Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07
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represent the eighth district on the
moor of the House until the end of
Tne present session, which is expected
% be in Fine. He is now finishing
out his third consecutive term in
Congress. The eighth district in
cludes the Eighth, Eleventh and Fiji
teenth wards of the city of Newark;
The town of Bloomfield and Nutley
and Belleville township, in Essex
county, and Harrison. Kearny, the
Borough of East Newark the Sew
enth ward of Jersey City and the city
OF Bayonne, in Hudson county.
: The pay of congressman is 81 500 a
year. The salary of postmaster OF
Jersey City is $4,000 a year for four
years. 1t is given out here that Mr.
Kinwead's attention TO his duties as
representative has seriously inter
fered with his private business, and
that the new job will give him more
time and better opportunity for CIV
ing his advertising business the at
tention he has not been able to do
since ne came to the capital.
The term of the present postmas-
ter at Jersey City expires on March
17t and as Congressman Hamill put
1T when he spoke of ousting Post
MASTER Wanser on that day to make
: room for a Democrat, "the better the
day the better the deed" But Mr.
Kinkead will not be able to do the
better deed on the coming March IL.
His vote is needed here on the repeal
Of the free tolls and other admins
tration measures, SO it is announces
that ne will held on to his seat until
the present session adjourns next
Tune.
\ Notable "Chance" Meeting.
Congressman and Postmaster-elect
Kinkead strolled down from the Pow
haitian Hotel yesterday afternoon
toward the White House offices.
About the same time Congressman
James A. Hamill boarded a street
car going toward the White House
Coincidentally both met in the gem
tie fall of snow outside the executive
office Just then who should happen
to come out of the door but Secretary
Joseph P. Tumulty. The three guards
men of Hudson county greeted eacn
other SO casually that none but
r. suspicious minded newspaperman
would ever imagine that the meet
ing was other than accidental.
BY another fortuitous circum-
stance the White House automobile
was standing by.
Jump in, boys" suggested Secre-
sary Tumulty. And they jumped IN IN;
"Where are they going, wonderY
inquired one of the group of CORE.
spondents, who decorate the lobby OF
the executive offices, when they can
spare time from the golf links.
81 reckon they're going to look for
the goat" replied one who had heard
of the selectinon of Representative
1Iinkead for the postoffice job.
The automobilists went to the ONCE
of Postmaster General Burleson
There the details of the Jersey city
postoffice treaty, or whatever it is
called in diplomatic language, were
laid out Just what kind of balms
and plasters were pestled to soothe
the burning hearts in Jersey City
time will show.
This much is surmised, that some
kind of document will be forthcom-
1ng in the near future, presumably
signed by the postmastergenera de-
claring that he and he alone is re-
gponsible for the selection of Mr.
Kinkead for the job of postmastering
the chief city Of Hudson county.