The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-15

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h Wakeiee Will Preside over senate
Assemblyman Avis over the House.
The one hundred and twenty-eighth
Legislature was organized on Monday
afternoon, the Senate meeting in its
new chamber, which was barely com
pleted, the defects being hidden by
decorations of greens. s4 E
The Senate organized by electing
Edmond r. Wakelee, of Bergen, as
president, and Walter e. Edge, of At-
lantic, as secretary.
In the House John Boyd Avis, of
Gloucester, was unanimously chosen
Speaker, and Captain James Parker,
of Passaic, was reelected clerk
Both presiding officers delivered brief
addresses, thanking the members of
their respective houses for thesh0nor
conferred upon them and pledging
themselves to perform the duties Of
their offices to the best of their ability.
When Senator Joseph Cross, who is
the Republican leader in the upper
house, called the Senate to order there
was scarcely a foot of standing room
in the galleries. This unusual rush is
attributed to the fact that the Senate
was occupying its new chamber, which
has been nearly two years in course of
CONSTRUCTION and still lacks the finish
ing touches, and many desired to see
what the new chamber looked like.
Prayer was offered by the Rev Geo.
G. Maddox, chaplain Of the State
Prison.
Senator Cross then read the certiti-
cate from the Secretary Of State certi-
| flying to those who were elected to- the
Senate last fall and had duly qualified.
Senator Hudspeth, of Hudson. was
tnnanimously chosen as TEN porary pres
fident, and Walter ID. Edge Df Attain
| tic, temporary secretary. Senator
Hudspeth thanked the, ajoribS for
the courtesy shown hfiM Senator
Cross presented the credentials Of the
tnew members and they were sworn in
by Senator Hudspeth.
In the Assembly James Hamill, Of
Hudson, the Democratic leader of the
House, was chosen temporary chair
man; the opening prayer was made by
the Rev. Ben amin II Rne k 0f Mill
vile, and The oaths were administered
by Assemblymen .Lehlbach, Van Blar-
com and Miller IS Nv
When the Legislature was organized
the Governors message was received
and read. No business was transacted
and both houses adjourned to Monday.
Among the minor officers, Isaac r.
PiersOn, of lMOrristown, is supervisor
of bills in the Senate, and Edward f.
TotteD, Of Dover, is bill clerk i'm the
Assembly.
E8On the list of committees, Senator
Walsh appears on thefollowing !. Banks
and Insurance (chairman), Printed
Bills, Stationery and Incidental Ex-
penses Standing State Hospitals
(chairman) and State Home for Girls
Joint. r. - %6xN R4IEFT
Assemblyman IIillery is on THE fol-
lowing standing committees Corpor-
ations, Bill Revision Chairman Of
both), appropriations and Miscellane-
Gus Business; and on the joint COM
mittee on State Home for Girls.
Assemblyman Baker is on the fol-
lowing standing committees Agricul-
ture and Agricultural College, Educa-
tion and Unfinished Business
Italy Transferred to Morristown.
The lecture of Miss e. NJ. Pendleton.
of the Young Peoples Italian Mission
OF New York, given in the chapel of
the First Presbyterian Church on
Tuesday evening was highly instruc-
tive entertainment. AS Miss Pendle-
ton has been for some time connected
with the italian work in New York
she was well qualified to speak of the
conditions Her remarks were ably
seconded by the lantern slides she ex-
hibited, showing the typical New
York Italian settlement and the
crowded conditionlin which THE vari-
GUS families from the sunny land of
the SOUTH" lived in a great cosmopoli-
tan city like New York. In her re-
marks on the subject Miss Pendleton
deplored the fact thatso many Italians
We're coming into this country, yet
acknowledged that the work being
done for them was beneficent in the
extreme. a fair-sized audience was
on hand to hear her speak,
Fate Perhaps Wits the World.
A sad railroad accident which
caused the death Of Walter r. Grifith,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Scott
Griffith, of 40 Maple avenue, occurred
on the Lackawanna Railroad between