The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09
MAYOR WANTS
HOME RULE
GRANTED
Requests Council to Petition
Legislature Think Excise
Will Be Chief Point.

Mayor Haussling sent a message tc
Common Council last night urging thai
the next Legislature be petitioned to
grant home rule to Newark In the full
est measure possible.
The communication of the Mayor did
not mention the excise question. II
was dated November 9, the day after
election.
The home rule that Common Council
will ask of the Essex representatives
is that the city be allowed to decide
whether or lot liberal Sunday excise
laws become effective In this city, and
is in line with the resolution passed
some time g by the aldermanic body
IN recommendation of the Mayor al
lowing Sunday selling between the
hours of ] p. m. and 10. D. M, but which
was nullif1ed by the State law.
While 1t is understood that the Gov
ernor could not grant h request for
home rule In municipal affairs, the re-
suit of which might mean the breaking
of a State law, yet the request made to
Republican assemblymen, four of whom
are Colby men, the wing of the Re-
publican party directly responsible for
the Bishops law, will mean that the
AAAeh a. 1oF6 ~ dBdlAi uStlllO
their stand on the Sunday question,
and in view of the fact that it is sup
posed hat the excise question was the
cause of cutting down the Republican
majority in this county, if the assem-
blymen should refuse to take up the
request that will be made, it is expected
that they will be rendered unpopular
at the outset of their legislative work.
The Mayor, in his communication, recites
that the Essex County delegates to the
convention of the League of American
Municipalities, which was held in Norfolk
last September, presented before that body
a resolution, which was passed, declaring
that self-government in matters of local
concern should be insisted upon by all
municipalities seeking charters from the
State.
as revision commissioners have
been appointed to revise the city charter,
such a resolution, If passed by the Legis-
lature on the petition of the Comm On
Council. would enable the voters of the
city 10 pass on Sunday selling when q
new charter is voted on. it is thought.
Mayor Haussling's message follows:
ITO the Honorable the Common Council:
Dear Sirs-I beg to advise you that at the
eleventh annual convention of the League
Of American Municipalities, held at Nor
folk, Va, In the month of September,
"0 "NNPNSo thC iOhOWhlS iSSoluT
ton:
"'Resolved, That many of the defects and
difficulties In the government of American
cities result from the refusal of Leglsla-
lures to grant charters permitting local
self-government in matters Of purely local
concern, and that the utmost liberality In
matters of local concern should be in
sisted upon by all municipalities seeking
charters from the State
This resolution was adopted upon the
initiative of the delegates from this city
present at the convention by virtue of the
appointment of your honorable body. In
addition to the adoption of the resolution
the convention requested that proper meas
ures be adopted by the governing boards
of all cities throughout the country which
should deem 1t advisable In order that the
subject might receive favorable legislative
consideration. I fully concur IN this posi-
ton, and although this city's views in this
matter have been manifest on previous oc~
%casions, 1 suggest that your honorable
body adopt resolutions appealing to the
State Legislature to grant the municipaii-
ties of New jersey the fullest possible
measure of home rule, to the end that many
CT the obstacles in the way of efficient and
honest civic government may be removed.
81 also suggest that your honorable body
enroll the city as a member of the Leakue
of American Municipalities. This body Is
constantly growing In influence and author
lily, and as the range OF its discussion lit
cludes al, subjects of interest or value to
municipalities n membership cannot fail tc
be of great worth to the city of Newark
"Yours, very truly,
JACOB HAUSSLING, Mayor"