Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-09
G. 0. P. MACHINE
SC0RNS WISHES
OF BELLEv|LlE
Slurs intelligence of Voters by
Defeat of Osborne An
nexatiOn Bill.
CITIZENS BRAVE FIGHT
NOW ALL FOR NAUGHT
Desires OF People Are Utterly
Disregarded and Sacri-
feed to Politics"

Belleville annexation has been de-
feated and again the Republican ma
chine has ruthlessly ridden over the
will of the people. OF the ll,ooo people
living in the township of Belleville
vast majority, and especially the tax
payers favored Senator Osborne's Dill,
the purpose of which was to annex the
township with the city of Newark
The Senate late yesterday afternoon
defeated the annexation bill by a vote
of II to and the consensus OF opinion
in the old-fa ashioned township today Is
that the Republican leaders, by rerus-
ing to allow the proposition to be SUD-
mitted to referendum, deliberately
snubbed and slurred their intelligence
Here is the way the senators voted;
FOR ANNEXATION.
Osborne, Fielder, Price, FIRE.
Iinghuysen, Gebhsrdt, Hand and
siIxer.
AGAINST ANNEXATION.
Alderman, Bradley, Brown,
Gaunt, Mathis, Mills, Minch, Plum
mer, Prince, Wakelee and Wilson.
Belleville's career is variegated one.
Thirty odd years ago Belleville was a
cal character. was it's mayor. Its ter
ritory at that time comprised Wood
side, Franklin and Nutley. Slices were
cut from time to time from Bellevilles
territorial pie and the suburb degen-
Grated from city to township, not
even a town. The plucky inhabitants,
who are now praying to be annexed to
Newark, like the Woodside section was,
oil
their salvation. they thought, but in
stead of annexation they will be in
corporated, whether they like it or not
A vigorous Fight.
The fight for Beilevilles annextion
vas the most vigorous that has been
waged on the Senate floor this year
MIR. Osborne, father of the bill that
passed ints the legislative graveyard
without a. decent burial, just before
the vote was announced changed his
vote from AYE" TO may" in order to
have the privilege of resurrecting the
measure later, ii he SO desires.
MIR. Osborne pointed out that the bill
put the question of annexation up to
lne voters of Belleville Township in
mat it made it necessary for ma
lority OF them to favor it before the
act becomes effective.
lie also reviewed the history Of Belle
sile annexation legislation; how bills
aneclins the matter had been persist
emily snothered in former years; how
Assenbyman Minard had openly ex-
lressed his assurance in the public
print tnat the bill would not pass, and
cosed by urging his fellow-Senators to
salisty the demands of the people of
his county.
Then Senator Hand expressed him.
self He defended his action in
former years OF failing to re-
Lou Bsilevile annexation bills because,
as he)put it, there was no demand for
it tGeh" But, he added, he had come
tofreaIize that there was genuine
sentiment for annexation this year and
) he not only reported the Osborne blu
from his committee, but also proposed
to vote for it.
At this point the political influences
back of the opposition to apnexation
were betrayed by Mr.. Wakelee, who
very plainly declared that he would not
vote for the Osborne bill and would
favor Mr. Minard's because the latter
had the support of Republicans. He
contended that it was the duty of Re-
lublicans to atand by the measure
which Republican Assemblyman had
introduced and which Republican
House of Assembly had passed. His al
lusion was directed to Mr.. Minard's s bill
which incorporates the town of Belle
vile, but doesn't annex
Objects to Politics.
This reference to partisan loyalty
brought Mr. Hand to his feet In
hurry. 81 don't see why politics should
he injected into this matter" declared
the picturesque Cape May Senator
with a show of anger. II think it's a
matter of justice to vote for this BILL
and vet you come out here and talk
about our standing together just be-
cause we're Republicans"
Senator Osborne called attention to
Mr.. Wakelee's statement as the first
public declaration that it had become
a party measure. He declared that the
bill concerned only the people of Essex
County. and should not become a "po-
litical playthjng."
Then Mr. Wakelee started in to ex-
plain that he had before him two bills,
one from a Republican Assemblyman
and the other from a Democratic Sena-
tor He said he wasn't familiar with
the merits of the case, but felt as a
Republican he should support the meas
II, which a Republican had introduced
and a Republican House had passed.
Mr.. Fielder expressed the opinion
that the House bill of Minard's was
merely a scheme to beat annexation.
There was no further discussion. al
though Mr.. Ackerman did ask for the
privilege of "echoing the sentiments of
the gentleman from Bergen meaning
Mr. Wakelee
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