Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-08
Governor Promotes Cam
den Man to Head Of
Board as STAR Said.
JUDGE VREDENBURGH ON
ERRORS BENCH AGAIN
Huston Dixon Succeeds George
R. Macpherson as Trenton
District Court Judge.
tFrOm a STAFF Correspondent

TRENTON, Feb. S.--Governor Fort
sent to the Senate today the nominA-
ton of Frank B. Jess, of Camden. to
succeed Major Carl Lentz. of Newark
as president of the State Board for
the Equalization of Taxes, when the
term of Major Lentz expires on April
is. Mr. Jess is now member of the
board. No one was named to succeed
him. He was formerly speaker of the
House of Assembly.
For judge of the District Court OF
Trenton. the Governor nominated Hus-
ton Dixon of that city, to succeed
Judge George r. Macpherson, who was
strongly urged by his Mercer county
friends, but who denomination was
strongly opposed.
For member of the board of man
ayers of the State Hospital for the
Insane at Trenton, u. Lyle Kinmouth,
of Asbury Park, will succeed DIR. Peter (
Rafferty,, of Red Bank, the Senate con-
curing.
The nomination of Jess to succeed
Lentz was forecasted in the EVENING
STAR two months ago, but the actual
appointment came as surprise to the
/ loyal friends of the major, who felt
confident he would be reapppinted. Jess
is a lawyer and well versed in realty
lore, SO that he is considered well quali-
| fled for the position.
| Judge William H vredenburgh, of
Freehold, Monmouth county, was reap
pointed TO the bench of the Court Of
Errors and Appeals victory due solely
to his loyal son. Assemblyman Peter
H. Vredenburgh, who succeeded In per-
suadlng the Governor to change the
slate about noon. Every member OF
the Legislature asked for vreden-
burgh's reappointment.
Trenton and Mercer county were
stirred over the failure to reappoint
District Court Judge Macpherson who
has been opposed by the Trenton Times
because he is accused of being SUBJ
servient to certain dominant interests.
Mr. Dixon is.a young Trenton lawyer
There are two or three men slated
for big jobs by the Governor if he has
enough patronage to go round. They
are Senator Bloomfield H. Minch. OF
Cumberland: George r. Howe. of East
Orange and City Tax Commissioner
John Howe. of Newark. One of them
is more than likely to succeed Jess as
member of the State Tax Board when
dent.
II haven't word to say replied
Major Lentz when told of his fate.
He said he had no advance knowledge
of what was to be done with him. He
had brought great pressure to bear to
get reappointed.
Major Lentz was unable to SQUARE
himself with the Stainshy family for
his bitter opposition to the late Sem
ator William Stainsby, the Governors
father-in-law. Senator Stainsby and
Major Lentz were opposed in a long
struggle for Republican leadership in
Essex years ago, and the major won
When Governor Fort was nominated in
1907 it was in spite of the opposition
of the major who fought to the last
ditch. 1t does not seem that the SEN
ate will try to save the major. Gov
ernor Fort spent most of yesterday
and slept last night at the so-called
"House of Lords the home of the five
, dominant men of the Republican Sem
ate majority.
With the exception of appointments
of two members each of the county tax
boards and the naming of member
of the State Tax Board and a State re-
vision commissioner, Governor Fort is
without important patronage. Folks
are just realizing. however, that the
Governors failure to name a member
of each county board last year has
given him the power to revolutionize
taxation plans this year by nominating
two out of three members Of each
e county board.
The Senate in executive session took
up the four nominations received today
and also considered those that had been
in keeping OF the judiciary committee
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