Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-08-25

this city to have four republicans
placed on the democratic primary
ballot as candidates for school com
missioner. This is In line with the
policy of retaining the present school
board in office as it Is, maintaining
Its non-partisan character and work
ing for the best interests of the
schools regardless of politics. The
republican city committee will meet
shortly and discuss the situation 1t
is not known what stand will be
taken by that party, but an effort
will be made to have the organiza-
tion join in the movement to keep
the schools out of politics.
1t was thought yesterday that a
republican could not run on a demo-
cratic ballot and a democrat could
not be placed on a republican ballot.
Upon careful examination of the
petition for school commissioner,
however, 1t. has been found that
there Is nothing to distinguish the
politics Of the candidate as long as
the men who sign the petition for
the democratic nominations are all
democrats, and the men who sign
the republican petition are all repub-
licans. In other words, II there are
sufficient democrats who want repub-
licans on the democratic primary
ticket they can have 1t so. Like
wise, a sufficient number of republi-
can signatures will assure democrats
being placed on the republican pri-
mary ticket.
A search of the primary law was
made and nothing was found to con-
fict with this idea. To make still
more certain, however, Charles j.
Baxter, state superintendent OF
schools, of Trenton, was called up
on the telephone and asked regard
ing the matter He could see no
reason why the idea could not be
carried To be sure, he said he
would at once ask the attorney gen.
eral and if it could not be done, he
gould at once telephone to that eff
feet. No reply was received from
Mr.. Baxter.
AS a result of this, the petitions
for the non-partisan board are being
circulated today to have the board
as 1T now stands placed on the demo-
cratic ballot sss sl se
1t cannot be denied that anyone
else desiring to circulate a petition
can do SO and have his name on the
ballot also, and the voters must then
choose whom they will have, but the
understanding Is that the democratic
city organization will stand back of
the non-partisan board which will
probably assure the nomination of
the men as they now stand. If the
republicans join in the movement
the present board will doubtless be
re-nominated and reelected.
To ascertain public opinion on the
present board and whether or not
the people favor keeping the schools
out of politics, the EVENING NEWS
publishes today interviews with sew
eral prominent men of both parties
setting forth their views on the
question The expressions are as
follows:
Mayor Favors Present Board.
When the subject was broached to
Mayor Bollschweiler he. expressed
himself as being heartily In favor of
both parties endorsing the present
members of the Board of Education
for denomination. 1.-THE schools
have always been a matter of i'm
portance to me-" said the mayor,
sand it has always been my policy
to look after their interests. Now, /
do not think better men could be
placed In office than those already in
the board, and what they have done
during the past year should warrant
their reelection. A year is hardly
adequate time in which to adjudge
a board as whole, and you may say
am heartily in favor of their being
re-endorsed
John Pfeiffer Non-CommittaI.
Said Chairman of the Republican
County Committee John Pfeiffer:
'Pm glad you've taken this thing
up, because it is a matter that has
TO be decided in a few days, and
gives us chance to learn the senti-
ment of some of the people. So far,
there's only one objection that we've
run up against, and that's the COM
plant from people In the northern
section OF the city that they have no
representation In the board. How
ever, / think the BOARD has good
policies, but as to whether or not
think the plan for proposed endorse
ments for the denomination of the
present commissioners q good one,
why, for few days, I'm going to be
non-committal"
George j. Haney's Opinion.
George J. Haney, of the republi-
can city executive committee, said
that he had kept pretty well out of