Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-15

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THE COUNTY AIMS HOUSE.
The Railway Advocate OF this week
t}evotes another half column of abuse
10 the members of the Board OF Chosen
Freeholders from this city. The arti-
clio is entirely too meaningless for us to
reproduce entire, aud we shall be con-
tented to give a few of the choicest
1norsels. 1t says that ''at three O'Clock
or a few minutes after Mr.. Justus Nor
Yis. he that was to have 81, 500 for pur-
chasing the property. and four others
entered the room, and one of them
nominated Morris Director, pro tenn.
who took the chair without vote and
ordered the clerk to call the roll, which
proceeding discomftted even Oily, but
he did as ordered and announced no
quorum, when Just-ass declared the
board adjourned, one of the Elizabeth
members shutting the door meanwhile
and standing with his back against it to
prevent the other members from get
ting in and then leaving Immediately
Soon after the Director appeared and
when he heard what had been done
consulted the rules which declare that
the Director and two members can call
the roll and adjourn when no quorum
is present. He called the Board to or
der read the or, dentials of Mr.. Scudder
and ordered his name on the roll, and
then no quorum answering adjourned
she Board to two o'clock ?. M. at
which time the members assembled and
ON roll call but eight was present and
the Board adjourned to Tuesday, Jan.
18TH
Now, neighbor, few facts. The
meeting was called for ten O'Clock, at
which time the Elizabeth members
we're present, together with four or five
members from the rural districts. AT
tor waiting twelve or fifteen minutes
after the hour the meeting was called
to order by Mr.. Francis Sayre, who
who nominated Mr.. Justus Morris as
Chairman. The Clerk then proceeded
to call the roll, the country members
meanwhile leaving the room one after
another. But eight members beng
present, of course no business could
BE transacted, and after waiting half an
hour or so, on motion the Board adj
iourned. The whole matter lies just
here. The country members thought
60 spring trap on the city members,
having majority present, control the
appointments ;but in this they were dis
appointed--ou members being present
10 D man, and preventing any little al
engagements of this kind. The subter-
fuee of the advocate" is most miser
able one, and will recoil most fearfully
in due time. The editor of the paper,
WHO by the way is novice, winds up
yith the following rare bit; :"
What an honest, upright straight
forward, plain dealing set of fellows
these Elizqbethans are to be sure and
in the face Of all these acts we expect
nothing else than that the press of that
God-forsaken city will puff and laud
them to the skies. If any of these chaps
believe in hereafter it is about time
they commenced committing to men,
Gay short prayer or two. 1t will be
If no loss to them if no benefit. We
anean the Freeholders of that city as
well as the press gang.
The ''honest, upright, straightfor-
ward, plain dealing" country members
as soon as they found themselves in a
minority, sneaked from the room, thus
preventing the transaction of public
business. Ashamed of this mean trick
they now seek to shield themselves un-
der the protection of the aceakly paper
OF Railway, one OF the adiuncts of the
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