Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-03-28
POLITICS AND COMMENTS FROM
STATE CAPITOL.
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the repeal of the law while it was
strenuously defended by the State
Board of Education. The compro-
mise provides that school districts
may establish their own rules for pro-
motion, but that the School Board may
establish examinations as test for
the efficiency of the schools. without
regard to promotion In this form
the bill will go through
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The Senate has defeated the Smalley
bill authorizing the operation of track
less trolleys. Senator Smalley, in adj
vocating his bill, declared it was
wanted in the rural sections, where
regular trolleys do not pay The
opposition to the bill was that it
would mean further damage to inn
proved roads, and there was no real
need of such a law
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The Assembly has defeated the God
frey bill to supply automobiles to the
Sheriffs of the counties of the Second,
Third and Fourth Class. 1t was op-
posed mainly because it did not speci-
fly whether the Sheriff was to get
$500 or $4,000 car.
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Senator Leavitt's bill amending the
Geran election law by permitting vol
unteers without compensation to trans
port voters to and from the polls has
been passed by the Assembly, and will
now go to the Governor. 1t was
strongly opposed on the ground that it
was an attack on last years reform
election law. Other election bills
passed in the Legislature include the
following:
Permitting voters who may be i'll
or absent from the State on the reg
istry days to register by affidavit, an
swering the same questions they
would if registering in person; pro-
viding that personal registration shall
not be required in municipalities of
less than 10000 population, the pres
ent limit in the Geran law being 81
600; changing the primary election for
delegates to the National Conventions
from May % to May IA, the earlier
date being fixed to avoid conflicting
with the rules of the Republican Nat
ional Committee; providing for the
election of Presidential electors at
the State Convention held in Septem-
Der under the Geran law. The Geran
act made no provision for the election
of Presidential electors.
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Some of these election bills will I'M
doubtedly be disapproyed by Governor
Wilson as they change in an import
ant particular the act for which he
made his fight last winter. The bill
for Presidential electors provides that
they shall not be required to file
statement of their campaign expenses,
and as each elector contributes $1,000
to the campaign fund for the honor,
there will be no accounting of this
money if this bill shall become law
Senator George S. Silzer, of Middle
sex County, was appointed by Gov
ernor Wilson yesterday Prosecutor of
Middlesex County Senator Silzer
was candidate for Secretary of State,
but failed to get this place because of
the political situation which led the
Governor to appoint David S. Crater,
of Monmouth. The AIiddlesex Sena-
tor was also mentioned for Vice
Chancellor, but this depended upon
the passage of the bill creating new
Vice-C Chancellor. There being some
talk as to the passage of this measure.
Senator Silzer accepted the Prosecu-
torship.
James R. Nugent. Chief Lieutenant
of former United States Senator Jas.
Smith, Jr, in the latters campaign
to prevent Governor Wilson from car
rying this State for the Presidency,
was at the State House yesterday. He
declared that the campaign against
Governor Wilson was being actively
prosecuted and that as soon as the
question of the Congressional Districts
was settled the battle would begin in
earnest to elect Anti-WiIson delegates
in every District.
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United States Senator Obadiah Gar
dner, of Maine, the first Democrat to
be elected to the National Senate from
that State in years, called to see Gov
ernor Wilson this week on his way
to Washington The Senator told the
Governor that the Maine Democrats
were overwhelmingly in favor of him
as their choice to head the Presiden-
tial ticket. Senator Gardner also de-
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it exists in Maine is a failure. He
thought Local Option was the proper
way to handle the liquor problem.
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Woman Suffrage received a set back
in the Assembly this week when the
Judiciary Committee reported adverse
ly the McAllister resolution giving the
women the ballot. By a vote of IS to
80 the adverse report was sustained,
which kills the proposition this SEES
sion The women Suffragists are far
from discouraged, however, and will
renew their fight next year. They
claim they have made greater pre-
gress in this State in the one year of
their campaign than has been made
in any other state in similar time.
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Ladies may continue to wear long
hatpins, although pedestrians suffer
facial Disagreement, for the Assem-
hIv has voted down the hill tn com