The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-12-13
new JERSEY IN
WASHINGTON
State Will Be Adequately
Represented at the In
auguration of the
President.
PENSIONS TO JERSEYMEN
Right of Jersey City to a New
Post Office Will Be Siren
uously Urged.
PENSIONS TO JERSEYMEN

Jersey ORGANIZATIONS tildt antehu " e"ns
part in the Inauguration of President
Roosevelt will do well TO communicate
with the proper committee at once. The
several committees have been appointed,
and all will be hard at work next week
getting in shape the plans for the inau-
guration. Already many applications for
assignment in the parade have been re
ceiyed. and it is understood that the
State of Pennsylvania is planning to send
down 10000 National Guardsmen. Just
what New Jersey will do in this line will
be decided by the Legislature.
1t is the opinion of United States SEN
ator John kean that New Jersey will be
properly represented at the Inauguration
of President Roosevelt on March 4 next.
In talking about the matter Senator
Kean said 81 am not a military man,
and it is entirely in the hands of the
Legislature, which will meet in January
| am confident that New Jersey will be
well represented at the inaugura ton, as
/ have the utmost confidence in the Leg
islature to see that the proper steps are
taken to have State which gave our
President such handsome majority ade-
quately represented.
Il have no doubt it viii be deemed ad
visable to send detachment of the Ma
tional Guard of New Jersey to partici-
pate in the inauguration parade, and it
will be detachment of which the State
and every Jerseyman can be proud, be-
cause am well aware that we have as
fine a National Guard as any State in the
Union. Just what size the detachment
will be is entirely in the hands of the
Legislature, and / think the gentlemen
who will have charge of the matter can
be relied upon to do the proper thing
In talking about the Statehood bill the
Senator expressed the belief that two
States to be known as Arizona and Okla
homa will be admitted to the Union. He
does not think the proposed States will
be too large in area or in population.
With reference to the names for the
States Senator Kean thinks the present
names are appropriate. He does not be-
lieve that the names of the famous men
of the nation should be- used for naming
States, but that they should be reserved
for cities, if they are to be used in that
way.
He fayors the use of local names, even
if of Indian origin, rather than of men,s
and in voicing his opinion he said he
thought the State of Washington might
have been better named. The Senator
does not, of course, imply any disrespect
to Washington, or any other statesman
Of former years, but rather thinks that it
is too common use to put the names OF
the fathers of the nation in naming
States after them.
Senator Dryden is particularly inter-
ested in that part Of President Roose-
velt's message that referred to insurance.
In a general way the Senator believed
that the insurance business should be un-
der proper government supervision, rep
resenting as it does one-fourth of the
wealth of the nation. Senator Dryden
favors wise and conservative supervision,
and has confidence in the sincerity of the
views of the President with reference to
insurance. He believes, too, that it is
matter that is deserving of very careful
consideration, if it is deemed advisable
to formulate any legislation relating to
it and it will admit of careful thought
aud investigation before any definite ac-:l
tion is taken,
In talking aboutstlie majority New Jer-
sey gave the Republican ticket, Senator
Dryden said that ten Of his friends de-
cided to guess the plurality the Republi-
can candidate for Governor would have
in New Jersey. II was agreed that the
one who guessed nearest to the vote
should order dinner for the entire num-
Der. and that the one whose guess was
farthest away should pay for the repast.
The lowest guess was 5000 and the
highest 5000.
Asked # he were one Of the ten sena-
tors, Dryden smiled as be replied;
No; / was the invited guest Of the ten
when the dinner was eaten.
There Is story going Tie rounds At