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Geran bill advances as first reform measure in Wilson era
Trenton April 16 crowds fill senate chamber for hearing on the Geran bill election and primary reform. Woodrow Wilson league of Essex County backs the measure while ex governor John W Griggs fights it as a threat to party structure. Governor Wilson signs the Employers Liability Act as the first reform win, and names Martin Essex judge, amid broader vetoes and appointments.
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Trenton
Senate Chamber
Senate Committee On Elections
League
John J. Gifford
John B. Oelkers
Samuel Kalish
Joseph M. Noonan
Jersey City
Thomas Henry
Otto C. Weirum
Newark
John J. Treacy
George L. Record
Julian Gregory
Hast Orange
Michael M. Roach
John W. Griggs
New Jersey
United States
Dickinson
Senate
Statehouse
Samuel D. Dickinson
Republican
Hudson
Rotherham
Geran
Wilson
William Parmenter Martin
Court of Common Pleas
Essex County
Jay Ten Eycke
Judge Ten Eycke
Thomas Davis
Everett Colby
Em Democrat
Martin
New Idea
Nevada
California
Middlesex
Union Counties
Columbia Law School
New York
New York City
Essex
Joseph Oa Remerge Cutedte
Board of Education
James B. Woodward
Ford
Committee On Labor and Industries
Assembly
Bradley Public Utilities
Public Utilities Commission
National Guard
Wilbur F. Sadler, Jr
C. Edward Murray
Vredenburg
R. Heber Brietnall
Mr. Sadler
Brettnall
Adjutant General
Sadler
Breitnall
Court of Errors