The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-09
.FORMAN WILL BUCK
BOOK IN CONTEST
FOR NOMINATION
City Auditor Becomes New Idea
Candidate for MayOraIty
Nomination.
KIRCH REFUSED TO
STAND FOR THE PLACE
Austin and Burnett for Board OF
W0rks-Virtue and Budd
Were Turned Down.

REPUBLICAN LEAGUES CITY SLATE.
For Mayor. city Auditor George
EO-mcp.
nett and John Austin.
On the suggestion of Assemblyman
William p. Martin, the advisory COM
mittee of the Republican League last
night unanimously selected City Au-
dltor George Forman as its candidate
! for the Republican nominate for
Mayor against Commissioner Frank J.
Book. When Mr.. Forman appeared In
the hall late lie received an enthusiasts
tic reception. although he has never
been openly identified with the Repub-
| lcan League. After being telephoned
TO appear and accept the nomination
he went to SO Academy street instead
of SO Bank street, the proper address.
! Mr.. Forman's name was not selected
until the last minute, and when the
proposition was made to him, about .
o'clock in the evening, with the re-
quest that he give an immediate an
swer, he asked for five minutes time
to consider and then accepted.
| After Lathrop Anderson and Gusta-
vus f. Sommer had refused some time
ago to stand, Edwin A. kirch was
asked to do so, and took until yester-
day afternoon to consider, only to re-
| fuse in the end In the meantime
precautions had been taken to hunt up
another man in case Mr.. Kirch declined
| and the searchers for candidate were
prepared to propose to School Com
missioner Edgar r. Brown Then the
name Of Mr.. Forman was considered
and he welded the candidacy.
When Mr.. Forrnan reached the nall
in Bank street, and was introduced by
the acting chairman Lathrop Ander-
son, he said:
Mr.. Formans statement.
ITO be rendered the honor by ahis
league, composed of active. aggressive,
militant Republicans, is something oil
which any man indeed can be proud"
He said he. accepted the nomination for
three reasons, one, because he was d
| Republican and knew why he was
Republican; another reason was that
he thought such an honor should not
be put aside lightly.
| II believe" said Mr.. Fornan, that
have had the experience that would
equip me to properly handle the affairs
of the city OF Newark. AS you know,
have been five years in the office
| hold, and 1t has been my pleasure as
well rs my Guty TO acquaint myself
| with the laws which govern the city.
II think / may say modestly that
am considered to know considerable
about the affairs of the city, and l be-
lieve that If l should be nominated and
elected l would be able to serve the
city most acceptably."
| Mr.. Forman went on TO say that he
thought Newark the best city of it's
size In the country, industrially, finan-
cially and otherwise.
The candidate said that owing to the
hurried way in which the tender came
20 him he did not have time to detail
| a platform or system of policy, but
would give one out after he had
chance 70 consult with the proper par
| ties In the league.
| Burnett and Austin Chosen.
! Five candidates We're named for the
! Board of Works, John Austin, former
! building inspector, by Henry Hahn; Ira
| Budd, by Andrew j. Baumann, of the
! Thirteenth Ward; Curtis X. Burnett, by
| Assemblyman Martin; George Virtue,
| by Charles Ciibbns, Of the Sixteenth
| Ward, and L. B. Brewster, of the First
| Ward, by Mr.. Austin. Mr.. Brewster.
however, refused to allow his name to
be considered, and the contest was on
| between the four. Although earnest
pleas We're made for an equal division
of the nominations between different
sections of the city. in behalf of Mr.
Budd especially. the fact that he is
| the candidate of the Regular Repubu-
cans worked against him, though he
ran ahead of Mr.. Virtue on the in
| formal ballot. receiving twenty-five
| votes to twenty three for the former
sheriff. Mr. BuInet received 81 and Mr..
| Austin 81. Mr.. Virtue then withdrew
and spoke for Mr.. Budd, but on the
formal ballot Mr.. Burnett got %; Mr..
Austin. 20. and Mr., Budd, 49,
At the request of MIR. Anderson the
petitions OF Mr.. Forman and Mr.
Austin to the city clerk We're then
signed That of Mr.. Burnett has al
ready been filed.
Mr. Forman will prepare Il statement
of principles in day or two.
Following the meeting of the ad-
visory committee of the Republican
League, which selected the city candi-
dates for nomination, seven of the nine
New Idea candidates for Assembly
nominations had conference at which
the matter OF issuing a statement on
the excise question, In response to the
demand of the people, was considered.
| The two men absent We're Assembly
men Colgate and Hines. With them
were Sheriff Sommer and Mayoralty
Candidate George Forman. For time
Senator Colby Assemblyman William
Fellowes Morgan. Herman B. Walker
and others were in attendance. but they
left early.
They did not arrive at any settle