The Penn's Grove record., 1916-04-07
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1916
STATE l NEWS.
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Whether his well studied veto was only
another exhibition of the low partisan es-
tate into which a once honorable Sch
ator has fallen, or a deliberate attempt
to prevent exposure of possible Demo-
cratic ~wrong-doing, will now be for him
to answer"
Senator Gaunt declares that the only
trouble with Senate bill 81, the good
roads measure introduced by the High
ways Committee of last year, was that
it was a little ahead of the times.
.
The declaration of State Chairman
Bugbee that he does not wish his name
bracketed with those of Baird, Kean and
Kip on the primary ballot will not avail
as far as the real bracketing is concerned,
as the other three request in their NOM
mating petitions that the "Big -Four" be
grouped together, and this will overcome
the request of Mr.. Bugbee. The state
ment of Mr.. Bugbee against being group
ed with the others, however, will give
him an independence at the convention
so that he will not be bound to vote with
the other three. This will permit State
Chairman Bugbee to support whomsoeyer
he desires for President without regard
to the action of the state party leaders,
including the other three delegates-at-
large.
The new State Purchasing Department
was put in operation yesterday after a
conference between the members of the
State House Commission and Edward E.
Grosscup, the State Purchasing Agent.
The Department is composed of the
State House Commission as the super
intending body and Mr.. Grosscup as the
chief executive officer. The State House
Commission is composed of the Cover
nor, State Comptroller Edwards and
State Treasurer Read. incidentally at
the meeting yesterday Treasurer Read sat
for the first time as a member of the
Commission, following his induction into
the Treasurership last Saturday. Treas
urer Reads presence at this meeting was
the first time that a Republican has sat
with the Commission in three years. The
last Republican incumbent was former
Treasurer "Uncle Dan" Voorhees,.
Purchasing Agent Grosscup was given
a temporary Office in one of the Assem-
bly, Committee rooms and has already
commenced the organization of his De-
partment. Although purchases of state
supplies will not be begun until the open
ing of the new fiscal year November 1.
next, there are many details to be worked
out in such an important branch of the
government. These include the setting
of standards for all articles to be pur-
chased, as required by the new law: the
maintenance of warehouses for state
supplies, if necessary, the selection of
proper assistants and the formulation of
the necessary rules and regulations. Mr..
Grosscup is now an employe of the Com
mission of which he once was a mem
Der.
State Treasurer Read had the new Of
flee turned over to him by Mr.. Grosscup,
the retiring Treasurer, last Saturday.
Mr.. Read, who resigned as President of
the Senate and Senator from Camden
County last week, had already taken the
oath of Office. He gave the required bond
of 100000 and then re Office was for
mally turned over to him. He appointe-
ed L. Kensil Wildrick, of Newark, as
Deputy Treasurer. Mr.. Wildrick was
Deputy Treasurer under former Repub-
lican Tr~easurers, and succeeds John S.
Ware, Democrat, of Bridgeton.
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Governor Fielder yesterday afternoon
killed the committee substitute for Sen
ate bill IL exempting farm laborers and
servants from the employers
liability act, by filing it in the State Ii
brary without his approval. This was
the second veto this year of the same
measure. The first bill was Senate 1873,
by Senator Wells, of Burlington County,
which was passed and ~disapproved by
the Governor. After thus being killed,
the same bill was reported in the Senate
as a substitute for Senate II, and was
passed the second time, only to meet an
other Executive disapproval.
The more than forty measures vetoed
this session by Governor Fielder has d.
rected attention to the number of vetoes
sent to the Legislature by Governors
Woodrow Wilson and John Franklin
Fort. In 1910, Governor Fort, who was
opposed by all the Regular Republican
leaders, sent 80 vetoes in in one big
batch, many of the bills were passed over
his veto. In 1912 Governor Wilson sent
TO the Legislature AZ vetoes in one lot,
and several of them were passed over
the di%sapproval.
While the Republican ticket, as stated,
seems to have been selected with refer
ence to party harmony, it is being said
at the State House that the names of the
slate spell Stokes for United States Sen
ator and Edge for Governor more than
to indicate anything else. While Kip, of
Essex, and Baird, of Camden, may be for
Ex-Governor Murphy for United States
and Senator Colgate for Gover-
nor, the majority of the others are Stok-
and Edge. The talk is growing strong
er that Essex canno hope to name both
the candidate for Senator and Governor.
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Former Senator Ernest r. Alderman,
of Union County, who was
of the Senate and Acting Gov
ernOr in 1911, has come out for Senator
Walter E. Edge, of Atlantic, as the Re-
publican candidate for Governor. He
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