Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-09
he Message Of
Governor Is
< Received.
BIGkN T EREST.
Entire Nation Is Watching the
Fight Being Made By Everett
Colby.
No FLOWERS IN SENATE
soeoio, to the EVENING NEWS :

Specio! to the EVENING NEWS:
TRENTON, Jan. 9:-New jerseys
13Oth legislature met today at 3
O'Clock y. m. and as the gavel fell in
each house there was set in motion
the most important law making ses-
sion the state has seen in many years.
There was less show about the open
ing than usual. Flowers were bar
red from the senate and were not so
profuse as usual in the house.
Senator Hillery, of Morris county,
republican leader in the upper house,
called that body to order. He read a
certificate from Secretary of State
Dickinson giving the names of the
hold-oyer senators, also the names OF
the senators-elect, who were Avis, OF
Gloucester; Colby, of Essex; Acker-
man, of Union; Cornish, of Warren;
Bradley, of Camden; Brown, of Mon
mouth; Frelinghuysen, of Somerset;
and Plummer, of Salem. Following
the temporary organization the men,
bers-elect were sworn in.
Senator Bradley was reelected
president by strict party vote of IS
to 8. Howard L. Tyler, of Cumber-
land, was reelected secretary by the
same vote. Lewis T. Stevens, Of
Cape May, was made assistant secre-
tary, and S. Merchant Meeker. of I'm
ion. was elected journal clerk.
The governor was formally notified
that the senate was ready for bust
ness and the chief executive immedi-
ately presented his first annual mes
sage through his private secretary,
Edward w. Gray. The message was
all that was expected of it. 1t called
forth from a prominent resident of
the state the comment that it was one
of the ablest state documents of re-
cent years. 1t hit straight from the
shoulder on the taxation question.
Thirteen pages were devoted to this
one question. Other important sub
jects discussed with candor We're:
State finances, care in legislation, au-
tomobiles, abolishment of the fee
system, jury reform, recommended
ton that members of the assembly
be elected by districts as formerly;
abolition OF lobbying, corruption of
the ballot, and the limitation and tax
alton of franchises.
Following the reading of the mes
sage the committees were announced.
Senator Jackson was given the most
important craftsmanship in the up
-
appropriation committee and is also
on committees of education, elections
and incidental expenses. He is also
on sever - important joint commit
tees
In the assembly DR.. Frank Growth
er is on the committee on banks and
insurance; Haines is on elections and
public health, and Drake is on COM
merce and navigation and miscellan-
eous business.
In the assembly chamber the gal
leries were filled with spectators
when promptly at o'clock Captain
James Parker, Of Passaic, clerk of the
last assembly, called the house to or
der. Following the opening prayer
hers were sworn in and each one
formally signed the oath. Organiza-
ton followed. Samuel X. Robbins,
of Burlington, was chosen speaker,
and Captain Parker. clerk.
The other officers chosen were
Assistant clerk, Upton S. Jeffreys,
Camden; Journal clerk, Charles S.
Angleman, Union; assistant journal
clerk, Howard C. Keasby, Salem
supervisor OF bills, George A. Grover,
Essex first assistant supervisor of
bills, Harry A. Gittone, Cumberland; ;
) second assistant, Thomas H. Cum
mings, Bergen; sergeant-at-arms,
George B. Lutz, Atlantic; assistants,
William S. Dye, Middlesex, and John
T.. Dabbs, Passaic; bill clerk, Jacob
Ross, Hudson; assistant, Frank Tan
tum, Monmouth.
Governor Stokes message was pre-
sented in the assembly as in the SEN
ate.
State Treasurer Briggs and State
Comptroller Morgan presented their
annual reports to the legislature. The
showing for the past year was as fol-
lows:
Gross receipts, .$4, sos, ,075.75
Balance at beginning
of year, .......... 2,940,91S.9S
i Total, ..........,.$7.5 .538 994.78
Gross disbursements, 4,6S0,496. go