Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-06-27
OUR TRENTON LETTER
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tricts in this state, the Progressives
will put Congressional candidates IN
the field, and this is giving the regular
leaders considerable concern. With
the old style convention method OF
selecting the congressional candidates
it would have been easier for the
Regular party leaders to have handled
the situation through the choice OF
delegates at the primaries, but with
the evidence of Progressive tendencies
as shown by the recent voting, the
leaders hardly know where they stand.
Friends of Joseph NJ Arnold, super
intendent of schools in Mercer County,
charge that politics is being played to
prevent the re-appointment of Mr.
Arnold to give place to Prof. Charles
]. Baxter, former superintendent of
public instruction The term of Sup
erintendent Arnold will expire July
LIST, and it is claimed that pressure is
being brought to bear to have ProIes-
sor Baxter named in his stead. the
school authorities of the county are
practically solid for Mr.. Arnolds re-
appointment, as they claim that ne
has made a very efficient superlnten-
dent, and if the political move to oust
him shall be pushed, there Will likely
be some Interesting Developments
The politics in the game goes back TO
the Legislature last winter where an
act was passed changing the appoint
ment of county superintendents from
the State Board of Education to the
State Commissioner of Education, with
the advice and consent of the State
Board. A new law also increases the
salary of county superintendents from
$1,000 a year to $4,000.
Justices of the Peace throughout
New Jersey are forming an organiza-
ton through which they will appeal
to the next Legislature to give them
more power During the last Two
or three years they have been shorn
of considerable of their legal authority
and last winter the Legislature passed
an act taking from them the right to
marry people. Landlord and tenant
cases have also been taken from them
They claim that as the Court of JUS
tice of the Peace is practically always
open, thereby in many instances facll-
itating the ends of justice, they should
be given more power.
There is an active contest on for the
appointment as Judge of the new
Juvenile Court in Hudson County.
The several candidates for the posi-
tion each have following, and repre-
sentatives of each have been to see
the Governor in behalf of the appoint
ment The latest candidate to be
mentioned is David T. Edward, Jer-
sey City lawyer.
The United States Grand Jury for
the June term completed its labor IN
the United States District Court Mon
day and returned ten indictments.
Judge Cross then discharged the Jury
with the thanks of the Court Next
Monday will be pleading day for those
indicted.
Captain John w. Borden, of Little
silver Monmouth County, who, last
winter. was appointed Pilot Commis-
sioner by Governor Wilson, and who
is rs years old, has written a woodrow
Wilson campaign song. 1t is entitled,
Wilson and Tariff Reform, and the
chorus is as follows:
Then Hurrah for Governor Wilson, the
man of tariff reform,
Hurrah for Jerseys Governor I'll
early break of dawn,
Well put him in the White House just
as sure as fate,
He is the man to guide the ship, the
good old ship of State.
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Decisions in 81 cases, many of them
important, were handed down last
week by the Court of Errors and APP
peals. The most important case from
fhe standpoint of the state, was the
one upholding the collateral lnherl-
tance tax of 1909. By reversing the
supreme Court, which held the act TO
he unconstitutional, the Errors Court
saved to the state about 100000. The
s1,it was brought in Essex County to
set aside the collateral Inheritance tax
ON an estate on the ground that the
act was unconstitutional and the SUI
nrene Court decided in favor OF the
nlaintiffs. Then the state appealed
and has won the final decision.
. .
The printed laws as passed by the
last legislature and entitled the Pam
inlet Laws of 1912, will be ready for
distribution to citizens OF the state
nevt week The index was completed
Yesterday and this was all that was
needed to complete the bound volume
The volume this year is unusnally
large, containing 40 laws ana IL JOINT
,.ssolutions. making a book OF more
~ - 1nnn napes. The Pierce grade
e,.rssing e..ssss 3 hill is included in the volume
and !, if fhe Courts shall hold that it
was was not legally passed. It will be
:, ,,s,@assarv ms.,s car for the Governor to issue a
nroelamation ,,re announcing that It IS
not a law.
The state Board Of Education mas
adopted a new code to govern me con e
ss sfrnction Of public schoolhouses. ~
l. 4 : much more stringent than enc olu ,s'