The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-04

DIR. Herold has a reputation that is
more than State wide. He is internnl
revenue collector for the local Federal
district, president of the Essex County
Republican Society, and has beer presi-
dent of the Board of Health, with the
exception of a year or SO, ever since
its creation.
DR.. Warren served in the old elective
Board of Education as a representative
of the Tenth Ward for several terms.
He was reelected last November by
more than 300. although the ward was
otherwise Democratic. Because of the
appointment of a School Board of nine
to replace the elective body. he did not
take office. He, like DR.. Herold, is a
practising physician.
Mr.. Foyle is a Sixth Ward Democrat.
He has never before held public office,
but has taken a prominent part in poll
itics. He is an undertaken. |
Mr.. Vance is a contractor. He is a
Republican. He has never peer prom
inent politically. but has taken a keen
interest in public questions and in a
personal way beer active. He is a
brother of Wilson ]. Vance, secretary
to the Mayor.
Mr.. Schulz was what was known As a
"rebel' in the Board of Education
when, he represented the Fourth Ward.
He, with the assistance of several other
"reformers,' accomplished a number of
changes in rules of the board that made
the petty distribution of repair n
similar work on the public schools as
patronage impossible at the time. The
company of which he is the head did
the painting work on the City Dis
pensary, n his bill was one of those
thrown back on the Board of Health
last month by the Common Council ne
cause the board had not advertised for
bids.
Next in Importance to the Mayors
choice of men for office were the COM
mittee assignments of President Ryan.
The committees, as made up by Mr..
Ryan, are as follows:
Finance-Aldermen Sinnott, Nc
Gowan, Froelich, Gaffney, Mullen,
Leveen, E. c. Meyer.
Police-Mullen, Whitfield, Hop
per.
Construction and Alteration of
Enthusiastically, Holzner, Fish
err, Mills, Dolan, Cairns, Hopper.
Poor and Alms-Day, Froelich,
A1C1OWdn, fT6y, .. ID Ciiiiths |
Wright, Congleton.
Public Markets-Mills, Mullen,
Dolan. Bray, Biertuempfel, J. A.
Meyer, Whitfield.
Public Buildings-McGowan,
Wright. Reilly, Frey, Mills, S.
B. Smith, Congleton. !
Public Health-Bray, Mann,
Kroehl, C. W. Smith, Ehrlich.
D-lIso CaIooI. I7;e-,a, Ca1lr.r -
Whitfield.
Printing and Stationery-Fish-
er, Seth B. Smith, Mann, Gaff-
ney, Dolan, Cairns, Ehrlich.
Licenses-Seth 3. Smith, J. A.
Meyer, Leveen, Fisher, Schmitt. .
Legislation-Sinnott, Holzner,
Day, Wright, Congleton.
Assessments-Semel, Eisner, c.
w. Smith.
Observation-Disclosures, Mann,
Bray, Hopper, c. w. Smith.
Railroads and Franchises
Mann, Dolan, Whitfield.
City Home-J. A, Meyer,
Kroehl, Schmitt.
Hospitals-Froelich, Holzner,
Semel, E. C. Meyer, Enrich.
Weights and Measures-Holz-
her, Mullon, bl6TIuelllplel 6lS-
ner, Semel, E. c. Meyer, C. w.
Smith.
Memorial Day-Mullen, Reilly,
Eisner. Semel, Mills, Congleton,
Seeker.
Fourth of July-Bray, Fisher,
Leveen, Wright, S. b. Smith,
Kroehl, Cairns.
Outing-Frey, Sinnott, Froelich,
HE;IIo T/~1oL1 Coiuoo IJOnanr
Band Concerts-Wright, Le-
veen, Eisner, Gaffney, Day,
Schmitt, Seeker.
Electric Lighting-McGowan,
Gaffney, Reilly, Biertuempfel,
Ehrlich.
Bill Posting-Mullen, Frey,
Congleton.
This year will be the first that there is
thirty-two men in the Common Council, |,
this being due to the addition of the Six
teenth Ward, with two representatives.
OF the thirty-two men twenty-three are
Democrats and nine Republicans. This ne
cessitated seating Democrats on the Re
publican side of the Council chamber.
Last year the Council stood sixteen Demo- II
cratic and fourteen Republican. The big
majority this year will obviate some of
the scraps that enlivened sessions dur
ing 1907.
When at Gas o'clock City Clerk James
F. Connolly called the new Council to-
gether, on motion of Mr.. Ryan, Jerome I.
Congleton. Republican, of the Eleventh
Ward, was chosen temporary president.
Then without praliminaries, Leader SIN
mott nominated Mr.. Ryan for president, {
and Eugene g. Meyer, of the Ninth '
Ward, Republican minority leader, sec ]
onded 1t. After a slight delay the roll /
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