Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17
FIGHT IN State senate
ON NAMING OF NUGEhT


a term of five years, Parry released
a bitter statement against the nomi-
nation. He characterized it as Al
attempt upon the part of the govern
or to at least make Essex county
as wet as the Atlantic ocean" Mr.
Nugent said during the last cam
paign that the Van Ness act upset
the magma charta." declared Par
rvs statement.
THE lover of the Magma Charta
throbbing through his breast would
surely restrain him from prosecute
ing any liberty loving b~ootleggers
who refused to live up to any such
~tyrannlcal law as the New Jersey
enforcement act.
"Mr. Nugent is the foremost adj
vocate of the bootlegger and the il
licit liquor dealer. He has repre-
scented as high as tyyenty-nine booze
sellers in one day in court. His
thoughts by day, his dream by nigh.
his spoken words. his written gems
are wet-wringing, dripping wet.
"Nugent for a prosecutor for five
years'-the bootleggers sasp-"it';
too good to be true"
Senator Parry ended by declaring
the appointment would make a
mockery of the dry" laws in Essex
county. The funds the bootleggers
would be willing to contribute 10
this political leader for immediate
use would be staggering, the Essex
senator declared.
Despite the attitude of the Repub-
,lican senator from MI. Nugent's
county, there is much sentiment for
this confirmation. It is customary
in the senate to defer to the home
senator on any nomination sent in
for a particular county, thus the
senators naturally ought to be in
iueneed by Parry's stand. 1t IS
possible. however, to overrule him
and approve the, nomination, as has
occurred in the past. In 1912 Sem
ator Osborn, of Essex, bitterly OPP
posed the confirmation of the pres
ent prosecutor of Essex, J. Henry
Harrison, named by Governo. Edge.
However, he = confirmed rs to IL.
Sunday Legislation
The fight for Sunday baseball,
Sunday theatres and similar amuse-
ments started again last night when
Senator Alexander Simpson, Demo-
crat leader from Hudson, presented
a measure OF this kind in the upper
House. 1t carries a referendum, it
is being backed by the anti-blue Law
league of America ana Mrs. Inez T..
Brookfield, of Newark, state director,
arrived in this city last night to di-
lGct the fight in person. Mrs. Brook
field in statement given out declared
that all citizens should be ON the
lcok out to protect their rights as
paid reformers + at work to cur
tail their liberties. She has cam
paigned against the blue law forces
in the south.
Assembly business
Recommending The substitution of
a state income tax of from two to
six ger cen for the present personal
property tax featured the rather
tame session of the House of AS
sembly here last right.
Bills we've offered by Mr.. PierSon,
Republican of Union, chairman of
the tax Investigation commission.
Two bills wer presented placing
the tax on individuals and corpora
lions alike. They are not likely to
get ear in the Republican legislature.
The party platform includes a pledge
against the income taX for the state.
Another Republican. Mrs. Laird,
of essex, introduced a tax bill not in
harmony with the declared policies
of the Republican leaders, who at
their recent conferences decided ia
fight shy If new direct taxes.
Mrs. Latrd's bill provides for rails
ing arr uat'y for five years and by di-
rect taxation, moneys for the eXpan-
sion of department. of instructions
and agencies. The party chiefs have
decided TO raise money for this pur-
pose by raising the rates of the coll
lateral inhe ritance tax.
Assemblyman Franklin. Republi-
can of Es-x, introduced a bill pro-
viding jury trial in hooZe cases. \
nile PASSED through the House
when this AMENDMENT to the Van
Ness law was proposed, and it was
referred to the committee on miscel-