The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-14

democratic representative from Hunter
don county.l
seats provided for them in a large
semicircle about the speakers dais.
The assemblymen, who had arisen as
the members of the upper house enter
ed, resumed their seats, and President
of the Senate Hillery took up the
gavel, he by virtue of his Office pre-
siding over the joint session. AS the
two candidates had already been Sc
lected by a joint u of the Repub-
lean members, who are in the major
Ity, the business before the joint ses-
sion was quickly transacted.
When both houses had adjourned for
recess State Comptroller West gave a
reception and luncheon at the Trenton
House to the legislators, his personal
friends, the state officials and the leg
lslative correspondents. Mr.. Vests
term is for three years at a salary of
$4,000 a year.
Senator Robbins Monday night in
troduced a concurrent resolution au-
thorizing the governor to appoint three
persons as a commission to revise the
laws regulating the holding of pri-
maries and general and special cleo
tons. This was passed by both houses.
When the bill authorizing the crea-
ton of the office of commissioner of
reports to be named by the governor
came up for second reading before the
senate Senator Silzer presented an
amendment providing that the state IL
brarian edit the state reports and CIV
Ing him an additional salary of $500.
This amendment was defeated, and
Senator Silzer then introduced a sepa-
rate bill authorizing the state librarian
to edit the reports.
Report on Ballot Conditions.
Senators Wakelee and Hillery, com-
posing the committee appointed to in
veStigate ballot conditions, submitted
a report and expressed the opinion that
the voting machines now in use should
be continued. The report suggests,
however, that the party levers on the
voting machines be abolished and the
choice of each candidate indicated by
the moving of candidates pointers.
The committee is of the opinion there
should not be two methods of voting
in the same municipality and that mu-
inequalities using voting machines
chn11I6 no ontipa1u an,1innoI with tho-o
The machines, the committee states,
should not be subject to removal and
should be located in the more populous
centers. The paper ballot now used in
this state is characterized by the re-
port as 'the most unsafe, the fartheSt
removed from a secret ballot and the
most easily manipulated in the interest
of fraudulent voting of any paper bal
lot now in use in any northern state"
The report recommends the adoption of
a paper ballot somewhat after the
manner of the ballot in use in Massa-
chusetts and Minnesota. These ballots
have numbered stubs attached. These
numbers correspond to the voters num-
bers on the poll books, and as each bal
lot is about to be deposited the stub is
detached and deposited In a separate re-
ceptacle, thereby destroying the posi-
bility of further Identification of the
ballot with the name of the voter.
The house Monday night passed the
bill by Mr.. Keffer establishing chan
Gerry chambers in Atlantic City and
one Incorporating the borough of Ram
sey, Bergen county.
The house also passed the bill by
Senator Robbins amending the stock
and bond value act, except for at least
80 per cent of its par value, by limit
ing the same to stocks or bonds issued
since 1906. When this measure came
up on second reading Mr.. Cattell
sought to have it amended. The
amendment, Majority Leader Martin
said, would affect pending legislation
by a Gloucester county corporation.
He requested that the amendment be
voted down. This was done by a unan-
1mous vote. The bill was then placed
on third reading and passed by a vote
of At to 5.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Smith pro-
vides that all junkmen, rag pickers
or distributors of. advertisements in
towns must first obtain a license be-
fore beginning operations.
To Prevent Vivisection.
An act to prevent %vivisection is the
title of a bill presented by Mr.. Low
rey. 1t provides that experiments can
only be performed in colleges un6>e