The Penn's Grove record., 1916-02-04
STATE Capitol NEWS
What The State Officials Are DOlna.
What The Political Leader Are
Talking About.

election of Senate President William 4.
Read. Republican. Of Camden. as State
Treasurer: the dismissal by the Assem-
bly, Of the charges against Prosecutor
Hudspeth and Judge Tenant in Hudson
County, the reporting Of the Gaant local
option bill il the Senate and its advance
ing through second reading. were the
main features Of the session Of the Legis-
lature this week.
Senator Read was elected State Treas
urer at noon Yesterday at a joint meeting
OF the two Houses, and succeeds Edward
+. Grosscup, Democrat. Of Gloucester
County. The term is three years and the
salary $4,000. The Democrats have held
The Treasurership for three years and
now IT passes to the Republicans again.
The Treasurer is required to give a bopd
Of 100000. About $4,000, 900 of state
funds passes through the hands Of the
State Treasurer annually. and each year
he signs about $4,000 checks paying out
the money to meet state obligations. The
Treasurer IS a member of the State House
Commission which has charge of the
maintenance and repair of the State
House and Grounds and is also a member
Of the State Printing Board and the
Board Of Trustees Of the State School
Fund.
With the retirement of State Treasur-
er Grosscup. the Deputy Treasurer. John
5. Ware. of Bridgeton, viii also pass
from office and viii be succeeded by a
Republican. Treasurer-elect Read has
not yet announced who viii be Deputy.
The salary Of the Deputy Treasurer is
$500.
Previous 10 1894 the Democrats held
the Treasurership for many years. but
in thaf WOW fLa DraaLf*..--
Of the State Government and George r.
Swain was chosen for the Office. He was
succeeded in 1902 by Frank o. Briggs. of =
Trenton, and in 1907 when he was electA
ed United States Senator. Daniel s. Yod
hees. of Morristown. was made Tre
urer. He served two terms. In
the Democrats again won the contp
the Legislature and Mr.. GrosseuA
elected Treasurer.
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Mr.. Grosscup's term vii
l, but Treasurer-elect Read
office at that time. He vii
serve as Senator until jus
final adjournment Of the
when he will resign to peru
ton Of a new president wit
Acting Governor when Cow
er is out of the State. The
is 10 eleVaIe Senator William
of Somerset County. to the -
as he is the ranking Senator in bon
length Of service. Treasurer Grosscur
Will hold over for two or three weeks IN
til the new Treasurer qualities.
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Senator Read was elected by the strict
party vote of 81 to n, there being two
Republicans and four Democrats absent.
He was nominated by Assemblyman Kat
es. Of Camden County. The Democratic
votes went to State Treasurer Cross
cup, who was nominated by Senator
Aekerson, of Monmouth, the minority
leader.
The election Of Senator Read followed
his selection as the party candidate by
the joint Republican caucus on Monday
afternoon. -Four candidates were placed
before the caucus, Senator Read. State
Chairman Newton A. <. Bugbee, Of Tren-
ton; former Assembiyman George T.
Wright, of Paterson and Edmund r. Os-
borne, of Essex, a Progressive and a
member of the State Board Of Educa-
ton. The vote was as follows: Read,
SO; Bugbee. s.; Wright. ); Osborne, 4.
Senator Gaunt and Assemblyman West
Of Gloucester County, voted for Read.
The caucus was a stormy one. owing
to the objection to the Dalrymple-Bair
combination in favor of Read. The if
teen votes against Read represents the
strength of the a~nti-combine element.
The feature of the meeting was hot
speeches by Senator McCran. of Pas
sale and Assemblyman Hammond. Of
Mercer. attacking the CaInden-E Essex al
lance as a return to the old days Of ring
control and party bossism. The indie
pendents won a point at the outset. ask
ING that the caucus be an open one, and
this was ordered by a unanimous vote.
Former Assemblymap Edward G.
Weart. Of Mercer County, a Republican.
was elected State Director Of Railroads
at the joint meeting Yesterday. after
having been nominated al the caucus on
Monday afternoon. He was also chosen
by a party vote. The candidate named
by the Democrats was Robert u. Foote.
Of Morristown. the incumbent. The posi-
ton is an honorary one with no salary.
Mr.. t'oate was Railroad Director in 1913.
when the Democrats controlled the Legis-
l%lature, and was named 70 the post last
summer by Governor Fielder for the un-
expired term to succeed former Senator
Griffith w. Lewis. Republican. Of Bur
l%ington. who died.
The Senate this week passed the
bin by Mr.. Hutchinson, II Mercer.
amending the Geran election act BY strik-
ing from it the provisions requiring the
voter when registering to state his exact
age and the number Of the floor and room
occupied BY him. 1t went through by the
strict parts vote of 10 to S. all the Dem
ocrats opposing it as an attack weak-x
ening the Geran act. Senator HutehiFx
son said the object was to remove
: lures objectionable TO the voters.
Democrats claimed il would make FRI
nlent voting in the cities more eas
r .
I The Senate has also passed So