Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-03-21
POLITICS AND COMMENTS FROM
STATE CAPITOL.
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hitting any hotel keeper having ten
bedrooms to serve liquor after II
o'clock noon on Sunday; a new grade
crossing bill giving the control of such
crossings to the Public Utility Conn
mission; keeping juvenile peddlers OF
the public streets after 9 o'clock at
night; requiring the Chairman OF the
State Committee to notify the Secre-
tary of State on April instead of
April Is in Presidential year of the
number of delegates and alternates
to be elected to the National convene
tons; changing the time for the filing
of nomination petitions for delegates
at large and alternates at large from
May to April 10; changing the pri-
mary election for the choice of dele
gates and alternates TO the National
Conventions from the fourth Tuesday
in May to the second Tuesday in May,
of this year from May % to May IA.
These election bills were introduced
to provide for the. earlier primary
election in order that the date may not
conflict with the rules of the National
Committees.
Following a lively hearing Monday
afternoon on the bill permitting At
lantic City hotels to sell liquor with
meals on Sunday and on the bill per-
hitting wholesale liquor dealers to de-
liver liquor in territory not covered by
their license, both bills were reported
in the Senate Monday evening without
recommendation. They were given a
second hearing which placed them on
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measures have passed the House and
them in the Senate.
On the ground that state supervision
on fertilizers by placing tax on them
will cause delays when special mix
lures are wanted, former Senator Eli
jah Hutchinson and Gilbert Rue, of
Trenton, opposed Senator Gaunt's bill
when the House Committee ON agricul-
ture held a hearing on the measure,
They also questioned the designation
of some of the ingredients that enter
into the composition of fertilizers.
Lipman, of the State Agricultural Col
elge, and State Chemist Catheart,
spoke for the bill. Mr.. Gaunts bill
places a tax of Is per cent. a ton on
the fertilizers.
Signed by every Democratic Senator,
letter was sent yesterday to Senator
Richard Fitzherbert, of Morris County,
asking him to resign his seat in the
Senate, because of his alleged connec-
ton with the attempt to extort $4,000
from the Commercial Acetylene Com
pany for killing the acetylene gas
bills. The letter stated that the SEN
ators understood that Fitzherbert
would not occupy his seat again this
season, and that, therefore, his use
fulness as Senator was practically
over.
We are not sure, said the Senators,
that a partisan desire for your seat
will not account for some of the votes
against you. You are not resigning
under charges for you have defended
yourself successful, we believe, in the
eyes of the great majority of the peo-
pei of the State We believe that by
adopting the course we suggest you
will deserve and receive the respect
and approval of your county.
Senate President John D. Prince
rendered the members of the Senate a
dinner at the University Club in New
York One of the features of the
function was that President Prince
sent no invitation to Senator Richard
Fitzherbert, of Morris County, who
was voted by the Republicans in the
Senate as guilty of attempted extor-
ton in connection with acetylene gas
bills
After having served So years in the
New Jersey State Prison. during which
he worked himself up from one of the
lowest position to Parole Agent, Thos.
B. Madden, of this city, was last week
appointed by Governor Wilson as head
Keeper of the Prison. Mr.. Madden
is Democrat and succeeds Keeper
George o. Osborne, Republican. The
new Keeper is the father of Sheriff
Walter Madden, of Mercer County.
Mr. Osborne's term expired on Mon
day of this week and he left immed-
lately for Florida where he will make
his future home on an orange planta-
ton which he owns there.
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State Banking and Insurance Com
missioner Lewis has just issued his
annual report showing that at the
close of business on Dec. 81, the total
deposits in the Trust Companies, Saw
ings Banks. National and State Banks
| in this State were $492,442,954 The
aggregate resources of the institutions
were 1854 ,647,148 The number Of de-
positors of the Savings Banks was
300, 1865, an increase over the previous
year of 1902 The average amount
of each account was $35S.64, an in
crease of $1132 The gain for the
year in aggregate deposits in the Saw
| ings Banks was $6,940,445. exceeding
the increase in 1910 by some 1862, 900.
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The Ocean Grove Borough Bill,
which has been the object of a
bitter fight for the past two or three
years, was defeated in the Assembly
this week by the vote of % to 3D. An
other hill defeated I'M tha HouSa was