Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-11
NEW JERSEY AT
WASHINGTON
Jerseyman After a Job Had
Many Endorsements Only T..
600 Ahead of Him.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Apr. H.
Public officials in New Jersey occa-
sionally forget here it is difficult TO
get positions in The government ser
vice. A few days ago a resident of
New Jersey called on his congress-
man. He had a letter signed by the
county Judge. the sheriff, the county
clerk, the state senator and TWO mem
bers Of The assembly. He wanted a
position in the secret service, and
thought with this Endorsement he
could get the ! os.tion without difficult
ty.
Accompanied by the congressman,
Chief, Wilkie. o. tl2 secret service.
was visited. The ~Jerseyman was in
formed that the last three years
there had been three appointments.
He was also told that there we're O.
900 applications on file, and the men
appointed were given their places be
cause of ONE peculiar fitness for the
work. Despite this d~iscouragine
state of affairs the Jerseyman went
back home without realizing the flu
tility of attempting to get a place,
and he thinks yet, perhaps. that he
ought to have a place in the secret
service.
representative Fowler is register
ed againat the Shoreham. He has
filed a batch OF petitions, as seems 70
be his custom when he returns after
several days absence. They were
from the Cosmos Club, of Elizabeth,
favoring an investigation of the in
dustrial conditions of women in the
United States; from the Federation
of Musicians of Elizabeth, favoring
the equalization of musicians pay:
and from the Iron Moulders' Union,
OF Plainfield. and Integrity Council of
Crawford, favoring the restriction of
immigration.
Every Voter Signed.
Nearly every voter in one of the
wards of Plaintield must have signed
petitions favoring the Howell natural
ization bill judging by the number
the w senators have received from
that town. Others came from Eliza
beth, Bound Brook, Jersey City and
Newark.
Representative Wood has invited
Senator Carter to speak at a dinner
which the republican club of Trenton
will give early in May. 1t is under
stood that the senator has accepted
the invitation. The two New Jersey
senators and the Congressman will
probably attend the banquet.
Representative Gardner has filed
the preliminary papers in the applica-
ton for the establishment of a new
! national bank at Port Norris, with Il
capital of $4,000. Mr.. Gardner has
notice that the p%ostofice at Jenkins,
Burlington county. has been re-estab-
lished with Sally l.. Thomas as post
master.
Senator Kean has introduced Il bill
10 grant a pension to Mrs. Julia
Vraom, of New Brunswick. She was
married to the soldier and thinking
him dead she married George Dan
berry, also a soldier. Both are dead,
but the pension bureau has refused
her a pension because it is claimed
the second marriage was not legal.
Social DOings.
Mrs. A. .Jessup, of Newark. the
Misses Daily, of East Orange, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Duffield, We're callers AT
Senator Dryden's room yesterday.
Senator Dryden is doing what he
can for the Passaic postofice build
ing bill, although it is understood
there will be little chance of getting
it through at this session.
Miss Allen, sister of Representa-
tive Allen. received yesterday after
loon at the Cecil.
A. Church. of Newark. is at the
New Willard: C. B. Davenport. of Ho-
boken, is at the Ebbitt; W. r. Ped
rick, of Atlantic City, is at the Riggs;
Miss Julia p. Weltz, Miss E. c..
Klund, of Jersey City. are at the ST.
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