Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-10
COMMISSION RULE
LEAGUE ORGANIZES
Edward J. Gaffney Chosen
President of New Kearny
Organization.

Formal steps in the organization OF
the Commission Government League
in Kearny have been taken Edward
j. Gaffney has been chosen president
of the new organization. The other
officers are: Thomas Adam, Lewis
Wilson and Randolph Crowell. vice
presidents: Harlan Brown. secretary;
Bernard McWatters, treasurer. Ar
rangements are being made to nave
Mayor Mark NJ. Pagan and former
Judge Robert S. Carey, of Jersey City.
to speak at meetings to be held in the
town Thursday night. One of the
meetings, it is expected, will be held
In Roche's Hail. Kearny.
In connection with the move for
commission form of government, for
which seven hundred persons are re-
ported to have signed, ]. M. Gillespie,
chairman of the Kearny Civic Allt-
ance. today issued a statement in part
as follows:
ut is due the citizens of Kearny, as
well as many of the candidates who
were unsuccessful at the recent pri-
maries and election, that the follow
ing facts be made known:
ut is known to all who have
| watched local affairs at all that the
organization l have the honor of be-
longing to, and of which [ am the
chairman of the executive committee,
has for nearly four years worked with
the announced object Of obtaining
commission government for Kearny.
| Before the present Walsh act was
passed the principles were favored by
our members.
During the past summer we start
ed a systematic sounding of prespec-
| tive candidates on the subject and
got, without the candidates knowing of
| 1t, very definite reports that MeSsrs.
Alexander, Howe and McCarroll were
| friendly. Mr.. Oswald not sure of his
knowledge of the subject, and SO on
| through the list as the candidates de-
veloped. Later Mr.. McCarroll, and
| then Mr.. Howe, said they would favor
| an election, even If they were elected,
| knowing they would thereby be de-
prived of the Office. We were told Mr..
| Alexander had expressed the same
views in private talk, but thought it
unnecessary to make a public state
ment of it.
1--WE got in touch with Mr.. McCar-
roll personally and Mr.. Howe through
some of his managers, and both
agreed they would join In a fight for
commission government Immediately
after the election. regardless of who
was elected Our indirect reports
showed every candidate then in office
] to be wholly against the proposition
In, any form or at any time and we
therefore made no effort at direct
| communication On the subject.
Circulars bearing the following are
to be distributed through Kearny, the
idea, according to Mr.. Gillespie, being
to head off "one line of attack"
"Mr. A. r. Towers blames Mr.. Nc
Carroll for everything he objects to
in the recent campaign. Mr.. Torrance
evidently did nothing Objectionable.
as he expects him to be. the best mayor
there ever was.
with apologies TO the town clown
we offer the following:
eff anybody called Howe a liar,
IIoiLBOoN 9WBIq l.uoQ,,
IF Torrance called Leonard a liar,
Don't blame NcCarroll.
! "If Rosse shakes his fist In Leonardo
face,
Don't blame McCarroll.
"If Brock or Chapman called Moors-
| head q liar or said It's g. lie,'
| Don't blame NcCarroll.
eff Torrance called McCarroll a lial
or said It's lie,
Don't blame McCarroll.
eff Torrance gets his face slapped
for doing 1t,
Don't blame NcCarroll.
"CHAS. IRWIN O'CONNOR."