The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-01-30


was on hand, for Mr.. Ford is project
Of Hudson county and owes much TO
the Hudson Organization
United States Senators Walter E.
Edge and Joseph S Frelinghuysen
spent the day in Trenton. together with
. congressman William J. Browning,
Isaac Bacharach. Elijah c. Hutchin-
son. Ernest r. Alderman. Amos H.
Radcliffe, Cornelius A. McGlennon,
Daniel F. Minihan. Frederick r. Lehl-
bach, John J. Egan and James A
Hamill
Senator Arthur Whitney, chairman
of the Inaugural Committee, with Sen
ators Albin Smith Of Passaic, Thomas
Brown of 8iiddleSey. Roy ). Heath
Of Mercer, together with Assemhlymen
Hugh c. Barrett and Louis r. Freund
of Essex. James J. McAteer and Henry
]. Gaede of Hudson. Frederick De Voc
Of Middlesex and William w. Evans Of
Passaic. conducted affairs splendidly.
Mayor Frederick W. Donnelly Of
Trenton, grand marshal Of events, SUI
peryised the thousand and one details
incident to making the inaugural
parade a success. He paid tribute
TO his co-workers, Major Richard
Stockton, Jr., l. S. A, Of Trenton,
member of the famous Stockton fami-
~ of Democrats. one of whose forbears
signed the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and william F. Gordon Of Tren-
ton, who has in years past led many
victorious Democratic parades as
grand marshal
The parade formed on Academy,
Montgomery, East Hanover and Stock
ton streets at p. m. and moved at
80 o'clock sharp over the following
line of march North on Broad to Per-
ry, west on Perry to Warren, north on
Warren to Bank, west on Bank to VIII
low. north on Willow to Spring, west
on Spring to Prospect, south ON Pros
pect to State, east on State to Mont
gomery and dismissed by passing north
on Montgomery and Stockton streets.
The head OF the column passed the
reviewing stand in front of the State
House at 2 10 o'clock.
The column was comprised as fol-
lows:
% Escort Of mounted police; (2)
grand marsha and personal staff go
Democratic State Committee; "a Hud-
son delegation (six bands) (5) Essex
delegation (two bands) (6) Camden
delegation (band) % Cape May dele
CATION (band) (S) Mayor Gillen's dele
CATION (band) (9) Union county dele
CATION (band) 10) Atlantic county
delegation (band) QD Passaic county
delegation (banO; (12) Burlington
county delegation (band) OBJ Mon
mouth county delegation (band) QD
Bergen county delegation (band) Q5)
Hunterdon county delegation; Q6)
Warren county delegation; 90 Nor
ris county delegation (band); QS)
Ocean county delegation; (19) Sussex
county delegation; (20) Mercer coun-
t. delegation (three bands).
Starts With Hands Free.
As it now stands, Governor Edwards
takes up the exacting duties of the
executive office with hands free to ex-
ercise his full power for demanding
efficient and faithful service upon the
part of ofiiceholders. Precisely what
he intends to do was made known in
his inaugural address. His pledges
stand for reforms in the conduct of
some of the most important branches
- IIa will h1
no early fight with the majority in the
legislature, but later on, no doubt, he
will encounter the party hostility, and
this may embarrass him for a time In
the long run, however, he will have
the consciousness that he is answera-
BILE to the people of the state.
One of the first clashes will come
over the fate of the State Public Utili-
ty Commission, and the new governor
had something to say with respect to
his plans in his address. That he is
pledged to remove the board as at
present constituted is very well known,
and it was around this body that most
of the storm of organization day swept
in eddies and swirls. From the hand
of Assemblyman Rowland of Camden
county appeared on the day following
organization a bill providing for the
election Of new utility board Of three
members by joint session of the legis-
lature.
That Mr.. Rowland comes from Cam
den county adds to the significance,
and some Of those about the State
| House who are fond of digging a bit
are specializing as to the real reach Of
the move.
Passaic county, with five members
in the assembly, won the ma ority lead
ership in the choice of Assemblyman
HirSchfield, and it was Passaic that
adhered most tenaciously to the pro-
posed program to tie up the new gov
ernor. Those five votes, however,
| would be necessary to the passage of
the Rowland bill, for there are but SO
Republicans and 81 votes are required
to put across anything. Certainly the
Democrats would not be eager to aid,
although the bill does provide for
minority representation in the propos-
ed new board.
Of course the governor can do moth
ing toward creating new body, even
if he removes the present commission,
root and branch, without legislative
enactment But he could remove the
members and appoint five others of his
own choice. That, however, would en-