The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-24


He refers to the recent school house
fire in Massachusetts in which more than
20 children were burned to death.
There will be q new members in the
coming Legislature. -Four of the new
men will be in the Senate and % in the
Assembly. This leaves IL holdover mem
bers in the Senate and 81 of the 1919
Assemblymen again in that House. a
few of the new representatives, however,
have had experience in former Leglsla-
lures, although they were not laWmak-
ers last year. OF the new members IN
the Senate, three will be Republicans and
one a Democrat, while in the Assembly
IA of the new members will be Demo-
Gratis and 10 Republicans.
State Senator Charles M. Egan and
the u Assemblymen-elect OF Hudson
County lave adopted a plan which would
produce good results if followed in other
counties. They will hold a citizens
meeting in the City Hall in Jersey City
every two weeks during the Legislative
session for the purpose Of learning public
"opinion in their county upon proposed
legislation, and to receive suggestions as
to what laws Hudson County needs Sen
ator Egan a Y he expects much good will
result from the public taking a more act
i've interest in legislation.
Former Governor Edward G. Stokes
has lust held a conference in Jersey City
with some of the Republican leaders OF
Hudson County to talk over ways and
means of ending the fractional strife IN
The Marty in-Hudsnn-and-nuttlpS-f4
party in good condition for next years
important contest at the polls. There
was general talk as to the various men
who are aspiring to county leadership IN
Hudson. such as William p. Verdon, who
now claims to be the party leader; State
committeeman George w. Decker. who
has been fighting Verdon.; County CHAR.
man Samuel Smith former Secretary OF
State Samuel D. Dickinson and George
T. Record. The advice of Ex-Governor
Stokes was that no attack be made upon
ANYBODY. but that all these so-called lead.
prs get together for the general good OF
the party. Mr.. Stokes says that ne
thinks satisfactory progress was mace
toward unifying the Republicans IN tne
county.
The Civil Service Commission began
Yesterday afternoon the hearing on the
appeal of Frederick Petry, Jr., OF Tren.
Ton. a Republican, from the action OF
State Comptroller Edwards, Democrat
in dismissing him recently from the
Comptroller's Department. Perry nae
been in the department many wears ana
was getting a salary OF S25OO- Comp
troller Edwards charges him with dis
respect of the hours of employment ana
with being a~ntagonistic to his s~uperlors.
Perry denies the charges and claims he
was dismissed for political reason. lie
alleges thsAhis dismissal was due to his
testimony n few weeks ago before the AS
semblv Civil Service Investigating Com
mittee. which was investigating the
Comptroller's Department..
There is going to be a lively contest in
the Democratic ranks in the Fifth Dis
trict for the position of delegate to the
Democratic National Convention next
summer Former Assemblyman Frank
B. Dobbins, of Railway, announces him
a candidate, and he will be opposed
by Lucius L. Russell, Chairman of the
Democratic Committee of Union County
and President of the State Tax Board.
Russell represents the New Democracy
in Union County, which is fighting the
supremacy of General Dennis f. Collins,
of Elizabeth, who is treasurer OF the
State Committee, and has long dominated
Democratic politics in that county. Dob
bins is a Collins follower. There will
likely be similar contests in many of the
other counties.
Congressman John H. Capstick, of the
Fifth District, is advocating Industrial
preparedness to meet the conditions that
the United States will face when the Eur
opean Wal closes. The Congressman
a V that when the war is over much of
the prosperity this country is now enjoy
ing in the manufacturing of war mater
ials will cease, and the nations now at
war will begin to seek the trade they
have lost.
''There is no reason Why" says Con
Capstick, ''this country should
not produce anything that is manufac-
tured in the world. We should manufac-
ture all our own dyes, chemicals, ETC.,
that we have allowed to be made abroad.
One of our greatest commercial misfor-
tunes is that we do not plan in advance.
When we have a short Rod of prosper
ity, we forget what ri oened to us,
and do not prepare '~currence."
Being a Repub' ran Cap
stick declares srivr tariff
is the remedy 4. iaes r itua-
ton.
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