Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09
WOULD GIVE VOTE
TO ''H|GH" BOYS
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Theodore Fettinger Says They
Would Cast an Intelligent
Ballot.
100000 APPROPRIATION
FOR MARKET IS ATTACKED
Clinton Hill Inprovers Want
New Postoffice South of
Market Street.

At the regular meeting of the Clin-
ton Hill Improvement Association held
in Berkeley Hall last night, Theodore
S. Fettinger, president of the asso-
citation. put a proposition before the
schools who have arrived at the age
of eighteen years should be allowed to
vote. Many other recommendations
made by President Fettinger were
adopted, but the members rejected the
proposition to extend the franchise to
minors.
In explaining the proposition, Mr..
Fettinger said:
Il hold that these young men have
more knowledge of governmental at
fairs and political principles than 80
per cent. of the men now voting;
that they are well booked on the his
tory of our country, on current po-
litical history and have fuller
knowledge of what is required OF the
citizen than most of those who now
have the right to vote.
vote Better Than suffragfsts.
ut seems to me that this would in
iect a very healthy, virile element into
the politics of the city, State and
country, and, without discrediting the
claims of the female suffragists, l
would say that these young men
could vote far more intelligently than
the women, uneducated and uncon-
cerned about political and govern
mental affairs"
a recommendation that voters at
tending college and travelling men
who may be detained away from home
on rejection day be empowered TO cast
their ballots by proxy or by mail was
adopted by majority vote. The sug-
gestlon Is that the Legislature pass a
law of that kind.
All Clinton Hill residents are re-
quested to light up every window of
their houses on Christmas Eve and
raise the shades, the Board of Educa-
tion/and custodians of city and county
buildings are asked to illuminate the
buildings and pastors of churches are
urged to do the same with churches,
letting the light stream out on Christ
mas Eve. A resolution to that effect
was passed by the association.
ID. William Buermann, seconded
by j. c.. McCurdy,. made an attack
on the appropriation of 100000 by
the Common Council for the purpose
of bHilding a new market, assertlngi
that the finances of the city will not
stand the cost. He charged that,
while the tax rate has declined two
points, the assessments have gone up.
He said the original plan was for a
market to cost 100000 and the
farmers market, which was to have,
been part OF the plan, had been left
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was passed recommending that a
committee call on the Mayor and
the members of the Common Council
to protest against the expenditure.
The association suggested by unani-
nous vote that the site for the new
postofflce be located south of Market
street. Such q location would be for
The l.benefft of the larger part OF the
eity'B population, 1t was said, as we'll
as more convenient to the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad station, where most
OF the mails come into the city.
In view of the fact that the gov
eminent is trying to sell the old post
Office and as the Morris Canal abnn- j
donment project is expected to come
before the Legislature of 1914, q. C.
McCurdy proposed that the city buy
part of the old postoffice building so
as TO hold the ground for the opening
OF q thoroughfare over the canal,
which would relieve Market street
from some of its traffic.
Emanuel Lowenstein, a new MEM
Der, opposed the project because, he
said, the city has no authority under
the law to buy buildings or land ex-,
cept for a specific purpose and to be
used at once There was a lively
debate and the matter was finally re-
ferred to the municipal affairs com
mittee.
The question of the association Join
ing the proposed peoples Legislative
bureau and paying u $25 fee for it's
membership brought about another
debate The committee to which It
was referred could not agree, there
being only two members present.
Frederick f. Meyer was In favor of
the proposition and ]. c. McCurdy
opposed II.
ut is going to be a very costly
thing to support a lobbyist at Tren-
ton" said Mr. McCtndv. Dr. Buer-
mann told Mr.. McCurdy that 1t is
not to be lobbying bureau, but an
organization to inform it's members
as to what is going on in the Legis-
lature.
Join Association.
Why should we pay such a price
for the information when the news
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