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HOSTS OF FRIENDS
Five Petitions Signed By
Men Of All Parties Urge
Police Justice Nevin's
Reappointment.
POSTS TO BE FILLED
Mr.. Davis Offers the Mayor
the Post of Alternate
Delegate to Kan

The friends of Police Justice John Neyin
wound up their efforts in behaH OF ms
reappointment by sending to the Mayor
this morning five petitions signed py wen
known people. The petitions stated thae
the sieners were of various political
faiths and were only desirous Of seeing
Mr.. Neyin back in an office which he has
filled with fidelity and efficiency Some
of the names attached are:-P. +. wan
ser. E. w. Woolley, W. G. Nelson, Reu-
ben Simpson, ]. j. Detwiller, John w.
ZONES. John J. Toffey, John A. Blair,
Frank Gallery, ]. H. Love. Jacob Weart'
James c. Young, John E. Macarthur, D
d. Dickinson, J. C. Kaiser, w. IL. Cor
hin. c. L. Corbin, VIM. D. Edwards,
F,Iavel MCGEE. Jas. P. Northrop, j. d.
Bedle. John Griffin, r. S. Hudspeth, Q.
r. Hughes. J. B. vredenburgh. A. Q.
Garretson, w. q. Bumsted, c. D. Thomp-
son. Frank III. Hall, j. G. Hasking. ]. E.
Hulshfzer. Jr., D. E. Cleary, ]. w. Har-
denbergh, Frank Stevens, N. j. n Edse'
c. H. Smith, S. McBurney, J. R. Shan
ley A. L Dayton, J. H. Howell, james
Luby. IT. ]. Maloney. w. E. Ammon' l.
]. Stewart, F'urst Bros, j. Perlmutter'
Isaac c. Ogden, R. A. Simpson, James
Leo, f. M. Stillman, @. H. Sisson' Secre-
4ary of Raritan Railroad Co
The Mayor this morning also received
delegation consisting of the headquarters
detectives, who urged Mr.. Nevin's reap
pointment His Honor received Visit
from Assemblyman James Murphy, VINO
came to make final request for Ponce
Justiceship. To all of his visitors the
Mayor lent an attentive hearing, put
would not say what he would do. Satur-
day morning the list will be ready and
until then the anxious ones must wait
There was no little excitement yester-
dav afternoon in the City Hall when Mr..
Robert Davis walked into the Mayors
Office.
.4Ah.~ said the knowing ones who con-
gregate in the corridors and settle the
affairs of the city, "that means some
thing
you bet,Y replied the Colonel"
they're going to fix up the slate. know
who will be disappointed -
s.Who?"
Mot me-
The object of the visit was to tender
to the Mayor the post of alternate dele
gate to the approaching Democratic
National convention to be held soon in
Kansas. Of course it was not unlikely
that the question of the appointments
was touched upon but neither would say
what had been said. The Mayor thanked
Mr.. Davis for the proffered honor and
said that he would give his answer in
a day or so The Mayor, it is believed,
will accept.
The plums in the gift of the Mayor. and
which he will distribute on Saturday
morning, are as follows
Police Justices to succeed Justices ].
Herbert Potts, Republican, and John j.
Nevin, Democrat; term three years; salar-
les 50, 500 year.
Finance Commissioners-Henry Lem
beck. Dem, and Jacob Ringle, Rep,
salary $500; term, two years.
Corporation Counsel-Allan L. McDer-
mott, D., 5000; term, two years.
Corporation Attorney John Wahl
Queen, D., 81, 500; term, two years.
Tax Commissioners, to succeed John E.
Macarthur, Rep, and James G. Clarke,
D., salary, $500; term, three years.
Sinking Fund Commissioner frank J..
Mathews, Rep, term three years; salary,
$500
City Hall Custodian Emil E. Datz; sal
ary, 5000; term, three years.
Police Commissioner P. w. M. West,
Rep; salary, 1000; term. three years.
Fire Commissioner Thomas D. Mills.
Rep; term, three years; salary, $1,000.
Free Library Trustee, to succeed DR.. L..
j. Gordon: term, five years; no salary.
The terms of three members of the
Board of Education will expire next
month president Mulvaney and Directors
w. A. Lewis and ]. c. Egbert. Mr. Mul-
vaney is about to move into another ward.
1T is generally believed that the Mayor
will reappoint Messrs. Lewis and Egbert.
AS for Mr.. Mulvaney, unless he changes
his plans he will not go back at least for
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