Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-07-18
OUR TRENTON LETTER.
years ago in which Senator MARITIME
won, settled this question.

years ago in which Senator MARITIME
won, settled this question.
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The Republicans will have senator
ial candidates ito burn. Senator
Briggs will seek to succeed himself,
Ex-Governor Stokes will be in the
fight, and there is more or less talk
that Ex-Governor Murphy might try
again for the place, as he did two
years ago. The Roosevelt faction will
| dates, too Former State Senator
Colby, George L. Record. and former
Congressman Charles n. Fowler, OF
Union County. are some of the Roose-
Welt men being talked of for this
honor.
Governor Wilson, under the new
congressional redistricting law now
has the appointment of two new mem
bens of the Board of Managers of the
State Geological Survey and four new
members to the Board of Visitors to
the Agricultural College at New
Brunswick. The members of both
these boards were chosen by con-
gressional districts, the former hay
! ing one member to each district, and
the latter two members to each dis
trict. AS the new law creates two
new congressional districts the GOV
| ernor will choose members to repre-
sent them on the respective boards.
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New Jersey Prohibitionists follow
ing the nomination of Chain and
Watkins at Atlantic City last week,
are planning a vigorous campaign
which they hope will roll up for them
a much larger vote than was cast
four years ago. The Prohibition vote
has decreased in this stae during the
past twelve years. In 1900 the party
polled in this state on its national
ticket 7,1S3 votes; in 1904 the vote
was 6,S45 and in 1908, it fell to 4,934.
In the same time the Socialist vote in
this state on the national ticket has
grown from 1909 in 1900 TO 1928 in
1908.
Suffragettes throughout the state
are pushing their campaign to give
women the ballot, despite the not
weather. They have completed
thorough organization in Hudson 20.
and will now carry the campaign INTO
some of the other counties. Tney
claim that by the time the next Legls-
lature meets in January, they will
present much stronger organization
in favor of a woman suffrage amend
ment to the State Constitution than
invaded the State House last winter.
The Suffragist leaders predict that.
owing to the rising public opinion in
favor of giving women the ballot, the
next LEGISLATURE will be compelled to
pass the woman suffrage amendment.
The re-appointment of John B.
Vreeland as United States District
Attorney for New Jersey, sent to the
Senate weeks ago by Senator Briggs,
is still lying untouched in the Senate
Judiciary Committee at Washington.
The refusal to report the appointment
is due to the Discrimination of District
Attorney Vreeland to appoint new
assistants. 1t is said that the de-
partment of justice at Washington is
not entirely satisfied with the way
the District Attorneys office has been
conducted, but is willing to accept
the re-appointment of Vreeland pro-
viding he will agree to name new
assistants. The present assistants are
Walter H. Bacon and Harrison Lind
abury. The new assistants suggested
who would be satisfactory to United
States Attorney General Wickersham
are County Prosecutor Harry S. SEQ
vel, of Camden, and former Assembly
man Lloyd Thompson, of Union co.
The outlook is that unless Mr.. Nree-
land does something about the assist
ants in a short time he will lose his
$4,000 a year job.
The right of municipalities to
abolish positions for the sake OF
economy, even though they may be
under the protection of civil service,
is. upheld in an opinion just filed in
the Supreme Court by Justice Min
turn. The decision affirms resolu-
ton of the Mercer County Freehold
ers abolishing the position of Custo-
dian of the Court House. The reso-
luton was passed after the County
had adopted the civil service act.
Members of the New Jersey Nat
ional Guard will receive annual sal
aries from the Government if Con-
gress adopts the militia pay roll,
which was ordered favorably reported
last week in the House of Represen-
tatives. The pay will run from $3.50
for Regimental Adjutants and Quar-
ter Masters and 5000 for Colonels
down tn S45 for nriVateS
There is little doubt but that for
mer Governor John Franklin Fort
will be one of the two delegates at
large from this state to the National
Progressive Convention in Chicago,
August s. There is some talk that
| lGanroe I Racnrd may he the other