The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-23

The meeting OF the Republicans last
| night was in the German-English School
Hall, that city, and it formally opened the
Republican city campaign. City Counsel
William A. Lord was the principal speaker
and answered the attacks made by Mayor
Shoenthal. Mr.. Bury also spoke. but de-
clined to discuss the purchase of the fire
truck which is at the bottom of the trouble
between the municipal officials.
Commissioner Ludlow 3. Clark. of
the Board of Health. presided at the
gathering, and Gardner Colby, head Of
the Republican League for Limited Fran
chises and Equal Taxation, made a APP
peal for general support Of the entire Re
publican ticket. f1e said the Democratic
delegation at Trenton this year in the
Assembly was under the dictation of the
party bosses, and that a representative
was on the floor telling them to get into
line He spoke of the Legislation Of the
Republicans last year and this year, and
urged that the full ticket from top to bot
tom be elected.
John b. Woolston, of East Orange, can
didate for County Clerk, spoke Of the
general excellence of the Republican plat
form and promised. If elected, to give an
efficient and prompt service in the office
he aspired to, and said his training and
experience in the Surrogate's office was of
dlu To MIN AuSttl (ol6dNC maui q WIZ
speech and kept his audience in good
hrmof.
Chairman Daniel G.. Bury, Of the fire
committee of the Common Council, who
sued Mayor Shoenthal yesterday, declined
to discuss the fire truck affair, but chal-
lenged Mayor Shoenthal or any one else
to show that the fire department. was not
properly managed. 1.-THE department to-
day is in better condition than it has been
at any previous time said the head of
tha committee.
city Counsel Lord made the principal
address. He declared the Republicans had
marked their control of city affairs by an
economical. able and efficient administra-
ton.
This is a fact that no one. cognizant of
the city affairs can deny" ~ Mr.. Lord,
"The Republicans rave rid the city'of the
fee system and placed all the offices on a
salary basis, the fees which were formerly
perquisites of office holders are now turned
into the city treasury, an arrangement
infinitely more satisfactory than formerly
existed under the management OF our
predecessors. Under the n-year install
ment laws providing for easy payments
for street improvements, there has been a
steady, increase in the number of i'm
proved thoroughfares and we point with
pride to the resultant benefits to our city.
The improvements to our water system
under the direction of the water commit
tee and Common Council are rapidly near
ing completion. An efficient member OF
the water committee has been a Demo-
crat. Mr.. Thomas A. Davis, who
has approved the work that has
been done. Resolutions have been
presented by the committee and
passed by Council at various meetings, and
, as these called for expenditures of mone5
had to he signed by Mayor Shoentha.
Now his honor has been prompt In sending
veto messages to the Council on various
matters. and il he found any unwarranted
expenditures of money IT. the resolutions
presented by the water committee, why did
he not veto these? The water improve
ment will reach a larger sum than was at
first planned. This is true, generally, of
all public improvements. The work eli
the water system improvements was done
as cheaply as possible and consistent with
good service to the taxpayers of the city
1 might add that quite some money was
expended for repairs to Campbells Pond
aam where undet, Democratic administers
tion-sandbags were placed as a founda-
ton instead of stone.
This criticism by Mayor Shoenthal of
the Fire Department is uncalled for. The
steamer hat was rented was secured after
a message from the Mayor advocating its
USE lItItt WIS u meeting Oh prominent
hat manufacturers after the Cummings fire
and an appeal was made for an additional
engine The Mayor had to approve the
resolution for the rental of the apparatus,
as 1t called for expenditure of money. In
relation TO the fire truck affair 1t must be
remembered that the Mayor first vetoed
the resolution advertising for bids, then
Withdrew the veto before the Common
Council could consider it. The Montclair
truck he uses as a comparison was built
several wears ago, when material was
cheap.
The Mayor stated before Councilmen
Bury, Bergman and Cheetham he was
laboring under a wrong impression in
regard to certain criticisms, and that he
had been misinformed, He said he would
not withdraw his veto of the purchase,
however. as that would put him in a hole.
These three men are willing to take affi-
davit of the Mayors statement, and their
word is entitled to as much credenee
as the Mayors. So far as the school
board Is concerned the Republicans in
the Council decided to put to a vote Of the
citizens the question of replacing the pres
ent cumbersome body of fifteen with q
smaller elective board OF nine. We did not
put the blame for the present boards
actions upon the Democratic members, al
though at one time they We're in a ma
iority in the body. The division in the
board was not on partisan lines"
Mr.. Lord then discussed county and
State affairs. There will be two meetings
of Republicans tonight. one in Abyssinia
Hall. and the ether in Hurlbut street.
Italian speakers will address the men of
their race at the last named meeting.