The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-16
NEW JERSEY
LEGISLATURE
E6oNTiNVrsR Il Ron FIRST PAeE.l

thews Of Hudson for sergeant at arms
The Republican nominees were elected
by a party vote. 16 to f. President
Bradley appointed William G. Murphy,
city editor of the Camden Courier, as
his private secretary
Captain James Parker of Passaic,
clerk of the house for the past ten
years, called the assembly together at
3:15 and prayer was offered by Rev.
Benjamin II. Buck Of NIillville, father
of Assemblyman Buck of Cumberland.
The members of the assembly stood
during the prayer and those seated in
the galleries reverently bowed their
heads Sixty members answered the
roll call Assemblyman James M. e..
Hildreth of Cape May, master in
chancery, administered the oath Of Of
fee to Assemblyman Hoagland of Som
erset and the latter in turn administer
ed it to the assemblymen, they stand
4 ing with appraised hands as they re-
peated the solemn pledge.
Robbins Elected speaker.
In a glowing speech paying eloquent
tribute to Samuel X. Robbins Of Bur
| lington, Majority Leader Randolph
Perkins of Union nominated that mem
Der as speaker of the house. In a
speech just as powerful Assemblyman
/ Martin of Essex, leader of the Colby
men in the house, placed in nomination
| the name of Austin Colgate Of Essex
as the Colby selection for the speaker
ship. Assemblyman Joseph Fl. Firth
| of Warren nominated Levi III. Morris
| (Den.) of Sussex as the Democratic
| minority candidate The vote was:
Robbins. SO; Colgate, 10; Morris, 2.
| After Speaker Robbins had been es-
/ corted to the chair and had taken the
oath Of office he addressed the assem-
| bly, as follows
Fellow Members of the House of As
| sembly-In selecting me as your presid-
| ing officer you have conferred upon me
an honor for which am deeply grateful.
1t is particularly gratifying to me to have
| had the support of every member with
whom 1 have previously served. shall
spare no pains to merit a continuation of
their confidence and to deserve the re-
| spect and esteem of every member of this
house
l realize fully the responsibilities that
devolve upon me in assuming this office
and my need of your indulgence and sup
port in discharging its duties. shall en-
deavor at all times to preside with abso-
lutte fairness and impartiality and give to
every member and to every measure
fair and equal chance.
Matters of unusual interest to the cit
liens of this state promise TO engage our
attention at this session of the Legislature.
fc n ioI71 INN eff1f hat fhaW
be disposed of as promptly as careful
consideration, deliberate action and wisel
conclusions will warrant | trust that
every committee and every member of
this house will give me cordial support
and cooperation in my efforts to make
this a business session. a session free
from chickering's and petty strife-one that
SHALL by the results accomplished, reflect
credit upon ourselves and uphold and pro-
mote the dignity honor and welfare OF
the state.
Captain Parker of Passaic was again
made clerk of the house, the Democrats
nominating against him samuel A.
Metz Of Warren. Other officers chosen
by the Republican majority were.
Assistant clerk. Upton s. Jeffrey's, Carn-
den; journal clerk. Charles H. Angleman.
Union; assistant journal clerk, Howard
George A. Grover, Essex; first assistant
supervisor of bills. Harry A. Grittone
Cumberland; second assistant supervisor
of bills, Thomas H. Cummings Bergen;
sergeant at arms, George B. Lutts, At
antic; FIRST assistant sergeant at arms,
William s. Dey, Middlesexs second assist
ant sergeant at arms, John Qabbs, Nor
riS; bill clerk Jacob Ross, Hudson; assist
ant clerk Frank Tantum, Monmouth;
doorkeeperS Laurence RhOades. Camden;
Joseph L. Crosse, Cape May; William
! Paullin, Cumberland, Richard Sickle
more, Hudson; Richard A. Peltier, Mid
| dlesex; Frank P. Yarnall, Monmouth;
Daniel Brooks. Morris; Nathaniel Taylor
and Charles Lee, Passaic, and DItmars
| Van Lostrand. Somerset; pages John b.
| Walker and David NJ. Fowler, Camdens
| G. Harold Buzby, Gloucester; Arthur W.
Scott, Hudson; Charles q. Roe Mercer
Edward A. Burroughs, Middlesex; Ed
| ward Simonson and William II. Ford,
Monmouth; Senhlici A. Alexander and
Charles B. Watson, Passaie
The Democratic minority nominations
for these positions were headed by Wal
ter S. Gallagher Hunterdon, for assis-
tant clerk; Jacob L. Bonnel, Sussex,
journal clerk, and Harvey S. Hopkins,
| Sussex, sergeant at arms.
House Receives Governors Message.
The committee appointed to wait
upon the governor and notify him OF
the organization of the house were As
semblymen Elvins, Wright and Nor
ris A few minutes later the governor
sent in his message, which was ordered
printed and placed in full upon the
records.
The following resolution was sub
mitted by Leader Perkins:
Resolved, That the rules of the house
Of assembly as published in the legisla-
tive manual of 1905, with the following
addition to rule 63, to wit: nor shall any
person other than members and officers OF
the legislature communicate with any
lnornber Of the house within the assembly
chamber while the house Is in actual SEES
sion upon any matter pertaining to iegis.
lation,r be adopted as the rules of this
house until further ordered.
This later was withdrawn and an
other resolution adopted providing that
the rules of 1905 be adopted rs the
rules Of this house.
The only exciting incident of the day
occurred when Mr. Martin Of Essen
presented the following resolution.
Resolved, That the proposed rules Of
the house be amended by adding at thu
end Of rule 81 the following sentence: .'Al
standing committees of the house shat
report all bills, joint resolutions and mat
kers referred to them within two week.
after such reference unless longer tins
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