Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-22
GRAND JURY NOW
LOOMS ON ORANGE
COUNCIL HORIZON
Graft Charges Are Made Openly
After Strenuous
Meeting.
P. A. SMITH TALKS OF $400
OFFER FOR ASSESS0RSHIP
There's Also Stage Whisper of
Alleged $500 Garbage
Contract Bribe.

That affairs existing In the Orange
common council will be brought TO the
attention of the September Grand Jury
is practically assured following state
ments made last night after the regu
lar council meeting, when open charges
of graft in connection with the assessor
ship appointment and with the award
ing of the garbage contract were aired
In the open.
According to the statements maee
$400 figured in the tax assessorshlp
while 81, 500 was named as the lmoln'
in the garbage contract.
The charges of graft came after
long session of the Council during
which the long existing deadlock over
the appointment of a tax assessor was
broken seven members of the Council
voting for Deignan, five for Mulvihill
and one for George w. Sharp.
All during the fight that preceded this
vote Councilman P. Allen Smith, of the
First Ward, had been vainly trying
TO get the floor TO make statement.
After the meeting he broke loose with
a statement that according to those
well posted in Orange affairs means
just one of two things and probably
both. One is that affairs In Orange
will be a subject of investigation by the
prosecutor and the September Grand
Jury and the other Is that Orange N
view of the charges ofseileged graft In
the Council will War commits
sion form of government within few
weeks.
May Rip Apart All Orange.
The statement made by Smith that
is liable to rip all Orange apart came
after Smiths candidate, Mulyihill,. had
been turnad down In favor of Deignan.
and was made just outside the Council
chamber 1t was as follows:
Because | refused to vote for Ber-
nard Fif1eran Tor tax assessor Council
men Quinn and Kelley refused to vote
for my man." angrily declared Smith.
Some time ago I was offered $400 to
vote for Finneran, but | refused. Be
cause l did not do SO in a caucus they
have voted against Mulvihill ever
since"
Finneran is the business part er of
Councilman Quinn, but is not relat
to Councilman John c. Fineran. ma
jority leader in the Council
II 1t was John c. Fileran that added
/ fuel to the fire that was already show
ing much smoke by stating after Smith
had made his $500 graft charge; There
might be something said about the
garbage contracts too.
Like the assessorship. the gart age
contracts have been held up for long
time, and 1t is common report that at
least one bidder sent check for $1,5)O
to Orange to be used in order to land
the cont
Check snid to BE Photographed.
II is alleged that a photograph ii
this check Is in existence, but the
whereabouts of the original check is
| not known, as the parties alleged }
have offered it did not receive the con-
tract, the Moloney company settling all
fights on the garbage question by turn
ing In such a low bid last night, that
the council promptly awarded them d
three-year contract.
In the vote for assessor Majority
Leader Fineran, Councilmen Smith,
Dolan, Casey, Stetson and President
Coleman voted for Mulvihill. Another
fight came up, but no graft was men
toned either in the meeting or out In
this one. when Samuel Nelson was pro
posed as successor to Fury Leya as
sewer inspector. Councilman Kelley
proposed this change, and, with the
new alignment of himself and Quinn
with the Republicans, was able to carry
it through
Lender Fineran's Statement.
Majority Leader Fineran then took
1 occasion to say
II think it right to explain to the cit
liens of Orange what was done to
agree on appointments. made a
proposition to Mr. Quinn and Mr.
Kelley to have caucus of Democrat
ic members and straighten out the
appointments without calling in the
aid of the Republican members of the
council They refused to join us
! why was not that done sooner?'
retorted Mr.. Quinn.
Mr.. Fineran replied Because we
could never get you in caucus" but
his voice was drowned by the Republi-
can shouts for a vote and Nelson won
/ the Job b. vote of 10 to 3.
II was then that Councilman Smith
made a determined effort to be heard
on the graft question, but was silenced
by motion to adjourn, with the result
that the graft tales came up outside
Of the regular meeting.
The next grand jury will be convened
on September IS. and from the way
Orange lis worked up today over the
statements made last night an investi-
cation by the grand jury Is sure to be
asked for