Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
KENNY ATTACKS
HARRISON SOLONS
OVER TOWN BILLS
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Assemblyman Says Councilman
Failed to Assist Him in
Passing Measure.

AssembIyman Edward Kenny, OF East
Newark. In a tobasco-favored state
ment issued yesterday, takes issue with
the Harrison Common Council regard
ing remarks made at a recent meeting
In reference to bills which affect the
town. The speaker arraigns the solons
for their failure to lid him in having
passed a bill that provides for the
abolition of Martin act commissions.
The statement which Is a signed one,
is as follows;
ut was stated N some of the news
papers that al the last meeting of the
Harrison Town Council hat certain
bills had recently been introduced In
the legislature p~rejudicial to the town
of Harrison, and that the councilmen
should carefully look into the matter
''This is the fourth year that 1 have
represented the county Of Hudson, and
particularly his section, in the Legis-
lature. During those four years | have
sent or caused to he sent to the mayors
and the clerks of the three towns a
copy of every bill which in any way
affected Harrison, Kearny or East
Newark. I have never been spoken to
about any OF those bills by anyone
except Mayor Brock, of Kearny, and
I have never e communicated with
by the officers of the town of Harri-
son except In reference to two bills.
namely, the councilmanic salary bin
of last year, which I introduced and
had passed at the request of the coun-
Gil, and the district court bill of this
year, which was introduced by Mr..
Egan. When the latter bill was OH
third reading 7 received a letter from
the Harrison Council Directing to the
bill. | Immediately asked MI. Edge to
have the bin referred back to the judi
ciary committee for a hearing.
''The Harrison Council was notified Of
the time ana place of the hearing, but
did not apear, nor did anyone appear
representing them. TIL proponents of
the bill were there and argued before
the committee for the bill. The bill
affects Kearny and East Newark as
well as Harrison.& l had no interest in
it except as a representative of my inn
mediate constituents. l was obliged to
be neutral in the matter, because, al
though Harrison objected to the bill,
the Kearny Democratic Association ad-
vocated its passage and Kearny and
East Newark were silent.
Il regret very much that the men,
bers of the Harrison Council do not
follow the example Of Mayor Brock
and confer with Inc or advise with me
in reference to the bills / send them.
There is one bill in which the council
men of Harrison should be particularly
interested, and that is the bill to do
away with the operations of the Martin
act. That Martin act scheme was stat
ed by the Supreme Court to be a wart
on the body polite whereby dishonest
~delinquents were enabled to escape the
payment of their just taxes and to shift
the burden on h back of honest tax
payers: and Judge Speer's pointed re-
marks to the Harrison Martin Act
Commission recently are we'll remem-
bered and bear out everything 1 have
said in relation to that immortal body
and j~ustifles my action in trying TO
have the law wiped out.
''The repeal of the law would save
thousands and thousands of dollars to
the honest taxpayers of Harrison, and
I could never understand why the
Council of Harrison did not aid me
In the passage of this bill; neither
could l understand why officials of the
town of Harrison should go rubber
shooting about the State House lying
about the bill and lying about ! e.
They always carefully kept away from
me and refused to appear before the
committee in reference to the bill in
my presence. Three times l have
passed that bill through the House and
once l had it before the Governor, but
every time those gum-shoe lobbyists
and their lobbying friends from other
parts of the State defeated the bill.
THE Supreme Court of the State and
Judge Speer having justified my
actions in reference to that bill. I hope
the HI rrison ~councilmen will follow
the example of their brothers of
Kearny and help me advance the bill
and take off the rubber shoes.
And I will be glad to hear from
Alderman Dolphin and have him tell
of the bills in the Legislature which arc
prejudicial to Harrison; but / want It
done publicly-no more rubber-shoe-
Ing"