The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-27
SILzER ATTACKED
BY LAWMAKERS
Governor Had Asked Legislature
to Stay in Session and Garry
Out His Program.
THEY REFUSE, GIVE REASONS
Twenty-four Of 72 vetoes Are over.
Ridden-sridse and Tunnel Refer
endum and Appropriation Bills
Repassed.

Trenton.-Go Governor Silzer, his Off
fisl acts and his alleged Presidential
aspirations were subjected to more
than three hours Of the bitterest at
tack before sine die adjournment
Of the Legislature. The Governor
brought on the attack by sending to
the two houses an unusual message,
in which he recommended that the
Legislature remain in session and not
adjourn until numerous of his previ-
GUS recommendations which he re-
iterated. had been met with by con-
structive action.
The Governors message was as an
injection of a high-powered drug into
dying Legislature 1t stopped the
routine machinery of the Senate while
the Republican members locked them
selves in room to prepare an an
swer. Not fully satisfied with this
typewriter work, they took the floor
one by one hours later and carried on
an attack that knew no bounds. A
lone Democrat, Senator Agans of
Hunterdon. sat and took the lacing.
To the surprise OF all, this usually
passive representative finally took up
the defense OF the Governor and his
party and threw in a challenge or
two in addition.
As usual, when the floodgates are
open, all sorts of accusations and in
situations crept in. Responsibility
70. failure tc prosecute in the Amboy
bridge investigation was thrown back
and forth, and Senator Richards of
Atlantic went further then his Repub-
lican colleagues liked when he said:
The State Highway Commission Is
slipping. Another year will give it
enough rope to hang itself"
The Republicans saw only one pur-
pose behind the Governors statement,
and that was to get publicity which
would boost him nationally. Verbally,
pointed remarks were made. In black
and white, in the statement issued by
the Republicans, they had this to say
about his message:
1.-THE Governor has fallen down in
his endeavor to become national
figure. He realizes this to be the case
because the public press has so init
mated. Therefore it behooves him to
look around for ammunition Not find
ing any, he decides to pick on the
Legislature. He feels that this is the
only thing he can do"
Demands "Relief for the People"
In sentence the Governor in his
mess ge, practically claimed credit for
himself for all of the constructive
r Io+
then set forth in detail the things he
had asked done which were not done
TO his satisfaction. His conclusion
was
Il am calling these matters to your
attention at this time even though you
are contemplating final adjournment,
believing it is my duty under the con-
stitntion to advise you that these rec
concentrations are as vital now as
they were in January, ard that it is
just as important at this time that
these recommendations be enacted in
to law as it was at the time they were
made.
a do not see how we can return to
our people and admit to them that we
have denied them this relief The i'm
portant thing is not to adjourn the
Legislature, but to do something in
relief of the people of the state. |
would, therefore, recommend that you
continue in session until such time as
the matters which l have called to
your attention and which are of the
utmost Importance to the people of
fl1a cfafa ba aptad un0O y
AS the message was read in the
Senate. the members laughed, espe-
oially when. at the end of each reitera-
ton of a recommendation, the Cover
Tor wrote, Nothing has been done
about this" Senator Case of Somer-
set had been selected after a long
conference to be spokesman for the
Republican Party He made a pointed
answer The answer did not end
there, for the invitation was too great
and others had to add their word.
Case Imputes Motives
1t seemed to him, Senator Case
opened, that the message was intend
ed for some other purpose than action
by the Legislature.
he 6HllIc 81 uOluiC hAS oe~ANN'
shows that it was intended for per-
sonal. partisan. political effect. 1t is
scolding. carping criticism. 1t is ex-
ceedingly unfortunate that, ambitions
should become so heavy as to spoil a
mans poise and lead him to such a
message, obviously intended for other
than legislative action. To read 1T,
one would think that only one man
stands between the state and utter de-
struction, and that man the Governor
THE first paragraph is recital OF
what has been done and the Governor
interpolates that he was the origina-
tor of all these beneficent acts. few
days ago he issued statement in
which he said the Legislature had
done nothing. Now he admits it has
done a number of things. Had moth
ing else been done but these things, 1t