The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-15
FRIDAY, OCTOBER l5, 1915
STATE CAPITAL NEWS.
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emit provision is that any amendment may
be proposed in the Senate or Assembly,
and if passed by two successive Legisla-
lures, shall be submitted to the people
at a special election, but no amendment
shall be submitted to the people by the
Legislature oftener than once in FIVE
years. The principal change made in the
article by the proposed amendment is In
the following language.
Provided, further, that when any
amendment has been submitted to the
people and by them rejected, no similar
amendment shall be submitted again with
in FIVE years from such rejection"
The effect of this amendment, if adopt
ed, will be to permit the submission OF
amendments distinct from those submit
ted within five years preceding, but still
to prevent the submission of similar
amendments relating to the same subject
within five years. There is another
change made by this amendment, which
is that it provides that amendments shall
be submitted to the voters at Ge general
election in November, instead of at a
special election as is now required.
Ehe third amendment to be voted upon
adds a new section TO the Constitution
to be known as Section 8 of Article 4,
and permits the excess condemnation of
land needed for public improvement. The
Constitution now prohibits the taking of
private property for public use without
Just compensation and the Legislature
can only authorize the taking of such
property as is actually needed for the
particular use. The effect of this
amendment, if adopted, will be to give
the legislature somewhat larger pow
ers, and to enable it to give to the state,
counties or other municipalities, power
to take, for laying out, widening, extend
ing, or relocating parks, public places,
highways or streets, more land or prop
erty than is actually needed for such pur-
poses, but only so much more as will form
suitable building sites abutting on such
improvement.
The Democratic State Committee win
tender a luncheon next Saturday at noon
at the Hotel Sterling in this city to all
the Democratic County Chairmen in the
state. The purpose of the luncheon will
be to plan for a more aggressive cam
paign work in all the counties. State
treasurer NEOSSCup WIZ IL us TAT
Chairman, will preside. 1t is expected
that Governor Fielder will be present as
well as members of the State Committee
and other big leaders. After the lunch
con, Chairman Grosscup will present
some campaign methods, and there will
be a general discussion of ways and
means of making the Democratic fight to
capture the next Legislature, effective
throughout the state.
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Republican State Chairman Bugbee
announced today a partial list of the
meetings arranged in the vigorous cam
paign being prosecuted by his party. The
fight is being waged particularly in the
six counties that elect Senators, although
the other counties are by no means being
neglected. Tonight there will be a meet
ing at Roosevelt, Middlesex county, in
the interest of the e%elction of William A.
Spencer, candidate for Senator, and the
Assembly ticket, the speakers to be Rich
ard Doherty, of Jersey City, and Robert
w. Crane, of Plainfield. Tomorrow night
there will be a meeting in New Bruins
wick addressed by former A%ssemblyman
John E. Gill, of Trenton, and others.
October %, the main meeting of the
campaign will be held in New Brunswick
with an address by former Governor
Stokes.
There is to be an innovation in the
campaign in Hunterdon county, which
is that the whole fight will be concen-
trated on Monday, November 1, the night
before the election, when twelve stimuli
taneous meetings viii be held. They will
be at Lambertville, Pennington, Stock
ton, Frenchtown, Milford, Ringoes, Gin
ton, Quakertown, Annadale, High Bridge.
Hampton and Califon. Among the
speakers will be former Governor Stokes,
former Judge Robert Carey, of Jersey
City, Senators Edge, of Atlantic, and
Read, of Camden DR.. Frank McDaniels,
president of Pennington Seminary; for
mer Senator Thomas J. Hillery, of Som
erset; former Congressman Ira W. Wood.
of Mercer; former Prosecutor William j..
Crossley, of Mercer; Frederick J. Pope,
of Somerset; and Assemblyman Emer-
son L. Richards, of Atlantic.
Senator Gaunt, of Gloucester, and DR..
McDaniels will tour Warren county on
dates to be arranged. Several meetings
will be held in Bergen county with ex-
Governor Stokes and former Judge Car
ey as the principal speakers. Senator
Edge and ~Assemblyman Richards will
campaign in Cape May county for Sen
ate candidate Stevens and the Assembly
ticket. Senators Edge and Read will
tour Burlington county. in behalf of Sen
ate candidate Harold B. Wells and As
sembly candidate Emmor~Roberts. Six
meetings are to be held in Monmouth
county on date to be arranged the speak
ers to include Ex-Governor Stokes, Sena-
tor Rathbun, of Morris, and Mr.. Pope.
Senator Rathbun and former Senator
Hillery will lead the campaign in Nor
ris. President Joseph s. Frelinghuysen.
Of the State Board of Education, and the
State Board of Agriculture, and former
Judge Carey will campaign in Somerset
county. State Chairman Bugbee is now
working out the details of meetings for
Sussex county. The Union county cam
paign is also being arranged. Scores of
meetings are TO be held in Essex and Hud-