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

tchises, extension Of trolleys, parcels
post, state aid for township agricu1-
tural schools. equal taxation, social
centres to encourage boys and girls
to stay in the country, lower rates Of
fire insurance, etc.
The agitation for women suffrage
In this state, particularly the move of
Harriet F. Carpenter to test the right
lof women to vote in the courts, di-
reefs attention to the fact that there
is already one office in New Jersey
which women may hold and that many
woman have taken advantage of the
opportunity. This office is that of
notary public. The commissions for
the Office are issued by the Governor
and already since Governor Wilson
took Office he has issued such commits
sions to 81 women. Many other wo-
men are serving who got their com
missions in former years.
Some of the State House politicians
are of the opinion that there will be
decidedly more progressive program
in the work of the new Legislature.
Former Governor E. c. Stokes seems
to be forging more to the front as a
state leader; Banking and Insurance
Commissioner Vivian M Lewis, Sena-
tors Edge, of Atlantic; Colgate, of Es-
sex; Smalley, of Somerset; Pierce, of
Union; Speaker-to-be McCran, of Pas
sale, all have progressive tendencies,
I as shown by their respective records
for the past two or three years. The
outlook is, therefore, that the old
guard" will not be able to dictate leg
islation as they have done in some
former years.
Legislation for the elimination of
grade crossings will engage the atten-
ton of the 1912 lawmakers 1t is a
practical certainty that some kind OF
a grade crossing law will be passed
because both parties are pledged to it
by their state platforms. 1t is believ-
ed that an act will be passed abolish
ing the more dangerous crossings and
giving two or three years in which to
accomplish it. 1t is likely that the
law will provide for the division OF
the expense among the railroads af-
fected, the municipalities and the state
! Disapproyal of the proposed fire
marshal law continues to manifest it.
self in some section of the state In
one or two cities in Mort Jersey the
boards of trade have come against the
law. 1t is claimed by some that such
a law would create a lot of offices and
would not meet the requirements of
badly needed protection from fire.
What the opponents of the proposed
law advocates is a law comforting up
on the chief Of the fire department in
each municipality the powers for the
suppression of arson and other duties
which it is proposed to give to the
state fire marshal. 1T is claimed that
the added powers in each municipality
would bring better results than to
create another state department.
After a lively fight Tuesday after
noon in the Senate Republican eau
Gus between Senator Leavitt, of Mer-
Ger, and Senator Edge, of Atlantic,
over the party leadership, Senator
Edge won. He got five votes, to four
for Leavitt, although Senator Lea
witt had been regarded as the logical
candidate because he has been in the
Senate longer than Senator Edge and
was made to step aside in a similar
manner last year Several factors
combined to make Edge victor. The
Republican Old Guard think Lea
witt is too friendly with former Gov
ernor e. G. Stokes, who is not in line
with them. Then Senator Lewis, of
Burlington, and Nichols, of Cumber-
land would 1iko tn 90 IN Cau o-1.prc
from the Second District to succeed
John j. Gardner, and hence both
voted for Senator Edge in the hope of
having Atlantic county with them in
the Congressional race. Of course,
only one of them can be the candidate,
but each hopes to win the nomination
Senator John d. Prince, of Passaic,
was the unanimous choice for iPresi-
dent of the Senate. The other officers
chosen were:
Secretary, Francis B Davis, of
Gloucester; assistant secretary, Ed
win S Nichols, of Cumberland; jour
nal clerk, John w Cliff, Union; as
sistant, assigned to Burlington county
to be named later; sergeant-at-arms,
Gaudaoupe A.. Holl, Mercer; assistant,
Joseph Fritzga, Somerset; calendar
clerk, Tuttle C. Walker, Atlantic; bill
clerk, Chares C. Bohm, Cape May;
supervisor of bills, assigned to Essex
county; assistant, assigned to Camden
county; secretary to the President, as
signed to Passaic county.
IN MEMORIAM.