The Jersey City news., 1906-05-09
Committee Of the New Jer-
sey Legislature Is Going
to the Capital to Discuss
Coast improvement
ANTI pOLYGAMY PETITIONS
REPORT ON LIBRARIES IN THE
UNITED STATES SHOWS NEW
JERSEY IN A GOOD LIGHT
PENSIONS GRANTED.

| constituent who has taken some in
terest in the seed distribution, has this
to say:
"Copies of the Congressional Record
which are handed out for one member to
and 1 owe you my sincere thanks for
them. It was the first time 1 had the
pleasure of looking into the Congression-
al Record, and found reading of absorb
ing interest ontside the special matter of
the seed debate I wondered at the Law
ish amount of left-handed compliments
whish are handed out for one member to
the other, and begin to see that thestren-
uous life is led in Congress.
81 was very much amused to read the
speeches showing the almost pathetic re-
gard of certain members for the Ameri-
can farmer. Contrasting the untold mil
| lions produced by the farmers, and
owned by him, with the paltry sum in
question, it looks as if Congress was not
contributing very much to that great
wealth, and yet some sought to make 1t
appear that unless this little sop was
distributed amongst the rural commune
ties dire ruin would ensue. 1t must
strike the average citizen who reads it as
being a farce and poorly played one;
however, it certainly was lively enough
from all accounts.
The Joint Committee of the New ) err
sey Legislature interested in the schema
of improving the inlets of the New Jer-
sey coast will come here on Friday, May
II, to confer with Senatoor Dryden. The
committee is made up of State Senator's
L. M. Creese, of Cape May, and J. F.
Minturn, of Hudson, and Assemblyman
H. d. Thompson, of Mercer; Thomas G.
Elyins, of Atlantic. and George c. War
ren. of Ocean. The matter of granting
permission to the State Geographical
Survey is under consideration by the
Rivers and Harbor Committee, but there
is a disposition to go slow in the matter
of relinquishing Federal control of the
waterways that are navigable.
Senators Kean and Dryden have re-
ceived petitions in favor of the National
Children's Bureau from Susan NJ. Cut
Ter, N. w. Wilkes, Mary L. Phillips,
Catharine Wuerth and the Chestnut
and Watching Schools of Montclair.
The Westminster Presbyterian Church,
of Elizabeth, and the Mems Club of
Westfeld want a constitutional amend
ment to prohibit polygamy, and the Wo'
mans Home Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church of Plainfeld advocates
the control of the schools of Alaska by
the Bureau of Education.
The Senators have also received a pc
tition from James B. Morris Post, G. A.
R., of Long Branch, in favor of relief
lOr prlSOHeTS u tne Slfh W faAs anu AhVAA
j. H. Lane & Co., New York. favoring
the preservation of Niagara River.
| Mr. Wanger, of PENNSYLVANIA, has
fled some statistics relative to school lib
raries in the United States. They show
that New Jersey has two normal school
libraries, six high school libraries and
thirteen elementary school libraries.
There are in all ninety-nine libraries in
/ public schools in the State, with a total
of S3,479 books.
Representative Loudenslager has been
advised that pension has been granted
to Mrs. Sallie n Wilber, OF, Camden, at
! So month from December 13. 1905.
Chief Clerk Browning has fled an ap-
plication for the accrued pension of Mrs.
Thomas Holloway, and a pension for
Mrs. Wilson, of Camden.
The Rev. j. H. Bradley, Of Ocean
County, chaplain in one of the
branches OF the Natlonal ooldlers home,
called on Senator Kean on Saturday. An
effort has been made to get him out of
! his position on the ground that he is un-
able to perfornl-his duties properly. He
is vigorous man for his age, bo:h
physically and mentally, and apparently
there is no ground for the allegations
that have been made regarding his Work.
Representative Gardner has received
a letter from J. w Berry expressing
his thanks for transfer to the railway
mail route from Philadelphia to Atlantic
City. Mr.. Gardner has been advised
that pension has been granted to
Charles Dalber, Of vineland, at So
month, from April Y, 1906.