The Monitor-register., 1896-01-17
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.

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TRENTON, Jan. IA, 1896.
The one hundred and twentieth session
of the New Jersey Legislature organized
to day. with Senator Lewis A. Thompson,
of Somerset, as President of the Senate,
and Assemhlyman Derousse, of Camden,
as Speaker of the House. This was in
accordance with caucus action. The
Senatorial caucus was held last Friday
night, at the Windsor Hotel. Senator
Voorhees, developed a good deal of
strength for the Presidency, but the fact
of Senator Thompson's seniority, and that
this session will in all probability close
his Senatorial career, he was given the
coveted honor, and he will no doubt make
an excellent presiding officer. The other
officers Of the Senate are as follows {:
Secretary, Henry B. Robinson, of Union;
Assistant Secretary, Edward M. Fielder,
of Monmouth; Journal Clerk, William Il.
Long, of Somerset; Assistant Journal
Clerk, Andrew s. Church, of Middlesex;
Sergeant. alarms, James L. Smith, of
Cumberland; Assistant Sergeant-at.Arns S,
Reuben s. Carter, of Mercer; Engrossing
Clerk, Edgar Williams, of Essex; Assist
ant Expressing Clerk, Charles j. Patter-
son, of Ocean; Bill Clerk. James E.
Stanton, of Sussex; Calendar Clerk, Da-
vid G. Vannett, of Camden; Doorkeepers,
Benjamin D. Davis, of Gloucester, Ed
ward s. Davis, of Salem, Robert Her
mann, of Mercer, William W. Binning, of
Bergen and James Steele, of Passaic. 1t
will be seen from this list that Mr.. Davis,
of your county, retains his old place as
doorkeeper.
The House caucus was held last night,
and as usual it was the signal for the
gathering of the clans, but of course the
Democrats had little to interest them
except the fun of looking on. Gen.
Sewell, Ex-Congressman Kean and other
notables were Oh hand to touch the but
ton if any outside influence was needed to
start the machinery. Assemblyman
Derousse was an easy winner in the
Speakership contest over Assemblyman
Skinner, of Essex. The other officers of
the House are as follows : Clerk, James
Parker, of Passaic; Assistant CLERK, S.. F.
Lyons, of Morris; Engrossing Clerk, Ly-
sander E. Watson, of Monmouth; Assist
ants, Charles H. Folwell, of Burlington
and Henry G. Stratton, of Middlesex
Journal Clerk, Alexander Hunt, of Mer-
GER; Assistant, A. Pierson, of Sussex;
Sergeant.at- Aims, Andrew J. Brieden.
bach, of Essex; Assistants, Philip Boyer,
of Bergen and Thomas Graham, of Ocean
Bill Clerk, G. Frank Sutherland, of Hud.
son; Assistants, Frank Paullen, of Cum.
land.
Senator VOORHEES, is to be the Republi.
can leader ip the Senate, and Assembly
man Robertson, of Passaic, is to perform
a like service in the House.
Both Houses assembled promptly at
loon to-day, and the caucus nominees
were promptly ratified. Both President
Thompson and Speaker Derousse were
presented with new gavels. Rev. c. s.
Miller offered prayer in the Senate, and
Rev. D. Shaw, of Paterson, in the House.
The principal business transacted was
the passage of a concurrent resolution
calling for an Inauguration Committee.
This committee is composed of Senators
Skirm. Rogers and DAILY, and Represen-
tatives Lower, Robertson, Hutchinson,
Skinner and Cagney. After adjournment
they met and elected Colonel Thomas
Chambers, of Trenton, to be Grand Mar
shall of the parade, and adopted a pro-
gramme for the exercises in the Opera
House. calling for prayer by Rev. DR..
Thomas Hanlon, of Pennington admin.
istration of the oath by Chief Justice
Beasley, delivery and acceptance of the
great seal, introduction of Governor
| Griggs to Governor Werts, the Senate and
the House ; Governor Griggs' address,
and bef1ed lction by Rev. DR.. John Dixon,
of Transoh. There will be an afternoon
and evening reception at the Capitol.
The Governors message, as usual, was
submitted, but not read, and copies of it
were ordered printed.
Speaker Derousse will name the COM
mittees and his Private and Assistant
Secretaries next Monday night, to which
time both Houses adjourned. President
T%hompson's Private Secretary is Charles
Fl. Bateman, of Somerville.
Mr.. Cagney raised quite a breeze in the
House by introducing a series of resolu-
lions taking a patriotic view of the Vene.
zuelan question. They were referred to
| the Committee on Federal Relations, to
be appointed.
Seventeen bills were introduced in the
Senate and none in the House. Two
laws of importance introduced were to
make the salary of the Clerk of Chancery
and Supreme Court Clerk Sc. 900 each in
lieu of all fees, which are to be turned
over to the State, and to appropriate
$40, 900 to the State Board of Health to
| consider a system which will prevent the
pollution of the Passaic river by sewage.
The clerkships sought to be put on a sal
airy basis are now worth over $40, 600
yearly
An Almanac ought naturally to be "up
to date" and The Tribune Almanac for
1896 is jnst that. 1t has certainly not
reprinted any of the pages of the Almanac
of q year ago to get out ION time" Fur