The evening world., 1911-04-22
MillionaireS and the Common
People in Fierce Struggle
in South Orange.
ELECTION NEXT WEEK.
Attack on Insects Made an
Issue to Overcome Charge
of Trust Interference.

eouth Orange. y. J.. home Of multi.
miilicnaires who make their money IN
New Yorf CITY. and also the abiding
pises OF some people who earn money
working In South Orange for the mill
'onaireY. is In tho throcs OF n political
camps.ign. Tho whole village Ia doing
nothing but talk about the coming battle
OF the ballots. The burning issue (Which
10 no Joke. for Standard OIL has been
injected into the campaign Is: Shall
the mosquitoes be exterminated?"
One party says they shall. Another
spys they shall not. Another issue H..
% the men who have been drawing
down good money In easy bcrths for a
dozen or moro years be given life ten
ures?' The Citizens party wants 10 put
these ONCE holders under o.v.l service,
while Others want them ousted.
But only the politicians are Interested
In the latter proposition. The popuiac CO
as a whole Is divided over the mosuulto
question. 1t will be decided next Tues
day.
The Mosquito Plank.
The candidates OF the Citizens party
are all wealthy men. on the ticket for
trustee h Frederick J. Lovatt, secretary
10 WilHam Rockefeller. and the oppo-
sition has raised the cry that the sand
ard Oh millions are butting into the
local anairs OF South Orange. But the
'itizens party 10 meet that charge has
inserted In It's platform this plank:
we FAVOR an energetic campaign
against mosquitoes and believe that tho
Board OF Trustees should mako a proper
appropriation TO enable the Board n,
Health 10 take effective action. We ad.
rocate the cooperation Of th,. villas o.
with other %neighborlns m~unlcipaI,t,e.
FOR determination by scientinc mctbods, ;,
The p%artisans OF the Peoples party.
the organization that Is not mad I'm Of
the rich. jumped on that plank.
NO. sir, we're against the ~exte-nIn.-
tion OF mosquitoes, and down with c,ru
eervice.' was their cry.
you can't exterminate ~mosaultocs"
they added later.
w can by scientific methods" was
the retort OF the Citizens.
Eoroot Abou+ th. r.x.
Instantly avcrvhoa, -
tara. Tho r..a =. aoou' lower
'"Aes' 'he heed or a new lamppost on
cypress street and q in HoRan's
alley, and orators on every platform
have discussed what shall he 8ons r,,,h
tho MOSQUITOES
Down with .,an an,
mi. ,ann.ta. ~ "ypoerAy III
'"uhuered i. oConnor
''oa"e' heau OF the Peoples party. You
10y eHterrhihate tho mosquitoes here.
Tor 80 per cent. OF the Atlantic coast
mosquitoes come from ,,,, m...--
and there ~alo,s" "''"e'
To refute IN. .,.,ouo, -
nor Sloane. who wo. ,orr.ri
lessor In Seton Hail prss,d.n, -.
imported two ..,.r,,.,. ~, imp
n, ,h. W. i'o""r"
,,... ou'eau aeaiins with
N'..'s Anu o'her pests and Prof. Smith
o. New brunswick. an expert on bugs.
a luncheon was given in their honor
at the Country Club. and the,s tho.>
learned men exnounded an -. -
au,toes oou,d 40 .x,au.,.. rvs
,an..- VIZ o".ei'n'nateu' me mill
eohues'ehded to tell tho COM
"o" peop'e ABOUT II afterwards. adding
INV. 'he iuhcheon was a great suoceW.
We will Increase the va,,a,,or.
threcfold II We exterminate nos
quitoes.' shouted the orators OF the
Citizens party.
And raise our rents sixfold" renIica
the Peoples party stump speaker.
Once a year the millionaire. =, 800
land Road and Irving avenue nak. a
pilgrimage to what IL kno~r n. 3D.
Hill. This taunt ia nIvay. n, It,
nf nm alaaFNa, anAt