Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-24
BOTH SIDES SURE
Of WINNING At
VILLAGE ELECTION
Leaders OF Parties in South Or
ange Claim Victory at
Polls Tomorrow.

With the eve Of the South Orange
village election at hand. the Peoples
party candidates for places on the Vii
lage Board Of Trustees are indignant
/ over reports TO the effect that If elected
they will "clean out the village hal"
and today branded the statements as
false. They add that the reports have
10 foundation in fact.
Told that a member of the Peoples
party had declared that the Citizens
employees would loose their jobs should
they be successful tomorrow, each of
the three candidates in turn denied that
they had. ever made n Initiation of
so doing.
IF any such report is in circulation
it is absolutely unauthorized" said
Harold 3. Byron, ole OF the Peoples
candidates. AT no time, either directly
ar indirectly. or even by intimation, has
any candidate on the Peoples ticket
promised such a thing; nor has the ex-
ecutive committee or the nominating
committee, or In fact any committee,
ever asked or suggested such a pledge.
At no meeting of any comruittee has the
question ever come up for dscussion. so
one can readily see that tn report has
not a vestige Of foundation IN fact"
Raymond T. Marshall and Tom c.
Watkins, the other trustee candidates.
agree with Mr.. Byron and all say that
unless incompetency is shown by the
present village employees, in that
event charges are brought and proven
they will not stand for any dismissals.
In addition to the Cleaning out" re-
ports circulated by men in the Peoples
party, Francis spier. jr.. the Citizens
presidential nominee. has openly
charged the Peoples men with aiming
for the village jobs-"to Gust the pres
ent efficient incumbents and replace
them with others The Citizens, in
their platform, pledge themselves not to
remove officials, unless charges are
made and proven against them.
Last Meeting Tonight.
Women are invited 70 take a part
in the final night of the campaign.
and the citizens, in sending out in
vitations for their mass-meetings in
the village nall tonight state that
seats will be reserved for ladies'" Al
the meeting the issue of the cam
paign will be dealt on by Mr.. Spier.
Wilson Farrand, Edward d. Duffield,
former President Albert C. Wall and
Frank l.. Sage, a candidate for trus-
tee.
Whether the seventy Seton Hall
students who are registered voters
will take part in the contest at the
polls is causing much interest on both
sides. In previous years the collegians
have been regarded as Gifts" but be-
cause of DR.. T. O'Conor Sloane, a
former professor at the institution, be-
ing a candidate it is thought they
may support him. Last year, how
ever, the voters al the college were
asked by the Rev. DIR. James F.
Mooney, president, not to take a part
because of the c~loseness in past re-
suits and in view Of the fact that they
have no direct interest at stake. The
negro vote is as yet regarded as
doubtful by both sides.
Although leaders on both sides are
confident of victory. neither will state
any majority for his ticket. Fred H.
Smith Sd, campaign manager of the
Citizens, says that he sees victory
in sight at the present time for the
entire Citizens ticket. A fortnight ago.
however. he said he believed it posi-
Bile for the Peoples men to squeeze in
Tom C, Watkins.