The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-02-12
'PEARSE NAMED
FOR UTILITY BOARD
Republicans in Senate Take IN
usual Action on Nomination
of Governors Secretary.
TWO CENT GAS TAX.
Favored in New Majority Report
Freebooter Roberts Rescinds Previous
Action on Legislative Commission
Bridge Bill Presented by Governor.

Trenton. Governor Silzer nominal
ed his private secretary, Frederick
M. P. Pearse, who is lawyer, to be
member of the Board of Public Util.
ity Commissioners and also reap
pointed Judge Francis M. McCauley
to preside for another term in First
Hudson County District Court, which
sits in Union Hill.
Third Flve-Year Term
The term for which Judge Nc
Galley is renamed is five years. 1t
will be his third term. Governor
Silzer evidently felt that the quality
of work done by Judge McCauley was
such as to merit the recognition of
continuance on the bench.
County Register John ]. Mcmahon
was opposed to the re-appointment
of Judge McCauley and had as his
candidate former Assemblyman Lewis
B. Eastmead, of West Hoboken.
Named for Full Term
The appointment of Mr.. Pearse is
for term of six years. the full one
of commissioners. The position car
ries salary of $4,000 year
After the nomination was sent in
an executive session of the Senate
was called and the Republicans
adopted a resolution in which they
recommended that Harry v. Osborne
whom Mr.. Pearse was named to sue
coed, should be renamed.
The Senators discussed the ques-
ton of returning the Pearse nomi-
nation but took no action on it. The
Democratic members of the Senate
took no part in the discussion.
Adoption of the resolutions by the
Senate was most unusual but was
construed as an indication of the
hostility the members of that b5dy
have constantly evinced against Gov;
ernor Silzer. The resolutions were
as follows:
Whereas by the statutes AMI the
constitution the Senate is under the
duty Of advising the Governor as
well as giving it's consent to the ap-
pointment Of public officers.
And whereas, the term of Harry
v. Osborne as a member of the Board
of Public Utility Commissioners is
expiring and the appointment of a
successor is in hand. and the quality
of service rendered by Mr.. Osborne
has not only been beyond reproach
but, because of his courage, intelli-
gence, integrity and experience is
of such signal value to the state that
the failure to re-appoint him will not
only result in great loss to the state
but will likewise be attributed by the
public to personal partisan motives
at the expense of the public welfare.
and,
whereas, the duties and response
bilities Of that position require per-
son of the ability, judgment and ex-
perience of the present incumbent;
Now, therefore be it resolved, that
the Senate in executive session does
respectfully advise His Excellency,
the Governor, that in the Judgment of
the Senate the public welfare requires
the appointment of Mr.. Osborne to
succeed himself as a member Of the
Board Of Public Utility Commission
ers and respectfully advises deliber-
ate consideration Of this important ap-
pointment."
Pearse Well Qualified, Says Osborne
When Mr.. Osborne, who was at the
State House all day heard that Mr..
Pearse had been named to succeed
him. he issued the following state
ment:
81 have enjoyed my work as a mem
Der of the Board of Public Utility
Commissioners and have tried con-
scientiously to make it constructive
and worth while. The duties OF the
position have been so exacting as to
take practically all the time I could
otherwise have devoted to the prac-
tice of my profession.
"The appointment of Mr.. Pearse
will enable me to resume the active
practice of law. Before his appoint
ment as secretary to the governor,
Mr.. Pearse frequently appeared be-
fore the board Representing munich
palities Of which he was counsel. In
my opinion he is well qualified to
serve as commissioner and he has
my best wishes for success.
Among other nominations sent In
by the Governor was that of Congress
man Charles Brown Of Princeton, to
succeed the late Joseph M. Byrne OF
Newark as a member Of the Depart
ment Of Institutions and Agencies.
To succeed Prosecutor Kelsey, OF
Burlington county, whose work was
recently taken over by the Attorney
General by direction of Supreme
Court Justice Lloyd the Governor
nominated George M. Hillman, of
Mount Holly.
Two-cent Gasoline Tax
What has been a majority report Of
the special commission to study motor
vehicle taxation in the State became
a minority report through the action
OF William H. Roberts. Bergen county
Freeholder. Mr.. Roberts had signed
report submitted previously, recon-
mending among other things a tax of