The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-19
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1915
STATE CAPITAL NEWS.
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Congress are being urged by woman suf-
frage leaders to support the woman sur
frage amendment to the National Con
stitution, The campaign is also beng car
ried on in other states, the purpose being
to enlist enough votes to insure the pass
age of the resolution for the proposed
amendment.
One of the curious things about the
United States Government is that the
men elected to the House of REPRESENTA-
tvs do not formally take their seats until
more than a year after they are elected,
unless the President calls a special SEES
sion of Congress that requires them to
qualify sooner. This will likewise be true
of the United States Senators hereafter,
as they are now elected directly by the
Congress will convene on Monday, De-
cember 6, and six new Representatives
from New Jersey will take their seats:
The N. J. delegation in the House OF
Representatives will switch to Republican
control. The delegation now stands 10
Democrats to two Republicans, while in
the new session there will be eight Re
publicans and four Democrats. They
were all elected in November, 1914. The
Republicans will be congressman William
J. Browning, list District, reelected;
Isaac Bacharach, End District, succeeding
]. Thompson Baker, Democrat; Elijah Q.
Hutchinson, 4th District, succeeding Allan
B.. Walsh, Democrat; John II. Capstlck,
9Th District, succeeding William %. Tut
tie, Jr., Democrat; 7th District, Dow ii;
Drukker, reelected; Sth District, Edward
w. Gray, succeeding Eugene f.. Kinkead,
Democrat; 9Th District, Richard Wayne
Parker, who was a Congressman in for
mer years, succeeding Walter |. Mccoy,
Democrat; 10th District, Frederick r.
Lehlbach, succeeding Edward w. Town
end, Democrat.
The Democratic Congressman will be
Thomas j. Scully. 3rd District, r%e-elect-
ed; Archibald G. Hart, 9Th District, re-
elected; and John J.. Eagan, 18th Dis
trict; and James A. Hamill, 18th District,
both reelected.
Among the political gossip heard at the
State House is that Congressman Hart
viii not seek reelection next fall, and
that the Democrats of the 9th District
viii nominate State Senator Thomas Bar
Der of Warren County. The westerly
end of the %curiously shaped district will
insist upon having the nomination next
time.
Governor Fielder and the other state
officials are "tickled to death" at the de-
cision of the United States Supreme
Court just handed down affirming the
taxes paid to the State by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad upon the Morris Canal
since it has leased the waterway. The
railroad company claimed that its lease
did not abrogate the canals exemption
from taxes, as was claimed by the state.
Had the exemption been upheld by the
United States Court, the state would have
been compelled to refund more than d
million dollars to the Lehigh Valley, which
would have been a serious matter and
would have necessitated a POND issue or
a direct state tax.
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There is a spirited contest for post
master of Perth Amboy, four men being
in the race. They are Richard f. White.
no collector of revenue; Assemblyman Ar
thur A. Quinn; John K. Sheehy, president
Of the Perth Amboy School Board, and
Michael Donovan, a former alderman.
The appointment will be made within the
next four or five weeks, and of course the
man appointed will be a Democrat. All
the candidates mentioned are Democrats.
Former Congressman Charles n.
Fowler, of Elizabeth, is advocating
the plan of tariff regulations by a Fed
eral Board, to be known as the Tariff
Commission. Ex-COngressman Fowler
states that while he believed a Tariff
Commission would be a good thing, too
much should not be expected from it.
He says that while the Commission
might be able to study tariff problems
and arrange a schedule Of rates, il could
not prepare a bill in time to head off for
eign competition.
The Supreme Court, in az order by
Justice Charles G.. Black, has granted
the petition of John II. Evans FOR a re-
count of the ballots in the election of
Mayor of Bridgeton. 1t will take place
IN Bridgeton next Tuesday. Evans ran
as an Independent and labor candidate.
and was defeated by twenty votes by
Mayor Arthur G. Whitaker, Republi-
can, who ran for reelection. Evans
charges that he was counted out by the
exclusion of ballots that should have been
allowed for him.
The Progressive (Roosevelt) party has
lost its primary boxes in the few dis
tricts where they remained, following
the election of 1914. In none of the dis
tricts in the state at the election on No
vember 2, last, did the Bull Moose
party poll five per cent. of the Assembly
vote, and so the party loses altogether
its official standing in this state. If the
Progressives desire to nominate candi-
dates next fall they will have to do so
all over the state by petition, as the Pro
hibitionists do.
.
That the campaign for the election on
November 2 was holly contested in the
larger counties for an off year, is indi-
Gated by the amount of money paid for
the campaign expenses. The regular Re
publican candidates in Hudson county ex-
pended $2,264, the chief contributors be-
ing William P. Verdon, one of the county
leaders, $3.50; Senator Edge, $3.50. and
Ex-Governor Stokes, 800. The regular
Republican campaign expenses in Essex
county were $15,530. The biggest ex-
penditure in Essex was $1,000 for adver-
tising. Former Governor Murphy and
Senator Austen Colgate contributed ST.
600 each.
In honor of the induction of Congress
mar Isaac Bacharach into office at Wash
ington on December 6, a dinner will be
served by Atlantic City Republicans in
the new Willard Hotel, Washington, on
the evening of December g.. There will
be $50 guests, including the United
States Senators and Congressman from
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