The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-23
NJ DERMITS SLATE
FOR ASSEMBLY IS
BADLY DAMAGED
Several of Those on List Given
Out by Lawyer Disclaim
knowledge of 1t.
WHOLLY UNWARRANTED."
SAYS JOHN S. BELL
Austen H. McGregor Says 1t
Was Discourtesy to Use
His Name.

- 80 -'o'iiS u r dHh VI. AcDermII to-
morrow, ostensibly to further the in
terests of so-called Assembly slate.
several of the eleven men selected by
Mr. McDermit to secure the Demo-
cratic nomination for membership In
the lower branch of the Legislature
have shattered his hopes.
Il have been away" said Colonel
John S. Bell this afternoon, 'and upon
my return my attention has been called
to the use of my name in a list OF
alleged candidates for Assembly noni-
nation. desire to have the STAR say
for me that the use OF my name in this
matter was wholly unwarranted and
that ] was not consulted I am not a
candidate for that or any other Office"
Former Police Commissioner George
A. Scheller declared that he had not
given permission for the use Of his
name. He added:
My jewelry business occupies my at
tention very completely and I am not
a candidate for any nomination, nor
do l expect TO be-"
Austen H. McGregor today reiterated
a declaration made Wednesday evening
to the effect that he considered the use
Of his name as a discourtesy. He said
that he was not in politics In ANY
way. shape OF manner" and that he
did not propose to be drawn into 1t.
James E. Reilly. clerk in the city law
department, said he could not tell for
certain that be was the Reilly mem
toned in the McDermit slate. II he was.
he said the whole matter was "by hirn.'s
as he had never given the subject q
thought and would not consider for .
moment permitting the use Of his mama
as candidate.
Denials Right and Left.
When the denials of the right to use
rames IN the Assembly stats" began
pouring in. an effort was mads to get
ir touch with those who had volun-
teered no statement.
Run for Assembly," said former
Alderman Frederick z. Seller. with a
smile; don't you think I am pretty
busy? find this milk business of mine
very engrossing. Sometimes 1 have
thought that would IKE to go to Tren-
ton and see just what a good business
man might do for his county-I fatter
myself that 1 am a pretty good busi-
ness man. But 1 have no intention. Of
being candidate for the nomination.
have told Mr.. McDerrnit so. I would
not spend time and money to fight for
such thing. 1 am in sympathy with
any move for good citizenship or good
Democracy, but I am not a candidate
for Office
Il am out of politics" said DR.. Al
bert Frey, when he was seen in his
South Orange avenue Office. 81 am not
seeking any nomination and have not
consented to be candidate. I enioved
my work in the Board of Education.
but have had enough Of public life. NV
eyesight wouldn't permit me 70 enter
politics even II there was no other rea-
son. I was at Mr. McDermit's dinner
short time ago and ne mentioned the
subject in a casual way He said he
wanted me TO run for Assembly, but
told him / was out of politics"
Efforts to get in touch with the other
five men on the slate were unavail-
ing this afternoon. They are former
Mayor Isaac Shoenthal, OF Orange;
Thomas J. ID. Smith, who was In the
Sixteenth ward, but whose business s
located in the Ironbound district; for
mer Assemblylnan John C. Groel. of
the Vailsburg district. DR.. Ludwig r.
Satler. OF the. Fourteenth ward. aud
former Fire Commissioner John r.
Oelkers.
McDermft Gave Out Slate.
Had not McDermit given out the list
of names in his own handwriting. one
would be inclined to believe that there
had been some error. There has been
a misconnection somewhere Perhaps
mad srtently the prospective county
cnalrinanSulp scauuiudte gave out tno
wrong list. The lawn fete. Mr.. Nc
Dermit says, viii be largely a social
affair. He has invited $40 men to take
part in the affair, the forty being Re-
publicans.
One of the men on the slate" who
says he tore up the invitation to attend
without sending an answer OF any sort.
doesn't expect the attendance to be an
great as the number Of invitations
would seem to warrant
Mr.. McDermit, still wearing mis- butt
tonhole flower and his smile. said today
that his luncheon would go on, rain or
shine, guests or no guests When told
that his slate. had gone TO smash. hs
said he Thought be could make IN an