Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-31
Parties Almost Evenly Divided
Republicans Have Majority
Of But Seven.
SOME IMPORTANT MEASURES.
Some Lively Fighting Between Re-
publicans and Democrats to Win
the Support of the Public-Demo-
Gratis Gain Two i'm the Senate and
Twepty-eight in the Assembly
How the Two Houses Will Organize.
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Special to the EVENING NEWS:
TRENTON, Dec. 31:-When the
gavels rap for order Tuesday, Janu
ary 8, calling to order the 1S1st ses-
sion of the New Jersey legislature,
there will begin the most remarkable
meeting of the lawmakers since 1898.
The democrats this session will con-
troll the house of assembly and it will
be the first time that party has been
in the majority in either house since
the year mentioned.
The legislature will convene next
Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock. The
senate will have fifteen republicans
and six democrats, democratic gain
of two. The assembly will stand 7
Democrats, 81; republicans, 20; a
democratic gain of 2S. The republi-
can majority on joint ballot will be
only .even, a loss of 60 from last
year, when it was 81.
With the two branches at odds
politically and bare democratic ma
jority in the assembly, it is very like
ly that the approaching session will
be on of the most lively in years.
Senate Convenes.
Promptly at o'clock, Senator Hill
lery republican leader, will call that
body to order He first will read a
certificate from the secretary of state,
giving she names of the hold-over
senator's. These will be: Senator's
Lee, Atlantic; Wakelee, Bergen;
Bradley, Camden; Minch, Cumber-
land; Colby, Essex; Avis, Gloucester;
Minturn, Hudson; Hutchinson, Mer-
Ger; Brown, Monmouth; Hillery, Nor
ris; Shinn, Ocean; Plummer, Salem;
Freylinghuysen, Somerset; Acker-
man, Union, and Cornish, Warren.
The certificate will also give the
names of the senators-elect, as fol-
Sy5ws: Robbins. Burlington; Hand,
Cape May; Gebhardt, Hunterdon; Sill
zer, Middlesex; Hinchcliffe Passaic,
and Price, Sussex, reelected.
One of the democratic senators will
be chosen temporary president, and
a temporary secretary will be elected.
Following that the new seantors will
take the oath of Office. Then will
come permanent organization. Sena
tor Minch, of Cumberland, will be
made president, and Howard Tyler,
of Cumberland, will be reelected sec
retary. Senator Hillery will be re-
publican leader.
Captain James Parker, of Passaic,
republican clerk of the last assembly,
will call that branch to order. Fol-
lowing roll call one of the members
elect, who is master-in-chancery
will administer the oath of Office to
another member-elect, who in turn
will swear the others Edgar D.
Lethbridge, democrat, of Essex, will
be elected speaker. Then will follow
the election of about thirty officers,
all of whom will be democrats. The
officers in each house will be those
named by the respective party eau
cuses. Their names have already
been published Abram Klenert, of
Passaic, will be the democratic floor
leader. The republican leader will
be. Assemblyman Barber, of Mercer,
who would have been speaker had the
republicans controlled the house.
Wait on Governor.
Following organization each house
will appoint committee to wait on
Governor Stokes and then the gov
ernor will send in his annual mess
age. At the close of the session
Tuesday afternoon the legislature is
expected to follow the usual custom
and adjourn to Friday morning and
then to the following Monday night.
The & djournment to Friday morning
is merely to comply with the consti-
tuition, which prohibits either house
adjourning for more than three days
without the consent of the other.
The Mercer members will be only
ones present F-iday morning.
WI t legislation will be enacted
dui the coming session? The
quess lon Is attracting great attention
all0ver the.state.
~ The governors message is expected
to outline the attitude of the state
administration as to law making as
far as the republicans are concerned.
The message will pay special atten-
tion to taxation. He will show the
ter and this will pave the way for
what ever additional legislation the
law makers may deem necessary on
this question There will likely be
lively fight over the. question of re-
pealing the law creating the county
tax boards. There has been some OPP
position to these boards and in some
sections of the state threats have
been made of an attempt to obtain
tlle repeal of the law The republic
ans stand for the new policy and If
the democrats move to kill the boards
there will be fight. VI
Further recommendations are ex-
pected from the governor on, the sub
ject of corrupt practices in connec-
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