The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-10
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915
STATE CAPITAL NEWS.
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N. Tindell, of Trenton, as Clerk, at q
salary of $1,000 a year, and has chosen
former Assemblyman Richards, OF Atan-
tic Civ. as counsel. The majority OF the
Committee and all its officers are Repub,
liean, The Committee has investigated
several state departments, including tnat
of the State Comptroller. 80.
Mr.. Boggs shows IN his OPINION ina
the resolution under which this Commit
fee was appointed directed 1t to report
at the then session, or at any special ses-
ut cannot be doubted" continues Mr..
Boggs, chat all legislative or parlamen-
tary powers of the House cease upon IN,
al adjournment of its regular session, ana
I am unable to see how it can give TO lts
own creature, its Committee, powers
which it does not have and cannot itself
exercise.
Considerable comment has been caused
in Republican circles by a statement Just
made in Atlantic City by former Con-
gressman William NJ. Calder, of Brook
iyn. Discussing the political OUTLOOK,
Mr.. Calder declared that in his OPINION
Governor Whitman, of New YORK, GOV
ernor Brumbaugh, OF PennsylvanIa' VI
Senators Elihu Root, of New YORK, OF
Burton. of Ohio, can carry New YORK
and New Jersey as Republican candidate
for President next year. E~x-Congress-
man Calder mentioned Senator Walter
r.. Edge as the candidate most likely 10
win the Governorshlp IN TINS staIei
The issues on which the Republican
party will go before the people next year
Mr.. Calder said, will be national detense,
the tariff and the relation of government
to business.
Tn tho now legislature, 81 out of the
81 members will be lawyers, thus MAIN
tanning the large proportion of members
IF the legal profession that has mark
cd all the Legislatures for many years.
The new session will include eight 1arm5
ers, a higher number than usual anu
there will be eight merchants, two news
nanpr publishers. two bankers, two manu-
faaturers. two undertakers, one physician,
one clergyman, two automobile dealers,
five real estate dealers, three insurance
men, two statesmen and one each OF the
following: Warehouse man, trucker,
SIGN nainter. printer, veterinary surgeon,
Dainter and decorator, carpenter, norlst'
bathhouse proprietor and head of the CO.
operative building and saving concern:
Good progress has been made by the
building and loan associations OF the
state the past year, according to the an
nual report of State Banking and lnsur-
ance Commissioner LaMonte. There are
772 of the associations with a total mem
bership of 31,040, a gain OF 1o,994, OF
more than six per cent, Inc co 9o1
gross assets amount to $143, !64,3ol, an
increase of $11,307. S25, or eight and a
half nar cent. Commissioner LaMonte
in his report issues a warning against
such associations making mprudent
loans on real estate. He shows that the
real estate acquired by me ne asSoesat8-eus
during the year totaled $5,396,9Y(, an
increase 81 $1,371, 647, or Seventy per
cent. This, he thinks, is mainly attrlDu-
table to the adverse business conditions
which prevented some members from
keeping up their payments, ana TO t1e
collapse through over-speculatlon IN real-
tv concerns in certain sections OF the
state.
State Commissioner of Education Ken
dali. in his annual report, shows that
the total cost of operating the pubic
schools in the state for the sen9od YEA
ending June 80, last, was $I7,loS,f 2V.-
IS. an increase of 1925, 731.77 over the
preceding year. If the expense Of pur-
chasing land and erecting new buildings
interest on bonds, extraordinary repairs
etc. be added the total cost was $2o,c
1O2.61O.37. The total enrolment OF
pupils was 519,8S0, an increase OF ~
9Sf. The average daily attendance was
4O9,417, an increase of 27,l99. Inc
total enrolment in the evening schools
was 1880 in addition to the day enroll.
ment given. The average yearly cost OF
the ScnOOlS DdSeu upOA -"
S33. an increase of "a cents over the
preceding year. Based upon average at
tendance the average yearly cost was
$41.91, an increase of 90 cents.
The fact that New Jersey is one of the
few states which does not provide for
the education of agricultural teachers, is
emphasized in the report of Assistant
State Commissioned OF Education Lewis
Carris, in charge of vocational training.
lie suggests this week be taken at nut
gers College in New Brunswick IN con
nection with the State Agricultural Elk
pertinent Station. MIR. Carrls says the
schools should deal with the fourteen
and ifteen-year-old boys and girls VINO
nave left school and gone TO Work, as
well as with those who remain IN school'
Mr.. Carris shows that 125,232 girls
and 11S,09S boys received some form Oh
manual training in state-alded classes
last year, the total cost OF their WORK
being S554,287.4 S. There were 40 girls
and 500 boys in the all day vocational
schools that have been established, while
2.49S women and 1888 men received Yo-
~cational training in evening classes. Inc
total cost was $205,293, of which the
state contributed $4,000.
The books and accounts of State Treas
urer Edward Il. Grosscup have just been
audited by the Legislative on
Treadurer's Accounts. The Committee
reported that all the accounts were
found correct. The total amount of state
cash on hand, represented by balances in
various banks, was found to be $3,747,
1869. and the total amount of securi-
ties held was $6,434,130.19. The cash
balance is not a surplus, the most OF It
having appropriations which will draw it
from the treasury sooner or later. The
securities represent state investments
for the school fund and other purposes
y + y
Secretary of State Martins compila-
ton of the voting for State Senators on
November 2 shows that the Republicans
had a plurality of 10,629. In the six
counties that elected Senators, Burling-
ton, Cape May, Hunterdon, Middlesex,