Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-09-17
PRAISED FOR WORK
Cape May Member Saved State
Some Money

The Estate Republican News, u in lite
Issue of July 81, said of Assemblyman
Stevens, who is nov a candidate for
Republican nomination for State Sen
ate:
"Voters and taxpayers in Cape May
County would indeed be hard to please
if they were not satisfied with the earn
est, conscientious, and efficient work Of
their representative in the last session
of the Legislature, the Honorable Lewis
T. Stevens.
"From the opening day OF the session
to the closing hour, Mr.. Stevens was on
the job every minute. He was one of
the first members Of the House to be
seated at his desk, and one of the last
to leave. He established the reputation
of being an indefatigable worker and
his voice and his vote and his every
effort were always in behalf of those
measures he knew to be desired by his
constituents.
"When the 1914 Republican State
Platform was made at the convention
held In Trenton, a plank was inserted
which pledged the Republican Party to
retrenchment In the expenses OF con-
Quoting the annual session Of the legis-
lature. It had been the impression,
that under the recent Democratic adj
ministration, too many s%inecuTes had
-
been established In connection with the
session, resulting in the unnecessary ex-
penditure of the States money. When
the bill for the incidental expenses OF
the session was presented for the APP
prevail of the Legislature, the pleasing
discovery was made that the total was
50 1000 less than it had been in recent
years. To Assemblyman Stevens must
be given the lion's share of the credit
for this initial step in the economy Of
administration. His work on the Incl
dental Appropriations Bill Committee
has been commended in all parts of the
State, and eve Governor Fielder was
grudgingly forced to admit that 1t was
the best Bill that had been presented
for a chief executives signature within
his recollection ofState administrations.
Assemblyman Stevens devoted many
hours to study of expenses, absolutely
necessary to the running OF a session,
and the Bill that was presented to the
House and the Senate was the result Of
this study and investigation. 1t more
than redeemed the platform pledge of
the Republican Party and it announced
to The State the policy of the Republi-
can party along the line of economy in
State government.
"From the beginning to the end Of
the session Assemblyman Stevens put
up q great fight for the defense OF the
Atlai tic Coast against the encroach-
ment OF the ocean. Considerable was
accomplished duringI the last session
along this line, and the major portion
of the achievement was due to the un-
firing efforts of the sCape May repres-
entative.
"1t is not possible to go into detail
In referencel to all Of the work accom-
Pitched by Assemblyman Stevens, but
1t may be briefly said that he vas never
found wanting when his vote or his
work war needed on all measures bene-
fetal to the people. He has proven
himself to be the type of Assemblyman
worthy of confidence, because he has
been absolutely faithful to the trust inn
posed in him, by his OWE County In
particular and by the State of New
Jersey In general.
HE has just completed his second
term as an Assemblyman with credit
to himself aud TO his County"