Evening journal., 1917-06-27
eOyERNOR TONNsEND snOrID prMlNp A BILL

0ONEhNOR TOWNSEND SHOULD DEMAND A BILL
OF PARTICULARS.
Z Governor Townsend be wise, he will stand firmly
With Mayor Price in the matter Of the local cucnp
uon boards under the selectre draft act
HE viii NOT permit Senator salisbury or anyone else
to lead him 70 insult the retiring Republican Mayor and
the estimabie men whom he has recommended, At tho
Governors request to compose those boards.
He viii not deliver 10 John W. Lawson. the in.
coming Democratic Mayor, the function Of making such
nominations. 80
III would be an outrage upon Mayor Price and his
nominees for the Governor to take such a step.
IN mis- Telegram to Governor Townsend. Senator
SALISBURY says that sthe partisan action Of NTavor
FFice In naming exemption boards should be rebnked
because politics should be allowed to have no weight
in naming such boards.v
And then the Senator spills the beans and re,esIs
ms Democratic partisan aim by adding. 81 ehrnesny
urge you to consult with Mayor Lawson and securo n
satisfactory tribunal to pass exemptions under So
ectire draft bnl.v
In letter sent by senator Salisbury 70 manr cor.
poratiOns and individuals In this city we find the fol
loWlngs
ut certainly would have been the pnrt Of wisdom n
have had the newly Mayor select these boards
and not to have carefully placed majority q, Re-.
publIcans on eachv
It must DO clear 70 everyone, therefore that senator
eaulsbury Is endeaVOring to play partisan politics nv
taking from Mayor Price, Republican the nouer %
recommend such boards, and to lodge that power in
John W. Lawson, the Democratic Mayor.elect. II e
scarcely In the nature Of things that Governor Town.
send viii assist Senator Salisbury in putting over
such Democratic scheme at the expense Of Ma,or
Price nd In
mended for appointment
-fhere are some good men appointed on these bo.rds
and, on the other hand. there arc some men whom
nave not hesitaed TO criticize myself before any ques
non Of this character came up senator Salisbury SAYS
IN ms le''er referring to the selections by Mayor
Price. Those selections we're as follows:
Dr. Harrison W. Howell No. s2i Washington s,roo,
city; Joseph Bancroft. Bayard and Wawasct avenues
ctyy Horace Wilson, No. aOa South CLAYTON street
city. N''
Dr. Henry J. Stubs, No. 1904 Delaware avenue ciev
T. Coleman DUPONT No. sos North Broome street cIty,
Thomas F. Bayard, No. . Red Oak Road. CITY.
DR.. Frank F. PiersOn, No. 1907 Jefferson street CITY,
Hon. Thomas NJ. Monaghan, No. zoo West Fourth street
city Harlan G. Scott No. 1920 West Fourteenth street
city.
DR.. Henry W. Briggs, No 1925 Jackson street. city,
John F. NeRry No. 2sO6 Gfpm avenue city; James II.
Morris No. $50 East Seventh street
III" '0' vi "e foregoing We mink II Is clearly the
dtx Of Senator Salisbury to separate the some good
men, from those whom he ~has not bcsitated 10 crt.
cizev himself.
The list is there It speaks for itself 10 the people
Of Nilmngtoni II speaks for Itself to the people Of
DeRWaus
nim fYFmer Mayor Harrison W. Howell, Joseph Ban
croft former Mayor Horace Wilson, DIR. Henry J.
o'qpOsxteneral T. Coleman DUPONT Thomas F. Bayard.
DIT ft4n a F. PiersOn, Thomas F. Monaghan. Harlan g.
scYft7Drs Henry W. Briggs John F. Neary and James
IL MOTIFS the men composing Mayor Prices list we
clflleAse Senator Salisbury TO attack it upon any
grqpnds'Other than those which are partisan or fac
tohaI.
Governor Townsend should can upon the Senator |
WHIP Is so eager for his Democratic Mayor-eIect 70
make the appointments, 10 file bill OF particulars
shfFing why he thinks the men on the list are no.
crRcry qualified 70 serve and setting FORTH catcgoli.