Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-19
MOOSE PLAN TO
PLACE FUSION
TICKET IN FIELD
Progressive City Committee
Adopts Platform and Pre-
pares for Campaign.

duopteu by the progressive City Com
mlttee at its meeting last night. The
committee also took initial steps
toward fusion movement in the
primaries on candidates for MAYOR
and Board of Works commissioners
Colonel James w. Howard offered
the resolution to fuse on a mayora1ty
candidate. This plan was not in
dorsed without considerable debate.
William Surgaton spoke against the
adoption of the fusion resolution. say
Ing the Democratic and Republican
parties already had their candidates
In the field and the Progressives
should name their ov n man.
Upon the suggestio of John P. S.
Lower the resolution was changed to
embrace the Board of Works candi-
dates. Mr.. Lower declared that while
the city committee was at it II might
as well make the fusion movement
embrace the entire city and it's Of
fcials. Colonel Howard said the vari-
Gus Progressive organizations in the
wards already were taking care of
the fusion movement in the selection
or aldermanic candidates.
The fusion plan calls for a COM
mittee of five Progressives to confer
with five Republicans and five indie
pendent Democrats for the selection
of candidates for mayor and Board
u NOihS. 0HdlTfldi AlBeT0On L.
Sweeney appointed the following
committee to represent the Progress
s1ves: Colonel James w. Howard,
Harrison r. Van Duyne, Nathan H.
Berger, f. w. Trumporr and George
NJ. Denny.
The platform with its twenty-seven
planks was adopted unanimously,
with a vote of thanks for the com
mittee which had framed it. The
ALI 1of foVa Il
public discussion of it in advance is
one of the planks included 1t favors
the appointment of two commission
ers of accounts by the mayor and
monthly reports to be submitted to
the mayor by the head of each mu-
nieipal department. A municipal
lighting plant and the city handling
of scavenger work are proposed.
Women appointees for several mu-
nicipal offices are advocated and the
abolition of obsolete blue laws" ia
vored so as to provide plenty of
recreation on the Sabbath Home
rule and the commission form of gov
eminent are other planks in the
platform which follows:
Administration and Finance
81. We favor an honest. economical,
efficient administration of the finances
and expenditures of the city.
~ We favor an annual budget to
be prepared and published and openly
discussed in advance of each fiscal
year, giving the proposed expenditures
In detail of every department, and
that the expenditures be kept within
the appropriations
3. We favor the publication of an
nual reports of every department
within two months after the close of
each fiscal year, including details of
quantities, cost, ETC., on comparable
unit bases; also with recommended
lions of each chief of department,
how to improve the service and re-
duce cost.
"a. We favor systematic, public
monthly reports from each depart
nsent to the mayor, showing the
amounts appropriated, expenditures
during previous months and total to
date and the unexpended balance on
hand in each department.
IS. We favor municipal purchas
ing bureau to standardize and pur-
chase all supplies in needed quantities
at lowest and uniform rates for all
departments of the city.
IS. We favor having two commits
sioners of accounts and inspection,
appointed by the mayor, to independ-
emily investigate and inspect all sup
plies, construction and accounts of
every city department, making re-
ports to the mayor
Public Information Bureau.
"7. We favor establishing a public
information complaint bureau at City
Hall relating to all departments.
Municipal Ownership and Works.
"S. We favor the establishment at
the earliest practical date of NUM-
cipal electric lighting plant, as al
ready voted for by the citizens, to be
operated partly by wasted power of
our water supply and partly by steam
power, as more economical than pur-
chasing light by contract
so. We favor keeping all the streets
of the city clean and in an economi-
cal and efficient manner, and consoli-
dating street cleaning with collection
of garbage, waste paper and ashes by
the city, and thus saving the city all
contractors profits and their supple
mental allowances.
49, We favor a mupicipal ice and
coal supply at cost of supplies and ad-
ministration.
Civil Service.
al. We favor the strict enforcement
of the civil service laws, in letter and
spirit.
Women oficials.
'12 We favor the appointment of
women to some administrative and in
spection positions, in the health. |
school, playground, correction and |
poor departments, and employing Wis |
iting nurses for the poor in their |
homes.
''1S. We favor an eight-hour day and |
a minimum wage for women.
IA. We favor a vocational school |
for girls, to prepare them to earn a |
better living than by general educa-
ton only.
Legal Help for the Poor.
"15. We favor free public defender |
for the benefit of the poor in our |
courts, and the full utilization of ex- |
listing laws providing free legal advice |
and help to the poor.
No Public Race Restrictions.
'16. We favor recognition of all citi- |
zens for public service and their rights |
in public places without restriction of |
race or color.
Utilities, Sanitation and Pure Food.
at. We favor small parks, play
grounds, gymnasiums, swimming
pools, comfort stations. laundries for
public use, to be begun in congested
areas and gradually extended through
out the city.
"1S We favor Strengthening and en-