Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-06-06

on such final passage shall be entered on
the journal
! The Senators and Assemblymen receive q
salary d $500 annually during the time for
which they have been elected, and no other
allowance or emolument, directly or indi-
rectly for any purpose Whatever. The Presi-
dent Of she Senate and Speaker Of the House
of Assembly reoeiys $4,000. These saIar-
| les may seem small to some Of AZ, but when
we consider the short time the legislature is
usually in session it is quite fair pay. There
! is nothing to prevent each Assemblyman
and Senator from haying business to which
be can devote bis time during the months
when be is not at Trenton. Those Of them
whosnay be guilty Of graft, no doubt make
mention Of their small salaries to their con-
science. Our Governor receives a salary Of
SIC, O0o. 90 per year and is elected for three
years.
| No lottery shall be authorized by the
Legislature or otherwise by the State, and
no ticket in any lottery shall be bought or
| sold within this State, nor shall pool sell
! ing, bookmaking or gambling Of any kind
| be authorized or allowed in this state, nor
shall any gambling DEVICE, practice or game
of chance now prohibited by law be legal
lied, or heremedy or punishment now pro-
lvided therefore be it any way diminished.
| Article Up gives us the rules by which an
amendment may be obtained for orr Con-
stitutlon, and in this am sure you viii all
be interested, for it is only through an
amendment to our Constitution that we
may hope to be fully franchised. Article
| II is the sole cause for our not having full
lfranchisement. Let me read you our priyi-
Ilege on the school question: Women may
vote at district meetings on all questions
except the election Of members Of the Board
Of Education, which is prohibited by the
Constitution. J, Even if we wanted to take
advantage Of this slight privilege Of yot-
ing, there is no effort made to let us know
when these elections take place. OF course
it may be our business to find out when
these elections are held, but we are SO limi-
ted in our privilege it is not much wonder
few Of us exert ourselves to find OUTPUT we
ought to find out and use our privilege up
to the notch and thus get the experience as
TO how things are done, and how it fools TO
cote. The date for these elections is on the
l.
grid Tuesday in March, and if you don't re-
member anything else you have heard from
this paper, do hope you will remember
this date. Mark it down on your calendars
and uote. On the whole it is not small
matter to vote on the school question. The
school stands along side Of the home. It is
the place where our children spend the lar
ger portion Of their waking moments dur
I ing the most impIessionable part Of their
lliyes If we would have the seed grow as
| il should, it must have the proper environ
meDt. There are many questions pertain
| ing to the school that women are naturally
more fitted to look after than man, and II
school should be unfortunate in the Board
that is placed over it, then it is Of great i'm
portanoe for the women to get busy as
the politicians say and see shat every con-
ditlon provided for the school is carried out.
believe that each one Of us is negleeting
one Of her highest duties, if we do not keep
in D souch with the schools Of our dis
triet-Dut I have deviated somewhat from
what I started out to say women may
vote at district meetings on all questions
except the election Of the Boards of Educa-
tion, which is prohibited by the Constitut1
] ion.n Here is where Article II becomes
effective. Just that one little word 'malen
has cut us out in New Jersey as in nearly
| all other states, and there is no way proYi-
ded by which shat word can be made nom
effective, except through an amendments to
the Constitution, and that is as follows,
according to Article TX.
IAN amendment can be proposed in
| either house of the legislature, and if it is
agreed upon by a majority of she members
| Of each house. then is shall be entered on
their Journals, with the yeas and nays
taken thereon, and referred to the legisIa-
ture next chosen, and shall be published
/ for three months previous to the next cleo
tion, in at least one paper Of each county;
i then the new legislature will vote upon it
and if a majority OF the members of each
house agree to the amendment, then it shall
be the duty Of the legislature to submit
she proposed amendment to the people in
such manner and at such time, at least four
months after the adjournment Of the legis-
lature, as the legislature shall prescribe.
You see from this that there is consider
able red tape about making an amendment
to the Constitution, and suppose it is
/ wise that it is so. II you count it up you
can easily see that even If two sessions Of
the legislature should find it to their best
interest," to submit on amendment to the
people TO be voted upon. they could make