The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-01-31
RICHARDS BILL
GOES TO SlLzER
Patronage Transferred to Com
mission; Gov. Sends Morris
Canal Report.
CAMPBELL is CONFIRMED
Senate RatIfies Selection of Or. Nc
Bride Of Paterson as Commissioner
OF Labor-oId Age Pensions
Passes House.


Trenton.-T New Jerse, House OF
Assembly by vote Of shirty-nine to
seventeen passed on third reading the
Richards senate bill providing that
the Bridge and Tunnel Commission
| instead of the attorney general shall
appoint counsel for the commission.
| Discussion of the measure provoked
/ the first tilt of the session between
! Republican and Democratic members
Of the House.
/ The measure was advocated by
Majority Leader Powell. Burlington,
who declared that 1t was not ripper
! legislation but that If 1t was, it was
designed to ZIP from Office the men
who would impede efficient operation
of the commission. Minority Leader
/ De Voc, ,Middlesex, in opposing The
bill, charged the Republicans with
poor craftsmanship. while Mr.. Bar
rison, Hudson, also of the opposition,
declared that every "elear thinking,
! honest member of the legislature"
must be against the measure.
/ The measure was passed in the
/ Senate in accordance with reputed
| plans of Republican leaders to enact
1 1t, over the Governors expected veto,
| before new attorney general should
/ take office on January 27. Opposition
among the Essex delegation in the
/ House and a small attendance de-
layed House action on the bill, when
! it was broug UP under suspension
Of rules after having been reported
from the judiciary committee.
| The Corio bill. to provide old age
pensions for needy citizens of good
moral character when they reach the
| age of seventy was passed in the
House by vote of thirty-three to
eighteen.
resolution by Majority Leader
! Powell, whereby unnecessary verbiage
ia the printing of the House minutes
! would be eliminated was adopted.
Another by Mrs. Hershfield, Passaic,
ommending the Edge bill in the
| United States Senate, which would
provide increased pay for postal en-
| ployees. also was adopted. Mr.. Bar
! rison, Hudson, was ruled out of order
1 when he attempted to amend the
Hershfield resolution by joining with
it commendation of the Edge beer bill
kstotal of 25 bills was reported out
/ Of committee and hearings on three
| bills were scheduled. These three
measures are the Hershfield bill re-
curing applicants for real estate
! licenses to submit to examination; the
/ Chandless bill extending to May Is,
| 1924, the time limit for discharge of
! sewage into the Passaic River, and
the Sexsmith BILL which would author
lie a. compendium of the poor laws.
SiIzer Sends Messages
During the House session two seal
! ed messages were received from the
Governor. One was a report of the
commission appointed to investigate
| the Morris Canal, anC submitted four
bills for the final disposition Of the
canal by the state This was referred
to the judiciary committee The Sec
ond contained the report of the New
| Jersey Rapid Transit Commission.
Minority Leader De Voc, Middlesex,
submitted minority report of the In
terstate Bridge and Tunnel Commits
sion, signed by Commissioner John F.
Doyle, in which it was declared that
the money set aside for building Of
the tunnel had been expended "in a
shameful fashion by the Tunnel Com
mission Job after job" the report
said, that is not necessary is being
created and paid for out of the public
funds. Inefficiency and extravaganza
are the order of the day"
The Senate, after long conference
of Republican leaders, confirmed the
appointments of William Clark of Ber-
nardsville to be judge of the Court of
Errors and Appeals; Of Luther A
Campbell OF Hackensack as justice of
the Supreme Court, and of Andrew F.
Mcbride of Paterson as State Com
missioner of Labor.
The appointment Of Edward L. Kat
zenbach, Trenton, as Attorney General
for the term beginning January 81 was
held in committee.
Discuss Tunnel
Following d conference in New York
between Governor Silzer and other
officials of both states, it was an
nouuced that further negotiations on
the subject. the possible transfer of
authority over the Hudson vehicle
tunnel to the Port of New York Au-
thority, would be resumed at another
conference next week
Under the agreement reached in
New York, each chamber of each state
will name a committee of three to
delve more deeply into the matter.
The conference related not only to the
tubes now under construction, but also
to possible future projects for con-
Meeting the two states.
Speaker Eaton named the House
committee. 1t will consist of himself,
Majority Leader Powell and Assembly
man Hershfield, all Republicans. Pres
ident Reeves of the Senate will not
name the Senate committee until he