Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-31
DEMOCRATS END
THEIR CAMP |GN
WITH BIG RALLY
Fusion Forces in West Orange
Scored by Friends of Ad-
ministration.

The Democrats of West Orange
closed their campaign in the Wash
ington Street School last night.
long list of county and local orators
kept the audience interested foi
nearly three hours. Harry F
Backus, nominee for surrogate, and
Thomas A. Kenny. Assembly as
pirant, spoke for the county candi-
dates. The local men who talked
were: William f. Vosseler, candi-
date for mayor; Councilmen John j
Gillick and Thomas Drummond
Percy Reeves, candidate for council
in the Fifth ward. John Otterbein,
County Clerk Joseph McDonough
and Tax Collector Frank A. O'Con-
nor. Assessor Francis A. Byrne pre-
sided
/ Councilman Drummond favored
municipal ownership of both water
and light plants and defended the
town building code. He regretted
that the scavenger contract went to
an out-of-town man and predicted
the service would not be equal to
the service of the former incumbent.
He told of the experiences of the
town with a reform administration
under Republican rule and told the
debt legacies left to the present ad-
! miniStration.
Mr.. Reeves promised, il elected, to
urge conferences with a committee
of Fifth ward men and regretted
that the two councilmen from the
ward were not on speaking terms.
He said Farnham Yardley, candi-
date for mayor, had failed to state
positively whether or not he would
favor Sunday baseball, as the cam
didate feared to offend by taking a
stand either for or against the Sab
bath sport. To the man who criti-
cised the serving of sauerkraut and
frankfurters. he retorted that his
critic was buying cigars for voters.
Lauds Party in Power.
Mr.. Vosseler spoke of the splendid
opportunities he had to meet the citi-
zens during his campaign, now clos
ing, and said he had been broadened
and his faith in the inherent honesty
of his townsfolk was augmented by
his trips about the community. He
lauded the Democrats in power as
linen on the square, and while, per-
haps, guilty of errors of judgment,
they were honest men, despite the
campaign of hints and slurs directed
against them" He promised to take
up the water problem. If elected, as
the biggest task of his administra-
ton, but said the situation would be
thoroughly investigated and all
necessary data secured before the
proposition of a town plant, so sorely
needed in his judgment, Is put before
the people for decision.
Speaking of the lamplighter's two
dollar day job, Mr. Vosseler said.
humorously, the council should have
advertised for bids and perhaps they
would have secured a man for $1.25.
He told how the sidewalks appropria-
ton was spent in the First ward for
schools. OF his opponent, Mr.. Vos-
seller said he believed Mr.. Yardley to
be sincere and trusted the fusion
candidate conceded the same quail
ity to him. While Mr.. Yardley had
conducted a clean campaign, per-
sonally, Mr.. Vosseler had word to
say of the Satellites" who figured in
personalities, and he paid his respects
to Captain Herbert Barry for the lat
ter's personal slurs at the Democratic
nominee for mayor.
Mr.. Otterbein said political group
whose only stock In trade was adj
verse advertisement of the town de-
served no support at the hands of
Democrats or Independent citizens,
and he told the audience West Or
ange had enough of So called reform
ers during he Republican adminis-
tration several years ago. Mr. Otter
bein said he did not recall in the his
tory of the town a discredited gov
eminent excepting that one.
Town yiliiAed BY Attacks.
The newspaper attacks, he said,
had "villified the town in a. coward
ly way" and he told of the cheap
politics of the opposition, saying,
"the men In sack cloth should be
ashamed of the tools they are using"
AS for Democratic machine in
West Orange he pointed out there is
not even a club of the party in town.
He advised the fusionists, who were
concerned about the little back
room" to ask their candidate Coun-
Gilman Daniel Gillum, what went on
there, as he has always been pres
ent at the council executive gather
| ings.
| He said the slate of appointments
| the fusionists hoped to name If sue
cessful, was known. and he said if
| the citizens only knew who the se-
lected ones are they'd work to in
! sure Democratic success. Captain
Barry, he said, was mot averse" to
/ becoming town counsel, and he
charged him with unprofessional
legal conduct in trying to get
Simeon Rollinson's job, while sim
was too sick to visit his neighbors.'
He asked the voters not to disgrace
the town with another reform ad-
ministration by sending back the
same gang who disgraced the towr
on the former occasion"
Mr.. McDonough told the story 81
the little back ROOM" while he was
town clerk, under Republican rule
He mentioned again the episodes OF
the secret session to buy the Lake.
| side avenue pumping station, which
proved fiasco, the town having \
$500 proposition that cost 1t sever
| times that sum. He also said the
voters should not forget the Third
ward incident of the present cam.
paign. Mr. McDonough referred ie
| the affidavit of Samuel H. Lodel
that Republicans offered to pay his
expenses to get out of the race 70,
council He told West Orange Il
beware of "holier than thou folb
and called attention to the Newarl
man ''given $4,000 to write up the
| town and having two or three wives
and 'phoney checks and now wait.
| -. a.