Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-19
new UTILITY BOARD
sent TO State SENATE TODAY:
COP. OPPOSITION IS CERTAIN
Quinn and Other New Men
Named on State Board viii
be Acted Upon.
BIG FIGHT VERY LIKELY
Former Board Was 0uSted by
the Governor in a ProCla.
nation Issued Recently.
BY Special Correspondent.

Sy SpeClat Correspondent.
TRENTON, oct. 19:-The stat
senate meets here today for tn.
purpose of receiving the names OF
the new members of the Board of
Public Utility Commissioners. Cow
ernor Edwards, having ousted the
old board, issued a proclamation
calling the upper legislative body
back today to receive his nominees
to succeed the retired commission.
Governor Edwards this afternoon
sent to the state senate the names
of Congressman James A. Hamill,
of Jersey City, TO succeed Alfred s.
March. of New Brunswick, whose
term as public utility commissions
er would have expired in 1923 had
he not resigned; former Assembly.
man Arthur A. Quinn. of Sewaren,
to succeed Andrew Gaul, Jr.. of
Bergen, whose term would have
ended in 1925; Col. Walter +. Whit
temore, of Sussex. to succeed George
+. Wright. of Paterson, who would
have gone out in 1924; TreadwelI
Cleveland, of Newark, to succeed
John w. Slocum, of Long Branch,
whose term would have ended next
year, and former Senator James A.
c. Johnson. of Englewood, Bergen
county, to succeed Harry l.. knight.
of Burlington county. who would be
out in 1925.
The names of Cleveland and
Johnson have not been made public
before by the governors office.
Cleveland and Whittemore are Re-
publicans and Hamill, Johnson and
quinn Democrats.
Mr.. Edwards will also nominate
., William A. Logue, of Bridgeton, to
be judge of the Cumberland coun-
ty common pleas court, succeeding
the late j. Hampton Fithian. Logue
is named by the governor because
Senator Reeves. of Cumberland, q
Republican, blocked confirmation Of
Linwood Erickson. whom the gov
ernor originally appointed to the
office.
Cleveland Is an editorial writer
| on the Newark Evening News and
Johnson served in the state senate
from 1911 to 1914. during which
time he was chosen senate president
after James f. Fielder in 1919 be-
came acting governor when Wood
row Wilson went to Washington to
| be president.
In sending the appointments to
| the utility board Governor Edwards
said to the senate in part: 1T may
be suggested that the removal OF
| the persons in question was without
warrant in law and for that reason
sour honorable body should not act
| to confirm the new appointments. 1t
! is sufficient answer it seems to me
/ to say that the supreme court 10
which the removed persons applied
| for relief has refused to review the
action of the executive department"
Meanwhile the old Utility Board
continues to Function here TODAY
with the cloud OF the governors ous-
ter lowering over its head and the
refusal OF Supreme Court Justice
SwayZe to grant its counsel writ TO
review the governors action. In fact
it met with a rebuff this morning
when Louis Miller. counsel for the
city of Millville. appeared in an
electric light rate case in answer to
a summons of the old board but de-
clared that in view of the decision
of Justice SwayZe he felt that the
board had no authority in the mat
ter. Before the senate meets at noon
there was scheduled to be a Repub-
lican caucus to act on the new mem
bers.
South Jersey Republicans who
might confirm were pointing out that
their end of the state is not rep
resented in the nominations sent in
by Mr.. Edwards.
If the new board is to be cons
firmed indications this afternoon
were that it will be only after a hard
fight among the Republicans known
to be opposed to the Governor are
Sturgess, Gloucester; Stevens. Mon
mouth; Mackay. Bergen: Runyonl
Union and Hagaman, Ocean.