Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-28
WILSON IS
CONDEMNED
Three Towns to Be Repre-
scented at Indignation
Meeting.

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Wilson in vetoing the Beard bill, and
enraged at what they call, in no sugar
coated terms. his un~warranted, IRA
tional and flagrantly unjust act, the
members of the joint committee repre
senting Belleyille, Bloomfield and Nut
ley will meet in Nutley Saturday night
to discuss the next step in the fight
to prevent the location of a sewage dis
posal plant on the Belleville- Bloomfield
border line in Soho.
They are incensed beyond measure
that he should have overridden their
wishes in the Sewage disposal fight
and accuse him of trying to curry
favor with municipalities numerically
stronger in a voting sense than Bloom
field and Belleville.
If there had been a hall obtainable
in Bloomfield last night the f1re-bell
would have been rum to summon the
men to an Indignation meeting.
Furthermore, the invitation extend
ed to the Governor to attend the cen
tennial of Bloomfield in June may be
withdrawn.
Not only did the prominent men of
the two towns excoriate Governor VIII
son for vetoing the bill, and for the
reputation of his own doctrine or
home rule, but they expressed their
hope that the Legislature would stand
by the Beard bill and pass 1t over the
Governors head.
Freebooter Seymour P. Gilbert said
he would bring the matter of asking
the governor to renal away from
Bloomfield up at the nex meeting of
the centennial committee. 1.-THE people
of Bloomfield do not wan Governor
Wilson ever to set foot inside of the
town. 1 think / can advisedly say
that the invitation which the governor
has accepted will be withdrawn" said
Mr.. Gilbert. .
Mayor William Hauser was boiling
over with indignation. He said:
II was more than surprised to learn
of the veto of the Beard bill by Gov
ernor Wilson. 1t was my opinion that
the Governor believed the people were
able to determine what their own in
terests demanded. In view of the
Governors action he apparently be-
lieved Bloomfield does not know what
it needs. The stencil of this veto will
cling to its author long after the I'M
hoff system is a thing of the past. No
doubt many of our citizens who voted
for Governor Wilson at the election of
1910 regret their action. Bloomfield
does not intend to stop at this veto,
however, but will fight to the last
ditch.''
'eThe only thing I regret is that we
cannot get busy Immediately and have
the Legislature override the Governors
veto. I wonder how Governor Wilson
would like to have a cesspool of some
neighbor located in his back yard"
said Town Physician DIN Joseph G.
Winans. of Belleville.
Richard II. Ashworth, police justice
of Belleville, said: Governor Wilson
has always claimed he is an exponent
of home rule He certainly does not
show it in his action in vetoing the
Beard bill. He is not showing any
consideration to Belleville, but seems
to be considering the more influential
communities"
DR.. Herbert B. Vail, president of the
Belleville Board of Health. was strongly
stirred up by the veto Of the Governor.
When seen asst night he said: What l
would like to say about Governor Will
son is not fit for publication and would
not be proper If printed in a family
newspaper. l think that Governor
Wilson has played into the hands Of
the three more influential communities,
East Orange, Orange and Montclair,
and is going against the smaller ones,
Belleville, Bloomfield and Nutley.
There is no right and no Justice in
Governor Wilson's attitude. The hear
ing conducted by Governor Wilson on
the Beard bill was cut and dried be-
forehand, and Belleville, Bloomfield,
and Nutley did not have a fair chance.
Governor Wilson choked off the Belle
VILE representative at the hearing, and
gave our opponents all of the advan-
tage."
Governor Inconsistent.
Mayor Charles Lyman Denison was
emphatic in d%enouncing the Governors
veto. He said. ST am deeply disap-
pointed In the action of Governor Will
son. His action is absolutely unfair to
Belleville, and assuredly not consistent
with his ~well.lSnown policy of home
rule Our argument before Governor
Wilson did not touch upon the sanitary
points involved. What we wanted was
home rule Governor Wilson by his
action tends to encourage East Orange,
Orange and Montclair to stay out of
the trunk sewer project. 1 think that
Governor Wilson hedged in his posi-