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WM. A. HAFFERT, President and General Manacer CHAS. O'CONNOR, Treasurer. C. r. SCHUCK, Secretary.

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For nineteen hundred and twenty yean*. Chriattnae l>ay ha* been aymbolized as a day of happin- - eheet and merrine**. and tbe joy ol the day baa not becoun- cloudid. nor hai< it* manifestation dlminlrhid. through th> ages. It la a day win n all rest from tbeir labors, and join in dispensing real Christian good fellowship iu tbeli families and neighboi'r. to thii: rela Uvea and friends li in a day toward which the little folk look anxiously for many weeks, and talk of. and re' • In, for many weeks attei it ha.- parsed It is. in short, a day when all an . oi should b>\ the . Jesus Christ urns have intended n r all men alwa>r n. be. welded together in a mg brothel hood, with no can-r. dlferenees or ant mosHies to destroy .be real joy ot li' ing and being When Christ ua* born, the wo-d> ••Peace on Eanl and Good '' ill To ward Men" rang forth trom the heavens as a ralutat-oii to the elect, proclaiming the lurth ol the redi-enn r ol mankind in tbe stable at Ih-thlebem And through all tim«. since that iirst admonition for p« ok . it has existed on the anniveniM> of this du> »n the hearts of men. Wo are prone to forget. e'en at this season, however, that Christ lr the Great Giver of permsaent peace and good-will, and mat it cannot exist amongst us without Him. and the oh servant e ot His t^immand* All socialism, rootcal...... bolsne vism. and all other isms: all ‘l.e 'hell hrutiJity atid timid* r of tin- present

fart that people do not forgotten or were Dev* r Goo is the great Prince c that the observation ol hi the only tin* l.apj*lti*-s-good-w ill th.it the wot I know. In the Joy and * b<-* idav, don’t overlook lit.of the feast and turn >* lr, your happin* ss to the child Who chose oe b*»r: that be might die an death lor the salvation and that he might rise proclaim the immortality life after death That you may have ev. this, the most Merry of a es. and that every K**od < yours, if. ti*.- ardent and of the TIMES to all ti-

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Expect to Lay Out Jersey Legislative Program, but Realize Difficulties in the Way. PUBLIC SERVICE A SORE. The Company It Now Induttnous'y Spreading Propaganda Against the Jitney in Preparation for a Probable Fight Upon That Industry. Trenton.—The Public Senov Corporation still commands considerable strength In legislative cirrt*-*. and it may tie able to pul that strength Into action when It Marts to put the Jitney out of business, hut then* Is inn. siderahle douht u|M*n that s<i*rv I***caua*.* of the huge majority with wlti* h the Repuhllcans will w**rk In luitli bouses, the assembly n**emhllng a party mass-meeting Then* an- probably s consldenthle number who prefer tc take the Mtfi-r i-ourx-. The principal argunnnt of the Public Servln- now is ihat the imtrom* .*r tlie trolley lines ur.- paying for the *i*mpeUUou of the Jitney bu-es In the increased fare, claiming that with such competition the company Is unable to give service at a lower cost. Those who regard the nimble Jitney ■'> a permanent means of transportation find the Public Service argum<-nis spertoiia, preferring to believe that the 1 temple patron I re them l>e<-atis« of the «-ldi*spread un|«*pulurlty **f the trolley concerns. Whatever of hasl« there may l*e for these arguments, the Issue will have to Ik* met in the legislature, and the battle will be hot front siart to finish. Many of the Republican leaders have (fervently Wished that the pestiferous utility Issue were sent to tbe dcmnltlon bow-wows, for they have realised to what extent It has plans] the psrty In Jeopardy upon numerous sorry occasions, but they also understand that It cannot lie evaded and that the people of the state look to the forthcoming session for a satisfactory solution of the annoying problem. Tie* proposal to place tbe appointment of the CUUty Board In tbe power of tbe Supreme Court Is regarded as a happy way out of the lailltb-al complexities wit it which that body has been harassed ever si; •* Its creation. The Supreme Court n never **e suspect.-d of playing politics. Its decisions have always held It above such suspicion, ami as tne Utility Board Is always 'inisidcred a quasi Judicial body, t ..-re might be some merit In tbe I **i*'*»ed change. Sneb a shift of reaitonslblllty. however. would probably l*e not to the liking of the utility concerns, sortie i*r w bleb have exerted marked liitluenee over the deliberations of the commis-

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The Supreme Court has not yet rendered Its decision on the proceedings taken by Attorney General McCrnn to ;* -t the right of the governor to remove the members of the Utility Commission under charges he found sustained and nntil It docs render Its decision the whole matter will prole ably be hung up It Is fully expected, however, that the decision will have been rendered by tbe time the new sestdon opens the second Tuesday In January, and the Republicans, breaking all precedent again adjourned tbe present seaaion t<* an hour prior to the • ranlaction of tbe new. That move la l****ked upon as a safety device against any action Governor Edwards may decide to take If the Supreme Court upholds bis ordc* of ou*;cr of the Utility Board he will renew the appointments of the hoard be made at tlie time the ouster order waa issued. Tbe senate has not. of murae, acted upon these appointments in view of the attorney general’s proceedings. and the hold-up u!*, await tin- court's decision. It would be possible for the Republicans. In case they could agree, to rush through a bill meeting tbe situation, for with such a majority as they will command, they 'w;i do almost any old Oilng. and It rciurcB only a bare majority of either imuM* to i*a*a a measure over the Executive vote. Stirb harmony of action Is not probable, however. Tba'e are already visible signs of a factional break l*et eon tbe party leaders and The organ lull on • ’ates went through with such friction the* serious break* may l*e looked for fr.'.n the rry start «>f tlie seaslon. It ts possible for the 1 !g counties In the upjK-r i*art of the s-«te to form a c**mwt.uld be left In the turrh upon altm>«t every move, but It v*a» evident that In the house organisation, at least t*u*h a formation was i.ot likely. Stokes and former l tilled States Senator Baird beerne ! to have been In the it-endamy t.vm the start and wttn

ttave to consider the pontlral program (or e next two years. No leader of »ny sagacity vll’ admit that the great cpbeaval of this year cwn be reckoned opon as prestige for the Republicans In the big battle for governor and United Sta *•' Senator In 1922. Such that ge« ruu. and probably will come in the two years a« f<* necessitate ptete revblon <if the lines, with s*itne new leaders. «*lher Influence will lie consider)**; as i>oten> leaders will forge

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Plea of Barber's Boa d. Pleading bat they were without funds for their work and 'bat they ni-*ib-d more salary for them . 'ves. the State Board of Burlier* - Examiners applied for relief to the Kta - Budget Commission They asl ed an Increase In snlury f i to FJ" a day “Why tliaf* more than sore Judges get." remarked Governor E'wards wlten the demand was reterred to Mm by the commissioners, who said they i-ould do muhli.g to help the lierber

Inspectors.

"We're not judges of the court." replied President l^fiiura of tlie Barbers' Bonn! "We are Judges of barbers, whle]i r. entires more brains." The eon elusion <if the Budget Commission was tliat the only way In which the Barbers’ Board can lie reimbursed for tlo-lr iH-rxiniil outlay, which they estimated at nltout SH.isyt a year. Is by making provision In a new bill for payment from future tec-. Court Upholds Mayor. In deriding a suit brnugb* by Mayor William C. Hendee of Wildwood agiilto-t tbe other member* of the City Conmlaaion the Supreme Court holds that )i*mmi**l<ins ar.‘ not vested with the jhivkt *if depriving the mayors of the citu-s whli-it they govern of any of the authority vested In them by

statute

The Wildwood l’••rnmission, which consists of three members, some time ago adopted a resolution removing from Mayor H-ndu- tbe control of the police departnient and placing It under Commissioner Bright, director of the department of revenue and linauee. Tbix action, it was maintained, was « part of a flglil eondurted against Mayor Header by the other members. They claimed that tlie commission g<*veinment act gives to each commission tbe authority t<* designate the com-

who shall take charge of rtiwent. and specifies that ignation may be changed

whenever it appears that the public service would t*e b.-nefli.-d thereby." The question was raised at the hearing of tbe •*.. ' whether this provision meant that the departments emild l*e shifted !tr**iuit! untong the eommlsslon-

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