The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-12
B0ETTNER PLANS
TO WIPE OUT
USELESS OFFICES
Democratic Assembly Nominee
Gives Figures TO Show How
Money Is Wasted.

Frank A. Boettner. one of the Demo-
cratic candidates for the Assembly, in
a speech before the County Democratic
Committee at Persons Hall, Plane
street. last night, pledged himself and
his associates. if elected, to do all in
their power to legislate out of exist
ence the State boards and commissions,
which he designated as useless"
Mr.. Boettner's speech was in part as
follows:
THE Democratic House. of Assembly
in the Legislature of 1907, by. reason of
the report of the Hahn Investigating
committee. inaugurated a policy of
economical reform, which was imme-
diately followed by a v~irtuous spasm
on the part of the Republican legis-
lators and the Republican Governor,
which seemed to point to the abolition
of a score of useless commissions which
We're fastened upon the State under Re-
publican rule to give jobs to the dis
credited Republican ofice-seekers.
'This spasm. however, lasted but a
very short time, when the virtuous Re-
publican Governor. Edward C. Stokes,
appointed a useless State Railroad
Commission, absolutely without any
power. but a disgrace to the State of
New Jersey. This commission has
drawn from the State during the last
three years at least $780, 900.
'.The State Excise Commission was
appointed, which squandered another
$1,000 and accomplished nothing; a
State Water Commission, which, un-
fortunately, unlike the other commits
sions, has power, and 1t was only the
other day that this power was used to
rob the citizens of the city of Newark
of the Wanaque water supply, four of
the members of this commission being
absolutely owned and controlled by the
East Jersey Water Company. This
commission has also squandered about
100000 in salaries and in preparing
useless plans for a chimerical reservoir
scheme which the people of the State
of New Jersey will not tolerate, for 1t
simply means that the East Jersey
Water Company wish the State of New
Jersey to finance a scheme that will put
the potable waters of North Jersey into
the hands of this grasping corporation.
1.-THE useless county Boards of Tax
alton have drawn from the State Of
New Jersey during the last three or
four years another quarter of a million
What have they accomplished?
In this county the personnel of the
prevented discrimination
against the people, but in other counties
of this State, and especially Hudson
County, the board has been usedtby the
railroads To- escape their just dues and
taxes. And so it is with the oyster
commissions, the road commissions,
commissions on every possible subject,
wasting the States money and creating
useless jobs"
Frank p. Shalvoy, who spoke on
"Punishment for Contempt of Court"
the relation of the Democratic
party to labor unions.
K Board of Works Commissioners
George H. Lambert and Thomas F..
Halpin. both candidates for reelection,
were two Of the other speakers. Mr..
Lambert pointed out the value of a BIZ
partisan board, dwelling on the work
that the present board has done since
they were elected. He cited the in
stance of the new contract with the
Service fer street lights, stating
that since they were members the con-
price had been reduced from sos
to SIS per lamp and was now $40.
A strong plea for the support of the
was made by Major Isaac Shoen-
of Grange, candidate for surro-