Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-04-08
MISS HORN BEFORE
BOARD OF HEALTH
Declares Failure to Name Her
for Civil Service Position
Is Unfair.

Another attempt was made last
night by Miss Anna q. Horn to So
cure the position of stenographer for
the child hygiene department of the
public health committee. She ap-
peared before the Board of Health
with her mother and severely criti-
eised the methods of the board. Miss
Horn is president of the Junior New
ark Equal Suffrage League. She stood
highest on the civil service eligible
list for stenograp piers. The board
passed her name and appointed Miss
Mary f. McGuinness, daughter OF
Warden McGuinness, of the Essex
county Jail.
Letters of protest to Mayor Hauss-
ling and to the board Immediately
followed the appointment. Miss Horn
brought to bear considerable infiu-
ence. Finally the Mayor sent the
board one of the protesting letters
he had received. At the same time he
notified the health men that 1t was
the policy of the administration to
appoint the highest on the eligible
/ list. The board held a special meet
ing on March IA and unanimously
agreed that the appointment of Miss
McGuinness would stand Since then
Miss Horn has made repeated efforts
to have Miss McGuinness ousted.
Only last night the Priscilla Council.
Daughters of Liberty, sent a letter
to the board protesting that Miss Horn
was not receiving a square deal.
Has Tits with Board.
Miss Horn engaged in several Ner-
| bal tilts with the board members last
night. She seemed especially fond OF
arguing with J. II. Mclean when
she learned that he had voted against
her in the secret ballot taken
! "If merit and fitness are not to be
| considered of what use is the Civil
! Service Commission" she asked II
read that five members voted against
| me in secret ballot. Is that election
fair? Miss Guinness was the last
of the three certified, and her rec
concentrations We're not so good as
| mine'
| Mr.. Mclean then explained to her
that nine members of the board, at
q special action, had upheld the five
| who voted against her. He further
| declared that 1t was not the inten-
! ton of the State Legislature that the
Civil Service Commission should ap-
point the candidates to positions He
said the letter the suffrage assocsa-
ton had sent to the board was a de-
liberate insult, as 1t insinuated that
the members lacked ordinary intel
ligence.
No Politician Aiding Her.
In answer to q question by Miss
Horn, Mr.. Mclean admitted that he
had said that there must be some
slick politician steering the opposi-
ton to the boards action. He added.
you are not the only pebble on the
F. | thaY.
no politician back of her.
Drs. Samuel Hirschberg and Wat
son Rodemann were appointed dis
trict physicians in place of Drs d..
a. Epler and c. l.. O'Neill who re-
signed.
Adolph Hoenig, janitor Of the
Board of Health building, was sua-
pended under the civil service rules
for insulting remarks to client Of
the city dispensary, interfering with
a department not connected with hls
work, efficiency. etc. ~w~'
The matter of a requestrof the Firs,
Church of Christ, Scientist, Of or
ange, to send Christian Science
papers to the Verona Sanitarium, was
laid on the table, despite the fact
that Mr.. Mclean thought IL might
reduce expenses to have the patients
believe they were cured by reading
such literature
1t was decided to refer to City
Counsel Nugent the cases of Claxton
Elsum, a city employee, who had
been fined in the First Precinct Court
for keeping chickens, and Samuel
Krichman, who had been fined on ac-
count of an oyster shell nuisance In
the latter case a body execution had
been asked for. 1t was stated that
fines had not abated the nuisances.