
fashion. After some discussion Co
rio withdrew his objection and this
vote of 81 was allowed to stand. The
bill now goes to- the senate.
Other bills passed over the veto II
the Assembly follow:
Mr.. Alexander, permits count,
judges to fix salaries of probation,
officers; Mr.. Sexsmith permits In
spections to discover the existanct
of the Japanese Beetle by the De
partment of Agriculture: Mr.. Gibbs
allows municipalities to enter cor
tracts for The widening of streets.