Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-12-17
KRAMER To GET
4 GERAN' s JOB
U. S. Attorney to be 0usted
Now Free to Run for Gov
ernor or Congress

TRENTON, Dec. 1T:-Cnitea
States District Attorney Elmer II.
Geran, Of Matawan. is the latest
Democrat to fall a victim 10 Repub-
lican power at Washington. Accord
ing TO information he has been ask
ed by Attorney General Daugherty
TO hand in his resignation. Whether
Mr.. Geran will comply or make an
attempt to hold the ONCE TO which
he was named in June, 1890, 70
serve until 1894 at $1,000 a year II
not known, as the district attorney
is understood TO be In Florida. He
was appointed TO his present post by
President Wilson.
1t is understood that the Repub-
lican leaders of the state want 70
fill the post with Major Harry
Kramer, OF Camden. Major Kramer
was at one time a member Of the
staff of Republican State Chairman
E c, Stokes when the latter was
governor. He Is city clerk OF Cam
den and during the war was active
in draft work. First he was attach
ed TO the adjutant generals depart
ment at the State House here and
became proficient in handling the
various complicated problems Incl
dent to the operation Of the selective
service law. Then he was called 10
Washington and became first assist
ant to General Crowder, who was in
command OF the draft operations al
over the country. Kramer IS slated
for the place by the G.. o. p. leaders.
according TO information here. u
they can oust Geran from his berth.
1t is also said that the office was ten
dered to Prosecutor A. Dayton OIL
phant, of Mercer county, who de-
clined TO accept.
Under Mr.. Geran there are four
assistants, Messrs. Pearse, Arrow
smith, Tenny and Erickson. all
Democrats at salaries ranging from
$4,000 10 $500 a year. 1t is un-
derstood the Republicans have their
eyes on these places too. The move
to get Geran's job follows closely
upon the heels of Daugherty's COM
mand to Albert Bollschweiler, Demo-
crat, TO make way for George n.
Mulheron, Republican and state pris-
on keeper, as United States marshal.
The attorney general in both in
stances has contended that these Of
fees have been the spoils OF the
Democratic party for the last eight
years and now they belong 10 the
Republican national administration.
Political friends of Mr.. Geran here
are discussing the possibilities of his
chances for capturing either the
Democratic nomination for governor,
United States senator, or congress-
man, next year in the event he Is
free of public officer to make the
campaign. For some time he has
been prominently mentioned as a gu
bernatorial possibility. He has been
in the public life of the state for the
past 10 years or from the time Wood
row Wilson was elected governor.
He introduced the election reform
law which bears his name and served
four terms in the House of assembly
from Monmouth county. twice being
the Democratic leader of the House.
Geran also was elected sheriff OF his
county and served there as assistant
prosecutor.
Friends of the district attorney
here point TO his oratorical powers
on the stump. his clean public rec
ord. together with the fact that he
has never been defeated in a con-
test for public Office are reasons why
he would prove a formidable oppo-
nent of the Republicans next fan.
especially IL he is made martyr by
removal from Office at this time. In
1919 he campaigned through the
middle and southern counties OF tne
state for Governor Edwards. He
also served in the Fsembly with
William y. Runyon. no the leading
Republican candidate for governor.