The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-13
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Eleventh Ward / was induced to run
and was elected as one of the Alderme m
of the city of Newark. In November,
1903, the North Jersey Street Railway
Company, owned by the Public Service
Corporation, made application for a loop
around Military Park. The committee
in charge recommended a loop around
the City Hall. When the matter came
before the Common Council the MEM
bers apparently did not have any in
structions, and the application was de-
feated. Shortly after this, a special
meeting was held and several members
changed their votes SO that the appli-
cation was granted, although subse-
quently defeated by public sentiment
before the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners and withdrawn by the
officers of the North Jersey Street Rail-
way Company. During the interval
between the times when the matter was
before the Common Council, 1t became
publicly known that several of the
members of the Common Council visit
ed the chairman of the county COM
mittee n that after such visit they
changed their votes or stood away.
The chairman sent word to me that l
would have a splendid future in the
party IL I would change my vote, but
] declined. Subsequently, when l came
up for denomination in my ward, the
chairman of the executive committee,
John B. Wood, stated that he received
instructions from the chairman of the
county committee to put up a candidate
against me, and to use his utmost en-
deavors to defeat me.
About the year 1906, after the Hill
larry ~ y i'm " rnfo hi11 ~ coz
the Senate. 1t came over to
the Assembly. A large number
of representatives of the city
of Newark appeared before the COM
mittee in charge of the bill and pre-,
scented their objections to the members
of the Essex delegation. A majority of
the assemblymen seemed to be opposed
to the bill and the representatives of
the city assumed that it had been
killed Much to their surprise, they
learned toward the end of the session
that 1t had been passed. and 1t was
generally understood, and was stated
: at the time, that the chairman of the
county committee had interested him
self in behalf of the legislation and that
some of the members of the Essex dele
cation saw him at his request in Il
room adjoining the Assembly. The
subject of the conversation was not
stated, but at all events some of these
assemblymen who had previously ex-
pressed their opposition to the bill voted
for the bill. Shortly afterwards the
chairman of the county committee was
appointed by the Governor. who was
the father of the Hillery maximum tax
rate bill. as chairman of the State
Board of Equalization of Taxes.
about three years ago delegates to
tne congressional convention held at
Harburger's Hall an informal ballot or
nominee for Congress ana Mr.. Wiley
had a majority over Mr.. Gottlob. Upon
a formal ballot Mr.. Gottlob won out by
a few votes. 1t was stated in the pub
lie press at the time that the chairman
of the county committee went up and
down the hall through the various dele
cations, influencing members of the
convention to vote for Mr.. Gottlob.
1.-The late chairman of the county
committee, at an early stage of the
primary campaign of 1905, which ter
minated In the nomination of Senator
Colby, announced that the county
committee, as an organization, had mol
right to participate in the selection of
candidates at the primary, and this
was agreed to by all parties. Shortly
after, at the meeting of the county
committee on July IA, 1905, against the
protest of Mr.. Colby and myself, the
county committee adopted a recon-
mended platform and asked the mem
bers of the committee to support can
didates who would approve the plat
form. The funds of the county COM
mittee were expended In the d%istribu-
ti0p of tho 'raCnmmpndp6 nlatfOrm.' |
and were therefore used for the pur,
pose of defeating Mr.. Colby. Later, the
chairman of the county committee, in
order to defend himself against the at
tacks made by Mr.. Colby in the an
nouncement of his candidacy, and in
the now famous Bloomfield speech,
tool the stump and said hard and
bitter things against Mr.. Colby. 1t was
not denied that the funds of the county
committee were used for the hall and
advertising the meeting. On the pri-
mary election day, most of the mem
bers of the county committee were OPP
posed to Mr.. Colby, and seemed to be
supplied with large sums of money, the
source of which at that time was not
disclosed. The chairman said, among
other things, that Mr.. Colby was not
fit to be senator, that limited fran
chises were improper as they violated
home rule. that the Voorhees, tax act
was satisfactory, ETC., opposing all of
the principles for which Mr.. Colby
stood. After the primaries were over,
the chairman, by reason of his pre-
vious conduct, placed himself in a
position where he was unable efficiently
TO support the candidates for senator
and the assembly, as he had denounced
Mr.. Colby and the principles for which
he stood.
Anderson's Announcement.
MI Anderson then announced his
candidacy for chairman of the county
committee, and stated that, If elected,
he would eliminate the boss system,
the control of the county committee by
special privilege: that the power of the
county committee would not be used
for the purpose of forestalling and
usurplng the regular party function in
the selection of candidates and adop-
ton of policies; that campaign ass S.
ments should not be made on office
holders under intimidation of loss of
position; that election expenses should
be curbed and the fullest publicity be
given the affairs of the county com
mittee.