Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-01-15
THE LEGISLATURE.
Especial Correspondence. ]

AOSAoAdtuAC ASL III tue StdteUOuS0 Oh
Tuesday and organized the one hun
dred and twenty seventh session of the
state legislative branches.
There was no hitch in the organiza-
ton of the legislature, the states hav-
ing been fixed up in caucus at meet.
ings of the majority members held re-
Gently, and the states went through
without a single moments difficulty.
In both houses the desks of the mem.
bers were laden down with flowers un-
til the two chambers of legislation re-
sembled flower gardens. In the senate
President Hutchinson was almost hid,
den behind a myriad of flowers, and
the desk of Speaker Horner in the
house was laden down with bouquets
of roses and other flowers.
The gathering of the clans on Mon.
day night was a small sized affair.
There was a slim attendance of the
members, and state politicians about
the hotel corridors and the usual ac-
tivity of the might before" so marked
in years gone by were missing. Senator
Dryden was fortunate enough to Sc
cure room 100 in the Trenton House,
which for years was the headquarters
of the late United States Senator Will
liam J. Sewell on all state occasions,
and the man from Essex entertained
lavishly Senator Kean had expected
to be on hand, but he was detained in
Washington, and his absence was no
ticeably conspicuous. There were pol
iticians of greater and smaller magni-
tude on hand, however, and although
the assemblage was small there were
lively times in and about the hotel
corridors.
Perhaps the topic most discussed was
the election of a successor to Banking
and Insurance Commissioner BEETLE of
Camden, whose age and enfeebled
health render him. as an improbability
for reappointment. The wiseacres had
it that the selection of a successor to
Commissioner BEETLE rested with Sen
ator Dryden. All indications point,
however, to the appointment of Unit
ed States District Attorney David O..
Watkins of Gloucester.
The Senate Committees.
Senator Hutchinson's committees arc
as follows:
Joint mmittees.-Commerce and navi-
cation, Hand, Lee, Minch. Federal rela-
lions, Shinn, Wakelee, Hudspeth. Indus
trial School For Girls, Mckee, Welsh,
Gebhardt. Passed bills, Minch, Strong
Gebhardt Public grounds and buildings
Cross Lee Barber. Printing. Lee, Haines,
Martin. Reform School For Boys, Bachel-
Z
Mutes, Wakelee, Bradley, Terrell. Sink
ing fund.- Bradley, Cross. Martin Sol.
diers home, Haines Bachelor, Childs
State hospitals, Welsh, Minch, Gebhardt
State library Cross. Hand, Ferrell State
prison, Strong, Mckee, Martin. Treas
urer's accounts, Brown, Haines, Hudspeth
Standing Committees. Agriculture
Welsh, Minch, Barber Appropriations
Cross, Strong, Bradley Childs. Banks
and insurance Welsh. Haines, Brown
Boroughs and townships, Hand. Wakelee,
Gebhardt. Clergy, Bachelor, Minch, Mar
tin. Corporations, Mckee. Bachelor. Geb-
hardt Elections. Bachelor, Shinn, Nc
Kee. Finance, Brown, Lee, Hudspeth
Game and fisheries, Minch, Mckee. Strim-
pie. Judiciary, Wakelee. Strong, Hud
speth. Labor and industries Shinn, Brad
ley, Barber. Militia, Haines, Lee, Terrell
Miscellaneous business, Hand. Shinn
Strimple. Municipal corporations, Cross
Bradley, Minch. Printed bills, Shinn
Hand, Terrell Public health, Minch
Cross, Childs. Revision of laws Strong
Wakelee Martin. Riparian rights, Lee
Bachelor Hudspeth. Stationery and Incl
dental expenses, Haines, Welsh, Brown
Unfinished business Mckee, Welsh, Hanc
The House Committees.
Speaker Horners committees are as
follows:
Agriculture and agricultural college
Gulick Keasler, Shedaker. Gibbs, Tiff.
Appropria tons, Miller, Jackson Avis
Williams. Willever. Banks and insur
ance, Gnichtel, Leavitt. Crosse, Hillery,
Kelly. Bill revision, Jackson, Boyd, New
corn, Dalrymple, Harrison Boroughs and
borough commissions Newcorn. Gulick,
Lehlbach. Ayers, Swackhamer. Claims
and Revolutionary pensions, Scovel, Brown
(R. W.), Stalter, Cook. Cannon. Com
merce and navigation Brown Or. W..
Buck, Montgomery, Hillery. Cannon. Cor
porations. Williams, Hllery, Buck. Hall,
Treacy Education Crosse, Colby Elvins,
Coyne, McGlennon. Elections, Cara.
brants, Scovel Coyne, Cook, Cannon.
Federal relations Brown CIV. ID, Howe.
Van Blarcom. Coyne, Fielder. Game and
fisheries, Brown (R. W), Elvins. Buck.
Gibbs, Loveridge. Incidental expenses,
Schmidt, Jackson. Shedaker, Roberts. Pat
terson. judiciary, Boyd, Van Blarcom,
Miller, Cook, Schumann. Labor and IN
dustries, Howe, Rowland, Brown (W. T. }.
Roberts, Stillwel Militia, Lord, How
land, Miller, Colclough. Besson. Miscel.
laneous business. Van Blarcom. Montgom-
cry. Lehlbach, Colclough, Hamill Mu-
nicipal corporations. Leavitt, Scovel,
Gnichtel. Stalter. Fielder. Printed bills.
Avis, Schmidt, Brown (W. t., Ayers.
Duff. Public health. Hall, Sharwell,
Buck, Ayers, Posten. Railroads and ca
nails Montg. merry, Roberts, Dalyrymple.
(N-I- ~ IL
Stalter Lord, Avis, Newcorn Stllwell.
Riparian rights. Rowland. Sharwell,
Shedaker, ScoveI, Harris. Stationery,
6harwell, Crosse. Brown CIV. To-, Dalrym-
pie. Hamill. Towns and townships, Ell.
wins, Keasler Gulick. Colby. Weisemann.
Unfinished business. Keasler, Garrabrants,
Hall, Leavi [, Mcdonald. Ways and
means. Brown CIV. IT,, Colby. Jackson.
Buck. Harris.
House Joint Committees. Industrial
School For Girls. Howe, Keasler. New
corn, Cook, Mcdonald. Passed bills Will
liams, Gulick, Jackson, Gibbs Besson
Public grounds and buildings, Boyd Ell
wins, Hall. Dalrymple. Hamill. Printing.
Lord, Miller, Rowland Roberts. Swaek-
hamer. Reform School For Boys, Shar-
well, Coyne. Scovel, Van Blarcom Weise-
mann School For Deaf Mutes, Crosse.
Buck, Stalter. Lehlbach. Willever Sink
ing fund, Brown (R. W. Colclough Hill.
Gnichtel. Rowland. Brown CIV. IT,. Schu-
mann. State library. Brown (W. TT.
Leavitt, Garrabrants, Ayers, 'Treacy Sol
diers' home, Schmidt, Montgomery, Miller,
Coyne. Wildrick. State prison, Gulick
Colby, Keasler, Shedaker Kelly Treas
urer's accounts, Williams, Leavtt, Crosse
Shedaker. Wildrick.
Senate and House Officers.
The. session of the senate was called
together by Senator Wakelee, leader of
the majority on the floor of the upper
branch, and Senator Hutchinson of
Mercer was elected to the presidency
by strict party vote. The other Off
GERS in the senate selected were as fol-
lows:
Secretary, Walter E. Edge, Atlantic; as
sistant secretary Howard L. Tyler, Cum
berland; journal clerk Robert A. Water
bury Union; assistant journal clerk Will
liam H. Fischer, Ocean; supervisor of
bills, Isaac r. Pierson, Morris; assistant
supervisor of bills, James Shoemaker,
Cape May; bill clerk, David A. Mcintyre,
Essex; calendar clerk, Robert E. BASTARD,
Passaic; sergeant at arms, D. Hart Cum
bingham. Mercer.
The minor offices were filed by the
steering committee.
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