The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-04

institution Of eivorce in New ersey
by foreign residents. The. hi now
being drafted will permit divor, only
for infdelity, desertion or I uelty.
The measure will also include . mum.
Der of suggestions from the -orce
congresses held recently in We ing
ton and in Philadelphia. ;
The United states s~enatorship.
Probably the most important event
in the coming session Of the legisla-
ture will be the election of a United
States senator to succeed Senator John
F. Dryden of Newark. AS the legisla-
ture Is Republican on joint ballot, there
is little doubt that a Republican
will be elected to this position, but
whether or not it will be Mr.. Dryden
remains to be seen. The Dryden forces
claim sufficient votes to ~re-elect the
present senator, but if there is a seri-
GUS bolt from the Republican caucus
at which Dryden is to be named his
chances of reelection may seriously
be impaired. On the other hand, up
to the present time there are no de.
clared Republican candidates against
him, and this is in his favor.
The Colby faction has absolutely re.
fused to support Mr.. Dryden for Unit.
ed States senator, and at first it was
believed there was a feeling on its
part favorable toward Governor Stokes
Others in the Republican ranks also
favored the governors candidacy, but
the latter declared emphatically that
he was not a candidate and that Mr.
Dryden was the only candidate Of the
same time 1t is believed by many ia.
miliar with the situation that, should
events transpire so as to make it evi.
dent that Dryden cannot get the nom.
i~nation, then Governor Stokes may be
induced to become a candidate not
withstanding the construction put by
some Oh the state constitution that the
governor cannot while chief executive
of the state accept the position. The
Colby faction, it is understood, has
and will support Supreme Court JUS
tice Mahlon Pitney of Morristown fol
the honor should the latter consent to
become a candidate before the election
by the legislature. The vote will be
taken on Tuesday, Jan. %, and if the
matter is not decided that day another
ballot will be taken the day following
Legislative Statistics.
Thomas F. Fitzgerald, the veteran
legislative correspondent and publish.
er of the Legislative Manual, has pre-
pared some interesting statistics con.
corning the makeup of the next legis.
lature.
The senate will be composed of nine
lawyers, six Republicans and three
Democrats; two merchants, two manu-
facturers, two contractors, a brewer
civil engineer, physician, glassblower
insurance agent and a banker. Fiji
teen Of the senators were born in New
Jersey, three in New York and one
each in Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Wisconsin. The oldest senator is DR.
Price of Sussex, he being f1fty-seven
years Of age, and John Boyd Avis is
the youngest, he having just passed
t~hirty-one. Senator Wakelee of Der.
gen is serving his seventh consecutive
year.. Senator Cornish of Warren is
serving his eighth year, but not con
secutive. Senator Hand of Cape May
has returned for a third term, but moi
consecutive. Senator Lee of Atlantic
is in his sixth year. Senators Brown
of Monmouth, Bradley of Camden ano
Shinn of Ocean are fifth year members
of the senate. The new senators are
Robbins of Burlington and Silzer OF
Middlesex.
On the house side Assemblyman
Gibbs of Camden is the oldest in years
while Mr.. Hahn of Essex is the young.
est member, he being only twenty-fou1
years of age. Nearly all the Demo
Gratis are first year men, including
Speaker Lethbridge. OF the Repulp
licans in the house some are veterans
in term Of service. Assemblyman FL
wins of Atlantic will this year serve
his sixth consecutive term. Assembly.
man Gibbs of Camden and Assembly
man Buck of Cumberland are fifth
year men.
In the house there are fourteen law
yers, eight Democrats and six Repub-
licans. There are six insurance men,
four merchants, three manufacturers,
two farmers, several editors, bottlers,
clerks, a blacksmith, miller, under
taker. druggist. halter creamervman
surveyor, street commissioner, college
professor, dentist, physician, super
visor, contractor, horseman, plumber.
painter, piano dealer, wagon maker,
accountant, machinist, superintendent
and the mayor Of a city.
The opening session Of the legislature
will be devoted merely to organization,
and then adjournment will be taken
until the following Monday night.