Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-07
APPOINTMENTS AND
MESSAGES TO 60
TO LEGISLATURE
Gov. Fort to Present Slate and
Urge Income Tax and
a. Crossing Park.
Ir,rom a stafr corregnondent.l

TRENTON, Feb. 7.-Excepting the
County Tax Board nominations Gov
ernor Fort will tonight send all his APP
pointments to the Senate. The Govern
or vii also send two messages to the
Legislature. The first will deal ex-
clusiyely with the income tax. advo-
eating action by the New Jersey law
makers in c~onsonance with that of
the Federal Congress The second
message will deal with the proposed
national park at W~ashington's cross.
ing, near the capitol. The commission
has reported in favor OF having the.
ground set aside in commemoration of
the crossing of the Delaware river by
General Washington at what is looked
upon as the turning point in the
American revolution.
Most interesting of all will be the
appointments. ~Forecasting has beer of
TO avai'. for ;he Governor has kept
his own counsel. There is still al nn-
certainty as to whether the Governor
will reappoint Major Carl Lentz, q the
head of the State Board of Taxation.
The Governor, SO far as can be as
certained, has not committed himself
in the Lentz matter, and the guessing
Is about evenly divided. There are
many here who believe that the major
viii be ignored in the list and that ii
is the rogram to elevate Frank E.
jess from membership in the board to
It's presidency and to fill the Jess job
by appointing John Howe, who is now
d member OF the Newark Tax Board
The vacancy in the State Board of
Assessors, known as the Baird job. will
probably go to George Everett Halsey.
OF East Orange. although the name OF
Senator Bloomfield H.. Minch, of Cum
berland county, is being persistently
mentioned.
1t will be remembered that when a
delegation of notables asked Governor
Fort TO ~reappoint General Lewis 4.
Bryant, of Atlantic City. as State La
Dor Commissioner, he said that he had
something else in mind for General
Bryant. and planned to make an East
Orange man labor commissioners. 1t
was supposed that Mr.. Halsey was
'the East Orange man." 1t develops
that the Governor @planned to make
General Bryant judge of the Court of.
Errors and Appeals and to appoint
George r. Howe. a Newark manufac-
furer and q resident OF East Orange.
labor commissioner. General BRYANT
wanted to remain in his present office.
and pretty much everybody else seemed
70 want him to stay so that it Is said
the Governor will nominate George
II. Howe for judge of the Court OF Err
rors and Appeals TO succeed William II.
Nredenburgl1 and will reappoint Labor
Commissioners Bryant.
Baseball Hearing.
Church folk, settlement workers.
sportslnen and folks from all walks of
life thronged the State House this
afternoon for the public hearing
that is to be given on the Sunday base
ball bill. That measure was fought
through the House last year in q, gall
battle by AssemblyInan Charles p.
of Hudson, its introducer for
sessions. The bill is in the
Keeping of the committee on judiciary
Of the House, and Chairman Walter
u. Edge set 4 o'clock this after
FOR the hearing. Duane e. Minard
Is the Essex member of the committee.
The House committee on elections has
called TO meet at s o'clock today
To consider h many bills referred to il,
In the Senate, the prospects are that
the chief thing OF interest will be ap-