The Penn's Grove record., 1914-02-20
new JURY PLAN
is PUT IN FORCE
Chancellor Walker Names Com
missioners to Act with Sheriffs
EASILY 0USTED FOR CAUSE
Hopes Scheme Will Take Politics Out
Of Jury Box for All Time-Any
Mistakes in Appointments Can
Be Corrected.

MY
Trenton.-The names of the COM
misSioners to act in conjunction
with the sheriffs in drawing grand and
petit jurors in the various counties
under the Chancellor-Sheriff act were
announced by Chancellor Walker. 1t
will be the duty of the Sheriff and
the Commissioner to draw all juries
beginning with the May terms of
court. In making known his appoint
ments the Chancellor said: "The act
requires that the commissioner in each
county shall not be a member of the
same political party as the sheriff. In
the four counties where there are Re-
publican sheriffs | have appointed
Democratic commissioners. In the IL
counties having Democratic sheriffs I
have appointed IA Republican and
three Progressive commissioners.
These appointees were highly recon-
mended to me by men in whom / have
confidence. ! hope and believe l have
made no mistakes. If | have they can
be corrected. The act provides that
the commissioners shall hold Office for
enc year, and that the Chancellor may
at any time remove any one of them.
This act, as I understand it, was pass
ed for the purpose of removing from
political and other improper control
the jury system of this State.
Subject to Dismissal.
Any commissioner who may violate
the spirit of the law by participating
in the selection of undesirable jurors
will merit and receive dismissal. The
only way any commissioner can Sc
cure reappointment will be by select
ing men of known integrity and indie
pendence for both Grand and Petit
Jury service. / will invite information
from the various judges who preside
over jury trials as to the calibre of
the men selected under the new re-
CINE and will thus be able to know
whether the men l have chosen dis
charge their duties faithfully and i'm
partially according to the oath they
r obliged to take before executing
their Office. The formal appointment
and form of oath to be taken by the
commissioners were forwarded to the
country clerks.
Names of Commissioners.
The commissioners follow: Allan.
tic County, Wilson Senseman, Demo
GRAFT; Bergen County, Alfred Gramlich,
Progressive; Burlington County, Ben
jamin D. Shedaker, Republican; Cam
den County, Charles o. Brown, Repeb-
lican; Cape May County, Anthony r.
Smith, Republican; Cumberland Coun-
ty, John S. Horton, Republican; Essex
County, Edward E. Gnichtel, Republi-
can; Gloucester County, Atomic Carey,
Republican; Hudson County, Andrew
J. Knox, Republican; Hunterdon Coun-
ty, Alvah L. Alpaugh, Republican;
Mercer County, Charles H. Levy, Re-
publican; Middlesex County, Fred ]
Cox, Republican; Monmouth County,
Andrew w. Poole, Republican; Morris
County, Andrew L. Cobb, Republican;
Ocean County, William E. Nowlan,
Progressive; Passaic County, Thomas
F. Morgan, Democrat; Salem County,
Richard X. Flitcraft, Progressive:
Somerset County, Eugene v. Cruiser,
Democrat; Sussex County, William F.
Howell, Republican; Union County,
Charles P. Russ, Democrat; Warren
County, Edward f. Cline, Republican.
Probe Excise Conditions.
One of the most interesting things
done by the Legislature was the ap-
pointment of a joint investigating COM
mittee of the Senate and the Assem-
bly, to inquire into the excise condi-
lions of the State, with a view to
ascertaining why it is that the bishops
law is enforced in some places and
not in others, and, incidentally, why
the authorities in the places where it
is not enforced do not compel it's en-
forcement. The resolution under
which this action will be taken was
introduced by Senator Read. 1t was
actuated by the fact that a recent Hud-
son County Grand Jury refused to in
dict in cases of Sunday liquor selling
on the ground that the people of that
section of the State did not want to
be deprived of having something to
drink on Sundays, while in other
places, notably Newark and other
large cities of the State, there is ex-
IRENE laxity in the enforcing of the
law. Senator Read holds that there
should not be one view of the law
applied to n part of the State and
another to other sections. He holds
that an investigation of the subject
may lead to some definite plan for bet
ter regulation of the Sunday liquor
selling problem and that the step had
better be taken before the Legislature