The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-07-20
CONGLETON N
TO SUCCEED
MARTIN


Mr.. Martin, with the approval of the
latter.
School Commissioner George Varley,
of the Eleventh Ward, cannot be a
candidate for denomination. He. like
many other of the city's present office
holders. was affected by the redistrict-
| ing and change of ward lines last fall.
He is now a resident of the Seventh
Ward. the second district of the
Eleventh Ward, in which he resided,
having been made part of the Sew
enth Ward. To succeed Mr.. Varley.
the league selected as its candidate
former School Commissioner Herbert L.
Thowless. Mr. Thowless won by a
large majority over Theodore D. Gott-
lieb, who was also put forward for
support. Mr.. Varley may be a candi-
date in the Seventh Ward.
| Sheriff Frank H. Sommer was in
dorsed as a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for Governor,
and ten of the eleven men elected to
the Assembly in 1906 after the New
Idea men had swept the county were
pledged support again to go to the AS
sembly. Former Assemblyman Russell
NJ Everett, who was on the first ticket,
has decided not to be a candidate fer
the Assembly, and an Eleventh man
Is to be selected to fill the ticket
After going on record as favoring the
selection of a candidate for chairman
of the Essex County Republican Com
mittee from the New Idea ranks and
pledging candidates of the ward fol
membership In the committee to thai
candidate, the ward league appointed
special committees to look after NOM
mating petitions and other details ir
connection with the primaries and tc
take care of the ward ticket vacancies
In discussing the county committee
membership and a candidate for chair
man to succeed Alfred N. Dalrymple
the regular Republican who was Sc
lected last year after Major Carl Lent;
resigned, Alderman Martin went int,
the old questions on which the part,
organization has long been disrupted
He pleaded for the continuance Of th'
fight for 'the abolition of the bosl
system"
In the Council Mr.. Martin has figured
as the leader in some history making
battles He entered 1t without a sup
porter on the floor. and will leave will
! tio hHOWleuBe lnaI ne mas Ecdcucu
position where he frequently holds ma
jorities to the support of his proposals
without regard to partisan lines AS
Colbyite he fought his first battles
alone, the Council records showing tina
at best he often had but his own vot
and those of the three Democrats t
support his motions. while there woul'
be twenty-six against him.
Prior to the session of the New Ide
men there was a meeting in the sam
clubhouse of the Eleventh Ward Re
| publican executive committee, Of whic
Mr.. Martin is chairman. In that ses
sion it was stated that the allotmen
of the Eleventh Ward as to number o
: delegates to the several political con
ventions was wrong. 1t was voted t
place the matter in the hands of tn
legal committee with full power to g
to the courts, if necessary. in order I
: have the matter Strengthened out an
the ward given "all that is coming t
. it."
. It is claimed that the ward is en-
= titled to fourteen seats in the Stat
Cubernatorial convention, three NOR
than have been officially allowed. TIL
official allowance Of the ward for tn