The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-21
MADE
TO PEOPLES
LOBBY
Mayor Kenny Says lie Might
Favor Municipal Own
ership.

In answer to the series of questions sent
out by the Peoples Lobby, candidates for
election to the two branches of the Legis-
lsture, twenty-nine answers TO date have
been. received. Among those today was
one from Mayor Edward Kenny, OF East
Newark, vino is a candidate for the As
sembly on the Hudson County Democratic
ticket.
The questions briefly put are as follows.
DO o favor direct advisory vote on.
any public measure. on the petition " 10
per. cent. of the voters?
do you approve a direct primary?
DO you favor legislation that would DO
away with the circulation of ballots outside
DO you favor the adoption of the Mass
achusetts law. which abolishes party
'E"Gpe o You favor the 9aboflshment Of the
present party-box primary voting plan and
the necessity of declaring party afhliattonY
do you favor civil service?
do you favor legislation that would kill
holding companies and other stock-water-
Ing schemes?
legislative committees report every bill re-
ferred to them, the report TO be made IN
writing. and a vote TO be taken on sueh
bills on the floor?
DO you favor u Legislative Record con-
tanning q stenographic report of all the
doings of that body?
DO you favor n rate-regulating public
utilities commission? ?"
Mayor Kenney answered in the affira-
tive to the first. second, third, fourth,
sixth, seventh. eighth and tenth ques-
tions. giving his own views on the fifth
and ninth questions as follows:
Fifth-"I believe that fullnedged Demo-
Gratis only should take part In nominating
Democratic candidates, and that fun
hedged Republicans only should take part
in nominating Republican candidates. The
nomination of Mayor Reed, of Mime
apolis, proved the necessity of hat and
furnished grounds for my belief
Regarding the ninth question. he said:
II would want 10 know more about this
proposition before l would make any PROM
ise.'
II am also in favor of the abolition Of
the Potable Water Commission and the
acquisition of the potable waters of the
State by the State Tor the benefit of the
people, and " the managers of public serv-
ice corporations won't stop interfering in
the government of municipalities and of
State, l am in favor of the State and the
municipalities acquiring the ownership Of
all public utilities"
Arthur Seitz, Republican Senatorial nom
inec from Hudson; George E. Weeks, In
dependent. OF Essex; Frank Umbscheideu,
independent, of Essex; Frank Cobb, In
dependent. of Essex; William A. Faunce,
Democratic Senatorial candidate from
Atlantic: Thomas H.. Girtanner, Democratic
Assembly candidate from Union; Thomas
Mccormick, Democratic Assembly candi-
date from Mercer; Samuel McCord Re-
publican Assembly candidate from Pas
sale; Archibald C.. Hart, Democratic Sem
atoriai candidate from Bergen, and Fred
erlck Lamb, a Republican Hudson AS
sembly candidate, answer afirmativeIy to
all the questions.
John Kelly, a Hudson Republican AS
sembly nominee. answered affirmatively
every question but the fourth and fifth.
III li.A,a1 - H.. 1o44ou Ix -oxf- 4l1k
he was opposed to vote buying, but
thought that the sending of pastors and
ballots through the mail was all right.
He desired more information about the
fourth question.
Edwin c. McKeag, Republican Assem-
bly, nominee from Middlesex agreed to
every one of the propositions except the
second. His answer to that was:
mot until we have q perfect or better
primary system"
]. Henry Rose, Republican Assembly
candidate from Middlesex, was in favor
OF everything except the fourth question,
because he was not familiar with voting
machines.
Irving e. Selmon, Democratic Senatorial
candidate from Morris. was in favor of
all.
William Burke, Democratic Assembly
candidate from Passaic. favored all except
the fifth.
William p. Martin. Republican Assembly
nominee from Essex, favors all except the
fourth question. He is not prepared to
pass on the fifth.
John r. Towle, Prohibitionist Assembly
candidate from Bergen; Alden Freeman,
Independent Assembly nominee from Es-
sex; Assemblyman Edward II. Wright, jr.,
Democratic candidate for reelection; q.
oWlan Munro, Independent Assembly
nominee from Essex; Joseph II. Firth,
Democratic nominee for erelection from
Warren, and J. Harry Williams, Demo-
cratic Assembly nominee OF Morris; As
sembiynan Joseph 2. Tumulty, Hudson,
Democratic candidate for reelection; Will
lam Fellowes Morgan, Republican Assem-
bly,. nominee from Essex; Joseph Mulch,
Independent Assembly nominee from Es-
sex. favored all the sections.
A~ssenbIyman Charles e. Hendrickson,
ir.. of Hudson, a Democratic candidate
for reelection, opposed the ninth, and
was in doubt about the fifth and sixth.
William Il. futile. jr.. Democratic As
sembly candidate from Union, favored the
second. third, sixth, seventh and ninth,
but said he would investigate all others
before passing on them.
Samuel johnson, Republican Assembly
nominee from Camden, favored all except
the fifth, which he opposed because he
thought the civil service scheme not a
good proposition.
Albert l.. Kierstein, Republican Assem-
bly, nominee from Union, favored the
first. third, sixth, seventh. eighth and
ninth propositions, but pleaded lack of
knowledge on the others.
Secretary Edmond "A. Whittier, of the
Lobby. asked that candidates reply by
Tuesday of this week. but he found that
many of them had not received their mail
until Saturday night or yesterday, as they
had been campaigning, and for those who
have not replied he extended the time I'M
til ThursAag.