Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-03-14
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POLITICS AND COMMENT
From the State Capitol.

first experience with the Suffragettes
was one of the most spectacular Iegis-
latlve events in the history of the
State. The State House was invaded
yesterday by hundreds of women from
all sections of the State and the motto
votes for women was flashed before
the eyes of the legislators The oc-
casion was the hearing before the Joint
judiciary Committee on the resolution
to amend the constitution so as 70
give the ballot to women. The motto
was on orange pennants, and when
Senator Fielder member of the
Committee, fastened one of the pen
nants to the speakers chair of the
House the chamber rang with cheers.
Never before has there been such a
large delegation of women present at
one time in the State House Senator
Edge, of Atlantic. presided at the
hearing. Many of the women came to
Trenton by special train.
Mrs. Geo t. Vickers, of Hudson
County, was the Chairman of the Suf-
fragettes, and the speakers in favor
OF the resolution were Mrs. Henry
Willard, of New York; Mrs. Clara Lad
dey, of Arlington; Mrs Florence
Howe Hall, of High Bridge, grand
daughter of Mrs Julia Ward Howe:
Miss Melinda Scott, of Newark, As
sistant Prosecutor George T. Vickers.
of Hudson County; Lawyer Linton
Satterthwait, of this city. and others.
Mrs. Clara Fisher, of this city, who
recently toured the world in an auto
mobile and who is famous for con
ducting the big Anvil Works here
since her husbands death, lead the
movement against the resolution The
principal argument against the pass
age of the resolution was given by
Miss Minnie Bronson, ofWashing gton
d c., who insisted that women did
not have to have the ballot to better
/ their condition. The committee gave
no indication of its proposed action on
the resolution.
After regarding it with levity for
two weeks, the Assembly this week
seriously considered Assemblyman
Brensinger's bill placing license fee
of 81 year on female cats The bin
was wanted by the Fish and Game
! Commission.
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>The Senate yesterday passed the
Edge bill limiting the hours of work
for women in factories, restaurants,
bakeries, ETC.. to ten hours a day and
/ sixty hours a week. Before it was
passed it was amended so as not to ap-
ply TO canneries of fruit and vege-
tables Other bills passed this week
by the Senate include the prohibiting
of shooting into any squirrels nest;
providing for two additional labor in
i speetors and imposing a penalty of
$50 for impersonatipg any Game War
den
/ Among the bills introduced in the
Legislature this week were those re-
quiring manufacturers to number milk
bottles for the purpose of identiica-
tion by the Department of Weights and
Measures, providing tenure of office
for Overseers of the Poor; making it
misdemeanor to have in ones pos
session black snake whip while driv-
ing horse; and making it misde-
meanor willfuly to circulate false
report about the solvency of bank
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Assemblyman Richards, of Atlantic
County, introduced bill Monday
night to give Atlantic City a partial
wet Sunday 1t permits the Sun
day selling of intoxicating liquors in
/ hotels having not less than 25 sleep
/ ing rooms.
Senator Leavitt of Mercer, intro
duced bill this week providing for
/ the regulation and inspection by any
city of electrical wires, appliances
and currents for furnishing light, heat
and power. The governing body of
the city is to appoint inspectors and
as regulations have been provided all
companies must abide by them. The
provisions of the bill are to be en-
! forced by the Public Utility Commits
sion and the Banking and Insurance
Department.
Senator Leavitt also introduced a
bill to open all bridges across the Del
aware River to free traffic.
The Republican plans for redistrict-
! ing the State to provide the two new
members of Congress, were upset
again this week by a protest from
! Union County County Chairman
Frank Smith, of Union, came to the
State House with a protest from I'm
4 ion county against including part of
1 Warren County in the Fifth District
with Union and Morris Counties. The
/ Republican leaders are having hard
/ time to arrange the new districts to
suit all counties.
The Democrats have decided upon
/ their delegates and alternates to the
National Convention at Baltimore, in
the First, Second and Third Congress-
! ional Districts. In the First District
/ the candidates selected for delegates
are former Mayor Joseph E. Nowrey,
of Camden, and Senator j. Warren
Davis, of Salem, the alternates being
former Congressman Thomas NJ Fer
reH and James d. Carpenter, of Glou-
cester In the Second District the
candidates are Thomas NJ. Birch, of
Burlington, and Mayor ] Thompson
Baker, Of Wildwood, the alternates
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