Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-19
BULL MOOSE URGES
RECOUNT REFORMS
Would Have Cost Placed Upon
PeopIe-Take Up Pub
lie Welfare.

Members of the Progressive City
Committee, at meeting held at their
headquarters. 211 Halsey street, last
night, resolved to try to have law
passed by the Legislature doing away
with the necessity of candidate
having to pay the cost of a recount.
According to this resolution a recount
would, therefore, be at the public
cost. A copy of the resolution drawn
by the committee was ordered sent
to the governor and each member of
the Legislature.
In speaking on the resolution Ma
than Jacobs declared that Assembly
man Matthews had a bill before the
House giving the judge of the Court
of Common Pleas the power to order
a recount without charge to the ap
/ plicant. The bill it was said. was
step in the right direction, but does
not go far enough. E. E. Ford, chair
man of the legislative committee, was
delegated to see Mr. Matthews and
| enlist his aid in having such a meas
ure passed.
Playground Commissioner Algernon
T. Sweeney asserted that the Pro-
gressiye movement should not con-
fine itself to political matters only.
The members should consider the
good and welfare of the community
above ALL Mr. Sweeney added
| A discussion ensued on the Bran
ford place opening project. which the
members at first intended to oppose
I with a. resolution. 1t was finally de-
cided TO he represented at the public
| hearing on the question to be held on
Thursday. and a committee of five
was appointed for that purpose.
Three resolutions closely identified
with the question of public welfare
were introduced by Commissioner
Sweeney and unanimously adopted.
The first was to start an agitation
for an extension of the probation sys-
tenn. the second was to the effect
that the Board of Education be
asked that the old Normal School
building should be used for the crea-
ton of a school for girls, instructlng
them in domestic science and art, and
the third was to appoint from the
members of the city committee one
physician from each ward as spe-
ciaI committee on the public health
service.
Mr.. Sweeney stated that he had
in mind the establishment of the So
cial service nurses. which had proven
very successful in Boston. He further
pointed out that something must be
done to reduce infant mortality,
which in certain districts of this city
is higher than in New York.
Intending to make sure that the
Procressives would have candidates
for the election to the county COM
mittee in each district at the next
primaries, it was decided to start the
canva ssing Immediately. and the
chairman of each district was ordered
TO find out which of the present MEM
bers wanted to run for reelection.
It was further decided to have So
called watchers for the State Leg
| islature. the Board of Freeholders,
! the Board of Works and the Cons
mon Council to follow UP the work
in these bodies.
AS chairman of the banquet COM
mittee Mr. Sweeney reported that he
expected among the speakers Mayor
Blankenburg, of Philadelphia; Lyman
| Abbott and School Principal Schaef-
| fer, and that Mrs Everett Colby had
volunteered to organize an auxiliary
committee of women to see what else
can be done toward instructing the
diners in municipal housekeeping.