The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-15
.FORMAN IF MAYOR
WOULD PUT EXCISE
UP TO LEGISLATURE
He Says So in Two-Hour Speech
He Makes in New
Auditorium.
2 FAVORS MARKET AND
BROAD STREET SUBWAYS
+: Thinks That There Is Room for
Improvement in Police
Department.

City Auditor George Forman, IN a
two-hour speech delivered in the Ne"
y Auditorium last night, told what ne
would do if made the mayor OF New
ark. He seeks the nomination as the
New Idea candidate of the Repuoh-
can PARTY. Other aspirants for nom-
nation made speeches. They were:
Colonel Austen Colgate. candidate 1oi
the Assembly. and Curtis II. Burnett
and John Austin, candidates Tor the
Board of Works. William 2. Martin
presided. Forman said:
.I recently was in company WIFI
about a score of men. all intelllgent'
level headed, experienced men OF AZ
fairs, and this question was
ed to them: What sort OF a liquor
law should be enacted that would De
enforcible. practical. and would receive
the support of a very large part OF the
community? The perplexities when
surround the answer to such a question
were indicated to me by the great va
riety of answers that this score Oh
men brought forth. 1t would almost
seen, as If no two men could agree
,lpon what would be a fair ana en-
forcible law. The guiding thought III
framing the liquor law, to my nina
should be home rule.
1.-The working out of this proposltloh
IL a subject for the Legislature.
Police Department.
II believe in an impartial ENFORCE
ment Of the law without fear or 1aVor'
That arm of the city government WHICH
deals with the enforcement OF the Ia"
Ia the Police Department. III L We're
Mayor, l would appoint on the Ponce
Board able. upright men; men Oh
mower, force and integrity. Such q
board would promptly root out any
corruption that might exist among the
members of the police force, and main
tain discipline that would insure
efficient service. The Police Depart
ment of this city is made up in the
main of honest, efficient and capable
men. They desire to do their whole
duty, and they are entitled to such
supervision and such support as VIII
enable them to perform their duties
acceptably. Promotions in the Police
Department should be governed by
merit, previous record and efficiency.
! would appoint a police commission
with men of such character that every
policeman would be assured that when
promotions were to be made, merit and
! efficiency would govern, and not favor
itism. The Excise Commission is an
other arm of the city government that
has to deal with the liquor traffic. II
/ were nominated n elected Mayor I
would appoint an Excise Commission
of able, upright men. who would enforce
the law fairly and impartially and
bring about as satisfactory conditions
as possible under the law
water Front Development.
II believe, further, that it is well for
our city government to consider the
establishment of a purchasing depart
ment, which should be charged with
the duty of purchasing all supplies
needed by the various departments of
the city.
I'VE have here in Newark a water
front of about -four miles. extending
along the Passaic River and Newark
Bay. Back of this water front are
thousands of acres of meadow land,
now almost worthless, and, in fact, a
nuisance. This water front should be
improved by docks and shipping facili-
ties, and these meadows reclaimed so
as to make Newark a seaport, where
ships could load and discharge their
cargoes.
Would Build Subways.
The congestion of the street railway
traffic at the corner of Market and
Broad streets is so we'll known to you
all that it is scarcely necessary for me
to say that / believe measures must
soon be taken to relieve that situation
] believe that subways on Broad street
from Washington Park, possibly, tc
Clinton avenue. and on Market street
from the Pennsylvania station to the
Court House, could be constructed to
relieve the streets of the trolley traffic
under such conditions as would en-
able the city to secure in the form OF
rentals for the use of such subways
such sums of money as would pay In.
terest and sinking fund charges and
maintenance expenses so that the pro.
ject would not cost the taxpayers ont
dollar"