The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-03-29
Fight for Measure Backed by
Senator Edge to Go on Again,
According to Program.
LINKED WITH WATER BILL
Fight Alleged Open Specifications
RiII-Hlghway Commission to Dis
cuss 1t With Governor-May
Gust Special Engineer.


the Assembly, with charges that Lead
the deal on the Evans water bills. will
be renewed after the Legislature con-
siders Governor SiIzer's vetoes. The
primary bill was defeated in the
House, after the Senate had passed it,
but by such a narrow margin that Mr..
Corio changed hisvote and moved re-
consideration. He had been assured, he
said, that in return for his own and
another vote or two on the water bill
he would have enough to pass the
measure, in which United States Sena-
tor Edge is interested, and which a
good many other leaders on both sides
favor.
Whether the arrangement will carry
depends upon the humor the Senators
are in when they get back after the
fiye-day relief from the oppressive
heat of battle. The final adjournment
resolution provided for getaway day,
Friday afternoon. at o'clock. with
business stopped last Friday night at
10. Business did not stop then, how
ed to that hour. 1t went on till nearly
daybreak Saturday morning, and the
fate Of the primary bill will depend
upon whether the Senate will consent
to transactfng any other business than
that connected with vetoes.
The presumption is that Mr. Corio
has had some assurance that 1t may.
or,H fa mill nff - Ay4r nNk, ~
rearrange the deal on the water bill,
in the hope that it4may eventually get
by in the Assembly and be sent to
the Senate as part of the unfinished
work of the session. Foes of both
bills, however, are alert and say they
will use every effort to prevent fur
Their action, SO that one OF the finest
little fights of the session Is looked
for as the climax to sine die adjourn
ment. The three-day session is neces-
sary by reason Of the constitutional
requirement for vetoes to lie over
twenty-four hours in the House In
which the disapproved measure origi-
mated
Lassen Nails One
One of the stories circulated with
abandon during the historic blockade
upon the State Highway Commission
was that Governor Silzer had anchor
ed the support of Senator Morgan r.
Larsen of Middlesex County, one OF
the eight Republican insurgents, by
arranging to have him made chief en-
gineer of the new board, post which
pays $4,000 year. Senator Larsen
pumped the story full of holes at his
home in Perth Amboy, saying:
''If the job was offered to me
would have to refuse 1t as matter of
principle. If l accepted this lucrative
position it would indicate that the
$4,000 appointment was the price l
would receive for my stand in favor
of the fourman board. Ivoted for the
four-man board because / believed 1t
best for the interest of the State"
Governor Silzer has before him
more than 100 bills for approval or
veto. Under the constitution all must
be disposed of by midnight Thursday.
Much of the legislation was enacted
during the strenuous day and night
sessions last week or the bills more
than sixty originated in the Senate,
including the Stevens measure MAX
ing State Controller Bugbee State
Boxing Commissioner, and authoriz-
ing him to appoint chief inspector of
boxing and as many assistants as may
be deemed necessary. AS the bill
automatically displaces three Demo
Gratis who now constitute the Athletic
Commission, it is believed the Gov
ernor will veto it. However, the Leg
isiature is overwhelmingly Republi-
can with votes enough to repass all
bills which may be vetoed.
To Fight "open" Specifications
When the new State Highway Com
mission met Monday, one of the SUBJ
jects OF consideration was the open"
specifications bill passed by the Legis-
lature, the measure introduced by
Senator Mathis of Ocean county.
The commission refused to give out
any information as to the nature of
the discussion nor the opinion of the
commission on the utility of the bill
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refusal of the commissioners to talk
was construed to indicate lack OF
faith in the measure.
The bill Is one Of those now await
ing action of the governor and the
commission decided that 1t would bs
advisable to discuss 1t with Governor
Silzer. The fact they wanted to dis
cuss 1t emphasized belief they are OPP
posed to 1t as insufficient to attain
real open specifications.
Some Important Bills
Among other bills awaiting execu-
tive action are providing money for
purchase by the state of right-of-
way for the proposed New Jersey ship
canal: requiring permits for the sale
and use of pistols and other fire arms:
prohibiting employment of women in
industrial plants between 10 p. m. and
8 a. m. after December 81, 1924: pro-
vide for a referendum on the city
manager form OF government; survey
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