Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
JOB AS MAYOR
DOESN'T TEMPT
REPUBLICANS
That Is to Say Few if Any
Hanker After the Nom
ination.
WANTED-A CANDIDATE
SIGN ABOVE THE DOOR
Some Willing to Await Develop
ments, Others FIatIy Decline
to Be Considered.

The sign. figuratively speaking,
'sWanted, Candidate for Mayor"
has been hanging from the doorknob
Of the Republican County Committee
wigwam for some time now. but those
who stop, look and enter. in answer
to the invitation, appear to be rev
and far between. Some have been
called, only to decline the prohered
Job, giving their reasons therefor
while of others named hardly any
will declare themselves TO be even
in a receptive mood.
There are those who win say that
call of the party means call Tor
duty that cannot be thoughtlessly
tossed aside, that personal sacrihces
must sometimes be made, but no one
has yet been found who will say ne
seeks the Office OF Mayor of Newark.
Hamburg and Reid Out.
Augustus v Hamburg president of
the Board of Trade and who not so
long ago was considered the prob
able nominee was the first to veto
the movement to have him run.
Business affairs. interest in civic
associations and q Discrimination 10
become a candidate for political office
we're given do IGdsoiiS AOt MS -
fusaI to enter the race.
John l.. Reid came next in line,
with positive declination to even
cast Sleeps eyes" at the prize that
was dangled temptingly before his
view
The names of other weli-known cit
liens have been conjured with and
today Evening Star reporters had
talks on the subject with a NUMBER
of them.
Benedict Prieth, one of the owners
of the New Jersey Freie Zeitung, ana
a former member of the Board of Ed
ucation, admitted that he had been
spoken TO by friends and Republican
officials and asked to make the run,
He is silent, however as TO his 1nten-
tons.
II have been approached by nu-
merous friends and some of the
county officials said Mr.. Prieth, put
I have generally laughed them off. l
did not discourage them in their at
tempts.to induce me to run for the Of
fee. Neither did l try to give them
any encouragement. | am not max
ing any fight as yet for the nominal
ton. but think / will sit by for while |
and let matters take their own course.
! don't like to decline or accept a
nomination that has not been formal
~ rendered to me-
Frank M. Schulz. treasurer and
manager of II. Schulz & Co., or 80
Franklin street, and vice-president OF
the Newark Trust Company, declared
the rumor connecting his name with
sIe mayoralty nomination was abso-
lutely unfounded.
There Is positively nothing in this
talk that l am a candidate for the
ar a n other /
political Office" he said. II have
been approached by ambitious friends
who have suggested that ] enter the
fight. but | have given the matter
no consideration whatever. have
neither the time nor the irelination
TO enter any political campaign OF
give to the Office If should be elected
Any connection of nv name with the
mayors office or any other political
office is absolutely unfounded.
HetzeI Is Undecided.
Charles E. Hetzel, manager for the
]. G. Hetzel estate, says that both
his Democratic and Republican
friends want him to accept the nom
nation. As yet he has not heard
from the Progressives.
II have always been an independ-
emit voter on matters of local ISSUE"
Mr. Hetzel added. Friends from both
the Republican and Democratic par
ties have suggested to me that l al
low my name to be used as a candi-
date for the mayoralty. ] have the
matter under. consideration at the
present timex but have not yet de-
cided what course / will follow.
II have as many friends in the
Democratic party as in the Repub-
lican organization On presidential
and Congressional matters / have al
ways voted the Republican ticket. II
! decide to become a candidate for
the office. I will, therefore, make my
fight under the Republican standard
AS yet, however, have made no def
mite decision"
Mr.. Hetzel is Republican member
of the State Board of Managers Of
the Morris Plains Hospital.
Not for a Moment Says Jagie.
George W. Jagle, of the J. J. Hook
enjos Company said he could not for
moment think of entering political
or the mayoraity campaign.
II consider 1t very flattering to be
spoken of as a candidate for the Of
fee" he said, but have not the time
to think of accepting the nomination
even If 1t were offered to me My
business is growing to such an extent
that 1t takes up my entire time. A
man who is thinking of his business
is thinking of his best friend. | am
willing to serve the city through its
: civic organizations. but could not as
sumo the responsibilities of the chief
executives office. The mayoralty of
this city should be assumed by a man
who can give his entire time to the
office. This city has grown to be an
enormous corporation and requires all
the time any man can give to the
mayoralty."
All News to Burnett.
Former Alderman Curtis r. Burnett
was somewhat surprised when he. was
informed that he had been spoken of
in connection with the nomination. He
declared he had not been approached
by any one nor heard his name men,
toned In connection with the office. 4
''This is all news to me-" he said,
when the matter was put up to him
today. II have never been approached
or had the nomination suggested to
me- I am not seeking the office and
am not in a position to state what ac-
ton / would take If the honor was
thrust upon me. I don't intend to be-
come a Candidate. nor have / even
thought of doing so, as l have not the
time to give to the office. Still, man
don't know what he can do until he
tries