Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-10
REPUBLICAN BREACH
WIDENED AT TRENTON
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members in the two houses did not
introduce a single measure.
The Republican majority in the
senate struck its first snag when
it was forced to table the three
assembly bills. passed in the lower
House earlier in the day. and which
attempted to shear the power If
Canrden's newly indicted Demo-
cratic mayor of the power of nam
ing members to the boards Of A.
nance, fire and police commissions
ers and public works. When the
measures were brought up in the
senate, raising the population re-
quirement of cities affected by the
actNof 1907 to $4,000, not enough
votes could be mustered to pass the
bills although Senate President
Wallworth. of Camden, descended
to the floor to try and put the bills
through.
Senator Whitney. Republican, Of
Morris, introduced three party
measures all utility measures. One
provides for the placing of public
utility holding companies. under the
Jurisdiction of the public utility
commission. This is the party
pledge which former Senator Will
liam N. Runyon, personally wrote
into the Republican platform when
he ran for governor last fall. An
other Whitney bill prevents an in
creased rate of a utility company
from going into effect pending an
appeal from a rate fixed BY the puo-
nc utility commission, until the.
higher courts have ruled upon the
reasonableness Of the rate fixed by
the utility board. The practice of
the companies has been TO appeal
from a rate granted by the utility
a and obtain a court order pre-
venting the board from interfering
with any rate fixed by the company,
pending a decision upon their ap-
peal from their ruling of the board.
Senator Arthur NJ. Pierson, Of
Union, introduced three bills which,
tf passed, will compel the so-called
open specifications" scheme to ne
adopted in bidding for state highway
Work and will require competitive
bidding between patented and un-
patented road materials in state
road work. The specific objects of
the bills are: Requiring COMPETE
ton between patented and unpat-
ented road materials; dividing couR-
ty bidding on several types of road
construction; directs bidding IN
several types of road construction
OF state highways.
Senator Richards, of Atlantic, in
troduced a resolution in the senate.
calling upon congress to modify
the Volstead act. (Which attempts
to prohibit" Notwithstanding bever-
ages, and which has caused great
unrest" and has according to the
resolution called forth a disregard
for Law. Following the introduce
fjn11 re- fha rnSnIl1ffnn Cnno4A- Diaa-
ards introduced a bill striking from
the state liquor enforcement act
the definition of an intoxicating liq-
uor as containing one-half of one
per cent alcohol to make it follow
whatever congress, in the future,
shall deem an intoxicating bever-
age. The bill also would make dis
s~retionary, instead of mandatory,
the imposition of a prison sentence
for a second offense against the
state dry law. The most import
ant provision OF the bill, however,
70 the clause prohibiting state al
thorities from trying a person for
a violation OF the state enforce
ment act. il such person is already
being tried for, the same offense
in the federal court.
Senator Simpson. Democrat, went
v farther than that in three
oils he introduced. His bills would
wipe the state enforcement act for
Intoxicating beverages off the stat
tie books, repeal the Elliot act.
providing for the regulation of in
toxicants for non-beverage pur-
poses and wipe out the law making
buildings nuisances under the liq-
aor law.
Additional Republican party meas
ures introduced in the senate were;
Whitney. raising the compensation
Y nder the employers liability act
aom $12 to $1S a week; Stevens. 70,
Sresident Wallworth, extending tht
cae for the payment of the soldiers
Nus: Stevens. prohibiting night
for women: Mackay, changing
He time for holding the primary
q siecfidne September until May, tC
give, III the words of Senator Mac
Raw. ueWly-elected county organi'
cation worker, a chance to work in
with the party; Roberts, of Burling'
ton, empowering the State Board o.
Education to select the Commission
er OF Education, which is now dons
br the Governor with the confirma'
tion of the senate: providing for q
densus Of school children; directing