The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-28
CITIZENS WIN,
But LOOMS HAS
KIP MEN WORRIED
Will Village Trustee Remain on
BoardP Question That Agi-
tstes South Orange.
PEOPLES PARTY MAY
CONTROL SOUTH ORANGE
Despite Result Of Village Elec.
tion Souther Faction Re.
mains Hopeful.

Despite the fact that the Citizens
Won a decisive victory in the election
4 in South Orange village yesterday
there Is strong possibility of their los
/ ing control in the village Board of
Trustees, which they have held for the
last ten years, to the Peoples faction,
! which succeeded in landing one Of its
candidates for village trustee. Both
/ parties claim they will hold control of
affairs.
I LoOnfts Feature Of situation.
The result depends upon whether or
not Edward n. Loomis, who was sp-
! pointed a trustee last week. will remain
or is eligible to remain as a member
of the board.
Three OF the Citizens candidates, Ira
! A. Kip, jr., for president; Charles Fl.
Burke and Frank J. Hill for trustees,
and one Peoples man. John F. Nc
Donough for trustee. were elected yes
! terday.
Mr.. Loonis was appointed at spe-
citl meeting by the Citizens representa-
! tivea in IL. Board of TrIstees--Presi-
dent Albert C. Wall ard trustees
Charles III. Burke. Walter T. wailaceI
and Thcnas @. Conway---to succeed the
late Henry 3. Halsey. Peoples man,
whose term of office would not have ex-
pired until 1916
I Weeks Raised Question.
| The two Peoples trustees, John r.
| Weeks ard Louis Y. BIanchet did not
| attend the meeting, and contended that
the Citizens did not have four votes of
trustees necessary to appoint They
claim that the president had no power
to vote and that there was no quorum
present at the meeting, as it takes four
OF the six trustees to constitute a
quorum. s5s
! President Wall voted for the ap-
tpointnent and said that he did SO be-
cause of an opinion received from VIII
iage Counsel Thomas A. Davis, which
he said gave him that privilege
The Peoples men strenuoasly object
ed and Trustee Weeks. who has been
leading the Peoples party in its cam
paign, termed the act of appointing as
! indecent Mr. Loomis, however, took
his seat two days afterward and said
he did SO only so that the board would
have q sufficient number present to
vote on village financial obligations
which were due on that day. He then
declared that ne would resign as a
trustee at the next meeting in order
to have no possible blot on his APP
| pointment and rendered O. letter to that
effect to President Wall
! Rumor That Loomis Won't Quit.
! Some talk Was in circulation last
night TO the effect that Mr. Ioonis
would not resign because, if he did so,
the ''Cits" would lose their power The
| Peoples men at once declared that in
the event of Mr. Loonlis failing to re-
! sign as he agreed to. they would at
| once make an application to the courts
for d writ OF custer ON the grounds
that his appointment was Illegal.
4 With Looinis on the board the Citi.
zens remain in power having three
| trustees, as the Peoples men have,
while the new president Is a Citizens
and win have power in deciding
vote. In the event of LooInis retiring
the Peoples would gain control, they
having three trustees to the "Cits'"
| two. The president would then have
| no vote. ~.
Quote Village Charter.
| In backing their claim that Mr.
Loomis- was legally appointed and that
Mr.. Wall had vite the Citizens quote
the village charaer as follows from Sec
tion OF. title second: "A president of
the village and six trustees shall to-
gether constitute and be known as the
| Board of Trustees In section 5 of
the same title the charter says: I'm
case of an equal number of votes hav-
Ing been given for two or more calldi-