Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-05
MARITIME TO BAR COURTESY"
THAT DELAYS APPOINTMENTS
Rebels at Domination by Hughes in Trouble Over Naming W
A. Abel Postmaster Of Haddon Heights-Senate to Con-
firm Renot of Edgewater--No Action on oHanlon.

| years. Alas and alack, the same
! joyous news to Mr.. Abel, also bore
it to one Mr.. Floyd, a valiant Demo-
crat and an effective worker in the
ranks.
| The Case of Mr.. Floyd.
| Mr.. Floyd had been assured that
despite the interposition of other
candidates that he was the one ap-
proved by the powers that be. The
power in this particular instance
! happening to be Chairman Grosscup
! of the State Democratic Committee.
Mr. Floyd sent an appealing S. o. S.
! TO the State chairman and the latter
tsent the S. o. S. on 10 Senator Hughes
I with a p. d. c. order to hold up or
I do something with. the said conflrma-
! ton of said Abel as postmaster of
| Haddon Heights.
1t was then that Senator Hughes
employed the effective senatorial
courtesy plea with his senior col
| league. to have Mr.. Abefs official
F.. parchment bearing the name of the
| President held up. According to
Senator Marines statement of the
affair, his junior colleague requested
him to hold up Mr.. Abel FOR a few
! days" He held it up for a few days
and then some. Recently the en-
tombed Mr.. Abel, who had been OBJ
serving his own period of watchful
waiting, began TO send forth sounds
of wailing from his tomb asking "how
long, oh, how long must | watt
The lamentations reached a tender
and receptive heart when Senator
MARITIME heard them and he proceeded
to rsecue the lamenting Mr.. Abel.
He notified his junior colleague, as
per senatorial courtesy. of what he
, was about to do. Thereat and there
upon Senator Hughes said things.
Those who know the Paterson man
ner of saying things can imagine the
tenor If not the phraseology of the
things said 1t was after this COLO
quoy that Senator MARITIME made the
declaration that he would tolerate no
more domination. He was going to
be courteous and was going to OBJ
serve the rules of the game as it is
played in the Senate, but he would
not submit to some of the things he
had good-naturedly submitted to in
the last year or so. No, by heck, he
would not.
To the Eevening Star staff man he
said: I've held up this. man Abel
since last March. think I have been
as courteous as | could be. Senator
Hughes says he wants a few days
more to hear from some people in
Haddon Heights. I'll give him the
few days grace asked for, but at the
end of that time / am going to let
the matter take its natural course,
unless he can show me good reasons
for doing otherwise"
senator Hughes's Answer.
Senator Hughes treats the matter
lightly, saying: THE name was sent
in and confirmed without my knowl-
edge. I had asked that Mr.. Floyd be
STsna H.. = l.
ment of Mr.. Grosscup and lot of
Well-known men. | expect the senior
senator will have the full facts IN
the case in. a few days That is all
there is to say about it,
Senator MARITIME has two other cam
didates inferred in his postmaster
cemetery. One of them is Emil Be-
mott, of Edgewater. The latter was
named by Representative Hart, but
protests came in, and acting on re-
quest of the protestants, Senator
MARITIME held up Mr.. Benolt's confir-
nation until the postoffice depart
ment could make an investigation.
The inspector from the postoffice de-
partment did make an investigation
and reported adversely on Mr. Benoit.
But for all this adverse report of
the official inspector, Mr.. Benoit is to
be confirmed at the first executive
session of the Senate. So said Sem
ator MARITIME. When asked how came
it that the candidate was to be con-
firrned despite the adverse report of
the inspector, the senator shrugged
his shoulders and remarked, 81 don't
know. That Is the way it has been
decided
Another entimbed postmaster
is John ]. O'Hanlon. of South Or
ange Mr. O'Hanlon was named for
the job by Representative Townsend.
He was opposed by Charles H. In
gersoll and some others who claim
to be the only simon-pure dyed-in-
the-wool Wilson Democrats of South
Orange and elsewhere in Essex coun-
ty, n. ]. Mr.. Ingersoll carried his
protest in person to the President,
and Senator MARITIME held up the con-
firmation of Mr.. O'Hanlon. But the
senator proclaims it aloud that he is
not holding mp Mr.. O'Hanlon now.
He declares, ut is up to the Presi-
dent. He has taken the case under
advisement, and I have nothing more
to do wit hit"
Secretary Tumulty was asked to-
day If the President had come to any
decision in the South Orange post
mastership and he replied, There
are no new developments in that