Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-14
NEW CHARTER To
Be PRESENTED To
SENATE MONDAY
Revision Committee Decides
Against Referendum and
Recall Provisions.
TIE VOTE DEFEATS
IMPORTANT FEATURES
City Counsel Nugeqt, Who
Drafted Charter, Advises
Against Undue Haste.

The initiative, referendum and re-
bill when it is sent to the Legislature
next Monday. After long discussion
on the subject at the meeting of the
charter revision commission last night
the motion to include the 81. r. r."
in the bill was defeated by tie vote.
The strong plea made by Judge Mar
tin in behalf Of the three measures
were of no avail. Supporting the judge
were Commissioners Fielder and
Ryan and Corish opposed the measure.
Senator Harry V. Osborne will be asked
to introduce the bill.
Several minor suggestions were
adopted by the commissioners last
night. the suggestions having been
made at the two public hearings Tues
day and Wednesday evenings. No new
thoughts on the subject were advanced
last night, but today the STAR offers
several changes for consideration. The
STARS views will be found In another
part of the paper.
Public Shows Little Interest.
No pronounced public interest was
displayed at the two public hearings.
Criticism was evenly divided and no
general defect in the proposed charter
was dealt with. The absence of serious
criticism is proof that the work of the
commissioners was well done. and the
STAR takes this opportunity OF COM
mending the work of the commission
ers.
Because the commissioners do not
hold that their work is perfect, and
because they have from the beginning
invited suggestions from the public the
STAR has decided to suggest several
changes.
Another meeting will be held next
Tuesday night in the City Hall James
NJ Reilly, of the Board of Trade, ap-
peared before the commission last night
and invited the members to meet with
the board at special session. Instead
the commissioners extended an invita-
tion to the board after comments had
been made on the fact that with the
exception of Curtis R. Burnett, presi-
den of the trade body, no other MEM
bers attended the public hearings.
Judge Martin made a motion to in
clude the initiative, referendum and re-
call measures preparatory TO combin-
ing the supplement with the bill. The
motion after the tie vote was cast was
declared lost by Chairman Hardin.
The chairman explained his stand and
said that in voting on the motion he
did so as he would on election day.
Mr.. Hardin thought the features en-
bodied in the supplement would not
work well in city the size of New
ark. He said that in a smaller COM
munity the measures may be advis-
able. The recall especially, he declared.
would work an injustice to any official
that may be perfectly honest, but op-
posed TO the views of number of
people.
Fought for Referendum.
Judge Martin emphaticalfy declared
that although he respected the views of
the chairman he saw no reason why
the people should be deprived of a vote
on the subject just because the chair
man was opposed to It,
with the supplement" said the
judge, you pass your charter without
il you jeopardize the whole scheme
seriously"
Mr.. Fielder agreed with the Judge
and said that the new charter tooH the
veto power from the Mayor and pro-
vided none for the people.
IT think" he said, that the people
should have the right to exercise these
measures under a commission that has
been given such vast powers The
question OF introducing the charter this
year was then taken up apd decided
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