Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-17
GREGORY SCORED
\ BY JUDGE TREACY
East Orange Mayor Attacked
for Regulations at Eighth
Ward Meeting.

The attitude of Mayor Julian A.
Gregory, of East Orange, in announc-
ing recently that he would not sup
port the Democratic Assembly candl-
dates following the meeting of tue
county committee, at which ne sec
anded the motion to indorse the Wnoie
ticket from the governor down, was
roundly scored by former Judge John
]. Treacy. of Jersey city, treasurer
OF the original Fielder committee, AT
a meeting in Weiland's Han IN the
Eighth ward, last night. Judge
Treace took a fling at the Repupa-
cans and their records. and urged the
support of the entire ticket begin
ming with Mr.. Fielder. .z
Relative 10 Mr.. Gregory the lorlnei
judge said: 5,.,ro,
u have read of a local e'.lI ~,
rep,idlating the Democratic Assembly
ticket There is no reason whatso-
ever TO repudiate any cahdloale
.ie,tad at the primaries. The time
was when one or two men could CON
4rat fhe nomination but that mas
nasstd Today all have an equal OPP
nr,.tnnitv through the Geran law,
which gives every man squalo
deal. The present nominees lor 40
ssnably have been selected ps ma
sn-ftV vote at the primaries ana
s,hatbcr independent, machine or or
,,anivation men. they represent the
,,,, iority, choice and as such should
be supported" .,.
Claiming that the Republican party,
during the years it was in power Iae
becn dominated by the railroad anu
cnrnorate Influences Judge Ifeaey
stated that, though during that Time
1,aar.ly efforts had been made by the
r,eopIe to pass laws forming a board
of public utilities, employers haolllly
Sill. change in the manner OF Sc
lecting nominees similar to the Gerah
law. and other progressive legislation,
nothing was done.
'.This was the situation When tue
Democrats were elected to power. NE
said. "and then started the flght, leo
by the then Governor wilson ana
with James Fielder AS lieutenant. in
the Senate. Step by step reformation
was accomplished. Until the majesty
Of the people was re-established in
Trenton. He then gave a resume of
the work accomplished in this State
since then.
In referring 10 the alleged tie be.
tween the Republicans and the rail-
road interests the speaker called at
tention to one of the planks in the
present Republican platform which
calls for the selection of practical
railroad men to cooperate with the
Public Utilities Commission.
Does this mean the practical rail
road men who dominated the party
in past years." asked Judge Treacy.
"If it does. we do not want them
Owen F. Conlon presided at the
meeting and introduced the candi-
dates for the city and county offices,
who also attended. President of the
Board of Works Patrick III. Ryan
told of the curtailing of expenses and
the busness-like administration OF
the boards affairs since January ],
when the Democrats obtained control
Louis Lewis and P. Allen Smith, of
Orange, candidates for freebooter,
dwelt principally upon the eXtraYa-
gance and mismanagement of the
eounty's affairs under Republican
rule
Assemblymen Hubert ]. Rowe and
Simon L. Fisch. candidates for re-
election, rehearsed their records in
The last session of the Legislature,
and Assembly Candidates James r.
Ryrne and Michael II. Castellano also
spoke.
Other speakers were Board of
Works Commissioners Dr. Charles +.
Kraemer and Charles P. Gillen and
Richard r. Powell. candidate of the |
Eighth ward Democrats for alder
man.