Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-09

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Whenever community insiats up-
on subJecting the ordinary work Or
It's Legislature to a general refersn-
dun. 1t Is insisting at the same time
that the state shall be served BY q
Legislature OF second-rate n
third-rate men and that its repre-
sentatives In the proper ems shall
be turned into mere human regis
tering machines.
THE policy adopted by the last
Republican legislative convention
and since then amplifed and ex-
pounded by the recent conference OF
the Republican members of this
Legislature lis too well known for
me to enlarge upon now. I trust
that the general PRINCIPLES therein
laid down nay be successfully car
ried out, but / think we should also
remember hat radical alterations
In the practices of a commonwealth
such as have been already wrought
in this state should be followed by
a period of legislative adjustment
rather than by the heaping up OF
further changes. T believe 1t fs u
duty to adjust rather than to inno-
vate further, in order that the vot-
ers of New Jersey may have a period
for political digestion Before they
are again entangled in the meshes
OF complicated and puzzling legisla-
ton. I venture to hope therefore,
that we shall have "a business-like
session not flooded as has been the
custom in past years With multi
tude of new laws to add 10 the al
ready vast list Of our statutes.
ITO the members OF the various
committees let me SAY that 1 trust
they will report as soon as possible
on bills submitted To them ana not
await the assignment of a large
number Of bills before they hold
their sittings, but take up directly
all matters of Importance, in~QTder
that these may receive the earliest
possible consideration of the Senate.
Il recommend to the Senate the
creation of q new committee to be
entitled the Committee on : High
ways, whose function 1t shall be to
deal with this class of growing leg
islation which is OF such vital i'm
portance to the state, ut large, It
has been the custom hitherto to re-
fer bills affecting u state high
roads to the Committee on Agricul-
ture, but that committee should
deal only with bills affecting Its W
particular province Of which there
will be quite enough to occupy all
its time.
II hope that this will be a brief
and thorough session and with this
end in view, | shall try In every
way to cooperate with the majority
leader to call the Senate to order
p%unctually at thehour agreed upon
for It's converting. ! urge upon my
fellow-Senators to have all their
legislation ready as early, as possi-
Bile so that we may sit oftener dur
ing the first weeks of the session
than has been the custom In this
way and only thus can we hope to
avoid the hasty and u~nseeIily rush
during our closing period which has
in past years led to the death Of
many important and beneficial
measures"
Other Officers Chosen.
The other principal officers then
chosen, all being Republicans, of
course, were as follows: Secretary,
Francis B. Davis, Of Gloucester
county; assistant secretary, Edwin
Nichols, OF Cumberland; sergeant
alarms, sGuadaloupe "A. Holi, Of
Mercer: assistant sergeant-at-arnls,
Joseph Fitzga, Of Somerset county;
journal clerk, John w. Gift, OF
Union county: calendar clerk, futile
C. Walker, Atlantic; bill clerk,
Charles c. Bohm. Cape May county.
The oath of Office was administered
to Secretary Davis. Then q commit
tee of three senators was appointed
to wait upon Governor Wilson and
inform him that the Senate had or
ganized and was ready to receive
any communications from him. A
similar committee WAC appointed 10
proceed to the Assembly and inform
it that the Senate had formally or
ganized.
At this Juncture Sergeant-at-arms
Holl announced Joseph r. Tamulty,
secretary to the governor, who pre-
sented the governors first annual
message. 1t was read and the usual
number of copies ordered printed.
A communication was received from
the Assembly that it had organized
and was ready for business Presi-
dent Prince announced the list of
committees for the session and this
completed the organization
Senate Committees.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Agriculture-Gaupt, Hand, F1tz-
herbert.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Nichols,
Smalley, Price.
Banks and Insurance Companies
-Leavitt, SmaIley, johnson.
Boroughs and .ToWnships--Hand,
Nichols. johnson.
Clergy-Pierce, Colgate, Davis.
Commerce and Navigation
Nichols, Edge. johnson.
Corporations - Edge, Nichols,
Gebhardt.
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