Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-09
COMMISSION PLAN
! BACKER GIVES UP
HOPE Of ELECTION
eettlnger Reveals the Leagues
Fears at Clinton Hill I'm
provers' Meeting.

The Commission Government
League apparently has lost all hope
Tor a commission government cleo
ton in Newark for some time to
come. The above information was
impaired by Theodore S. Fettinger,
secretary of the leag1ie, at a meeting
OF the Clinton Hill Improvement As
sociation last night
Mr.. Fettinger was the only one
present who talked commission gov
ernment. After he had talked for
some time a motion was made tc
Rave the next meeting devoted to the
subject so that the members might
better understand the proposition.
Mr.. Fettinger declared that it was
against his will that the petitions
We're given to the city clerk at this
time. 1t was feared, he said, that
the election would be called in the
middle of the summer season and
sufficient votes would not be cast to
make the election valid.
Peace will be established in Mex
leo before the petitions are ready for
filing and no one knows If we will
we want" said Mr.. Fettinger by way
of introducing the subject.
Mr.. Fettinger declared that out Of
1000 names gone over by the clerks
in the employ of the city about 1000
of them are placed in the doubtful
list.
1t is a shame the way the city
clerk is comparing the names on our
lists" he said. "The names we Sc
cured are being compared as no other
names have been before.
ut does not make any difference
TO me whether the present petitions
Axe lost or not. Many people are
away during the summer time and
believe it will be hard to get the
votes out"
1t was intimated by Mr.. Fettinger
that it is the belief of the league
that they have not sufficient names
on the petitions. In the event of
this, Mr. Fettinger stated that an
other petition would be ready for
circulation after the fall election
He declared previous to the meet
ing that he did not know whether
they have the required number of
signatures or not, 1--WE tried our
best and our efforts were sincere
said Mr.. Fettinger. Many have
signed who did not vote at the last
general election and this may cause
trouble.
1T was our intention to hold the
election in June. 1t was not our in
tention to drag the affair into the
summer. The city officials are doing
this and we have to abide bv the
Ilrt Tlrrlx fCir -
Newark,
Ernest Begerow wanted to know
why commission government had not
been fully discussed at one of the
meetings of the association, as had
been promised, and at his suggestion
such a discussion will be held at the
next meeting. He said that he want
ed both sides heard.
The association went on record as
favoring passenger train service over
the Lehigh Valley from Irvington,
and as many of the members as possi-
BILE will attend the hearing on the
matter in Jersey City on June 19, be-
fore the Public Utilities Commission.
At the suggestion of Julius Kris
teller the association will endeavor to
have the stores in the Clinton Hill
section close on Sundays. The mat
ter will be taken up by the Public
Morals Committee, of which j. M.
Hauber is chairman.
On motion of G. F. Sommer the as
sociation went on record as favorlng
a soldiers monument for this city.
He said that the 100000 left by the
late Amos H. Van Horn for this pur-
pose should be increased to 100000
or $25O,000 and the monument unveiled
in 1916. The matter was referred to
the committee of 100 in charge of the
celebration of the 250th anniversary.
John w. Dobbins delivered lee
ture on mosquito determination.