The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28
Senator Davis's Letter


Salem, N. j., Feb. 26, 1913
III Senate adjourned this afternoon to
Saturday at eleven O'clock to attend the
ceremonies of the induction of Senator
James F. Fielder into the office of Acting
Governor of the State. The oath o fofice
will be administered to him in the
Assembly Chamber at noon Oh that dav
by the Honorable William S. Gummere,
Chief Justice of the State. 1t is expected
that a great many people will be present.
1t is said that a thousand persons will
come down from Jersey City alone.
There have been all kinds of specrla-
ton as to whether Governor Fielder will
enter the contest to succeed himself or
not. 1t has been the thought by some
that he will enter the race and will declare
his attention III Saturday, others do not
think that he will enter the race at all.
Whether or not lie does, he is admirably
qualified to fill the Governors chair,
having had ten years OF legislative exper-
fence, and being a bright, clean, clear-cut
and conscientious lawyer, and a true
gentleman.
| introduced a bill sometime ago giving
the fisherman the right to fish for perch
and rock with nets. There were certain
features about this bill which have been
bitterly opposed by the Fish and Game
Commission l had a conference with
them this week, and a compromise bill,
Senate No. l55, was introduced by me
giving the fishermen the right as to
perch, and eliminating certain other
features. l wish persons interested would
look up this bill, and they may find it at
the Office of this paper, and tell me
whether it contains objectional features
or not.
| looked over the list of Commissioners
of Deed, and had r~eappointed all those
whose terms expire this year, and they
will all receive their commissions in due
time if they wish so to do. Ii there are
any other persons in the County who
wish to be appointed, | should be glad to
hear from them, and will present their
application to the Joint Legislature. 1t
will be necessary however, that the APP
piication be made at once.
A change in the township lines be-
tween the townships of Upper Pittsgrove
and P~ittsgrove has again been asked for
by a number OF citizens in and around
Monroeville. This is the change which
was proposed last year. A petition has
been sent me together with a bill to be
| introduced to make such change. | gen.
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people affected wish, but i'll this case it
seems to me that a change ought to be
satisfactory to the people whose voting
place will be affected and also to the peo-
pie generally OF the two townships. Ii
such desire is indicated to me | shall be
very glad to do whatever is in my power
to nave the change brought about. If
there is substantial objection on the part
OF the Townships, | do not feel that the
change ought to be made against the will
of one or both. Ii does however, i'll my
opinion, seem to be imposing a hardship
upon thirty or fourty people Immediately
interested, to compel them to drive ten to
sixteen miles to vote, when by this
they might vote by going from two to
four miles. Ii there is objection to the
proposed change, | wish that the persons
Directing would communicate with me
by letter or otherwise at once.
Governor Wilson practically closed his
labors as Governor OF New Jersey to-day.
He is to send in a veto of one bill on
Saturday, morning, which will probably
his last Official act, since his resignation
takes place Immediately preceding the
administration of the oath to Senator
Fielder. He has not done everything for
New Jersey which he wished to have
done, but his tasks, which were Hercu-
lean, have been honestly and faithfully
and in a large part accomplished.
Senator Isaac L. Nichols, of Cumber-
land County said at the dinner given to
the Governor at Atlantic City some time
ago, that the Democrats had had a long
line of distinguished Governors in the
State of New Jersey, and that the greatest
of them all was Woodrow Wilson. While
it is possible for ones friends in their
ardor to overestimate the effect of his
work, and while it is possible Tor ones
enemies to under estimate his work, yet
| feel that i'll years to come when the
the historian looking back through the
prospective of the time writes the achiev-
ments of Woodrow Wilsoe upon the cold
page of history, he will place him as one
of the greatest governors that the State of
New Jersey or any other State has had III
the history of the country.
J. WARREN DAVIS.