Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-11

Newark and its manufactures to the
briefest. in the history of our State.
proach legislation in the spirit made
necessary and almost obligatory by
such a constitutions provision as that
IA force in the State of Virginia, where
Two years and the nariod of the ses-
sion shall not extend beyond sixty
days. It would not detract from the re-
suit of our elaboration and perhaps
proYe beneficial to the interests of the
people of the State.
would suggest the most careful
fore introduction. This would result
in the saving of much time which
would be consumed by committee CON
sheraton of Unnecessary or harmful
Legislation.
The period of the session should be
so limited as to prevent political cam
pa1gns being conducted on the floor of
the House and the required constant
consideration of necessary and bene-
fetal Pleasures should render time too
yaluahe to ALLOW q monopoly OF the
floor by any legislative ~paranoiacc who
believes that he Is destined to revolu-
tionize the whole social system or our
government.
| earnestly eques the various COM
mittees to get to work early in the
Every bill should be carefully con-
sidered.
The subject-matter of every bill
should be considered with relation to
existing laws.
Bills of little or no merit or bad as
to form should not be permitted to be
IF the introducer is not sufficiently
interested In the merits OF his bill to
see that it L. properly prepared, IN
tsas N e4pt 81 wh fcme intpp riiR sW Is Inc Inc
portant to the people of our state and
which in the opinion of the committee
demands its Introduction IN substitute
should receive other than scant COM
mittee consideration.
I conceive 1t to be the duty OF the
committees not alone to advance and
urge the adoption of beneficial legisla-
ton, but also to safeguard the inter
ests of our State by avoiding the pas
sage of ridiculous, ineffective or I'M
necessary laws.
The passage of man seemingly
harmless or even meritorious meas
ures has often nulliied or so modified
as to render ineffective, important
70 the end that my administration
as speaker ma prove su~ccesstul l
earnestly request the united coopera-
ton of the members of the House.
The speaker then announced h APP
pointment of Caleb Van Heusen Whit
beck as secretary and Alfred Poets, OF
Rutherford, as assistant secretary. The
selection of Captain James Parker as
clerk of the House, was made offlciai.
The Senate Their notified the House that
they. too, were In session, and a COM
mittee Of three was appointed to walt
upon the Governor, notifying him that
they had proceeded with business and
were ready to receive any communica-
ton he might have. The Governors
, 1ra.ai+%oo oa~.;.toI ~ Mr. Cfna 1Iaxr nf
Somerset, and Mr.. Pierce. of Union
The House then notified the Senate OF
its official existence.
The Governors message was received
and copies distributed among the men,.
bers. The minor officers, as heretofore
printed in the STAR, were then elected,
The speaker announced his committees
as follows, and then the fight on the
twenty rule" began:
Committees Named.
Standing Committees Agriculture
Ridgway, Heritage, Mather, Hand
Matthews; appropriations, Smalley
Pierce. B. II. White, Lee, Baker; bank,
and insurance, Scharff, Schwartz
Smith, Terhune, Baker; bill revision
Moore, vredenburgh, Tatem, Minard
Tumulty; boroughs and borough com
missions, Bowden, Scharff, Pikaart, NC
Allister. B. II. White; claims and Rev.
dictionary pensions, Bedle, Bowden
Schwartz, Kenny, Davidson; commerc'
and navigation, Crosby, Lee, G. w
Whyte, Kackenmester, Agnew; cor
porations, Radcliffe, Schwartz. Bedle
Brooks, Meyer. education, Nichols
Moore, Pikaart, Terhune. Tumulty
| alant;nny Donla q w UVhufn Mi1la,,
Layden, Baker; game and fish, Mather
ways, Moore, Vredenburgh, Bowden
; Gillen. dwell; incidental expenses
Layden. Mather, Bedle. Wohlfarth
Meyer; judiciary, Edge, McCran. Minard
De Unger, sullivan; labor and indus
tries, Housed, Heritage, Ridgway, Gil
len, james,; militia. vredenburgh
Schwartz, Edge. De Unger, James; mis-
cellaneous business, Poole. Goldingay
Pikaart, Hand. Auf der Heide; mu
nicipal corporations. Tatem. Smith
Poole, Huegel, Matthews; printed bills
Smalley, Nichols, Moore, Mather, Wohl
farth; public health, Nichols, Housed
Pine, G. w. Whyte, Ramsay; railroad
and canals. Housed. Ridgway, McCraf
Hand, dwell: revision of laws, Pierce
Birch, Nissan, McAllister, Miller; ri
parian rights, Crosby, Tatem. Heritage
Pine. Cole: stationery. Brooks, Rad
cliffe, Schwartz, De Unger, Auf de
Heide; towns and townships, Heritage
Thompson, Lee. Birch. Ramsay; un
finished business, Layden. Smith, Wohi
farth. Ford, Burt; ways and means
Lee, Scharff. Pine. Booream, Christie.
Joint Committees-Federal rela
l .s--f tI-1rtecrtI NIo<AAr ID b II
White, Nissan, Agnew; State HON
for Girls, Huegel. Pierce, Mather
Tumulty, Cole; passed bills, Crosby
Brooks. Huegel. Layden, Walsh; publ
grounds and buildings. Bowden, Gold