Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-05
DENIES
ILLEGAL VOTING
IN EAST ORANGE
City Clerk Also Defends Mayor
CardwelPs Administration
with Facts and Figures.

city Clerk Lincoln E. Rowley, of
East Orange, iast night took the stump
In behalf of Mayor William Cardwen
as the result OF statements made by
Julian A. Gregory, the mayors oppo-
nent. The meeting was held in the
Elmwood school. The city clerk offered
to wager $500 there was not a penny
of graft passing from han to hand
among the city officials, deciding to
lay aside his %scruples on gaming, he
said.
Mayor Cardwell also gave a talk,
and came out in favor of a branch
library in the Elmwood section, and in
favor of Fairgrounds, but declared ne
had no promises to make for the COM
ling two years, but felt he was sufh-
GENTLY capable of caring for any prob
lens that may come before him. The
mayor was given praise by all the
various speakers.
Coyne Raps Burr.
Ferdinand Coyne, jr., who Is thr
county committeeman in the section.
ard who worked against Mayor Card
well in the primaries, came out in sup
xcrt of the mayor, and claimed Conn
Gilman Harry j. Burr, who Is working
for Mr., Gregory, was opposed 20 Mayor
Cardwell because he failed to make
appointments to the sinking fund com
mission and Fairgrounds commission,
and wound up by claiming Mr.. Burr
game to the city a Tammany Demo
et, and had voted in a Democratic
Lmary. He gave MI. Burr no credit
for doing anything IN the interests Of
the ward. Frederick o. Lindsey, James
G.. Barradale, Thomas Alsworth and
l.. c. Platt also spoke.
At a recent meeting in the First
Ward Martin Conboy came out with
the declaration hat Mr.. Rowley was
really the mayor, n he has been
criticized for being connected with real
estate companies. An interesting reply
.was expected from him last night. He
aimed -four prominent Democrats had
eclared several years ago they would
eft him some day after he caused the
of Andrew Davidson because of
alleged forgery of names on a petition.
and this was why he was being at
tackled. He also criticised the claims
of false registration, saying there were
about 300 or 500 names in the lists
which did not belong there yearly, but
this was caused by house-to-house
nyasse and were because of errors
by the election boards. There was
nothing, however. fraudulent in this.
People who were not entitled to vote
asked in vain to have their names kept
off.
Decrease in Expenses. i
THE Democratic candidate for mayo
ilas laid great stress upon the act that
the city is now spending SAT per capita
per annum for the expenses of the gen.
eral government" said Mr.. Rowley.
THE facts are that the actual expense
for such purpose during the year 1909
was $39.60 per capita, Ind that in the
year 1900 such expenses amounted to
the sum of $42.35 per capita. This
shows a decrease of Z per cent. in the
per capita cost in the general expenses
of the city government for the year
1909. as compared with 1900. and this
Notwithstanding the very large ex-
penses on all city improvements and
the extension OF city work in new
lines, such as Fairgrounds, parks,
street s~prinkling, shade trees. public
libraries, funds to provide pensions for
the men and families of police and fire
departments who are injured or die in
the performance of their duties.
These new lines of city work thai
are mentioned do not seem to appeal to
the candidate of the Democratic party
the high office of mayor of the city,
for from his public utterances it would
appear txat his idea is hat the citizens
of East Orange do not want such
things"