The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-02-04
LEGISLATURE At work
Inauguration of the States New
Governor.

Governor.
Governor Voorhees, Address ON Accepting
the State seal-His Popularity at the
State House-Fourth Week Of Legisla-
ture Closes with 179 Bills Introduced
The Governors Appointments Other
Legislative Matters-New Game Law.
Special Correspondence to the CHRoEIcI.Ry
TRENTON, Feb. 4.-The Senate in exc
cutive session on Monday night confirmed
all pending. nominations from Governor
Griggs as follows: Prosecutor Morris
county. Alfred E. Mills; Prosecutor
Mercer county, William j Crossley; Dis
trict Court Judge Second District, Jersey
City, Charles w. Parker; Manager for
State Hospital for the Insane at Trenton
Joseph Thompson, Atlantic county; State
Board of Medical Examiners, Arnin
Ubelacker, VIM. L. Newell and VIM.
Perry Watson.
The fourth week Of the one hundred
and twenty-second session of the Legis-
lature closes with 179 bills on the House
and Senate calendars. of which 90 are
before the Senate and 81 are House bills.
There are six measure approved by both
Senate and House so far and of these two
have been signed by the Governor. The
two laws were necessary in order that
President Foster NJ. VOORHEES, should
take the oath as Acting Governor in q
prescribed form.
The Inauguration of Mr.. Voorhees, as
Governor to succeed United States At
torney General John w. Griggs was
strictly in accordance with the two laws
passed and approved and was simplicity
itself. Considering the fact that the in
duction of the popular young statesman
of Union marked an epoch in the history
Of New Jersey there could not have beena
less ceremonious affair. When great bits
of history are making and mems names
are being emblazoned on the pages of the
Worlds history for all time to come one
has Alright to expect some pomp connect
ed with the consummation of the historic
event. But when that event is carried
on in so simple manner that it revives
the words of an honored president, so
graphically descriptive of American
government, for the people and by the
people, the applause should be louder,
the echo longer, the rejoicing more earn
est.
Governor Griggs had rendered his
resignation to Secretary of State George
Wurts on Monday afternoon and about
o'clock Private Secretary Hobart Tuttle
brought to the lawmakers the official
notification of the resignation. Senator
johnson of Bergen at once presented a
concurrent resolution congratulating the
people of. the state upon the honor be-
slowed upon them by the selection Of
one of New Jerseys sons for SO high an
honor; wishing Attorney General Griggs
godspeed in his new field of labor, and
congratulating the American people upon
securing the services of so able q lawyer
as John w. Griggs. The resolution was
unanimously adopted and sent to the
in. Then Mr.. johnson moved that Mr..
Voorhees, take the oath of office as Acting
Governor in the presence of the legisla-
tors at II o'clock Tuesday morning.
When the hour arrived on Tuesday
the Senator's fled into the Assembly
Chamber accompanied by Chief Justice
Magic of the Supreme Court and at the
clerks desk Mr.. Voorhees, subscribed to.
the oath and received from the hands Of
the Secretary of State the great seal of
New Jersey.
In accepting the great seal Governor
Voorhees, said in a most earnest and i'm
pressive manner:
~ accept the trust which an unusual
occurrence in the affairs of the state has
brought to me, with an abiding sense of
the obligation which such an acceptance
implies, 1t shall be my constant aim
and endeavor to discharge the duties of
the trust in the interest of all the people
of our state. recognize the fact that
my selection is not due to direct ex-
preston of the people, but it has been
made in accordance with their will as
founded in the fundamental law of the
land. Their claims upon my time and
upon my best services in their behalf are
in no way lessened by reason of this fact.
1t shall, therefore, be my constant aim
to do everything whereby the honor of
the state and the interests and the well
fare of its people, from the highest to
the humblest, may he promoted. That
such may be the result of my LABOR in
this new calling is my most earnest wish
and hope, and to this end, I invoke the
aid of Almighty God, the ruler of ma
tions, and ask the counsel and support of
my fellow-citizens.
Governor Voorhees, speech in accept
ing the great seal of the State did not
contain more than two hundred words,
but it was master piece, delivered by
born orator.
i With the close of the speech the Gov
ernor was escorted to the executive
chamber where he received the congrat-
ulations Of a host Of personal friends and
fellow townsmen who had journeyed to
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