Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-02
JERSEY At
WASHINGTON
What Is Being Done lat the Ma
tiOnaI Capital by Representa-
tiveS from sThis State.
trrom the NEWs Correspondents

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WASHINGTON, d. c., Apr. p
Representative Gardner has submit
ted a report on the bill authorizing
the secretary of commerce and labor
to make an investigation of the indus
trial conditions of the women of the
United States. This is a measure
which has been advocated by the
women's clubs and various organi-
cations throughout the state O. New
Jersey. Such an investigation vas
recommended by the president, and
the committee on labor recommended
the passage of the bill. In the sta
tistics of the last census it was shown
that 5",319.336 women were engaged
in gainful occupations. 1t was also
stated that women were found in all
but eight of 303 kinds of occupations.
There are no female soldiers, mar
ines, sailors, street car drivers, fire
men, roofers or skaters, boilermakers
or brass workers. 1t is said that
there are female steeple-iacks and
baseball umpires, however.
Bill for Coast Inlets.
Senator DRYDEN has in view the in
PRODUCTION of a bill that will permit
The Improvement of inlets or harbors
by state, corporation or private indi-
vidual. The bill has the approval of
Representative Burton, of the rivers
and harbors committee. and also of
General Mckenzie, chief of engineers
of the war department, and is design
ed to permit the improvement of
these waterways where the federal
government is not disposed to do the
work for any reason.
Senator Dryden has received a pc
tition from the woman's club of Or
ange favoring the appropriation of
$4,000 for the purchase of suitable
Fairgrounds for the District of Col
umbia. He has also received letters
from J. NJ. Seymour. Jr., of Newark,
and Henry A. Dreer. of Philadelphia,
who has nurseries at Riverton, New
Jersey, opposing the annual free dis
tribution of seeds, He has a petit
ton from Railway favoring Mr.. How
ellis naturalization bill.
Object to Rural Delivery.
Representative Howell has receiv-
ed a petition from residents of Ocean
county obiecting to rural free deliv-
cry. The petition goes on to say:
We the property owner of Jackson
township, although imbued with the
spirit of progress and advanced char
acteristics of the age, yet protest
,;YArp,Yelr nraf,Nrt Tho 1icnnntinnonnn
of the postofices between Lakewood
and Cassville." Mr.. Howell has filed
it with the postoffice department.
Representatives Howell and Van
Wrinkle have received the petition
from the woman's club of Orange ia
voring the Fairgrounds for the Dis
trict of Columbia; and petitions from
the Monday Afternoon club of Passa-
ic, in favor of forest reserve in the
White mountains, and in favor of the
Hepburn pure food bill.
Representative Van Wrinkle has re-
ceived protests against the seed dis
tribution from e. p. Richhelm, Bay
onne, and Henry A. Dreer, the Phila-
delphia seed man.
JCrScymcn Are Secretaries.
The call for the caucus of the Re
publicans of the senate and house of
representatives, which will be held
on April 4, is signed by Senator John
Kean as secretary for the senate, and
Representative Loudenslager secre-
1ary for the house.
Representative Wood has received
petitions from Hopewell, Frenchtown,
Trenton, Somerville. R~ead4ngton, and
Princeton in favor OF the Howell nat
uralization bill; and from the state
grange, Patrons of Husbandry; in ia
vor of the removal of the duty OF
denaturaliZed alcohol.
Edward C. White, of New Jersey, is
a graduate from the L. s. Naval Med
ical school, and will he appointed a
surgeon in the navy.
Representative L%oudenslager has a
petition from Salem and from Chews
favoring the Howell naturalization
bill.
Thornton Conover, E. L. Howe, of
Princeton, are at the Shoreham; Mr..
and Mrs. Allan Benny, of Bayonne,
are at the New Willard; Mrs. W. w.
Sewell, of Roselle, is at the St.
James; W. NJ, Sinclair, of Princeton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lancaster, of
Bloomfield, are at the National.
Representative Lo%udenslager is
being urged for the position as sec