Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-06
SEAMAN GUSTS
JAS. S. WIGHT
Sends Letter to the Alder
men Stating He Has Dis
charged Special Counsel.
coNvERY PLACE MATTER
Outcome. Of Controversy Be-
tween Two Over Acting May
or hoW--To Committee.

As a climax to the controversy
between Alderman F. A. Seaman
and James s. Wight over the lat
ter's advice to elect Lawrence c..
Dalton vice president of the coun-
lcil and consequently acting mayor.
Mr.. Seaman has ordered the dis
charge of Mr.. Wight as counsel for
the city in the matter OF opening
Convery Place. Mr.. Seaman had a
communication before the Board of
Aldermen at its meeting last night,
In which he gave a copy Of letter
he sent TO Mr.. Wight, ordering his
idischarge. He stated that as this
agreed with the views given by the
majority of the board at its meet
| ing January Is, he hoped it would
| merit the boards approval The
letter was received and referred to q
committee Of the whole on a motion
made by Alderman Dalton.
Other Letters Exchanged.
Several communications have
been written as the result of Mr..
Seaman's attitude towards Mr..
| Wight, because he claimed the law
yer had assisted in deliberately de-
lceiving him in aiding to make him
the one to move for Mr. Dalton's
election to the vice presidency of
the council and thereby relieving
Alderman-at-Large Ferd Garretson
OF the powers of mayor Mr.. Sea-
man has since his discovery of the
alleged trickery, attebpted to prevent
Mr.. Wight from further representing
the city. contending that legal mat
tiers for the city should he banded
by the city attorney. The alderman
gained point along that line at the
| meeting on January 15. when he
succeeded IN putting through mo-
| tion to prevent the city from paying
Mr.. Wight for services, inasmuch as
he had not been officially engaged
| to represent the city. He followed
Illlllll .fh bI. cmfwyp shrdluetao
| this action with the letter before
the council last night.
Mr.. Seaman, as chairman of the
committee ON streets and sewers,
land the only member left of the
original committee that gave Mr..
Wight verbal instructions to act In
fhe matter Of extending Comvery
Place. ordered the lawyers dis
charge In letter sent to Mr. Wight
lby registered mail on January 90.
EIt appears that this followed one 81
lalIeged sarcasm Mr.. Seaman re-
Iceived from Mr.. Wight just before
the alderman went south for his
health.
Mr.. Seaman's Letter.
The communication to the council
was in the hands of Alderman Sam
Iuel w. Hornsby before the meeting
last night and he handed 1t to the
city clerk. 1t follows In full:
Board OF Aldermen,
Perth Amboy. N. ].
"Gentlemen:-Th following letter
was sent by registered mail to Mr..
Jas. s. Wight on Jan. Goth, 1912.
AS this agrees with the views
given by majority of the Board
at the meeting held on Jan. 18th,
1912. hope II merits your approval.
Yours, r.. A. SEAMAN.
Chairman Com on Streets and
Sewers.
Mr.. JAS. s. Wight,
.Perth Amboy, N. J.
Dear Whereas your author
Iity to act In the matter OF the
Iopening Of Convery Place came from
verbal instructions given you a
short time before Jan. list, 1912, by
Mr.. VIM. d. Voorhees, and Mr.. r. A..
Seaman and as Mr.. Voorhees, ceased
TO be member OF the Board OF
Aldermen on Jan. 1st, 1912, and
whereas you did, not report on the
matter to the Board of Aldermen
nor to Mr.. Seaman, but you did re-
Iport. on the evening of Jan. 3rd,
1912, to Mr.. L. G. Dalton, who did
not employ you in the matter, and
who was not at that time fJan. 3rd.
1872 q member OF any committee,
the council not having been organ
lied, and wha is not at the present
thine a member Of the committee on
Streets, therefore your authority to
act could not come from him.
Whereas the result OF your with
holding your report from Mr.. Sea-
man and from the Board of Alder
men was that they were deceived
| In the matter of eiecting Mr. Dalton
as Vice President of the Council,
| therefore you are hereby discharged
from further reconsideration of the
matter of the opening of Conyery
Place and your duties and compen-
satton in such matter are hereby
Ireyoksd and cease.
Yours,
"F. A. SEAMAN.
I"Chairman OF the Committee On
Streets and Sewers Of the Board
OF Aldermen of the City of Perth
Amboy. and the only member left
of the original committee who
gave you verbal instructions In
this matter"
MAN NEADiv RI7'Ec