New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-23

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practising medicine" individual who had op-
! tanned his diploma by four months Of corre-
/ spondence with a college in Ohio. He had
previously been an architect and several other
| things
| The Senate and House will meet separately to-
morrow and vote for United States Senator
! John Kean will receive every Republican vote
and It is expected that the Democrats will be
! unanimous in favor OF giving the complimentary
nomination to Senator James Smith AT the
.ont session on Wednesday the journals OF both
houses will be read. and John Kean will be
formally declared the Senator-elect to succeed
| Senator Smith on March 4.
Senator McDermotts demand for a Hudson
County Investigating Committee is likely 10 De
complied with He won't be happy till he gets
| It. and the other Senators are not cruel enough
! 10 refuse the first request that he has made.
How the Senator's friends will feel after 1t Is all
| over is another thing.
The early indications Of a tame and unin-
terestng session are passing away, to make
| room for straws pointing to decidedly lively
| times.
| Edward s. Blacks petition for his appoint
ment as Prosecutor OF Essex County is said to
have been signed by 1872 clergymen represent
Ing thirteen different religious bodies. How sad
| 1t is to think OF such industry going unre-
warded
By way OF demonstrating that the Newark
School Board doesn't need reforming two OF the
| Commissioners engaged in fstc encounter the
| other night.
Queer folks the Paterson Health Commission
ers They complained that the Water Company
| wasn't properly protecting the water supply
from pollution. In response to this the company
named two reputable citizens one as counsel
and the other inspector, and offered 10 pay
their salaries and expenses II the Board Of
| Health would give them authority to stop the
pollution Did the Board do it? Certainly not.
| They didn't propose to agree to anything sug-
gested by bloated monopoly.
| or course the great feature Of last week was
| the Inauguration Of Governor Voorhees,. The
Governors dignihed and conservative inaugural
address has generous plaudlts all around.
Next to it was the modest and well-worded
| speech of the retiring Acting Governor. Speaker
| Watkins, in handing the State seal to Mr.. Voor-
| hees.
IN reading his inaugural address Governor
Voorhees, made few deviatons from the printed
stress and constant interruption and there was
no time for revision Of the proofs, and the cor
rectons made while reading the document show
| how careful the Governor is to get the right
word 10 express accurately and fairly what he
wishes TO say. In the printed copy the inaugural
| read Il am not unmindful Of the obligation to
devote my services 10 the common good Of ALL"
The Governor substituted my" for the before
the word obligation" The second sentence
after that read: "A people free to learn and
free to think for themselves, only find in
organization the instrument to enforce their
wishes respecting government" The Governor
! used views" instead OF wishes"
A little further on in speaking about his
duties. Governor Voorhees, omitted entirely this
sentence: "Volators OF the law to be pun
ished without distinction" probably because it
had flavor Of demagOgy about IT,
That section OF the address dealing with the
need of a thorough revision of the laws relating
TO municipalities closed with this sentence.
which was cut out in the reading: The adj
vantages which would follow the adoption Of
some such carefully devised law are manifest"
Referring to the amount spent for reformatory
and charitable purposes. the printed address
read that the amount now annually dsbursed
represents about II per cent of the States total
yearly expenditures" In reading II the Cover
nor SAID more tnan II per cent. Regarding
the States surplus. the printed message spoke
Of relieving the burdens Of local taxation" and
in reading this the Governor dropped local"
In the following sentence 1t was said that "al
ready some measures in this direction have been
adopted without endangering the States inter-
ests." The word revenues" substituted for
interests" Discussing the same question: 1t
suggested that appropriations could be
made for objects for the support Of which the
people OF the State paying direct taxes,
and that Tin this way the amount now annually
raised for the support of public schools could be
reduced or some means might be devised where
by, upon an equitable apportonment. the ex-
penses OF the various counties for the support OF
their courts could in part be betrayed" The
word upon" was stricken out, and under put
in its place
The three words beginning the next para
graph. lin this connection" were dropped. Deal
Ing with the condition OF the Railway Refor-
mntory the printed address said that in ITS in
completed form the building now partly erected
stands as a monument 10 tn, folly with which
the undertaking conceived or TO the lamen-
table lack Of good judgment shown in not push
ing the work To completion" The sentence was
improved by the insertion OF EITHER" before 'as
a monument"
Mention Of the overcrowded condition OF the
State prison followed by the statement that
Increased ommodation. however, Is not all
that is demanded AS read the words ito be-
were inserted before demanded" In dealing
with corporation franchises reference was made
TO the benefit derived by the public from the
growth OF these corporations. but the message
continued. this benefit. II Is estimated. Is less
than It might have been II obligations had not
been unnecessarily incurred to pay interest on
bonds" The word estimated" was struck out
and asserted put In its place. So in the sue
ceedng sentence. where the printed copy read
thus 1T is not the policy OF these companies to
pay large dividends on their stock. but rather
to find reasons from time 10 time for increasing
issues Of their bonds" After dividends the
words 1T IL asserted were inserted. Further
on, in describing the action Of other States in
fixing maximum rates arbitrarily by statute a
crude method Of dealing with the problem, the
Governor added the qualifying words, I'm our
Judgment after method"
Instead OF saying that the NewJersey volun-
teers by their conduct won the commentator
Of ALL the Governor read IL won commendation