Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-11-30
OUR TRENTON CORRESPONDENT.


| Trenton, NOV. 20. One OF the most
important subjects to come before the
Legislature Of 1912, which will open
january 8, will be the read ustment
lof the Congressional district lines in
! the State Under a law passed by the
last Congress, following the census of
1910 the number of Congressional
representatives from New Jersey has
been increased from ten to twelve.
The Legislature, therefore. will have
to establish two new Congressional
districts which can only be done by
re-adjusting the lines of at least
some of the present districts. AS the
Republicans will be in control of both
branches of the Legislature they can
make the new district lines to suit
themselves.
The new apportionment will be of
unusual Importance because of its
bearing upon the choice of delegates
next May to the national conventions
to choose candidates for President and
Vice President. 1t will be of more
Importance to- the Democrats than to
the Republicans because of the likeli-
hood that former Senator James
Smith, Jr., and James Nugent will
fight to keep Wilson delegates from
going to the Democratic national con
yention. On this account the arrange
ment of the new lines in North Jersey
will be of great moment to the Cover
nor and his followers.
The Republican Publicity League,
which has been launched in Mercer
County by former Governor E. C..
Stokes, is to be carried into every
county in the state and following that
may be organized in other states.
Former Governor Stokes states that
the object of the League is to educate
the people of the State in Republican
doctrine and to keep them informed
upon the progress of the Republican
party. The organization, he says, will
cooperate to some extent with the
state and county committees but will
have nothing whatever to do with any
party factions We want, he says,
an organization in which every Re-
publican may hold Office and work for
the general good of the party" The
plan is after the counties are organ
lied to establish a weekly paper to
promote the interests of the League.
Mr.. Stokes is a member of the exc
cutive committee.
Six State Senators who have been
members of the upper branch of the
Legislature a number of years will re-
tire in January and their faces and
counsels will be missed when the
rf
Five OF these Senators are Republi-
cans and the fact that they are to re-
tire will handicap the party some
what because of the slender party ma
jority of only one vote, situation
which will need experienced heads to
pilot matters safely The Republican
Senators who will retire are: William
j. Bradley, of Camden, who has sery-
ed nine years; Oliver NJ. Brown, of
Monmouth, who has served nine years;
Joseph s. Frelinghuysen, of Somer-
set, who has served six years; Will
lam Plummer, of Salem, who has serv-
ed six years, and Ernest r.. Alderman
of Union, who has served six years
The Democrats will also lose a Sen
ator of long experience in the person
Of Senator Johnston Cornish, OF War
rem, who has served twelve years,
though not consecutively.
The prevention of the sale Of short
weight butter is the object of cru
SADIE just launched by William l..
Waidron, State Superintendent of
Weights and Measures Mr.. Waldron
following special investigation,
claims that much butter is sold all
over the state in prints" that are
from one to two ounces short in
weight. He says the butter produc-
ers are not so guilty in this connec-
ton as the butter packers. He has
sent notices to all packers stating that
after January 1, next, every pound of
print butter sold in this state must
on the wrapper. He declares that
every violation of the order will be
followed by prosecution.
That there is need of a reform in
the method of law compilation in
this state is shown by the fact that
a new revision and compilation of
the statutes is to be published in
few weeks after the work has dragged
along since 1892, and at cost to the
state Of about $120,0O0. This does
not include the $4,000 authorized by
the Legislature of 1910 to pay for the
present work Three or four COM
missions have been at work since 1892
and though they were expensive much
that they did was of no value what
ever to the state. The new revision
will enable person to find given
law without searching through the
pamphlet laws for many years.
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Following the appointment of Will
lam A. Faunce, of Atlantic County, to
the Fish and Game Board to succeed
B. G. Kuser, of this city, the Board
has re-organized by the election of
Ernest Napier of Essex county, as
president. Mr.. Napier spends con-
siderable time in Ocean County The
other officers are. Vice presidanf