Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-05
SHOWDOWN IS
ANT|C|PATED|N
HIGHWAY FIGHT
Present Week is Time Limit
for Introduction of New
sLZER FORCES FIGHT
Governor AssaiIs Purchase of
Perth Amboy Property for
Bridge Approach
sILzER FORCES FIGHT

TRENTON. Feb. 5.-A show dowr
In the fight on the Reorganization
OF the State Highway Commission is
looked for during the week of the
legislature which begins tonight
With the present week set as the
time limit for the introduction OF
bills the Republicans in the law
making body who are fighting for
control of the new com mission must
show their hand, unless the intro
duction OF bills is to be continued af-
ter the week of February S. They
/ must put in their bill before the time
limit is up, which will be probably
either Tuesday or Wednesday, or
..Sw hateyer day this week adjournment
IS taken. IL the bill is not in by
that time it will be necessary to
have unanimous consent to present
1t at later date and it goes without
saying that the supporters of Cover
nor Silzer In. the senate and House
would not be willing to give this
consent and thus grant the opposi-
lion an advantage of this kind.
Therefore, if the forces which
have been 'ku kluxing behind clos
ed DOORS" as Mr.. Silzer puts it have
plan to create a five-man board sp-
pointed in the bill 20 be passed by
the legislature, and hey have the
votes in the senate and House to put
1t across, it is expected that the
measure will make its appearance
this week. Even if they required
majorities in each branch for the
measure are not yet in sight, the bill
is likely to be introduced, before it
is too late in the hope that a suffi-
cient number of supports may be
rallied to it's friends to pass each
House.
If the bill does rot make its ap-
pearance this week, then the deduc-
ton may reasonably be drawn that
the governors opponents, whom he
has been bombarding for almost a
week, are failing to muster sufficient
strength to beat him. AS revealed
to date this group in the ranks of
the Republicans, does not include a
brace of senators who have suffi-
cient confidence in Mr.. Silzer to let
him name a new board of three
men. However, it has seemed as If
this group is in the minority and
that the leaders. with the possible
exception of Senator Stevens, of
Monmouth, senate whip, are for
passing a bill naming in its para
graphs five men as the new high
way commission, probably three of
them Republicans and two of them
Democrats
Certain leaders in the q. Q. P
\ ranks are suspicious that there as
ssonne plot or deep laid political
scheme behind the governors course
to date. Although Mr.. Silzer has
given practically every evidence OF
sincerity IN his move to get a new
highway board that will administer
the affairs of this important depart
rnent and spend the road funds free
from political influences, yet these
,Repubiican leaders have not been
abIe to get it out of their heads that
thew will be tricked If they get IN line
for the governors program. One OF
these is Senator Pierson, of Union,
who in an open letter Just published
10 the governor. seems to see the
hand of Mayor Frank Hague of Jer-
sew city involved in the plans of MIR.
Silzer. 3.
What might help the governor In
convincing the legislators of his en-
tire frankness would be to make
Dublic the names of the three men
whom he plans to nominate LOT
this commission in the event ne Is
given the power to appoint them'
To date the executive has not reveal
ed the names he has in mind, so that
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