The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-02
A%NTEEPPSTE|N
FORCES GET BUSY
IN EAST ORANGE
Make Early Start in Third Ward
in School Board Fight.
Election Dull.

When the polls opened early TINS
morning in East Orange there was OBJ
servable unusual activity In the Third
ward, where a citizens" committee ana
several members of the Board of Trade
started to get out a sufficient vote to
defeat School Commissioner Jacob ".
Eppstein. In other sections of the city
there was no great activity beyond the
ordinary, except among the Democrats
Members of the anti-Eppstein COM
mittee sent out automobiles n car
riages to the homes in the foul dis
tricts of the ward in large numbers
and prominent men from other wards
who are If the opinion Mr.. Eppsteln
made a wrong move when a special
committee of which he vas the head
came into the Board of Education a
week ago with the report that on the
Parkway near New street was located
the best available site for the new
High School. Volunteers appeared IN
large numbers to help the work along.
President Harry NJ. Shaw, Terry
Parker, DIR. Charles S. Stockton
other prominent men gathered the
forces in opposition to Mr.. Eppstein In
the little store at SH Washington
place, and from this point the auto
mobiles, with the headquarters ma
chine, bearing a streamer marked
Frederick w. Garvin," were dis
patched to the voters homes. Various
other methods-were used by the COM
mittee to get Mr.. Garvin's name be-
fore the people in what has been a
strenuous eleventh-hour campaign.
Mr.. Eppstein, however, did not let the
moss grow under his feet, n with
some faithful lieutenants got busy early
and labored to get out a big vote in
his favor. The voting machine, MI.
Eppstein's followers figure, will be a
big asset for him. The machine is
being used in two districts, and to.
register a vote for Mr.. Garvin it was
to reach UP and draw out a
slip of paper. and on 1t insert for
member of the Board Of Education,
Frederick w. Garvin."
The schooi commissioner insists. that
a campaign of Misrepresentation has
been waged against him by those who
do not favor his latest move. He said
at first to retire to private life again
would be no hardship to him. 1t was
also denied by Mayor Cardwell to a
mar who called at the city hall that
Mr.. Eppstein had tried to prevent the
calling of a meeting Of the Board of
School Estimate until after the cleo
ton.
In order to instruct the voters in the
ward how to use the machine the COM
mittee in charge Of the Garvin con-
test tried to have n set up In head
quarters, but they could not obtain
one. Circulars were sent out, how
ever, explaining how to vote and bal
lots were In evidence with a Garvin
paster over the name of Eppstein. 1t
is. also said that Republican ballots
with George E. Russell, candidate for
surrogate, scratched, will be familiar
before the day is over.
Workers for Isaac Shoenthal, Demo-
cratic candidate for surrogate, were at
the polls when they opened and every
effort possible is being made to secure
Republican votes for him. ) In the
Second ward, where Richard L.. Tobin
was nominated to oppose Councilman
John Leonard Merrill, the Republican
nominee, there was considerable ac-
tivity. Although Shoenthal did not
poll such an extra large vote in the
primaries, n because of the rumor
circulated to the effect that he would
not get big support, the Democratic
workers showed that they were warm
for his election and left no stone UNI
turned to get out the vote. Republic
ans are also helping Shoenthal in the
city.
Claiming the effort to defeat Com