Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-01-10

court. The appointments of Judges
Vail and Horner were Immediately
confirmed, as they were former SEN
ators. The others took the usual
course of reference.
The house took considerable time to
organize. After prayer had been of
fered by Rev. Benjamin Buck of Mill
vile for the guidance of the Almighty
in the work before the assembly, Ed
gar e. Lethbridge was elected speaker
of the house by the Democratic ma
iority, and Michael w. Higgins, a
Newark newspaper man, also Demo
crat, was named as clerk of the house
to succeed Captain James Parker, Re
publican, of Passaic, who has been
clerk of the house for about ten years
and who by virtue of holding this po-
sition last winter called the house to
order
The usual routine of organization
was carried out, the members of the
house taking the oath of Office with up
lifted right hands. Assemblyman Per-
kins of Union, who last year was the
leader of the Republican majority in
the house, was placed in nomination
for the speakership, and Captain Par
ker was nominated by the Republicans
for clerk. The Democratic nominees,
however, We're elected by a strict par
ty vote 30 to 81
Speaker Lethbridge's Speech.
Speaker Lethbridge upon being es-
corted to the chair made a brief adj
dress, in which he thanked the assem-
bly, for the honor conferred upon him,
and he asked the members to work
together in order to make this session
of the house one that will be creditable
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 APP
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 then sent in his annual message.
There was 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 apportionment 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
Democrats in the house of assembly
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.
L.
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 FL. Post, Passaic; assistant
bill clerk, Harry j. Earle, Jr., Passaic;
extra assistant supervisor of bills,
John w. DeMott, Passaic; assistant to
the journal clerk, Oliver R. Kugler,
Hunterdon: dcorkeepers, Charles
Worth. William Kilroe,s 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, Passaic; Robert E. Car
roll, Warren; Joseph Cavanaugh, John
McConlogue. Louis Hopp, L. M. 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 op-
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 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
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