Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-07
OUR TRENTON LETTER

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Trenton, Dec. 6.-The program of
the annual meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture which will be held in
the State House Jan. II, Is and 19
viii have new feature, which will be
the presentation of the tuberculin
test for cattle, which will be made
by DR.. J. F. Davis, of Goshen, n. Y,
an expert in making these tests.
Questions relating to the high cost
of living and the farmers relation
thereto will receive special attention
at the meeting also. Milk production,
dairying, farm management and other
agricultural problems will be discuss
ed with reference to their bearing
upon the cost of subsistence.
The talk on the tuberculosis test
will be of especial interest at this
time because of the rigid enforcement
of the new law in this State against
tuberculosis in cattle under the direc-
ton of Chief Inspector Charles Nc
Nabb. Some of the speakers at the
meeting will be DR.. H. w. Ceilings
wood, Editor of the Rural New Yorker,
who will speak on the high cost of
living: Dr.. Harris Moak, of Brook
lyn, who will conduct discussion on
milk problems; Professors CT. War
rem, of the New York State Agricul-
turals College at Ithaca, who will give
an illustrated lecture on farm man
agement and Dr. Lipman, Director OF
the New Jersey State Agricultural
Experiment Station at New Bruins
wick. DR.. Lpman's topic will be
New Jersey Agriculture, its prob
lens and their solution.
The declaration by former Governor
E. C. Stokes that former President
Theodore Roosevelt might become the
candidate of the Republican party for
president again next year has created
much discussion among some of the
other State Republican leaders. Sew
eral State House politicians are of
the opinion that the declaration will
not tend to bring Mr.. Stokes into
greater favor with the other leaders
of his party, who for the past year or
two have been inclined to look with
some disfayor upon the aspirations of
Mr.. Stokes. One state leader who
holds an important position at the
State House, but who did not wish to
be quoted, said to-day that in his opin-
ion the declaration of Mr.. Stokes was
a mistake. He thought that Mr.. Taft,
while he had not been spectacular,
had made a good President, and was
entitled to denomination. Several
others took this same view.
Alfred n Dalrymple, Chairman OF
the Essex County Republican COM
mittee, and collector of the Board of
Newark by appointment of President
Taft, made statement that in his
opinion Essex county was for Presi-
dent Taft's denomination. Il GER
tainly am, he said, land shall take
great pleasure in doing anything
can to accomplish that result
The movement to make Governor
Wilson the candidate of the New Jer-
sey Democrats for President was
started this week by Democrats in
Hackensack They launched petit
tion under the Geran act for the
printing of the name of Governor Viii
son on the official primary ballots
to be voted next May for the election
of delegates to the Democrat conven-
ton. This will permit the voters to
express their preference for Governor
Wilson for the Presidency. The sig
natures of 1000 voters are necessary
and the petition will be circulated
throughout the State.
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The Supreme Court has decided the
controversy over the question of the
payment of the election officers by
filing an opinion ruling that the board
Of freeholders in each county are re-
sponsible for the payment of all ex-
penses of a general election held in
and for the whole county. The deci-
sion of the Court is that the Geran
election law does not relieve boards
of freeholders of the duty of paying
, election expenses imposed upon them
by the general election law. In sew
eral counties of the State the salary
of the election officers has been with
held pending this decision on the
question which was raised in Essex
County, but now the election officers
will be able to get their money,
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The progress made during the past
season in the work of extending the
inland waterway from Bay Head to
Cape May shows that the waterway
cannot be completed within the origin
al appropriation of 100000. It is
estimated that it will require about
100000 more, and an effort will be
made to get this money from the COM
ing Legislature. A new appropriation
of $4,000 became available November
1st, making $275,000 in all which the
lawmakers have voted from the orig
inal appropriation. The waterway is
now practically open from Atlantic
CITY north to Bay Head The past
season q cut was made through Grassy
Bay, and the contractor is now ready
to begin work on the Il mile stretch
from Townsends Inlet to Hereford
Inlet.
ouartermaster General, G. Edward
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