The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-28

attendance. 1t is estimated that abou
5000 persons attended the reception.
At the opening session Monday nigh
Of the second week Of the Legislature
as was expected, a large number o
bills were introduced. In the senat
the most important measures were TO
kgrand jury reforms, for control of cor
porations and for the creation Of
4 civil service commission Senator Ack
erInan presented the civil service bill
and Senator Frelinghuysen the corpo
ration act. By concurrent resolution
passed by both houses the attorne!
general was asked for an opinion OF
the constitutional right Of the stat'
board of assessors to assess second class
railroad property, The senate passed
a resolution giving to Colonel Edwar6
w. Fox, the retiring executive clerk
the desk he has occupied for the last
forty-two years, which position he
gave up with the Inauguration of the
new governor.
Some Important Bills.
| Senator Silzer of Middlesex, the Dem
ocratic minority leader, introduced sew
eral drastic bills. One of the bills pro
vides for a public utility law the same
as the Hughes act of New York. ii
gives the commission unlimited power
as to the fixing of rates. Another bill
he introduced provides for the vacat
ing of any public Office when it can
be shown that the incumbent was
elected by fraud or that there was
bribery or fraud at any stage of the
campaign. This bill applies to the
election of delegates to the national
conventions of all political parties.
In the house Leader Martin intro
duced a bill to authorize the creation
of public utilities commission along
the same lines as the bill presented by
the Colby new idea wing of the party
This commission is intended to replace
the present railroad commission and is
very general in scope, wide in range
Control is given over railroads and
other public servants. Mr. Martin also
presented a measure which prohibits
monopolies of all kinds, especially in
the fire insurance business, and anoth
er making minor amendments in the
tax and election laws.
Mr.. Holcombe of Hunterdon intro
duced bill providing for state ap
preparation for five years for the pur
chase Of the franchise and property of
all bridges spanning the Delaware riv-
er between this state and Pennsyl-
vania. The bill also provides that the
governor appoint a commission of three
to act with a similar commission from
Pennsylvania. The state of Pennsyl-
vania is to be asked to pay one-half
of the cost of the bridges. Mr.. Thomp-
son introduced measure to separate
state and municipal elections; also
bill to erect a monument to commem-
crate the battle of Princeton.
Governor Fort on Wednesday morn
ing made the following appointments !:
For chancellor, Supreme Court JUS
tice Mahlon Pitney, to succeed VIII
liam J. Magic.
Chief justice of the supreme court,
William s. Gummere, reappointed.
Attorney general, Robert Fl. McCar-
ter, reappointed.
Justices of the Supreme Court-Wl-
lard p. Voorhees, Rep) of Middlesex
county, to succeed Justice Pitney, APP
pointed chancellor; Circuit Court JUS
tice James L. Minturn Dem.), to sue
coed Justice Charles e. Henderson.
Circuit Court Judges - Charles c..
Black, Democratic candidate for gov
ernor in 1904, of Hudson county, to
succeed Judge Minturn appointed to
supreme court; William HI. Speer
(Rep) of Hudson county, to fill va
cancy.
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
Hudson county, John A. Blair, reap
pointed; Morris county, Alfred Elmer
Mills, reappointed; Union county, Ed
ward S. Atwater, reappointed; Warren
county, George NJ Shipman, reap
pointed.
Prosecutors Hudson county, Pierre
Garven, now mayor of Bayonne, to
succeed w. H. Speer, appointed circuit
court judge; Mercer county, William
J. Crossley, reappointed; Union county,
Charles Addison Swift, to succeed NJ.
@. J. English.
Members of the State Board of AS
SCISSORS Obediah G. Bogardus Dem)
of Monmouth county, to succeed Eek
ard P. Budd; Charles 3. Hendrickson,
Jr. Dem.), of Hudson county, to sue
coed Stephen ]. NIeeker.
State road commissioner, Frederick
Gilkyson Rep) Of Mercer county, to
succeed E. G. Hutchinson.
Member of the state board of equali-
cation of taxes, Robert Carey Rep9 Of
Hudson county, to succeed Charles @.
Black.
Port warden of Hudson county, John
! j. Toffey, reappointed.
District court judge of Elizabeth,
Clark Mex. Whittemore, to succeed
Charles Addison Swift, appointed a
prosecutor.
Trustee State Home For Boys, Ed
ward Spaeth, Essex county, reap
nointad
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James McKfrtrick, a Snicide.
James McKittrick, a former resident
of Morristown and one of the members