Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-01-15

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his communication. The governor there
upon submitted to the session his an
nual message. after receiving which a
few bills were introduced in each house
and the session adjourned until next
Monday night, when the machinery of
legislation is expected to grind in real
earnest and a whole raft of bills will
be presented.
EARLY Adjournment Possible.
Inasmuch as there is no election of a
United States senator or other state Of
ficer which would entail joint meeting
of the legislature, there Is every pros
pect that the session will get down to
business early and SO arrange its work
that an early adjournment will be pos
sible.
Speaker Horner made no speech in
assuming the chair other than few
words thanking the members for the
honor they had conferred upon him.
Upon his election President Hutchin-
son said:
Senators-In assuming the duties of pre-
siding officer of the senate I want to
thank you for this great honor conferred
on me. l have always considered it an
honor to be a member of the senate of
our state, but to be selected to preside
over this distinguished body is great
compliment and one / fully appreciate.
My experience on the floor of the senate
with both political parties has been very
friendly, and 1 trust the same friendli-
ness will continue during this session.
In my endeavor to preside over your de-
Liberation I want to say it will be with
fairness to ALL and 1 ask your friendly CO.
operation and support.
We will not have it so convenient as we
would like, but our custodian has made 1t
as comfortable for US as possible, and we
can afford to put up with little incon-
venience when we think of the splendid
new chamber our statehouse commission
is providing for for next year.
do not propose to suggest any legisla-
ton, but will say that with our conserva-
tive policy in the past seven years we
have built up our state so that today she
is envied by our sister states, and we
have a balance in our treasury of about
s. 500 000 and have distributed about ST.
700 900 in two years past as dividend OF
reduction of the school tax and with the
same conservative policy can do the same
for the next two years
There is a tendency to create new state
well to consider before we start many
new ones, as at some future day our in
come may not be as large as today, and 1t
then means reduction to our state insti-
tutions or a state tax which nobody
wants.
want to thank you again for this high
honor and trust that with your help this
brevity. but great credit to ourselves
and state.
The Governors Patronage.
Governor Murphy will have wealth
of patronage at his disposal during the
session, having no less than eighty state
offices to fill, which carry with them
salaries aggregating about $350,OOO. All
these offices excepting eight will have
to be submitted to the senate for ap-
will be more than matter of form, in
asmuch as the Republicans are greatly
in the majority and the governor has
the confidence of his party to a suffi-
cient extent that it is not probable that
any of his appointments will be held up
at any stage of the session.
Many of the appointments to be made
by the governor are important and the
wire pulling season is now about to be-
GIN From this time forward Govern
or Murphy will be besieged by appli-
cants and friends of applicants for the
various plums at his disposal The gov
ernor has been long enough in Office to
know how to handle these office seek
ers. The most important place to be
filled is that of state banking and in
surance commissioner to succeed Viii
tam BEETLE of Camden, whose illness
has so undermined his health that he is
not regarded as eligible for reappoint-
ment This office pays $4,000 a year,
and the term is three years. 1t carries
with it the appointment of a deputy
commissioner at 50. 800 year.
Supreme Court Justice Gilbert Col
Inns resignation is said to be in the
hands of the governor, and this will
make two vacancies on the supreme
bench to be filed by his excellency, the
other being that of Justice Jonathan
Dixon, whose term will expire on April
8 and who will in all probability be
made to succeed himself. Justice Dix
on has been on the bench twenty-eight
years. There is considerable discussion
concerning the probable successor to
Justice Collins, and the wiseacres have
it that the vacancy will be filed by
Judge Francis ]. Swayze of Newark
Senator Vest, of Missouri, in single