Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-29
ASSERTS ARONSON
TAKES ALL CREDIT
Mayor Haussling Claims Play
grounds Success Was Due
to Whole Commission.
DEFIES MAYORALTY RIVAL
TO ANSWER CHALLENGE
Declares Candidate Is Hiding
Behind Plea of mo
Personalities"

Calling attention to the fact tina
Board of Playground Commissioner
besides the Republican, m~ayoralt.
candidate, Mayor Jacob Haussling
in two open-air addresses last nigh
deplored the fact that Mr.. Aronsor
had taken upon himself the credit
for the development of the play
ground system. There are Others
the mayor said, who have worked
just as hard and deserve as much
credit for the success of the play
ground movement as Mr.. Aronson."
The mayor in his two addresses,
which were delivered in Howard
street, at Springfield avenue, and at
80 Jones street, also took up the fail
ure of MI. Aronson to answer his
challenge to name the man or men
who controlled the mayors office at
the present time. Not once did the
mayor resort to innuendo or insinua-
ton. He dared his Republican oppo-
nent to make good his statement that
the mayors office was controlled"
"Mr. Aronson has refused to do so.
II he is correctly reported in the
newspapers, he is giving as an ex-
cuse for his refusal an expressed de-
sire to avoid personalities Now, If
a sneering insinuation that an official
is improperly controlled Is not a per-
sonality, then l do not know what a
personality is. My idea of it GER
tainly must be very different than
that Of Mr.. Aronson's.
"If you have read the newspapers
you have noticed that my opponent
has said a great deal about the play
ground movement in this city, and
think it is fair to assert that from
the tenor of his remarks one would
suppose that he was almost entirely
the whole playground movement. and
that he had encountered hostility to
1t on the part of my administration.
I want to go into local history some
what in order to show the exact
status of this matter.
in August, 1906, a petition was pre-
scented to the Common Council by the
Newark Boys Club, which. l believe,
was organized by William j. McKier-
man,, asking that the Mayor be au-
thorized to appoint a committee to in
vestigate into the ACCESSIBILITY of es-
tablishing Fairgrounds in this city.
The Council adopted a resolution to
that effect, and on August 16 Mayor
Doremus appointed Louis V. Aronson,
George w. Jagle, William ]. McKier-
nan, Frank A. Champlin and James p.
Bowling. Subsequently an appro-
priation of $500 was given by the
Council to this committee, which, in
December, 1906, submitted a report
strongly advising the establishing oil
Fairgrounds, and indicating where, in
Its Judgment, such grounds should be
established. The result of this action
was a law which was adopted by the
Legislature and approved on May z,
1907, providing that the Mayor of the
city might appoint three commission
ers to establish and conduct play
grounds.
"This gave the playground move.
ment it's first legal status in the city
of Newark. Meantime there had
been a change in the Mayors office,
and in June, 1907. I appointed the
first legally constituted Playground
Commission of Newark. The men,
bers were Louis v. Aronson, George
w. Jagle and William j. McKiernan.