Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-04-09

the use of stoves for heating railroad /
passenger cars, prohibiting the sale
Of fruit, merchandise, etc, on Sun
day, the railroad commission bill, for
a state board to examine BARRIERS,
the antitrading stamp proposition, pro-
viding that only citizens of the United
States be employed on state, county or
city buildings; compelling street rail
way companies to carry school chill
dren for half fare and creating the
office of state architect to supervise the
of all state buildings.
New Geological Board.
The members of the state geological
survey named last week by the govern
or are as follows: First district, Fred
erick r. Brace; Second district, Ed
ward G. Stokes; Third district, M. D.
Valentine; Fourth district, w. A. Roe
bling; Fifth district, F. A. Garfield;
Sixth district, George w. Wheeler;
Seventh district, Wendell P. Garrison;
Eighth district, Joseph L. Mum; Ninth
district, Joseph d. Bedle; Tenth dis
trict, Aaron S. Baldwin; members at
large, John G. Smock, Ernest R. Acker-
mann, Enos Roberts, Herbert NJ.
Lloyd, S. Bayard Dodd and George G.
Tenant The law legislating the old
board out of Office and creating new
board of geological survey was made
necessary by the changes in the lines
of the congressional districts, it being
found that after the redistricting of
last year some of the districts were
without representation and that other
districts had more than their allotted
number of commissioners.
1t was a few minutes past u o'clock
noon last Thursday when the legisla
tive session came to an end and u few
hours later there was scarcely an as
semblyman or senator to be found in
town. The night before the final adj
journment was an unusually quiet one.
and the scheme to have the work OF
the two houses finished up day be-
fore the sine die adjournment is taken
is favorably regarded and it may be
that in the future this rule will be fol
lowed at the close of the session. BY
this means one thing is done away
with-namely, the waiting of one house
by the other to get through its work
so that adjournment can be taken in
the prescribed fashion, the assembly
men proceeding to the senate, where
the legislature is declared formally ad
journed by the president. When the
house, which always winds UP first.
had finished its work an adjournment
some of the members started in to keep
up the usual custom of holding a $50
cial hour" after the work was done.
But the attempt fell fat this year, and
after a few choruses and stories and
little horseplay the assemblymen and
the spectators quietly stole away, the
windup festivities this year being too
tame to hold their attention.
The Presiding officers.
A word in passing should be said
about the two presiding officers of the
legislature. Senator Hutchinson of
Mercer presided over the deliberations
of the upper branch in a manner that
was truly commendable. He was fair
and thorough, although there was
threat of a serious breach between the
president and the Democrats in the
senate on the eve of adjournment be-
cause he refused to place certain I'm
important bill ON the calendar when it
was called for by the minority leader.
The matter was adjusted satisfactorily,
however, and on the closing day the
Democrats highly praised President
Hutchinson for his fairness as pre-
siding officer.
In the house Speaker John G. Horner
made most capable presiding officer.
His rulings were fair, and on few
occasions, when complications were
threatened, the speaker proved himself
to be man of clever executive ability
and succeeded in quoting the threat
ened storms He fairly earned the ii
tie of Honest John" Homer" by
which he was frequently called during
the session.
David o. Watkins has taken posses
sion of his new Office of state banking
ana lnSuEduCS COlul4lSoloilCA, NdNatCu
last Thursday through the expiration
of the term of William BEETLE of Cam
den. The post of United States dis
trict attorney, which Mr.. Watkins gave
up for the banking commissionership,
has not yet been filled, and considerable
interest centers in the contest over this
position. The naming of the new dis
trict attorney is in the hands of Presi
dent Roosevelt, and he will in all prob
ability act favorably upon whatever
name is handed to him by Senator john
Kean, Jerseys senior United States
senator.