The Jersey City news., 1906-05-03
Failure Of the Governor to
Name the Members Before
May | Causes Much Spec
ulation
MANY CANDIDATES APPEAR
IT is SAID COLONEL DICKINSON
WILL NOT HAVE THE sElEC-
TIoN OF THE THREE HUDSON
MEMBERS

|
ton boards was the chief topic of con-
versation on Governors Day around the
Capitol
| When it became definitely known that
| the Governor would not announce the
constitute the boards until, perhaps. Fri
day, Notwithstanding the fact that the
law provided that the terms of the mem
bers should begin ON May 1, there was
much speculation as to the effect such a
| course would have on the status Of the
appointees. Some constitutionalists could
not agree as to whether the terms would
begin ON May / or at the time the mem
bers of the respective boards took the
oath of office which the act requires, in
this language:
Before entering upon the discharge
of their duties, each member shall take
and subscribe an oath to faithfully per-
! for the duties of his office"
Neither could the lawyers of recog-
nized standing who were spoken to upon
| the subject agree, and the Attorney-G len
eral did not care to express an opinion,
as at some time in the future he might
! be called upon TO pass upon the question
| in his official capacity. The Governor is
reported to take the position that the sit
uation is the same as when there is a
vayancy in any office, and that he can
make the appointment whenever he
deems it proper, and that the appointees
will not be considered members of the
boards or be entitled to any of the emolu-
ments of the Office until they have quail
I fed according to the provisions OF the
act. g \
| The boards are practically agreed upon
with the exception of those for Essex
! Hudson, Cumberland and Ocean. TIE
trouble in Cumberland, which is the
home county of the Governor, is said to
be that the number of the Governors
friends who are candidates for the places
is so large that it has somewhat embar-
rassed thesExecutive. In Essex, Hudson
and Ocean the difficulty seems to be to
obtain boards which will be accepta bic
| to the factions which divide the Repub-
| lican party in those counties. In Essex
| it is known that the Colby people have
suggested the names of Lathrop Ander-
| son. of Newark; Freeholder Charles D.
Cleveland, of West Orange, and Coleman
E. Kissam as sort of alternative to
| Cleveland, sthe Republican members.
! both branches Of the party in. Essex rep
resented on the board, and he had
thought favora bly, of Henry Dickson as
an organization man. Mr.YDickson, how
ever, it is reported, when approached
upon the subject, ssaidstha at he~couldsn mot
| take the appointment. Major Lentz is
| said to have requested 'thes Governor to
| appoint Halsey M Barrett, of Bloom
field, who is one of the majors staunch
| followers, and who presided over the
| famous Bloomfield meeting last fall at
which the major so strenuously .denoun-
ced Senator Colby and the movement
which bears hissname
It was said yesterday that former
| United States Senator James Smith had
recommended to the Governor James r..
| Nuge,,+, of Newark, as the Democratic
mem,oer of the Essex board, but when
spoken to on the, subject Mr.. Nugent said
that fe knew nothing aboutsit. Philip
Lowry, of Newark, has also sbeen mem
! toned as the Democraticimemher
That the Governor has not yetsyielded
to the demand Of Colonel Samuel D.
Dickinson that the should have the
naming Of the three members ofsthe Hud-
son board, is still the belief ofsthe know
ing ones Senator Minturn had a long
interview with the Governor yesterday,
and it was said that he had recommend
ed James Connolly Of Jersey CHy. as the
Democratic member Of. the Hudson
/ board. Mr.. Connolly was for many
years clerk to the Jersey City Tax Board
when the Democrats were in power and
is considered an expert upon valuations
Of property in that city.
Among those interested in the matter
Of the new boards who were.at the State
House yesterday was Captain George 6.
Warren, who was elected tosthe Assem-
bly, from oceanslast year oman Indepen-