Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-22
SAM WILSON IS
TO Be NAMED ON
THE TAX BOARD
Mayor Has Decided Upon Him
as Successor to A. Will
drick Swain.
MOODY FOR COMPTROLLER,
SoFFEL FOR CITY AUDITOR
But the Latter Two Will Be
Turned Down by Demo-
cratic Council.


Mayor Thomas l.. Raymoiid's City
Han Christmas tree still contains
three plums that are to be pluoked
by those'worthy politically. on New
Tears day the mayor will send the
appointment of u. Eric Moody, his
private secretary, as comptroller. to
succeed Tyler Parm1y, a Democrat !;
he will name Samuel II. Wilson to
succeed A.. Wildrick Swain on the tax
board, and he will appoint August
Soffel city auditor to replace James
A. Rove.
In view of the fact that the Demo-
Gratis will still be in control OF the
Common Council for 1916, and inas-
much as this latter body will have to
confirm the appointments, the
mayors Christmas remembrance to
The above named may not go through
IN Its entirety. There seems to be no
auestion at this time as to the con-
firmation of the appointment of Sam
uel II. Wilson to the tax board MIR.
Wilson is a staunch organization Re
publican and much weigl1ty influence
has been brought to bear in his be-
half. A. Wildrick Swain, who now
holds the place, also has had the sup
port of some of the most influential
clfizons of Newark, but the mayor
has quite made up his mind and has
decided that MIR. Wilson shall be his
selection.
z, Erie Moody, who has very eff
GENTLY served as the mayors private
secretary. Is looked upon both by the
Republican and Democratic members
q the council as candidate well
uipped to hold such an important
sltion as city comptroller. Tyler
parmley, who now holds down the
H. ~
uf the Democratic aldermen, and
there is some talk that Mr.. Moody's
appointment may be affected. He
will need seventeen votes, four. of
these must OF necessity be Demo-
cratic members of the council.
Whether or not he can count on this
support remains to be seen, At the
Democratic caucus Monday night the
Democrats said they would stick 70
parmley. a. - : +, " s 3f,is a
There Isl however, open hostility to
Mr.. Parmleys and possibly Mr.. Moody
may be his successor. The latter is
connected with the firm Of Joseph Nj.
Bvrne s. Company and be has had
long experience In financial matters
as q bond expert. During the time
that Mr.. Moody has been private Sec
retary to Mayor Raymond, he has
gathered about him many stannch
friends who are anxious to give him
their support and influence. Mr.. Sof-
fel will also be turned down. by the
council for Mr.. Rowe's job.
With the appointment of Christian
W. Feigenspan as member of the
Board of Education to succeed
Charles p. Taylor. all vacancies in
this body have been taken care of.
Miss Alice Kirkpatrick has been
selected as the candidate to succeed
Bernard j. Owens, of the Board of
Recreation Commissioners, the ap-
pointment to become effective Janu-
arya1, 1916.
1t is quite blue Christmas for the
majority of the city employees, all of
whom confidently expected that they
would receive salary increase. The
recent action of the mayor in vetoing
salary raises for fourteen building
inspectors and his general statement
that he will not favor any advances
unit la general survey OF city de-
partments is made, has resulted in
the Democratic aldermen abandoning
al hope of putting through any reso-
lutions. The salary raises can pass
the council but 1t is well known
and assured fact that they viii be
promptly vetoed by the mayor. There
is not sufficient votes to pass the in
creases over the veto of the mayor,
so that the City Han Christmas tree
holds nothing in store for great
majority of City Hall attaches.