Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-02
BAYONNE COUNCIL
REORGANIzEO BY
COMBINATION
Appointive Power Taken from
President and Members Name
New Committees.

BAYONNE, March FOLLOWING the
disagreement among the Democrats in
the Council as to the way in which the
business of the city should be trans
acted II the. appointments that
should be made. a combination was
formed last evening between Council
men Charles Collier. A H. Phillips,
George Never. Michael O'Keefe. the
four Republicans in the Council, and
Councilmen Joseph Mccormack, George
Welcher, Neil O'Mahony and John Hor-
max, the four Democrats, to support
Matthew T. Cronin. the Democratic
leader in Bayonne. AT the meeting of
the Council that body was practically
r~eorganized All the standing commit
tees were discharged and the power Il
name committees was taken from the
president of the Council. George Oliver,
and given to the Council as a whole.
This step was bitterly fought by Goun-
Gilman Oliver, George Russell. Albert
DAILY, the three Democrats. who sup
ported Mayor John J.. Cain.
As a result of the combination the
Republicans and Cronin Democrats
shared the patronage, and the Republic
cans were given control of three COM
mittees-the fire. police and water,
streets and drains. and Craftsmanship
of tour committees, assessments of
taxes, police. water, streets and drains,
and stationery.
The committees appointed are: AS,
sessnlent of taxes, Phillips, Russell.
Hornak; buildings. docks and parks,
Welcher, Mccormack Collier: finance,
Hornak, Collier. O'MahonY; fire, O'Ma-
hony. Phillips, 0'Keefe. health, charity
and correction, Daily, Russell. Collier:
laws and ordinances. Russell. Meyer,
DAILY; police, Meyer, Hornak, Phillips:
license, Hornak. O'Keefe, Weicher;
water, streets and drains, Collier, Meyer,
Mccormack; stationery and printing,
O'Keefe, Welcher, O'Mahony.
The combination resulted in an agree
ment as to appointments.
Forty-seven appointments were made,
all of which were previously under the
civil service. Collier. the Republican
leader. dictated a number of the ap-
pointments with the result that some
of the old ~officeholders We're retained
and other were given places at re-
duced salaries.
Every Democratic appointee is a Gro
min man. Robert Davis. the county
leader; Thomas Magyar. ex-Democratic
leader. and Hyman Lazarus. ex-recor-
der. were totally ignored.
Among the appointments were those
of ex-Assemblyman Peter F. Stillwell
as city comptroller, to succeed Charles
Annett: Jesse j. Feinberg. as assistant
city attorney. to succeed Aaron Melni-
ker, and John F. Gribbon, as assistant
city clerk, to succeed Carl A Ruhl-
mann. Ruhlmann is transferred to the
position of first assistant bookkeeper in
the office of the collector of revenues.
Mr.. Mccormack, the Democratic
leader. and Collier, the Republican
leader, made statements to the audi
ence, and said that they would work for
the best interests of the city. Politics
are to be entirely eliminated.
The four Democrats were criticised
for combining with the Republicans, but
Collier quoted this opposition by saying
that the three Democrats who sup
ported Mayor Cain had also pleaded
with the Republicans to form a COM
bination.
Public sentiment at the meeting was
with the combination, and President
Oliver failed to keep the audience from
applauding.