The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-18
LEGISLATURE
CONVENES
icoNTINUED FROM FIRST PAeEl

Murphy, Camden.
| Presidents private secretary Clar
ence e. Case, Somerset.
Supervisor of bills Edward A. Sex
smith, Monmouth.
Assistant supervisor of bills -Benja.
min Patterson, Salem.
Journal clerk John W. Cliff, Union.
Assistant journal clerk-A. Vance
Pierson, Morris.
| Calendar clerk-Aaron Kamerling
Passaic.
Bill clerk John Heck, Bergen.
Clerk committee on printed bills
Wilbur K. Sloan, Gloucester.
Sergeant-at-arms Gaudaloupe A.
Holl, Mercer.
Assistant sergeant-at arms Charles
Fl. Fenton, Burlington.
Doorkeepers- Major Henry, Allan
tic; Ernest A. Schmidt, Gloucester
Frank L. Wallace, Cumberland Ger
vas A. Hall, Salem; William A.
Kline, Union.
Pages Harold Willets, Atlantic /;
Clifford Shangle, Mercer; Dorrace
Smith, Somerset; w. Grove Conrad,
Ocean.
Captain James Parker of Passaic.
who has been clerk of the house so
long that ''the memory of man runneth
not to the contrary" as the lawyers
say, called the assembly to order, and
prayer was offered by the Rev. DR..
Henry Ward of the Dutch Reformed
church and father of Harry p. Ward
of Bergen, who was next elected
speaker his Democratic opponent be-
ing Joseph P. Tumulty of Hudson.
Wards Speech of Acceptance.
In his speech of acceptance Mr..
Ward attracted attention by saying:
Il sometimes think that if we APP
proach legislation in the spirit made
necessary and almost obligatory by
such constitutional provision as that
in force in the state of Virginia, where
the legislature shall meet but once in
two years and the period of the ses-
sion shall not extend beyond sixty
days, It would not detract from the
result of our deliberations and per.
haps prove beneficial to the interests
of the people of the state
81 would suggest the most careful
preparation of proposed measures be-
fore Introduction. This would result
in the saving of much time which
would be consumed by committee con-
sideration of unnecessary or harmful
legislation.
"The period of the session should be
so limited as to prevent political cam
paigns being conducted on the floor of
the house, and the required constant
consideration of necessary and bene-
fetal measures should render time too
valuable to allow monopoly of the
floor by any legislative paranoiac who
believes that he is destined to revolu-
tionize the whole social system of our
government.
II earnestly request the various COM
mittees to get to work early in the
session"
Officers of the Assembly.
The speech of the new speaker was
warmly applauded, and then these off
GERS were elected:
Clerk, Captain James Parker of Pas
sale county; assistant clerk, Upton S.
Jeffreys of Camden county; journal
clerk, George FL. Johnson of Union
county; assistant journal clerk, Harry
J. Grafton of Mercer county; super
visor of bills, Harry w. Bergman of
Essex county; first assistant super
visor of bills, Charles g. Heritage of
Gloucester county; second assistant SUI
pervisor of bills, Walter P. Purcell of
Essex county; sergeant at arms, John
r. Flayell of Essex county; first as
sistant sergeant at arms, William B..
Bedle of Monmouth county; second as
sistant sergeant at arms, Paul I. Lud-
lam of Cumberland county; bill clerk,
Richard J. Chaplain of Morris county
assistant bill clerk, Enoch S. Clouting,
Cape May; assistant to clerk of house,
Upton S. Jeffrey, Of Camden. assist
ant to journal clerk, Norris j. Boyer,
Essex; Speakers private secretary,
Caleb Van Husan, Bergen Speakers
assistant private secretary, William
M. Pietz, Bergen.
The governors message was then re-
ceived at the hands of Leslie r. Fort,
his secretary, and read by Clerk Par
ker. The message was listened to at
tentively and carefully followed by
the members on the printed copies
which were placed upon their desks.
There were some who looked for some
thing sensational, but they were disap
pointed.
In spite of Governor Forts efforts to
have the legislature convene early, it
was after 1 o'clock instead of noon
when both houses finally settled down
to business. Several years ago, when
the transportation facilities of the
state were much inferior to what they
are now and it was almost days
journey to Trenton from the more re
mote sections of the state, the time
for organizing session of the legis-
lature was fixed at o'clock. But in
these days, when the capital can be
reached from any part of the state
within few hours at the most, the
governor thought that it would be bet.
ter for the lawmakers to start work
early.
At the conference of the Republican