The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-07

John Boyd Avis Of Gloucester doomed
up as a candidate, and all efforts to
get him to withdraw from the fight
were u~navailing. Another formidable
candidate was Alfred n. Dalrymple Of
Essex county. The first ballot, how
ever, indicated that all the furry and
fight that the supporters of Dalrymple
and Avis had made amounted to moth
ing, as the majority favored the nomi-
nation of West, who obtained in the
second ballot, with the aid of the sup
porters of Senator Avis, forty votes.
West was declared the caucus nomi-
nee. This insures his election.
The much discussed local option bill
was introduced in the assembly yes
terday morning by Assemblyman Ben
tamin HI. Crosby of Ocean county.
The bill gives to towns, townships, vii
lagos, cities and other municipalities or
wards therein the power by popular
vote to allow or to refuse to allow the
sale of intoxicating liquors. 1t pro-
vides that upon application of 80 per
cent of the voters of any political d.
vision to the clerk of the county court
the court shall forthwith set a time to
consider the petition. If the court at
the time shall consider the petition
regular and that 80 per cent of the
signers are legal voters, he shall order
a special election. If a majority of the
voters of any political division shall
declare for local option, no further Ii
cerses shall be granted therein. After
twenty days from the election it shall
be illegal to sell liquor.
Nominations Confirmed.
All the remaining appointments of
Governor Fort were confirmed in ex-
ecutive session held by the senate Mon
day evening. AS was anticipated, Sen
ator James F. Fielder of Hudson op-
posed the confirmation of the nomina-
ton of Mayor Pierre P. Garven of
Bayonne as prosecutor of Hudson
county. Senator Fielder had not been
consulted by Governor Fort in this ap-
pointment and claimed that Mayor
Garven had not sufficient experience in
the courts to qualify for the position.
-Four other Democrats voted with SEN
Rtor Fielder and opposed the confirma-
ton, but the nomination was con-
frmed. The other nominations con-
6rmed were:
Chief Justice-William S. Gummere, Es-
sex, re~appointed.
Attorney General-Robert H. McCarter,
Essex, reappointed.
1n6pa nf the Cira1Iif Cor,rt- Uri11iopo "
speer, Hudson, to succeed Charles J.
Parker, appointed associate justice of the
supreme court.
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of
Hudson County-John ]. Blair, reap
pointed.
Judge of the Court Of Common Pleas of
Morris County-Alfred Elmer Mills, re-
appointed.
Judge of the Cour of Common Pleas Of
Union County-Edward F. Atwater, reap
pointed.
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of
Warren C~ounty-George J. Shipman, re-
appointed.
Prosecutor of the Pleas of Mercer
County-William J. Crossley, reappointed.
Prosecutor of the Pleas of Union Coun-
ty-Charles Addison Swift, to succeed N.
c. J.. English.
Members of State Board of Assessors
Obadiah c. Bogardus, Monmouth, to sue
ceed Robert P. Budd; Charles e. Hem
Erickson, Jr., Hudson, to succeed Stephen
J. Meeker.
Member of the State Board of Equali-
ration Of Taxes-Robert Carey of Hudson
to succeed Charles C. Black, appointed
Judge of the circuit court.
Port Warden Of Hudson C~ounty-John
]. Toffey, Hudson, reappointed.
Judge Of the District Court of the City
Of Elizabeth-Clark NICK. whittemore to
succeed Charles Addison Swift, appointed
prosecutor.
Trustee of State Home For Boys-Ed-
ward Spaeth, Essex, reappointed.
In reply to the resolution passed the
hrst week of the session Attorney Gen
eral Robert McCarter informed the
senate and house that additional legis-
lation was necessary to secure the pay
ment of taxes on second class railroad
property for the years 1906 an 1907.
The assessments Of these years under
one of the series of the Perkins acts
OF 1906 were set aside on the ground
that the act which provided that this
class of property should be assessed
by local assessors was unconstitu-
tional.
New Administration Bills.
Nine of the twenty bills introduced
In the senate Monday evening were
administration measures" as the vari-
u proposed laws advocated in the in
augural message Of Governor Fort are
termed. The first of the series came
from Leader Robbins and provides for
the abolition of the state sewage CON
mission and state board of health as
now constituted, with a retention Of
all powers of each board. which under