Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-11-07
STATEMENTS
OF ALDERMEN.
RewIy-EIecied City aihers Thank
Those Who Elected Them,
and Promise Well.
DEMOCRATS CONTROL COUNCIL.

The Board of Aldermen will be in
democratic control next year by one
vote. Each party elected TWO members
Tuesday, but the democrats have TWO OF
the three holdoVers.
This will mean a change in the ap-
pointive city Offices and already promi-
nent democrats are talking of probable
appointees when the new year rolls
around.
1t is stated, however, that promi-
nent local democrat this morning was
willing to wager that the present re-
publican officeholders would not be put
out. This infers that the democrats
viii be unable to agree upon the men
to fill the offices and the democrats hav-
ing but one majority. will be deadlock
ed just the republicans have been
over the choice of a city attorney
leaving G. c. Hommann, democrat, in
office.
The 1903 Board of Aldermen will be
composed of Alderman t-large Voor-
hees CD. Aldermen vanPelt (R). Gan
non CD. Garland Cd. Larson (R),
Dalton Cd, and Schultz (R).
Statements were made today by the
new members of the council in which
they thank those who voted for them
and promise 10 carry out their duties
to the best of their ability.
Bernard NJ. Cannon, who secured
nearly twice as many votes in the sec
ond ward as his opponent. William Hoy.
said that he wants to thank personally
those who got out and hustled for him
on election day as it was largely
through their efforts that such results
were shown. He wishes that he could
clasp by the hand every man who cast
his vote in his behalf and wishes tol
assure them that their confidence is not
misplaced and that he will make just
as clean a record as he has made in
Office previously.
William p. Voorhees,. who defeated
John Pfeiffer for alderman at-large,
said he wishes to thank through the
NEWS those who upheld him on cleo
tion day and says that. regardless of
anything else. he will perform his duty
TO the best of his ability during his
term of office.
George r. Larson, alderman elect in
the fourth ward, declared that he would
like to thank every man who cast his
vote in his favor and says that it will
be his earnest endeavor to fill his Office
so creditably that at the expiration Of
his term the people may desire to re-
elect him.
The Board of Education next year
will contain three republicans and three
democrats
The term of William D. VOORHEES, as
water commissioner expires December
81, and, although another democrat will,
IN all certainty. ne udDlru III Ills place.
the republicans Will still have a major
ity of one The term of Joseph g.
Burns as superintendent does not ex
pire for another year.
According 10 the figures from the
first poll of the fourth ward obtained
by reporters for both local papers. the
vote for alderman at-large there was:
Pfeiffer. 213 Voorhees,, 10. This is
confidently believed to be correct, al
though the report of the election board
in that district gives only l06 votes for
VOORHEES,. but 2l3 for Pfeiffer. This
would make it that over 60 votes less
were cast in that district for both can
didates for alderman -at-large than for
the other offices on the ticket. This is
hardly thought possible. and it looks
like a mistake in the election hoard
report. Giving Voorhees, 10 in that
poll makes his majority in the city 104.