Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-01-20

commission OF two IN eacn county 10
prepare list of persons eligible to
serve as jurors and to revise the list
every three years: a supreme court JUS
tice to appoint and his salary not to
exceed $500 year.
Assemblyman Bauer is looking after
the trolley companies. He has one bill
in, which provides for cent fares
over all connecting trolley lines in
first class counties. He also wants all
trolley cars provided with heating and
ventilating apparatus under penalty of
a fine. Still another bill provides for
waiting rooms and transfer stations at
proper places along trolley lines.
Lobby Gossip.
Governor Griggs expects to send in
his resignation next week. The news
paper men are arranging for a banquet
in honor of himself and President
Voorhees,.
John Kean was backing ex-Judge
Cross for judge in Union county, but
Governor Griggs stood by ex-senator
Vail.
The committee to investigate Hudson
county affairs consists of Messrs.
Gledhill of Passaic, Bradley of, Cam
den, Squire of Union, Lawshe of Hun
terdon and Speaker Watkins. Lawshe
is the only Democrat The committee
expects to meet tomorrow and hear
from Messrs. Squire and Bradley, a
subcommittee appointed to urge Will
liam H. Corbin to act as the prosecut-
ing counsel He served for the senate
investigating committee of a few years
ago. The committee is going to work
without delay, and if a good deal of
Republican campaign thunder is not
unearthed there will be disappoint-
ment. Meanwhile the Democrats are
complaining because Camden and
Mercer Republican officials were not
included in the committees work.
The New Jersey commission to the
Omaha exposition is going to ask an
appropriation of 100000
A repeater of the Delaware dam bill
of last winter has been introduced.
House Standing Committees.
The speaker announced the standing
and joint committees of the house as
follows:
STANDING COMMITTEES,
Agricultural and Agric1ltural College
Appropriations-Gledh Fairchild, Coles,
Welsh, LawShe.
Banks and Insurance-Van Doren, Rau,
Murray, Yard Bauer.
Bill Revision-Steddig, Ashley, Bell, Cole,
Carroll.
Boroughs and Borough Commissions
Cole, Clark, Houston, Bell, Marnell.
Claims and Revolutionary PensionS-CIark
Welsh, Schmidt, Sturr, Benny.
porations-Holdrum, Guenther, Hunt,
Education : Weller. Mckee, Murray
j
Elections = Powers, Bradley Holdrum,
Gledhiil, Flummerfet.
Engrossed Bills-Crispen Ebie, McMur-
ray, Gledhill, Bowers.
|. Game and Fisheries Bradley, Horner,
Crispen, Baumann Woplley.
Incidental ExpenSes-Hunt, Mckee, Bau-
mann, Nicklin Bruder.
Judiciary-Porter, Gledhill. Cole, Bell,
Allen.
Labor and Industries = Poole, Horner,
Ebie, Houston, Butcher.
Militia-Sturr, Clark, Weller, johnson,
Simpson.
Miscellaneous Busness-Coles, Schmidt,
Shropshire, Welsh, Donahue.
Municipal Corporations-McMu Pow
ers, Nicklin, Mckee, Kellaher.
Railroads and Canals-Fairchild, Van
Doren, Bradley, Poole, Lawshe.
Revision of Laws = Gledhill, Porter
Squire, Cole, Eckert.
Riparian Rights-Ebie, Shropshire, Ash
ley, Murray, Hall.
ationery-Baumann, Squire, Nicklin,
Shropshire, Ridgeway
Towns and Townships-Dawson, Hous-
ton, Horner, Holdrum, Quad.
Unfinished Business = Ashley, Wright.
Rau, Welsh, Heyer.
Ways and Means-Rau, Guenther, Yard,
Van Doren, Murphy.
JOINT COMMITTEES.
Commerce and Navigation-Rau. Hunt,
Crispen, Coles Bruder.
Federal Standardization. Ebie, Bell,
Wright, CriSpen.
Industrial School For Girls-Ebie, Cole,
Welsh, Sturr, Martens.
Passed Bills-Nicklin, Steddig, Shrop-
SHIRE Ashley, Benny.
Public Grounds and Buldings-Van Do
rem, Fairchild, Poole, Clark, Flummerfelt.
Printing-Sh Holdrum, Crispen,
Horner, Bowers.
Reform School For BoyS-Cole, Bradley,
Crispen, Welsh, Walter.
School For Deaf Mutes-Schmidt Nc
Murray, Hunt, Yard. Marnel
Sinking Fund - Murray, Van Doren,
Guenther, Mckee, Murphy.
Bell, Smith.
State Hospitals-McMurray Weller, Daw-
son, Poole, Martens.
State Library-Hunt, Ashley. Coles. Bau-
mann. Hall.
State Prison-Squire, Van Doren, Nick
lin. Schmidt. Ashley.
Treasurer's Accounts-Gledhill, Nicklin
Rau, Horner, Lawshe.
President Voorhees, announced the
appointment of Messrs. Francis Stan
ger and Barber as the new committee
on public health. Cyrus K. Barnhart a
Trenton printer, has been named as
private secretary to the president OF
the senate. He was formerly a Cum
berland county editor.