Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-21
COUNCIL HEAD
TO NAME MEAT :
PROBERS At ONCE
Criticism of His Delay Drives
Pennington TO Make I'M
pOrtant Statement.

IF William Pennington, president OF
the Common Council. can show any
reason, or if there has been any in
nuence used to prevent the appoint
ment of a cold storage investigating
committee, he should come out like a
man and state his reasons
That paragraph, in a communication
written by Alderman James A.. Bray,
who, at the meeting of the Common
Council on February 4, offered a reso-
luton asking that a special committee
of seven be appointed to investigate
the old storage warehouses, caused
President Pennington to get so angry
that he stubbed his toe and nearly lost
his balance, as he II an EVENING
STAR reported entered the elevator in
the Globe building at noon today.
Regarding that Bray communica-
ton, | will not say nothing" declared
Mr.. Pennington. IT'S not worth no.
ticing, but for the Information of the
public | will state that l propose to
appoint the committee this week; yes,
in a few days. The public, and es-
pecially the EVENING STAR, may
also be gratified to know that ] am
also going to appoint a special COM
mittee to investigate the excessive M
discriminating rate methods of the New
York Telephone Company. I have been
very busy. but l will appoint these two
committees this week"
The Bray communication in full fol-
lows:
Letter That Caused Anger.
AT the regular meeting of the Com
mon Council, held February 4, l pre-
scented a resolution asking that a special
committee of seven be appointed by
the president of the Common Council
to investigate the cold storage ware
houses and find out how long meats.
butter, eggs and other food products
can be kept in cold storage warehouses
without deteriorating and report the
same to the Common Council as soon as
possible. The resolution was passed
unanimously and signed by the mayor.
but up to the present time 40 commit
tee has been appointed, for what reason
l do not know. Is it because a Demo-
crat presented the resolution?
"As l am a member of the Common
Council. elected by the voters of the
Fourteenth ward to serve the people, I
am entitled to as much consideration
as any other alderman, and I demand
to be recognized at all times as long
as | am a member of the Common
Council. If Mr.. Pennington, as presi-
dent, can show any reason, or if there
has been any influence used to prevent
the appointment of this committee,
he should come out like a man and
state his reasons. IF, OF the other
hand. he assumes that he is a Tom
Reid or a Speaker Cannon, that he is
the whole Common Council and that he
can do as he pleases against the wishes
of the other members of the Council.
he will find out his mistake. l have
always highly respected Mr.. Penning-
ton as a man and as president of the
Council, but he has not treated me
with respect when he has refused to
recognize my resolution and appoint
the committee he was ordered to do.
81 was sincere when / presented the
resolution, because / thought the course
that labor unions and other organiza-
tions of our great manufacturing city
were taking by a%bstaining from eating
meat from thirty to sixty days was an
injustice to themselves and their fam
lilies. The only way is to investigate,
asfth prosecutor of Hudson county has
done, punish the guilty and demand
that the men elected to ofhce-na-
tional. State and munieipal-enact such
laws and enforce them hat will re-
strain the meat and food trust from
using cold storage warehouses as a
blind to fool and rob the people of the
necessities of life. Then there will be
no more need of boycotting the meat
trust. Elect men to office that are not
afraid to perform their duties for fear
of hurting the feelings or the pocket
book of some of the trusts that are
robbing the people today"