The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14
Mayor Congratulated on
Selections for New
School Officials.
PRESIDENCY OFTHE BOARD
Name Of Judge Guild Has Been
Put Forward for Place
Though Others Also Have.
Elected Commissioners
Talk of Appeal.

Members of the small appointive
School Board were named yesterday
afternoon by Mayor Jacob 1Iaussling.
They arc as follows
For Three Years.
JAMES TAAFFE, Eleventh ward,
! Democrat.
Lesser LEHMAN, second Ward,
| Democrat.
JOHN BREUNIG, AssembIyman,
Fourteenth ward, Democrat.
For Two Years.
GEORGE w. T0MKINs, Eighth
Ward, Republican.
BENEDICT PRIETH, Sixteenth
Ward. Republican.
CHARLEs p. TAYLOR, sixteenth
| Ward, Democrat.
For One Year.
FREDERICK r. GUILD. Eighth
| Ward, Democrat.
| On. THOMAS s. MCABE, Fifth
EDGAR II. BROWN, Eleventh ward,
Republican.
| The announcement of the names of the
members of the board was made late yes
| terday afternoon. The Mayor had intend
| ed TO make the names public during the
early afternoon, but the acceptances of
one or two of the men suggested was de-
| layed, and this prevented the publication
of>the names yesterday except in extras
Official notices OF the appointments of
| the men were sent out today by the Mayor,
and the new board will organize on January
n at the Offices OF tho Board OF Education
in the City Hall. Now that the appoint
ments have been made known, the gossip
| today was regarding the man who would
! be president and It was said that there
were indications that Mr. Guild might be
the man. Others thought it more likely
that a three-year man would be chosen,
aud the name OF MIR. Taaite was brought
forward by these. Still others selected
Benedict Prieth as the probable president.
But all this was gossip.
1t still seems the determination of some
of the hold-over members OF the present.
board and some who were elected last
month to the old board, II continued, to
attempt to hold their positions and prevent
the new small board from taking the man
agement of the schools. II was said toGay
by Chandler w. Rikcr who has been con-
suited as counsel for the ousted officials.
that there would be a contest over th9 ap-
pointments by the Mayor on the ground
that the section of the law under which
the Mayor acted, is unconstitutional.
receive no salaries some inquiry is being
made as to Why they should pay heavy
counsel and court fees.
After passing through period of worry
over the selections Mayor Haussng was
rewarded today bS' the receipt of con-
gratulations from all sides ON the, char
acter of the men he had chosen, as well
as their business abilities.
Chief among those who offered congratu-
fn
who is acquainted with conditions that
will have to be met in the School Board
by reason of his experience as a commits
sioner from the Eleventh Ward. In COM
menting on the makeup Of the board, the
Sheriff said;
Il know most of the men who are or
the new board and ] think the Mayor and
the people Of the city arc to be congratu-
lated on the appointments. The principals
and teachers Of the public schools are
likewise to be congratulated in that the
men selected make 1t certain that the
Board of Education is finally removed
from partisan political influence.
From what ! know OF the men there is
no doubt that the manual training and
commercial high school which I proposed
as a part of the scheme for development
of the high school system while was a
member of the old Board of Education
will be an actuality within n reasonable
time. The men chosen are Of a character
to see the necessity OF such an institution
in commercial and industrial city such
as Newark
As shown by the foregoing list NM
jority of the men are Democrats or classed
as such. There are more independents
than of either party, as a matter Of fact
ii the record of the men is to be analysed.
Mr.. Prieth MIR. TomlSins, Mr.. Brown aud
Mr.. Lehman are eligible for places in the
independent column, 1t is asserted. Mr.
Taylor's politics hadn't been learned by
the Mayors office, it ls declared, up to
the time Of his selection.
Mr. Taaffe is president Of the j. n.
Glasby Lumber Company and Is interested
in Newark property He has been active
for years IN the Board OF Trade and Is
closely associated with the city's business
life. He was for ten years a trustee of
the Free Public Library, having been ap-
pointed In 1892 by Mayor Haynes aud
Mayor Seymour. lie was one of the COM
mittee in charge OF the construction of tho
present magnificent library building, and
gave vaiuablef assistance in the work by
his experience as a builder. He resides at
la3 Roseville avenue
Mr. Lehman Is a retail and wholesale
grocer with several places Of business.
He, too, is a man who Is interested in
projects that tend for industrial and com
mercial development that are being
fostered by the Board of Trade. He lives
at 80 Lincoln Park.
MIR. Guild Is the senior member Of the
law firm OF Guild & Martin, with offices i Il
the Prudential building He Is one of the
city'e leading legal lights and comes from
a family Of prominent lawyers. His home
is in the Eighth Ward, At 495 Mt. Pros
pect avenue. In the late election he was
one OF the unsuccessful Democratic candi-
dates for Alderman He was at one timo
judge Of the Second District Court