Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-07
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tFrom the NEWS Correspondent. ,

iSiuIiFC W the JOilb RESOLUTION re-
questing authority from congress to
improve inlets and harbors along the
New Jersey coast a committee will
come here on Friday of next week.
The committee is composed of State
Senators L.. M. Crosse of Cape May,
and ]. F. Minturn, of Hudson; and
Assemblymen H. D.. Thompson, of
Mercer, Thomas C. Elvins, of Attain
tic, and George G. Warren, of Ocean.
The matter has been under consider
alton of the committee on rivers and
harbors, and there is a disposition to
go slow about relinquishing any fed
eral control over waterways that are
nayigable.
Representative Loudenslager has
been advised hal a pension has been
granted to Mrs. Sallie N. Wiber, of
1l3S Cooper street, Camden, at So a
month from Dec. 10, 1905.
MI. Browning has filed an applica-
ton for pension for Mrs. Thomas
Holloway for the accrued pension
due her deceased husband, Thomas
Holloway, and an application for
pension for Mrs. Wilson, of 403 Arch
street, Camden.
Letter to Congressman.
Writing to a New Jersey congress-
man a constituent makes some perth
nent observations about free seeds
and matters in general in the house.
He says: COPIES of the COMPRESSION
al Record which you kindly SEM were
duly received, and I owe you my sin
cere thanks for them. 1t was the
first time | had the pleasure of look
ing into the Congressional Record,
and found reading of absorbing in
terest outside of the special matter
of seed debate. / wondered at the
lavish amount of left-handed compli-
ments which are handed out from one
member to the other, and begin to
see that the strenuous life is led in
congress.
II was very much amused to read
the speeches showing the almost pa
thetic regard of certain members for
the American farmer. Contrasting
the untold millions produced by the
farmer and owned by him, with the
paltry sum in question, it looks as If
congress was not contributing very
much to that great we9lth, and yet
some sought to make it appear that
unless this little sop was distributed
among the rural communities, dire
ruin would ensue. 1t must strike the
average citizen who reads it as being
a farce and a poorly played one; how
ever, it certainly was lively enough
from all accounts"
Petitions to Senators.
Senators Kean and Dryden have
received petitions in favor of the a
l.. Phillips, Susan M. Cutler, N. w.
Wilkes, Catharine Wuerth and the
Chestnut and Watching schools of
Montclair. The West Presbyterian
church of Elizabeth and the Mems
Club of the Presbyterian church of
Westfield, want a constitutional
amendment to prohibit nolygamy;
Society of the Methodist church of
Plainfleld, advocates the control of
the schools of Alaska by the Bureau
of Education.
The senator's have also received a
petition from James B. Morris Post,
Grand Army of the Republic, of Long
Branch, advocating a bill for the re-
lief of prisoners of war, and from j..
III. Lane, and Company, of New York,
in favor Of the preservation of Mag
ara Falls.
Mr.. Wanger, of Pennsylvania, has
filed a statement with the house rela-
tive to school libraries in the United
States. 1t shows that New Jersey has
two normal school libraries, six high
school libraries and thirteen elemen-
tary school libraries. Thew are nine
ty-nine libraries in public schools in
the state with S3,479 volumes.
Princeton Triangle Club.
The Princeton Triangle Club gave
the musical comedy, "Tabasco Land"
at the Belasco theatre on Saturday
night. The list of ~patronesses in
cluded many people prominent in To-
cal society circles.
Rev. ]. H. Bradley, formerly of
Ocean county, a chaplain in one of
the branches of the national soldiers
home, called on Senator Kean on Sat
urday. 1t has been alleged that he
was unable to perform his duties
properly, but he is evidently a man of
mental and physical vigor.
Representative Gardner has had J.
Berry of Ocean county trans
ferred to a railway mail route to
Atlantic City. He has been advised
that a pension has been granted to
Charles Daiber, Vineland, at $12 a
month from April 10, 1906.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. Edwards, of Tren-
ION, are at the National; A. H. Will
liams, of Paterson. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
II. Waldron. of New Brunswick, S.
Tarbell, ofePrinceton, r at the New
Willard; w. II. Mackey. of Ruther-
ford, is at the st. James. G. S. A.