The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-03
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1915
A CAPITAL NEWS.
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sembly met at the. State House yester-
day afternoon and received the report OF
their Steering Committee, appointed last
week, assigning the various Assembly. OF
fees to the counties having Republican
Assemblymen. The report was adopted.
The Clerkship of the House was settled
by the caucus last week, when Upton ..
Jefferys, Of Camden, wal renomlnated Tor
the place. The Steering Committee al
Iotted the Assistant Clerkship to Passa1c
county, and former Clerk James Parker,
of that county, will be made Assistant
Clerk.
The Assembly offices assigned to Glou-
cester county were I'd Asst. Clerk, sal
airy $3.50; and one file clerk, salary $3OO.
Striking inequalities in school facilities
and the opportunities for gaining an edu-
cation exist in this state, with the as
elimination against the rural sections, &C
cording to the report of DR.. j.. j. SaVltz,
former Assistant State Commissioners of
Education in charge of the elementary
schools, Just filed with the State Board
of Education. The report is for the
school year ending June 30, last. DR..
Savitz resigned last summer and was
succeeded by y. E. Scott, of Asbury Park.
Speaking of the rural school conditions,
DR.. Savitz says:
"Tbe rural school situation is by no
means satisfactory. Although the citl-
zens have the power to vote money ana
elect men to represent them, they ire
quently fail to appropriate sufficient
funds to maintain a good school. Even
though sufficient funds are voted, undo
present conditions it is difficult in many
rural communities to maintain good
schools"
Better teachers and more careful sup
~ervision of rural schools are two remedies
he suggests. He pleads for adequate n
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Teacher or Teachers in each county as a
means of giving supervision AMI assist
ance to increase the teaching efficiency.
He also recommends the consolidation of
weak, one-roomed schools wherever pos
sible to make the schools more effective
and successful.
Governor Fielder has telegraphed Hen
rv Ford, the automobile manufacturer,
declining his invitation to be his guest
with the proposed delegation to establish
an International Peace Conference to go
TO Europe and negotiate for peace. In
declining, Governor Fielder says he be.
Iieves that efforts for peace by citizens OF
a neutral nation, as individuals, would
be considered meddlesome.
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Launching campaign plans unusually
early, both Democrats and Republicans
mel mere yesterday anu L ~ AS
guns in the big fight for the important of
fees to be filed in November, 1916. The
stake is the largest the state has ever
had at one election. The contest. In
wolves the vote for President, United
States Senator, Governor and II Con-
gressmen, besides go members of the AS
sembly and State Senators to be eleeted
in Atlantic. Bergen, Cumberland, Hud-
son. Mercer, Morris and Ocean counties.
In connection with the election of the
members of the Legislature next Novem-
Der, will be the contest over the stare
Comptrollership in the session of 1917.
The fact that the State "Treasurershlp,
which has been held by Democrats for
three years, will pass into Republican
hands March l. next, will render the fight
over the State COMPREHENSIVE unusually
acute. The term of State Comptroller
Edwards. Democrat, will end February
20. 1917. and the Office will be filled at a
Joint meeting of the Legislature a few
weeks before that date, so that every leg
islator elected next November Will nave "a
vote in choosing his successor. Both the
State Treasurership and the State Comp
trollership pays $4,000 a year and are
among the most important offices in the
gift of the state. They are also the only
two high salaried and influential offices
that are filled at a joint meeting OF the
Legislature. s
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The Republican guns were fired at a
conference of the State Committee, Con
gressmen, Senators and Senators-elect,
Chairmen of the County Committees and
other leaders, together with some of
those who have been mentioned as candl-
dates for Governor. The conference was
called by State Chairman Bugbee, and
was well attended. There was a general
discussion of ways and means for making
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cided to make the efforts for victory uni
form throughout the state. The Republf
can State News, the weekly newspaper
now being published under the auspices
of the State Committee, is to be con-
tinued and other publicity methods will
be -inaugurated. The various. Republican
factions in North Jersey We're all rep
resented. and the meeting was harmon
ious. There was no discussion as to the
merits of candidates. those. talked of. as
candidates having been requested to at
tend merely to get familiar with the cam
paign plans, so there would be no dup
LEGATION.
Former Governors Murphy and Stokes
were invited as possible candidates for
United States Senator, but neither was
present. The possible candidates for
Governor were: Senate President Edge
and Speaker Godfrey. of Atlantic; Sena-
tor Read. of Camden former Judge Rob
ert Carey. OF Jersey CITY, ana FORMER
&C CONGRESSMAN Charles n. Fowler. of Eli
'W beth. Former Senator Joseph Freling-
|# uysen, of Somerset, now president of
81 9th the State Board of Education and
81 he State Board of Agriculture, who had
s. been invited as a candidate for Governor
4 or United States Senator, was unable to
attend.
The Congressman present were Brown
ing, of the First District; Bacharach.
of thn Seooud Hutchinson of the
Fourth Drukker. of the Seventh; Gray,
Of the Eighth and Parker, of the Ninth,
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Politicians at the State House -ester-
day were surprised when Naval Officer
III. Otto Wittpenn, the Hudson County
Democratic leader, appeared as a Gov
ernor's Day visitor and mingled with the
many men in the corridors. 1t was the
first time in many months that he had
been at the Capitol, and his visit i'm
mediately started speculation as to wheth-
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