Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-16
BULLETIN

TRENTON, Mar. 16.-The
New Jersey Ship Canal Bill, AS
sembly No. $40, introduced by
Assemblyman Hoffman, of Mid
dlesex, was forced out of COM
mittee early this afternoon main
ly through the efforts of Senator
Morgan F. Larson and vote
upon the measure is expected to-
night. The Middlesex county
delegation claim to have suffi-
cient votes to pass the senate.
Assembly Bill No. 338, of As
semblyman Hoffman, making a
uniform law governing persons
dealing with a fiduciary passed
the senate today.
Assemblyman Harold G. Hoffman s
ship canal bill, Assembly No. $40,
which last week passed the assem-
bly,, now appears to have little
chance of becoming a law owing TO
the attitude taken by Senator Emer-
son L. Richards. OF Atlantic county,
in refusing to report it out of the
senate federal relations committee IN
whose hands it now rests.
Efforts have been made by Sena-
tor Morgan f. Larson, of this city,
and Assemblyman Hoffman, but nei-
ther Of these Middlesex men have
been able to persuade the Atlantic
senator TO place the bill before the
senate for a vote. Senator Larson,
in telephone conversation this
morning, said he had been working
hard among senate members in or
der to secure sufficient votes to make
the bill a law and he felt certain
of the necessary votes if the Allan
tic county senator would place 1t
before the upper house for vote.
Proponents of the bill are Of the be-
| lief that Senator Richards is aware
| of the popularity OF the ship canal
/ bill with a majority of the senators
| and therefore will take no chances
/ of having it passed. AS a result the
| Hoffman measure is resting COM
! fortably in Senator Richards port
folio.
| The action of Senate President Jo-
seph T. Wallworth, of Camden, in
| referring Hoffman's bill 10 Sena.
tor Richards as chairman of the fed
| era1 relations committee is a move
which should never have been made
| in the opinion of the Middlesex Coun-
0 -, :.
! ing for the bill.
Yesterday afternoon Senator Lar
son requested Senator Richards tC
report the canal bill out of commit
tee, but the Atlantic county repre-
sentative refused, Assemblymar
| Hoffman then approached Senator
| Richards with the same request.
There's not a chance of this bill
/ getting out Of committee, Senator
Richards told ssemblyman Hof
man.
why not?" interrogated the Mid
dlesex county man,
Because I'm sitting on It," wal
the reply of the Atlantic COUNT
4 member of the upper house,
Nothing further was said or oon'
On the bill until last nights senate
session, Senator Alexander Simp
son asked for a report on Senate
I Concurrent Resolution No. l, which
4 requests congress to Hberalize th'
national prohibition act, The sen
ate clerk said it had been reported
cut by the federal relations com
mittee and then was referred to tn
committee on printed bills, of which
| Senator Larson is chairman.
Senator Larson explained tha
Il Senator Richards had seen fit L
hold up the Hoffman canal bill, s.
THAT the members of the senat
could not decide the matter and
/ consequently he would not repor
out the concurrent resolution unit
| Assembly Bill No. $40 had been re
ported out.
This concurrent bill viii stay Il
tc committee as long as Senator Rich
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