Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-01
BRIGGS MUST
BEGIN LOWER.
Will Not Get the Desirable CON-
mittee Room Occupied by
Senalqr Dryden.
cFrom tae Vows oorresDondent.1

C.Fr0m the NEWS CorresD0ndent.)
W.ASHINGT0N Mar. 1:-Senator-
elect Frank o. Briggs will not get the
committee room which Senator Dry
den has occupied for several pears.
The roam Isl obB of the most desirable
in the building and when it was
known that Senator Dryden would
not return several senators made ap-
plicatiou for it. Senator Hopkins, Of
| Illinois, however, was quicker than
some of his colleagues and he had al
ready mottgaged the room before any
of his colleagues were aware of the
fact. At he request of Mr.. Hopkins
his colleag ue, Senator Beveridge, re-
signed FROM the committee on enroll
ed bills. antt Mr. Hopkins had himself
appointed i d his place, and he will
succeed Senator Dryden to the chair
manship. Eienator Briggs will prob
ably be assigned to some committee
in the lower terrace, as Senator Dry
den was at first, or in the senate an
mex, as Senator Kean was at first.
Senator's Kean and Dryden have
received petitions from the Women's
OluU, vi AtdfAuuCut III ldNOl VI lu0 CullQ
labor bill 4. from the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union, of Trenton.
in favor of the Littlefeld temperance
bill; and a Telegram from j. H. Kel-
ling, of Jersey City, advocating the
limiting of the time of telegraph op-
orators to nine consecutive hours.
Visited White House.
1 Cn,,ntfk.
tive How iell visited the White House
yesterday afternoon in the interest
of Enoch L. Cowart, formerly cashier
of the Nvesink National Bank at Red
Bank. He is serving term of seven
| years in state prison and having in
Horned on himself, made restitution
and aided the receiver of the bank
it is felt that he has suffered enough
by his five years in prison. The SEN
ator and congressman urged his par
don.
Representative Gardner has been
advised that pensions have been
granted to C. P. Johnson, of .Absecon,
at So a month, from November IS,
1905; Joseph Reeves, of New Lisbon,
I DIT p L tb ihOiilli II Olh VOl hhll L l.
1907; to John w. Shaffer, of Vine
land, at $12 month from February
II, 1907; to George Bernhouse, of.
Hammonton, at $12 a month from
February II, 1905; to John w. Da-
Wis, of Beverly, at $12 a month from
February II, 1907; to Jophet Ha-
ven, of Tuckahoe, at $12 month
from February IL, 1907; to Beaton
Smith, Jr., of Vineland, at SIS a
month from February II, 1907; to
Charles D. Sheppard, of vineland, at
$12 month from February IL
1907; to Henry H. Nichols, Of Vine
land, at $12 month from February
8, 1907
Representative Loudenslager has
been advised that pension has been
granted to Joseph S. Bradway, of
Woodstown, at $12 month from
February 13, 1907.
Representative Howell has been
advised that pension has been
granted to J. L. Barcalow, of Eng
| lishtown, at SIS a month from Feb
ruary IL, 1907.
Senator Dryden has been advised
that a pension has been granted to
David B. Hustled, of Cedarviile, at $12
month from February IL, 1907.
The annual dinner of the Prince
ton Alumni Association will be held
on Monday evening of next week.
At the request of Mr.. Towns the
speech Representative Sulzer deliver
ed at Jersey City on Lincoln's birth
day will be printed in the Congress
ional Record.
Mrs. Walter Fairfield has gone to
Lakewood to spend few weeks.
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