Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-03
WOULD NOT LET
CITIZEN SPEAK

spse4aI 10 tAs EVENING NEWS.

/ PERM Pcs WAS WnGA AAt 1iDAt Zig
asked If anybody present had any
thing to bring before the commit
tee. A prominent citizen arose to
speak and he was Immediately
stopped and, upon o vote of the
committee he, was denied the priv
i1ege of being heard.
1t was Justice of the Peace John
l.. Dunn who was thus abruptly shut
off, after peing invited to speak. 1t
seems a complaint had been made
before Judge Dunn against Patrick
Dunphy, one of the Woodbridge po-
licemen. The officer is charged with
shooting at a man and fnjuring
him. Judge Dunn thought by bring
ing the matter up before the town
ship committee some understanding
could be reached and explanations
made that would be satisfactory to
all parties. Accordingly, Judge
Dunn went to the meeting of the
committee last night and when the
invitation was given for anyone who
had a matter to bring up, to do so,
the Judge arose and said: MIR.
Chairman"-he got no further for
Committeeman Dooiey Interrupted
by declaring that the speaker was
out of order and made a motion to
that effect. Committeeman Brown
objeeted and said such a motion was
out of order. Chairman Cranston
then put the question as follows;
shall he be heard by the commit
tee?"
Committeeman kaufman said no
person should be turned down who
wished to bring anything before the
committee at the proper time. "You,
Mr. Chairman inquired If anyone
present had anything to bring be-
fore the committee" he said "This
man has, then why do you refuse to
hear him? / am opposed to this
kind of business"
On roll call the vote stood as fol-
Elows: Lee and Dooley, mo"
Brown and Kuhlman, Yes" After
some hesitation Granston voted
mo" Important or unimportant,
the committeeman refused to listen
to this citizen after practically invit-
ing him to speak.
Michael Pollok, Of the Railway
Homestead Company, appeared be-
fore the committee in regard to the
bad condition of Railway emu in
the vicinity of his property. He
ooI9 AC was U4lA0luS I'LL Al0 loP6l
ty, and was greatly handicapped by
the bad condition of the road; that
a team could hardly get through
with an empty wagon.
The road supervisor said he had
lately put several loads of einders
on that part of the road and fixed
up all the bad places; that Mr.. Pol
ok himself had ruined the road by
4 ms, ~ px n Lot ~ rod ~o-L - "a a-I
that the water from Polok's street
flooded and ruined Railway avenue.
A lively discr sion ensued In
Visor and Mr.. Pollok all tried to talk
by more emphatic words, ut the
same time. The discussion was en-
joyed by the usual full house.
What looked more Like a yaude-
willie entertainment than a business
meeting was being enacted when the
moving picture man appeared before
the committee for a permit to con
duct q moving picture show in the
Dunn building In Main street. When
his business was made known some
one In the audience asked why the
town should have pay shows when
4 l1O3 kOdl0 oLtCha q 1LOoSAA9 VI LIZ
township committee for nothing.
Not having an ordinance to cover
moving picture shows the matter
was referred to the township attor-
ney and the moving picture man was
given permission to go ahead until
Thursday night next.
Albert Wilke and Mark McCabe
were granted permission to carry re-
volvers.
Judge Dunn In discussing this
morning the manner In which he was
turned down at the meeting last
night said some very pertinent
things about some of the township
committeeman.
"Dooley,' said Judge Dunn. "hrst
became known as a humorist on the
eighth day of May last, when he In
troduced his scrap basket resolu-
ton which was adopted by this same
committee. The famous sayings OF
Finley Peter Dunn under the pen
name of Mr.. Dooley never caused
more amusement than did this reso-
luton of our Mr.. Dooley.' who, af-
ter some criticism by the taxpayers
in regard to the number Of meet
ings being held by the committee,
seconded a motion to have the town
ship attorney submit a written opin-
lion in regard to what salary the
committee were entitled. The mo-
tion was carried. The attorney gave
an effhand verbal opinion. Dooley die
not like the advise, but said nothing
until Just before adjournment, then
Dooley sprung his joke. He said II
was an outrage to ask the attorney
for q written opinion on their sal
larry, and If the attorney did write an
opinion he would throw 1t in tbs
scrap basket. He then presented
the resolution as follows: 'Resolv'
ed that IL the township attorney
submits an opinion regarding salary
OF members of the township com
Imittee that the same be thrown into
the scrap basket.
On May II last, this same com.
mtttee awarded that $4,000 macad'
am job to the highest bidder, at
tempting to give the contract and
So, 900 to a man who had little or nc
experience In road building while
the low bidder is a man OF the nigh
est standing throughout the eoun.
ty and state as a contractor and
road builder. Then the tax payers
called a public meeting TO protest
Iagainst the methods OF the suppos-
ed guardians OF the public welfare
lat that public meeting A. p. Gran.
lston, the chairman of the township
kcommittea, was asked publicly. why
was the contract given to the high
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