Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-02-20
House Republicans
Still Fight Against
SnZerAppOintments
Legislature Reconvenes To-
day-Action on Highway
Board Likely to be Taken

TRENTON, Feb. Capitalization
as the legislature reconvened here
today for it's morning session were
that the lid had blown off the agree
ment between the Republican law
makers and the governor on the re-
organization of the State Highway
Commission. The House Republicans,
never too eager to treat with Mr..
Silzer, last night organized a bolt
which threatens to throw the road
department back again into the posi-
ton which existed until a week ago,
when the majority's leaders compro-
missed with the executive on four
man commission equally divided
politically.
The gist of the situation is that
the House of Assembly Republicans
do not regard the appointm ents
made by Mr.. Silzer to the new road
board measure up to his announced
intentions of naming only the high
est class of men for this board. Some
of the "bitter enders'' even go so far
as to say that the governor had
double crossed" them. They claim
that he promised to name at least
two men of national reputation and
the only one of the four-Messrs.
Stewart, Scott, Kidde and Jelin-who
approaches that stature is General
Scott.
There is some feeling in the camp
of the assembly majority too that the
executive wants the return of former
State Highway Engineer Thomas J.
Wasser, Of Hudson, although SO far
as can be recalled, the governor has
given no statement to this effect. So
that with this feeling ranking in the
bosom of the House majority, it last
night, in conference, passed a, motion
asking that immediate steps be taken
to get in touch with the seventeen
members of the Republican senate
for the purpose of making known
the views of the lower branch of the
lawmaking body. 1t was decided to
name a committee of seventeen Re-
publican assemblymen to confer with
the senate majority, which totals
this number, or ore senator and one
assemblymen from each county rep
resented in the senate majority, for
the purpose of threshing out the
whole situation on the highway
board again.
Acting in pursuance with this at
titude of his assembly colleagu-S,
senate Leader Stevens Oh MOA-
mouth, has called the requested con-
ference for today at which the whole
situation is to be aired once more.
For a month now the state has
been without highway commission.
The old board ceased to function
on Monday. January %, the day Mr..
Silzer removed them from office.
Sincn that time the jockeying has
been in progress in the legislature
and the states road building PRO-
gram for 1928 has been that much
delayed.
The action of the House Republ:-
cans in upsetting the compromise
agreement has blocked temporarily
at last the confirmation or rejection
of the four names which were sent
to the senate by the governor tbs
day e. week. The House majority has
asked their Republican colleagues 'n
the senate to withhold action on
them pending today's conference.
The House "bitter enders' who
stood out for the ripper" bill feel
somewhat justified by the action OF
the assembly Republicans last night
in their action to reopen the road
boarC fight.