The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-16
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SENATE PASSES
HIGHWAY BILL
Adopts Stevens Bipartisan R9ad
Bill With Governor Stripped
of Appointive Power.
DEMOCRATS ARE BLOCKED
Simpsons Amendment to Permit ST.
ger to Fill Vacancies Defeated
Rev. Ritter Tells Probers He
Relied on investigator.

Trenton.-The Senate passed the
Stevens bill creating a bipartisan
State highway commission of four
members. The bill introduced in the
Senate was given second and nal
reading without reference to commit
tee.
Amendments offered by Minority
Leader Simpson, designed to allow the
Governor to retain eX-oficio member
ship on the commission, and to per
nit the Governor to fill vacancies
without Senate approval, were defeat
ed by a vote of IA to 4. Senator Slmp-
son offered the amendments, he said,
without consultation with the Cover
nor.
Senator Stevens said that the
amendments would defeat the pur
pose of the bill in creating a hi parti-
san board, free from suspicion.
Governor Silzer was reported to he
unsympathetic with the provision
stripping him of ex-oficio member
ship. but the Republican majority
could easily override his veto if he
elected to do so. The Repubheahs
feel that the Governor, through eE-
officio membership, would virtually
control a bipartisan COMMISSION iH
case OF a tie by e"ere5s.as bis rlsAl TO
vote.
With full realization that me Nh"..
business was as I.f If.aa s"!Iltleh
when Governor Sj!zar put 'Ae con
mission upon the tobo2San sIlae. IL.
RepuDIican managers returned TO '"'
State House IN a frame OF mlnd To 90
desperate deeds with the hlsH"t
maze.
The Dill carrying out the plan "+
agreed upon iueSlj% hda peeh aI"l
ed Wednesday by Assistant AllorheE
General McGee, IN conference Win
Majority Leaders stevens n Sen
tors Plefson u "hithey' ana 9ly
Vens II.
Announcement from Governor SIi-
ger on SATURDAY mat ne expected 10
De eX-onlclo member OF the Dl-R5ft-
san BOARD OF iour members sent inc
ing 10 get the idea mat lhey mlgAt De
1ustihed In any step TO cheek the GOV
ernor desire. Ihey had not received
"oro direct from MN ana lEelr hfSl
step therefore, was 10 o5talh con
from me Governor. lhere
was a efIeI Dui tHecliVe conference
at Wnlch II IS sald the Governor IN
IOTmG0 Ine senators ina IL was ms
understanding mat ne was 10 De part
Oh me proposed ne" commission with
power TO cast a decldlng vote IN case
Oh a ue.
mus tne matter once more as
sumeo the aspect OF a deadlock ana
republican senators went INTO con
ference once more. some VINO mad
STOOD nrmly IN faVor OF the V
nors original plan Seemed ready to
oreah away JON the radlcals VINO
insisted upon a ripper Dill by which
the whole commission would be
placed under Republican control Ma
ior1ty Leader Stevens was guarded in
his comment, while President Wall
worth, who has led the fight against
MY SOANS'9AOA2 liz
upon the ground that it was a politi-
cal game in which the Democrats
were about to profit, declined to make
any comment. The Depublicans APP
peared to be running around in cir
eles, with no clearly defined purpose
and no master brain to direct them.
A delegation OF Camden county
ome came to see Governor Silzer
again, urging the appointment of
Grover c. Richman as Prosecutor OF
the Pleas. They presented a petition
bearing the names of more than 500
men and women. including 100 law
yers. There was nothing, however,
to indicate his preference in this Sc
lection, and it is said that he will be
entirely guided by the recommends
tons of the county committee when
made.
Silzer Names Four judges
Governor Silzer opened his prize bag
a little way and the winners were:
Judge of the First District Court OF
Monmouth County, Ward Kremer, of