Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-18
F|REMEN
Of STATE GATHER
At TRENTON MEET
More Than 500 Delegates Pres
ent-ElectiOn of Officers May
Provide Unusual Interest.

TRENTON, May 1S.-More Than 500
delegates are here to attend the
twenty-fourth annual session of the
State Firemen's Association. Many Of
the representatives, coming from all
sections Of the State, arrived last night,
but the majority got here~early this
morning. The session opened at 1880
o'clock in Masonic Hall, which had
been decorated for the event. as had
also the Exempt headquarters in South
Warren street, where open house was
the rule.
A delegation. of fifteen is attending
the convention as the representatives
of Newark. Included in this number is
Henry Lyons, 80 years old. He is the
Oldest man present. The other Newark
delegates in attendance are:
Ex-Chief David L. Benedict, E. c..
McCraig, w. CT Schmit, John Smith,
j. J. Varick, o. B. Brice, Marcus Har-
ris. A. j. Valentine, w. w. Dougal,
Samuel Day. Thomas Walt and James
Conklin.~
The principal business Of the con-
vention will be the election of officers,
which will take place this afternoon.
James Manning, of Elizabeth, president
of the State body, is up for reelection.
He will be opposed by ID. w. Littell, of
Plainfeld, who was president in 1909.
The contest will be a warm one and the
outcome is problematical. There will
be several contests for other officers.
Thu executive committee submitted a
recommendation to the delegates from
the various cities be reduced from Ave
to, three, SO as to make the conventions
smaller. The executive committee will
also make its annual report this after
noon.
A spirited fight developed over one
section of the reports submitted by the
executive committee, which provides for
the elimination of two of h five dele
gates from the various cities to the
State convention. The delegates from
some of the larger cities were opposed
to his sections. After numerous
amendments had been offered and laid
on the table, Mr.. McMasters, of Perth
Amboy, moved that the report be ac-
cepted in its entirety, with the excep-
ton OF the provisions objected to-. This
was done. ThS ether section was then
taken up and a vote was k on the
proposition to reduce the number of
delegates to three. After a lengthy de-
bate the resolution was defeated. )
The report as adopted includes several
new features, the chief n being that
which makes a member who has been a
delegates three consecutive years a life
member of the State Association of Ex-
empt Firemen.
A meeting of the executive committee
was conducted last evening, but the
matters which were considered will not
be made public until h session day
There were many things before the
body last night, and the session, which
is the first which has been conducted
here for ten years, gives promise o.
be a very busy one.
The officers of the state organization
are: James Manning, of Elizabeth,
president; E. L. Humphreys. of Nutley,
secretary, and Nicholas Snyder, of this
city. treasurer.
The officers of the Exempts are:
President, Charles p. Field; first vice
president, Louis Coulter; second vice.
president, John MacCrellish: CORE
spending secretary, J. L. Agnew; hnan-
cial secretary, Edward Mitchell; treas
urer, Elias X. Leslie.
The Trenton exempts presented each
delegate as q souvenir of the event and
as showing forth this city as a leader
in the manufacture Of fine pottery a
handsome stein. Each stein was deco
rated and contained a view of the
monument in front of the City Hall,
known as "The Gilded Fireman and
which was erected In memory OF the ole
volunteer FIRE department.