The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-11

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Speaker Le~thbridge's Speech.
Speaker L~ethbridge upon beng es-
corted to the chair made a bflef adj
dress, in which he thanked the assem-
bly, for the honor conferred uppn him,
and he asked the members b work
together in order to make this session
of the house n that will be c~reditable
not only to the members themselves,
but to the state at large. He was lib
orally %applauded at the conclusion of
his remarks.
A committee consisting of Messrs.
Alexander, Perkins and Lane was ap-
pointed to wait upon the governor and
notify him Of the organization Of the
house. The committee did this and re-
ported shortly afterward. The gov
ernor Their sent In his annual message.
There was a hitch in the house pro-
ceedings when the list of minor Off
GERS was read, and the Democrats Sc
cured a recess for ten minutes to con-
slider the matter. Assemblyman Nor
ris of Sussex was not altogether salts
fed with the a~pportionment of patron
age made by the Democratic caucus,
and there were also objections from
Messrs. Firth of Warren and Pawelski
of Passaic as to the distribution of
patronage. A compromise was effect
ed, to the apparent satisfaction of
those who had been dissatisfied, and
the house session was resumed.
Officers of the Assembly.
The additional officers elected by the
were as follows: Assistant clerk, My
ron G. Ernst, Hudson; journal clerk,
John Schuyler, Hudson; assistant jour-
nal clerk, Lewis w. Martin, Sussex;
supervisor of bills, P. Anthony Brock,
Hudson; first assistant supervisor of
bills, John Hopkins, Hudson; second
assistant supervisor of bills, James L.
Dewitt, Sussex; sergeant-at-arms,
Frank Hague, Hudson; first assistant
sergeant-at-arms, P. J.. Whalen, Hud-
son; second assistant sergeant-at-arms,
John P. Kerwin, Passaic; bill clerk,
William H. Post, Passaic; assistant
bill clerk, Harry J. Earle, Jr., Passaic;
III oSSloluAI 6uPCl % VI OllIS,
John w. DeMott, Passaic; assistant to
the journal clerk, Oliver R. Kugler,
Hunterdon; doorkeepers, Charles
Worth, William Kilroe, Passaic; Or
vile Dilts, Hunterdon; Palmer Linda
bury, Warren; Michael Donegan, Jr.,
Val J. Braun, ST., Elmer A. Day, Joel
NJ. Harrison, Essex; John DAILY, Ber-
nard Garvey, Irving Daniels, Peter
Golden, Hudson; pages, Herbert Hol-
combe, Hunterdon; James f. Downall,
John Lubbert, Hudson; James Lyman,
David Smith, Passaie; Robert E. Car
roll, Warren; Joseph Cavanaugh, John
McConlogue, Louis Hopp, L. NJ. Ma
hon, Essex.
The rules of the last house were
adopted to govern the present assem-,
bly,, and then a discussion arose similar
to the one in the senate as to relieving
committees of the consideration of
bills. The resolution to this effect was
offered by Mr.. Alexander and was OPP
posed by Assemblyman Barber of Mer-
Ger, who is the leader of the Republic
an minority in the house this year.
The whole matter was referred to the
committee on rules.
Dryden on the Job.
United States Senator John F. Dry.
den, who is supported by the Repub-
licans for reelection to the United
States senate, was a prominent figure
in Trenton Monday evening, the night
before the opening of the legislative
session, and Tuesday. He entertained
many political friends in his headquar-
tiers in room 100 at the Trenton House,
where his predecessor. the late Senator
William J. Sewell, planned many OF
his political conquests. Governor
Stokes called upon the senator at the
latter's headquarters Monday night and
had a long conference with him. Nei-
Their would state just what had been
talked about at the conference. Sen
ator Dryden declared that he felt con-
fident of reelection, and he reiterated
this Tuesday after he had met many
of the legislators at the statehouse.
The Republican caucu will likely be
held a week from next Monday even
ing to vote upon the senatorial mat
ter. The position will be filled by the
legislature on Tuesday, Jan. %.
Mr.. Dryden must have at least forty
one votes of the Republicans forty
four Of joint ballot.
Senator Colby, who is opposing Sen
ator Dryden's reelection, declares that
Senator Alderman of Union, Assem-
blyman Fake of Bergen and himself
would certainly remain out of the
caucus and that only one more vote
would be necessary to defeat Mr.. Dry
den. He said that he was confident
that vote will be forthcoming against
Senator Dryden.