The Penn's Grove record., 1894-03-09
II8 Le1fslRtuFe.

The taking of testimony on the quo
warranto proceeding before the Su-
preme Court in regards to the ways and
means of opening and organizing the
Senate was completed last week and on
Monday the Court adjourned the hear
ing of arguments until Thursday.
The House passed the Custodian SEN
ate bill to make the Secretary of state
responsible for bills passed. A bill was
passed to restrict gas companies to
81 .25 per thousand for gas. When the
Custodian bill was presented to Cover
nor Werts he refused to receive it.
On Tuesday Speaker Holt laid before
the House a communication from Mrs.
A. Swan Brown, Of Passaic, Superin-
tendent of the Department of Scientific
Temperance, of the New Jersey Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union, urg-
ing the House to pass the Educational
bill soon to be introduced in the Assem-
bly,, securing scientific temperance in
struction to the children In the public
schools of New Jersey. 1--WE are only
one Of six States in the entire Union"
Mrs. Brown writes, (which have not
~legislated upon this subject. While you
men are doing so much toward purify
ing our little State and removing from
her reputation so many blots, do, for
the sake of the coming citizens, WHO
are to-day to be found in u schools,
add this good deed to those already
c%hronicled."
On Wednesday the bill to abolish the
Superintendent of School Census was
passed. 1t was said the Republicans
propose introducing a bill to give the
State School Superintendent the super
vision OF the school census. A law of
1892 requiring the publication of license
signers in large counties was repealed.
Mr.. Walters, of Monmouth county,
who is an American Mechanic. pressed
his bill requiring flags to be displayed
on school houses at the districts ex-
pense. Mr.. Thompson spoke against it
aud charged the Order with not being
patriotic in sapping American liberty
by opposing foreign born citizens for
office. Mr.. Beekman said in many
small districts the teachers salary
would be cut to provide a flag, as lie
had found trustees very close when he
was a teacher. The bill passed and
Nj. Thompson voted for it, because lie
was not going to be put in a hole.
During the week the legislative i'll
vestigating committee has been looking
through the ballot boxes in William j.
Thompson's district but found nothing
startling yet, but the fact that a Glou.
cester City ballot box had been broken
open. As 1t was in that condition be-
fore election and when proof was
brought that a Republican inspector
had presided at the box and handled all
the tickets the startling discovery sub.
sided.
The Committee appointed to find out
where the State fund are reported the
lowing balances. State fund, $780,
1l4.O7; school fund, S133. 159. 46; State
school tax, SITS, 531.93. The State
fund is deposited in nine banks, the
school fund in eight banks. and the
State school fund in eighteen banks.
Mr.. olcott said it was due the State
Treasurer to make known that the
school tax vas that which was paid in
by the counties, and would be readjust-
ed and paid back to them in a few days.
On Thursday the new State Treasur-
er Geo. b. Swain was worn in by
Judge Depue. AS state Secretary and
Governor were not in the demand for
the office was not made.