The Penn's Grove record., 1916-05-05
FRIDAY, LAY 5, 1916
STATE CAPITAL NEWS.
Continued from page u

week., they VIII nave TO be sure 10 reg
lister the first day next September, or
be barred from voting at the primaries.
The new law with the omission was in
troduced by Assemblyman Pancoast, Re
publican, of Camden. 1t was vetoed by
Governor Fielder, and was passed over
his veto.
United States Senator MARITIME, speak
ing at a banquet in Elizabeth last Sat
urday night, paid an eloquent tribute to
the loyalty and zeal of former Congress
man William Il. Tuttle, Jr, of the Fifth
District. Senator MARITIME also made a
plea for the united support of all the
people to the efforts of President VIII
son and his administration to maintain
peace and to extend the doctrine of broth
erly love and humanity among the ma
lions of the world.
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Secretary of State Martin is now gath
ering the returns of the voting at the
Presidential election for delegates and al
~ternates last week. The returns are be-
ing filed slowly, several county clerks not
yet having responded. The Gr~an act
does not provide for a State aoard OF
C~anvassers to canvass the vote at this
election. In the case of the delegates
at-large and alternates-at-large ar dele
gates and a~tlernates elected in Co. gress-
ional districts including more than n
county, the official returns cf " coun-
ty must be filed with the SEE, y of
State. He ~canvasses these returns and
issues the certificates of election to those
- ON he finds were elected. In the
case of those chosen within a single
county, the certificates of election are is
sued by the county clerks.
An unbiased review of conditions in
= counties as to the situation with the
Republican gubernatorial contest I'M
q~uestionably points to the nomination OF
Senator Edge, of Atlantic, as the success
full Republican nominee. 1t is conceded
that Senator Colgate with the powerful
Essex organization for him, or at least
so far as it can be controlled by County
Counsel Alfred n. Dalrymple, will carry
Essex County. BY what majority, how.
ever, is decidedly a matter of speculation.
Hudson County is claimed for Edge
on the strength of the Presidential pri-
mary showing last week, although Sena-
tor Colgate, whose factory is in Hudson
County, has a good following there. The
organization, or Verdon faction, was for
Edge, and the anti-organization men
were for Colgate. The organization
forces elected four of the FIVE delegates
in the county.
In the other nineteen counties the in
dications point strongly to the nomina-
ton of Senator Edge. Those Republi-
cans who are usually interested in party
affairs, such as county chairmen. mem
bers OF the Legislature and county lead
ers, who have been approached on the
subject this week, almost universally ad-
nit a preponderance of sentiment in
favor of Senator Edge.
Some of these counties NAV not be
carried by large majorities, because the
Republican vote is relatively small. but
in counties like Passaic, Bergen, Union.
Morris, Monmouth, Middlesex and the
South Jersey tier, it is predicted that the
Edge majority will be in substantial fig
ures. South Jersey is solidly for him
Practically all of the Speaker Godfrey
supporters in Atlantic County. have come
over to Edge.
Eighteen laws and three joint resolu-
tons passed by the last Legislature will
take effect on July 4, as they have no
provision stating when they shall be in
force, there being a state statute nrovid.
ing that IN all such cases acts shall he,
effective on the Nations birthday.
one OF the laws becoming effective on
July 4 Is Chapter 100 striking from the
Hennessy preferential primary act for
commission government cities and towns
the provision that a voter must express
nrst choice for a full ticket of commits.
sloners to be elected. Other laws that
will thus become in force July 4 are
Making it a misdemeanor for a mother
TO desert a dependent child; creating q
commission to revise the fish and game
laws; permitting counter suits in divorce
cases; amending the practice act regard
trials without a jury regulating the
care OF the insane; regulating suits TO
ahnuI marriage; providing a uniform
system of transfer of stock by CORPORA
lions; permitting merger of rail pads af-
ter permission from the Utility Commits
sion; increasing the number of unsalar-
led motor vehicle inspectors; crea ing q
vacancy is an election board " N
NNA~S q NdluIudlt IOf Offlnp
regulating the payment of state money
to county tuberculosis patier ,creas.
ing the amount bororghs, towns and vii.
lages may spend for sites for free Ibrar-
les.
The new law providing stringent reg.
dlat1ons for cold storage warehouses and
Tor the protection of food stored therein
taxes effect on July /. The new act
providing that the net weight must be
stamped on all packages of articles Of
1ered Tor sale does not take effect until
October !. The law providing for the
sale OF pure agricultural seed takes eff
feet on November 1.
The lists of delegates to the convention
to select a new State Board of Agricul-
lure are coming in slowly. Franklin
Dye, Secretary Of the present State
Board, said today that the names of only
about ten delegates have been filed with
him. The convention viii be composed
OF about IS delegates, each organization
IN the state connected with tho oo,I