Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-27
REPUBLICANS At
WAR OVER OUSTiNG
Q'.I 60 DEMOCRATS
6. G P. Alderman Serves Notice
That He Will Fight
Caucus Action.
SPOILS DISTRIBUTION
DETAILS MADE PUBLIC
Efficiency and Service Totally
Disregarded in Disposing
of Old Employees.


Details became known today of the
Republican scheme to oust from office
sixty odd Democrats. These city en-
ployees are to be decapitated, If the
program is not blocked, for purely
political reasons regardless of their
efficiency and worth to the city. Their
places are to be filled with Republicans
selected according to the old-time
"spoils system The wholesale re-
placing is being engineered by Alfred
n. Dalrymple, chairman of the Essex
County Republican Committee. A Bit
ter fight will be made by those OPP
posed to the political slaughter.
The Republican majority of the Com
mon Council in a stormy four-hour
session that lasted till after midnight
voted to concur in the recommendations
of the steering committee, which calls
for the replacing of Republicans in the
City Hall jobs novN held by Democrats.
Adjournment was taken to permit the
aldermen to confer with the ward Re-
publican executive committee regard
ing the patronage. Another conference
will be held Friday, at which
the slate will be made up for presen-
tation at the May meeting of the Com
mon Council which will be held week
from Friday night.
The plan is to total the salaries of
the sixty odd jobs and divide the pa
tronage on the salary basis. seeing to
1t that every, ward gets something. IN
the five wards of the city that have
two Democratic aldermen each. the
ward Republican executive committee
will select candidate for at least one
position to be apportioned to each Of
The five Democratic wards. In wards
where there is one Republican alder
elflan larger percentage is to be hand
ed oft, while in wards where there are
two Republican aldermen still larger
proportion of the patronage is to be
given.
The Republicans plan to prepare mo-
tions which will provide that the par
ticular clerk or official therein shall be
replaced by the Republican chosen to
succeed him. Chairman Dalrymple
holds that there is nothing in the law
to prevent ousting the Democratic in
cumbents by motion and appointing
their successors by motion. The con-
tention has been. as well as the prac-
tise, for many years. to make appoint
ments by resolution.
CongIeton Fights Change.
Alderman Jerome t. Congleton stood
practically alone in his. fight against
ousting men for political reasons. He
reiterated the arguments he offered a
week ago, and emphasized them. He
said that he was against any scheme
that called for the dismissal of efficient
men because of their political beliefs.
He stated that he was in favor of abol-
ishing useless offices and of replacing
inefficient city employees. but he raped
the "spoils system" as wrong in prin-
cipIe and vicious in practise. He served
notice that he proposed to fight the
plans to put the Democrats out on the
floor of the Council.
On many of the motions made in the
conference to vacate jobs there were
very close votes the eighteen aldermen
present frequently dividing 10 to or
IL to Z. Alderman Charles L. Whitfield,
of the Eighth Ward, was the only Re-
publican alderman absent. He was in
the City Hall early in the evening, but
had to leave to attend the Eighth Ward
Improvement Associations dinner. Had
he been there it is certain that in some
cases the vote would have been even
closer.
1t is by no means certain that the
Republican slate will go through next
week With Messrs. Congleton and
Whitfield sure to line up against turn
ing men out of Office because they are
Democrats. it will require but one
more Republican to tie the Council and
block the whole thing.
Those scheduled to walk the plank
are:
Sealer of weights and measures, John
II. Sullivan; assistant sealers. Bernard
Kelly. Thomas P. Fleming, Thomas
Pupilille; clerk. Joseph Desch
Tax Receivers Department.. Frank
Dwyer, assistant cashier: William L.