Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-25
CITIZENS AND
PEOPLES PARTIES
ISSUE STATEMENTS
Burke Replies to Tweddell.
Public Bar for Voters
Is Alleged.


the South Ocange Village Board OF
Trustees, Of which he is the senior
member, Trustee Charles III. Burke to-
day issued a statement in reply to the
arraignment last week against tire
Citizens by Trustee William Fl. Twed-
dell, who clainls to be IN Independent.
The Peoples executive committee to-
day issued a statement in which 1t
charges the Citizens with contemplat-
ing opening a public bar where voters
will be given beer and other drinks to-
morrow, as they claim was done last
election.
ITO those who know of Trustee Will
lam H. Tweddeirs aspirations for a
second term as village trustee and
especially of his vain efforts to induce
the men in charge OF the Citizens CAM
paign committee to nominate him as
one of their candidates. at the coming
election Mr.. Burke states, "Mf.
Tweddell's recent review of the Peo-
Piles party work and his arraignn1ent
OF the representatives of the Citizens
party must have been a surprise, II
not a cause for smiling. III my humble
opinion it is clearly a case of disap-
pointed ofice-seeker ~endeayoring to
discredit. those who would not stand
for him,
Personally l am a peace-loying cit
izen. / detest wrangles in politics, or
otherwise, but as my name was n OF
those featured in the headlines OF Mr..
Tweddell's article; secondly, as l am
at present one of the representatives
of the Citizens party on the Board of
Trustees, and, lastly, as a number OF
MIR. T~weddeITs statements and asser-
tions are misleading, to say the least.
l feel it incumbent upon me. In justice
to my party and for the benefit of the
voters, to correct Mr.. 'Tweddel where
he has erred and to refute such of MS
Statements as are incorrect. T.
MIR. Tweddell begins by criticising the
old board for the adoption of the civil
service resolution and charges that 1t
was passed solely for the purpose of
retaining in office Citizens party work.
ers. / was one of those Who vas re-
sponsible for the passage of this reso-
luton and / do not for a moment regret
my efforts in its behalf, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the law under which
the board passed this resolution was
subsequently, declared Unconstitutional
by the courts. When the vote was
taken this law, as far as any human
beingscould Know, was perfectly goods
South Orange was not the only COM
munity tina was obliged to reverse
itself in this matter. Newark, Jersey
City, Bayonne and Essex county had
the same experience. Tie State was
not affected by the decision of the
courts. and therefore. the State EN-
ployees are to this day protected by
the provisions of the Civil Service act.
Mr.. Tweddell further charges Presi-
dent Kip with being responsible for the
unnecessary expenditure of about $500
for street repairs. In this connection
] would like to submit a statement of
Mr.. Hills, who, during the absence of
Mr.. McDonough in California, and Mr..
Tweddell in Europe. was the sole rep
resentative Of the streets and highways
committee and acted as its chairman.
@Mr. Hill states that at the personal
request of the propertl-owners of Hixon
place, Arnold terrace n Second street,
under his personal supervision and
after submitting the matter to the vii
lage president ard receiving his APP
proval, the highly necessary repairs
were made on these three streets at q
cost not exceeding $3.50. and not about
$500 as charged by Mr.. Tweddell. An
itemized account and statement of
these expenditures was handed to Mr..
McDonough. the chairman of the COM
mi,tee, upon his return, and the work
was approved by him and subsequently
by the full board. The property-owners
In this. section of the village can best
Judge whether this was wasted money.
Mr.. Tweddell then goes on to say"
he continued, that the Citizens party
members of the Board Of Trustees was
so busy playing politics last year that
the contract for lighting the streets,
which expired June 1. 1909, was left
over for renewal by the new board. AS
to this l should like to say that as the
contract did not expire until June there
was time enough to take up the ques-
ton of it's renewal in May, when the
new board assumed Office. Mr.. lived
dell entered the board in May and was
made chairman of the street lighting
committee. It has taken him from May,
1909, to April, 1910, to negotiate a new
contract, and at the omen of writing
this new contract has not yet been
signed.
1.-The new contract, IL it is signed in
it's present shape, which is likely, will
give the village no advantages what
ever over the contract made by the
representatives of the Citizens party
in 1904. tt
The statement goes on: Eve under
stand that in this campaign similar
practises are contemplated. These
facts were so grossly apparent that
they were denounced from the pulpit
as immoral and debasing.'
I'VE denounce this ~debauching of the
voters even though there be an element
willing to be ~debauched.
THAT during the past year they
have been pressing the chairman Of the
fire committee to adopt a plan of or
g~anization in the fire department,
aboiishing the volunteers n substitu-
ting a paid department. which serve
to make it part of a political machine
dominated by the Citizens party.
THAT this trustee stood obdurate
against this pressure should be COM
f1nended by the entire community and
not condemned as implied in the Citi-
GEMS platform.
THAT the best interests of the tax
payer is not being conserved by the
tcandidacy Of a former trustee who has
already shown his inefficiency as chair
man of the W committee and his