The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-02-20
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Stockton N. j., Feb. 18th, 1878
Mr.. EDITOR With your permission,
will give you a sketch of the way we do things
in Stockton. On Saturday night last was the
annual meeting of our Building & Loan As
ISOLATION, and talk about our Legislature or
the Continental Congress--why they are no.
where beside our people, When we come to
law we are just in our element we can ex-
plain it right along-equal to a Webster or
Clay, without the aid of digest, and in par
lamentary tactics the Electoral Commission
wouldn't be a smell to us--we are right at
home on that, and we don't hesitate to tell
what we know at all timesand under all cir
cumstanees. But to makea long story short,
we met according to previous arrangement,
and after looking around we found oar Secre-
tary was missing, but shortly our president
announced that he had received telegram
from the gentleman--that he had unfortunate
ly missed the train in Philadelphia and could
not possibly get to our city before 0 o'clock,
P. NJ. and wanted the honorable president to
take charge of the books until such time as
he could shuttle the rGilrGb from Lambert
vile. Then the next thing was to appoint
president pro tenn, and on looking around we
discovered one standing considerably above
the rest and he was at once selected to fill the
position and conducted to the cb,.ir with
appropriate honors. After taxing ssbs chair
he announced the object of the meet;no was
to elect officers for the ensuing wear. collect
dues and act upon some amendments to the
bylaws whieE s,ere offered at the previous
meeting. So the polls were declared open
ane a.. it we went for officers, and the way the
lead pencils were brought into use was a eau
ton The landlord was seriously troubled on
ing spoiled on the walls from the scratching
of pencils on them in erasing bad nomina-
tions, but 1t was got along with without any
serious damage, with the following result -
All the old officers that were nominated were
elected with the exception of one. He being
already United States officer, it was thought
prudent by his friends not 10 elect him on ac-
count of civil service reform, as it might have
tendency to'make the election null and void.
Well, this important matter being got along
WITH the nextin order was adopting amend
ments, and here is the beauty of understand
ing parliamentary law, aud if we had not
been thoroughly posted we would have
stuck right then and there, but some of our
members took the floor janegitSy, and struck
right from the shoulder, every pin in the alley
going down every time, and the president pro
tem completely COMPOUNDED by the wisdom
and eloquence of the speakers, sometimes
bringing down his gavel and compelling order
and the next moment, mouth and eyes open,
looking at the boys goin' in but after some
severe skirmishing order was restored and ac-
ton taken on the amendments. Amongst the
amendments was the salary grab, which was
sustained almost unanimously.
The board of officers consists of one Judge,
one ex-railroad president one justice for the
trial of small causes one OK judge Of the
same court, one town committeeman, one ex-
president of the Stockton Literary Society for
the diffusion of knowledge and chin, one doc
tor, and some others having no honorary
titles $50 you can see that the board is all
right without the u s. officer, and there is no
danger Of his having to step down and out on
account of being member of the board.
All of which is respectfully submitted in
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