The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-20

Mr. Kipsey had been suffering from
a severe headache during the long
session and ne was half asleep when
the roll was called AS his name was
reached Mr. Bostock, Of ESSEX. whose
seat is by his side, aroused him. told
him the number of the bill and he
voted a distinct no" later stating to
newspaper men that this was his atti-
tude on the measure. In the meantime
Mr.. Pascoe continued his efforts to
enforce orders, directing the members
to go to their seats. Mr.. Sharkey,
of Hudson, was particularly active on
the floor and the acting Speaker told
him he must return to his seat
Forced to Clear the Floor
Mr.. sharkey, there must be no lob
bying on this 4oor," cried Mr. Pas
coe. You will either take your seat
OF the chair will put the sergeant-at-
arms in charge of you. This is going
to be on the level"
At this point the acting Speaker d.
rected that non-members of the House
who were in the chairs of members
must FdGdlt dL OANC anu Ut OA10t W
one man to leave the floor As the
confusion continued. Mr.. Pascoe final
" ordered the floor cleared of every
one but members. attaches OF tbs
House and newspaper men in the two
press boxes.
Majority Leader Powell Mr.. Hersh-
field and Mr.. Crawford Of Hudson were
-. ,...as.x,,od - ..-o+on tI,a YoaordiuV
of the vote. and other members were
directed to remain in their seats.
There was silence as the vote was
taken. Mr.. Ki1sey again voted in the
negative, but the result was announc-
ed as 35 in the affirmative to Il in the
negative. Some of the members
changed their votes and others who
had been absent arrived and voted for
the bill.
Hunterdon Road Bill Through
For many hours the road bill that
finally passed had been on the House
calendar and it was stated that there
had been an agreement in Republi-
can caucus that it would not be NOV
ed. The bill had been put through
the Senate by Eenator Agans, Demo
crat. of Hunterdon, and Mr. Welsh, the
representative of the county in the
House. was fnsistent that it should be
put to a vote Finally he got the con-
sent of Speaker Eaton and Majority
Leader Powell.
Mr.. Welsh made a brief statement
in advocacy of the bill and Mr.. Ken
worthy spoke against it. Then the roll
was called and it passed by 81 TO II.
The only Essex vote for the bill was
that of Mr.. Som. The Democrats
helped Mr.. Welsh put the bill across.
Mrs. Thompson of Ocean then NOV
ed House lat, authorizing a new road
for the highway system running from
Bordentown to Lakewood, and again
Mr.. Kenworthy was ranged in opposi-
ton. The bill was defeated by 25 to
81. when the Hudson Democrats
swung to the negative. The only affir-
native vote from the Essex delegation
was cast by Mr.. Eaton.
Kenworthy Bills Die in Senate
The bill of Mr.. Kenworthy limiting
the expenditures of the election bu-
reaus went through the House but it
died in the Senate committee. fate
similar to that OF his measure declar-
ingSa new policy for state highways
and intended to stop legislative road
grabs by making the authority of the
State Highway Commission absolute
SO far as laying ont new roads is con-
cerned.
The House took final action on the
Joint resolution declaring it favors the
construction by the State Highway
Commission of the feeders to the Hud-
son River vehicular tunnels and the
Delaware River bridge, and at the
same time, recording, it is claimed, its
objection to any other additions to
the highway system at this time. The
House, by a unanimous vote, accepted
the Senate amendments to the resolu-
ton. This was considered a compro-
mise that made the Kenworthy bill
unnecessary.
The House was in session when
Senate President Reeves hurried
through the doors opening at the rear
center of the chamber and hurried
down the main aisle with the resolu-
ton in his hand He met Frederick
A. Brodesser in his office and waited
while the amendments, signatures,
stamps, etc, were checked.
"Mr. Kenworthy has been camping
over at the Senate chamber and
made it my business to see that the
resolution got here Senator Reeves
stated, and his annoyance was plain
ly apparent.
Then it was discovered by Mr..
Brodesser that the usual Senate mes
sage announcing the action on the
resolution did not accompany it and
he returned to the Senate chamber
with Mr.. Reeves and obtained it. A
few minutes later the resolution was
put through the House.
Doctors Lose Their Bill
Among tho h{Ilc that c+ruck thu