The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-03-15
inquiry Among Senators Reveals
Sentiment Against 0ne-Man
Highway Board.
OLD BOARD IS BEING SUED
Attorney General Charges Conspiracy
to Mulct State of $40, ooo--Legis-
iature Will Probe Commission.
Standardized. Bill Fails.

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Senator Edge. failed to develop The
conference of Republican Senator'S
closed early without any new aspect
to the situation
Senator Parry emerging from the
conference room stated that while
some efforts to revive the highway is
sues were made, the matter is the
same as it was six weeks ago.
It is the contention of Edge support
ers here that canvass of Senators
on the one-man board bill showed at
least eleven and possibly thirteen in
favor of it, but Senators approached
challenged the assertion.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
by Senator Pierson of Union county
to have the senate pass his measure
for the standardization of loaf Of
bread. The roll was called three
times. but the Union representative
was compelled to request that the
measure be laid over temporarily.
Following prolonged and heated
discussion Senator Agans of Hunter
don was compelled to ask that the SEN
ate postpone temporarily considera-
ton of the bill repeating the law pro-
viding for teachers tenure. The.
measure, Mr. Agans said, had the
backing of all agricultural societies
and civic organizations in the rural
districts.
Senator Tooder of Gloucester per-
suaded the senate to pass his bill
which will enable the city of Wood
bury to borrow sufficient funds on a
bond issue to build an additional
grammar and high school. The meas
ure would permit cities of third class
to increase from to 9 per cent the
amount of bonds for school purposes.
Health Bill Defeated
The senate temporarily defeated
Senator BARRIERS bill requiring the
State Board of Health to give instruc-
tions in cases of tuberculosis. In adj
vocating the measure DR.. Barber de-
clared that more than 100000 people
in New Jersey were afflicted with the
white plague" and that the measure
to a considerable degree would be
beneficial to persons so afflicted The
measure carries with it an appropria-
ton of $4,000. 1t, however. was inn
possible for the Warren Republican
to obtain a sufficient number of sup
porters to approve the bill
The Blackwell joint resolution pro-
viding for the appointment of a COM
mission to investigate the issuance
and promotion of stock ventures and
to report the result at the next SEES
sion was passed in the senate. SEN
ator Blackwell argued that blue sky
legislation was absolutely necessary
to protect innocent persons who are
fieeced out of hundreds Of thousands
of dollars annually.
Appointments by SiIzer
General Lewis T. Bryant, Republi-
can, of Atlantic City was renominated
by Governor Silzer as commissioner
of labor He was first appointed to
that position by Governor Murphy
when the labor department was reor-
ganized in 1904 He was reappointed
by Governor Stokes and Governor
Fort, both Republicans, and Governor
Wilson, Democrats
In the Fielder administration, when
it was proposed to appoint a Demo
crat, the legislature passed term
extender which continued General
Bryant in office.
Another nomination sent in was
that of George R. Green of Cape May
Court House as prosecutor of Cape
May county. That Office has been in
charge of John Solan, who was desig-
mated from the attorney generals Of
fee to act because of the failure of
the legislature last year to confirm
the appointment made by Governor
Edwards.
Other nominations sent to the SEN
ate were as follows: Common pleas
Judge OF Morris county, Franklin VIII
son of Morristown; prosecutor of
Morris county. James Bolitho of
Rockaway; judge of the Second judi
cial district, Morris county, Orville v.
Meslar, Morristown; Judge of the
First judicial district. Morris county,
Edward A. Quayle, Jr.; Salem County
Tax Board. George Schalick of Cen
terton; Ocean Tax Board, Lawrence
D. vannote, Point Pleasant; Middle
sex Tax Board, Joseph A. Herman,
Roosevelt; Bergen Tax Board, Wiz
liam Whitehead. Garfield; Somerset
Tax Board, Berkeley w. Moore. Jr..
SomeyvHle.
To Reorganize S te Police
With all the Democrats and some
Republicans opposing, the house
passed the bill by Mr.. Blair of Allan
tic reorganizing the department of
state police by providing for a bi-par-
tisan board of four members, to be
elected by the legislature in joint SEES
sion The department at present is
under the sole direction of Colonel H.
Norman Schwarzkopf Mr. Blair dis
claimed any intention of playing poll
tics or ousting the present officers.
He argued that older men should head
the department. that there should be
an appeal from the rulings of the SUI
perintendent and that expenditures