The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-23
NEW IDEA WILL
ASK FORT To CALL
SPECIAL SESSION
William Fellowes Moran Di-
rected to Call the Gov
ernor's Bluff.
DEMAND PASSAGE OF
MORE PRIMARY BILLS
COlbyites to Give Dollar Testi-
monial Dinner to Their
AssembIymen.

William Fe1lowes Morgan, president
of the New Idea organization in Essex
county, was directed at a meeting of
the New Ideaites last night to call the
attention of Governor Fort to the fact
that the bills extending the direct pri-
mary to the Governor and congressman
were not passed at the recent session
of the Legislature and to ask tina he
make good his suggestion, contained in
a message to the Legislature, that a
special session to consider those meas
ures be called.
The advisory committee also decided
to hold a testimonial dollar dinner In
honor of the New idea Assemblymen
who went to Trenton this year. The
affair will take place May q at the
Kruger Auditorium, with an expected
attendance of more than 100 members
of the reform wing of the Republicans.
New Idea In Trenton.
1t was Assemblyman William p.
Martin who made the suggestion con
corning the special session. He also
outlined what the New Idea men in
Trenton had done and tried to do DUR
ing he three months that they were at
work in the capitol. He declared that
the Regulars were to blame for the
killing of many good bills, and paid
tribute to A~ssemblymen Mark Sullivan.
Joseph Tumulty and Edward Kenny,
Democratic members from Hudson.
The trolley freight" bill which was
passed three times before It finally be-
came a law, also came In for a share
of criticism.
Henry c. Hines. another New idea
Assemblyman from Essex, told OF the
defeat of his bill providing for the
direct primaries for Governor ard con-
gressmen. He gave the whole credit
for the New Idea bills passed to Assem- .
blyman Martin.
The appointment of the following
committees were
Committees Named.
The following committees were named:
Executive Committee William t'elloWes
MORGAN, Short Hills, chairman; Frank II,
Sommer, Newark; William r. Martin, New
ARK, Edward S. Perry, Orange; Henry A.
Potter, East Orange; Everett Colby, West
orange; George Virtue, Newark; Gaetano
Philip c. Walsh, jr, Newark; Gustavus +.
Sommer, Newark; Gustave W. Roeber
Newark; Charles r. Tn lerwood, Bloom
I Haul E NoWarhi L. Ed hsnGS' M Nfw : N monf.
clair, Hugh Il. Brewster, Newark; Jerome
T. Consleton, Newark Conrad HoerIo,
Newark; Borden u. Whiting. Orange; Will
iHm Munglc, Newark; Walter +. Simpson,
Newark; Frank J.. Driver. Newark; John
> Gibson, Newark r. Arthur Heller, New
@rk; Lal,rop anderson, Newark; p. q.
East Orange, Henry b. Gombcrs, East Or
ange; William II. Wiley. East Orange
George e Scribe, lryineton; II; c, Hines.
Geersr Fd III; , Now doMTi SOUTH oraRge
puyne, Newark; Curtis II. Burnett. New
ark; John Austen. Newark; John Mensath,
Newark; Charles Is. Cleveland, West Or
ange; Or; d. NJ. Gardner. CaidweIli Alonzo
keyes, Orange; James W. Howard, New
ark, William j. Smith. West Orange; Hen
dSn Chnhb. East Orange; e, IL Il Cad!nus
Diefenthaler, Newark; Benjamin j. Zoe,
Newark; Charles Steadmdn. Newark; Harry
Wright, Newark; William Andrus, Newark
Davis, Montclair; f. T.. Brown. Mont
clair: George II. Austin, East Orange; Dr.
a. ID. Balentine, Newark; Nicholas G..
Marioonda, Newark; DR.. Charles r. Maag.
Lesislation-Frauk II. sommer, Chairman,
Newark, Charles y. Cleveland, West Or
ange; .Albridge c, Smith, Orange; Harrison
Van Duyne, Newark; Lathrop Anderson,
Newark; Walter Ellor. Bloomfield; Henry
b. Gombers, Fast Orange; II. G. Hines.
Newark; Frank r.. Sharp. Irvington; Gus
taNus S. Somrlef. Newark; Charles II. In
derwood, Bloomfield.
Organization-Lnthrop Anderson, Newark,
chairman; w. w. Young, Bloomfield j.
Lester Parsons, Montclair; DR.. John Hem
saith, Newark; II. A. Potter. East Orange.
J. s. Hobbs, Newark; William Fellowes
Morgan, Short Hills: f. l.. Driver, New
ark; August l.. Lacomb. lrvlngton, w. j.
q Vile. William II Parry NutlpN. Edward q
Perry, Orange; u. NJ. Gardner, Bloomfield
". NJ; Beard, Glen Ridge; John Austin,
Newark.
Entcrtainment-George Virtue, chairman,
Newark: Philip c.. Walsh. ir., Newark: j.
Ross Whitfield. Newark; Carlton A. Rieger,
Newark; Conrad Hoerl. Newark; William
Newark; Charles A. Steadman. Newark:
Edward S. PerrX. Ornnge; Charles !. Will