The Penn's Grove record., 1911-02-10

Senators. This convention prohiul-
gates the party platform and elects the
State Committees. Underlh the bill cities
of more than 10000 every voter must
register in person and sign his name to
a list of questions.
Assemblyman Donnelly, of Hudson,
introduced a bill for the licensing of all
manufacturers of explosives. Under it
no buildings in which the explosives
are stored shall be less than 1000 feet
from any other building or public road.
Storage of explosives is prohibited, un-
less such place is licensed. Railroad
companies shall transport explosives
only from licensed manufactures. Vio-
lations of these provisions is punishable
by a fine of $1,000 OF three years. i'm
prisonment.
The most drastic feature of the bill
makes officers and directors of trans
portation companies guilty of man
slaughter where a violation of any one
provision Of the act results in the loss
of life.
The Senate passed the Nichols bills
extending the direct primaries to the
nomination of candidates for Governor
and Congress. The Democratic min
ority voted with the majority after
giving the Republican Senators for
fighting such measures for several ses'
sions and then introducing and standing
for them.
Governor Wilson sent to the Senate
his first appointments. They were;
Judge oil Court of Errors and Appeals
Marx A. Sullivan, of HudsollC County.
Judge Of the Circuit Court-Clarence
L. Cole, Atlantic City. The nomina
lions were confirmed on Tuesday.
Judge Sullivan, who was Democratic
leader of the Assembly at the last SEES
sion was appointed by Governor Fort
last fall ad interim, to succeed the late
James B. Dill
Clarence L. Cole, who succeeds
Judge Allen B. Endicott, Republican
of Atlantic County, on the Circuit
Court Bench, is chairman of the Allan
tic county Democratic Committee. He
made the speech in the last Democratic
State Convention nominating Woodrow
Wilson for Governor.
The project to throw the highways
of New Jersey open to the automo.
bilists of all the world free of charge
received a smashing blow in the SEN
ate Tuesday when the Edge auto re-
~ciprocity bill was defeated by a vote of
II to 8. Those fav bring the bill were
Edge, Ackerman, Fielder, Fitzherbert,
johnson, Low, Osborne and Prince.
Against the bill were Bradley, FEELING
huysen, Gaunt, G~ebhardt, Hand, Lea
witt, Lewis, Nichols, PIummer, Price
and Seller. The absentees were Sem
ators Cornish and Brown.
One bill was passed in the House, the
Myers bill, providing that no milk shall
be sold in New Jersey that contains less
than liz PER cent of milk solids. This
bill reduces the amount of milk solids
allowable in New Jersey product from
- to liz per cent.
EDWARDS ELECTED COMPTROLLER
For the first time in many years the
De mocrats in joint session elected a
State Comptroller to succeed Henry ].
West, Republican, of Camden, whose
term expires this month. Edward L.
Edwards, a Jersey City banker, was
chosen. He will take charge Of the
Office on February 20.
MI. Edwards name was presented to
the joint session by Senator James F.
Fielder, of Hudson, Senator William ].
Bradley, of Camden, nominated Mr..
West, the present Republican Comptrol-
Ter, Mr.. Edwards was chosen by a
strict party vote OF 81 to ~, with two
absentees, N Democrat and II Re.
publican.
notwithstanding there were about
40 applicants for the $1,000 position of
State Road Commissioner backed by
leading politicians, Gov. Wilson has
selected Col. Edwin A. Stevens, a noted
mechanical engineer. of Hoboken, who
wa not an applicant. He is a son of
Edwin A. Stevens, founder Of Stevens
Institute of Technology, at Hoboken.
As a mechanical engineer hs s Untitled
to q position in the foremost rank. lie
Has .,een president of he Us'nncratiG
Society Of New Jersey and = member Of
the Democratic State Committee
SOUTH Jersey NEWS
Frank D, Pedrick, 2 native Of Pedriek-