Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-16

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nominations and their men were
named. Morris county men strong.
ly objected and considerable com.
motion ensued. President Kennel.
was compelled to rap many times
for order and in conclusion was in.
formed by a Morris county repre-.
sentative that If suitable ratifCa
tions were not made for the goOt
of the fifth district, the convention
should go on record as the storm.
lest one ever held. President Ken
nell gave the fifth district delegates
an opportunity to meet privately
and settle on candidates, but no
agreement could be reached. He
finally settled the controversy by
taking a vote of the entire body and
the candidates first named were al
lowed to stand, amid much protest
from Morris county members. Some
of the latter declared after the on
ventlon that a protest would be pre-
pared and sent to the associations.
Vice Presidents Named.
The vice presidents and executive
committeeman named from the va
riOus districts, follow: No. ID.
b. Crawford, of B%ridgeton, vice
president; George Kinkle, of Eliza
beth, executive committeeman. No.
&c. E. Brown, of Long Branch.
vice president; John A.. Banner. of
Perth Amboy, executive committee
man. No. 4.-D. j. Carroll, of
North Plainfield. vice president; c.
p. Field, of Trenton, executive COM
mitteeman. No. g. Julius Poster,
of Elizabeth, vice president; p. w.
Walsh, o. Phillipsburg, executive
committeeman. No. civilian f..
Greer, of Paterson. vice president;
L. A. Howley, of Ridgewood, exec
utiye committeeman. No. T.
Frank Codwarth, of Montclair, vice
president; Harry N. Stager, of Nut
ley, executive committeeman. No.
8.-W. S. Gundecker, of Irvington,
vice president; NJ. A. Fitzsimmons,
of South Orange, executive commit
teeman. No. 9,-William Carey, of
East Newark, vice president; James
Mcdonald, of Harrison, executive
committeeman. No. 10.-John Ca
bauer, of West Hoboken, vice presi-
dent; Sol Isaacs, of West Hoboken.
executive committeeman.
In the election held at the morn
Ing session, John Kennel, of Pas
safe, was reelected president: Hor-
ace G. Adams, of %Plainfeld, as sec
rotary. and Nicholas Snyder, treas
urer.
VIII Investigate Act.
The executive committee will in
vestigate provisions in a tenure of
office act concerning volunteer and
exempt firemen. This action was
taken after a fight for 1t by O. C.
W. Lang, postmaster of Bayonne. 1t
was opposed by p. A. Kuhn. of
Iyndhurst Mr.. Lang said Bayonne
iremen had begun to test the act in
the supreme court and now urged
that the executive committee of the
association work to ascertain just
how good the bill was for volunteer
and exempt firemen. Mr.. Kuhn
criticized the Bayonne men for
bringing the matter in court and
then appealing to the state asSocia-
ton, He urged that the association
take no action on the proposition.
His objections were o~ver-ruled by
an overwhelming majority.
The matter of arranging for a
place In which to hold the conven
ton next year was left in charge of
the executive committee, as is Gus
tomary.
The finance committee reported
having inspected the books and &C
counts of the organization and find
ing them correct.
Resolutions were passed on the
death OF Augustus Salisbury, third
of the organization. who
died May l, in Geneva. Switzerland
providing that a memorial page be
executed in hts commemoration.
Resolutions were also passed upon
the death of Arthur Keefe, a Rah,
way member, who sank with the
steamship Titanic. His bravery was
commended.
Atlantic City Wants Convention.
The secretary reported having re
cetved a communication asking the
association to hold it's next conven-
ton in Atlantic City and said he
had replied to the Atlantic City of.
ticials that sue ha proposition might
be taken up for consideration wher
the city established a branch of the
association there.
At the conclusion of the business
session, John A. Danner announced
the program for the remainder of the
day. The delegates then filed dowr
stairs to form in line for parade.
Parade Is Big Feature.
The parade was a big feature anG
was approximately four blocks II
length. Not a hitch occurred. Elk
cellent police protection was fur,
nished and trolley cars and other
vehicles We're not permitted or
streets included in the line of marct
during the time of the parade. Ser
geauts Mulligan and McDermott had
charge of the squad of officers who
kept the large crowd in order anC
regulated traffic at Smith and State
streets. There were nc accidents re-
ported.
First in line and leader was Chic,
of Police Patrick j. Burke in full
uniform. Following came a platoon
of policemen in full dress uniforms
and others followed in the order
given: Chief Patrick J. Rocks sni
Samuel Van Horn, in rig, Nick MOI
risey's band, Acting Mayor Garrett
son, Rev. James H. Northrup ant
others in automobiles, Aldermen
Samuel w. Hornsby and JohI
Kutcher in automobile, Aldermen
Richard ]. Calvin and F. A. Sea
man in automobile, State PFesl1en'
john Kennel and his f~ve-year-olt
: SON ohn, Jr., mascot of the conyan.
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