The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-08


sents an element that not only opposed
Governor Albeit before the Nominating
Convention, but has sought to cripple his
influence since his election, and last week
the Burlington Ne.cs had column article
booming the present Prosecutor.
One does not want to indulge in too
many Roman Punches before telling a story
to so capital judge of good story telling
as Eddy Fox. If you don't tell story to
the Queens taste when Eddy's around.
you'll be sure to hear about it alters ards,
Mr.. Chapman has taken step in the
night direction. He proposes to abolish
the Board of Education, and vest the APP
pointment Of new Board in the hands of
the Mayor. The people must accept the
bill before il can become operative. The
people of this city would accept such re-
form by an almost unanimous vote.
Sheriff Brown, of Newark, took new
boarder down to the State prison on We'd
nesday-Charles Tong Sing. Governor
Albeit has received letter from Secretary
Chandler, of the navy, giving Sings record
In the navy department, in whose service
he was with the Arctic explorers, and inter
ceding for pardon in the Chinaman's be-.
half
--"Tit' Bennett was appointed Assistant
Journal Clerk. Clerk Toombs found that
Bennett could not fill the bill so he made
him swap places with the Assistant En-
crossing Clerk. Bennett spends all his
spare time, now, wondering whether he is
to receive s., 900 for assisting Mr.. Toombs
or only $500 for engrossing bills. Don't
bother your noodle any longer, ssTit I" You
only get 5000.
Y We think that State Treasurer Toffev
will find. on investigation, that there is no
reason, either personal or political, for the
retention of Head Sweep Irown. He is
lazy, inefficient and unpopular, and but for
the peculiar surroundings Of his first APP
pointment, never would have been selected
for the place. Treasurer Toffey doubtless
knows scores of more capable, more popu-
lar, more deserving and less Objectionable
candidates for the Janitor's shoes.
The Newark Sundoy Cal mentions as
the aspirants for Judge McCarters Bench
in the Essex County Common Pleas, be-
sides Judge McCarter himself, Judge f.
W. Stevens, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Sam
Kalisch, j. M. G. Morrow, John G. Trues-
dell and F. NJ. Tchenor. and William B.
Guild, Jr. The Newark Salesmens Associ-
alton is working tooth and nail against
McCarter, because he fined some members
of the association for conspiracy to injure
business man who had assumed to run
his business without their advice.
There are now no less than three differ
ent plans before the Legislature for the re-
organization of the Judiciary system of the
State. Their sponsors are Messrs. Arm
strong, Keasbey and Corbin. They all
agree as to two things, the adjustment of
the lay judgeships, and that the Court of
Errors and Appeals shall be composed Of
five lawyers of high standing. Mr.. Cor
bin wants the Supreme Court to consist of
twelve judges, who shall have law and
equity jurisdiction, doing away with the
Court of Chancery. He also wants the
Court of Pardons to be composed of four
judges, to be appointed by the Legisla-
ture.
Chief Justice Beasley, who has just
been re-conirmed as his own successor,
has held the position for 81 years, and is
about to enter upon his fourth term. His
appointment came from Governor Parker
originally, and he owes his other three APP
pointments to Governors Mcclellan, RAN
dolph and Albeit. His salary is 1854.
Ifhe lives till the expiration of the term
for which he has just been appointed he
, will have been at the head of the State
: Courts for % years, longer than any of his
r eight predecessors on the Bench. The
next longest term for which any Chief JUS
tice served was q years, during which An
drew Kirkpatrick acted.
The Newark Call says that ssMunieipal
police legislation at Trenton has become
somewhat mixed. Assemblyman See, of
: Hudson. introduced a bill for tenure of Of
fee in the police department That is to
protect Republican policemen in Jersey
City. Senator Griggs has bill retiring on
! pension police officers who have served
twenty years. Under present political
conditions this need not raise the hopes of
Newark policemen, whose prospects of
being elected President are a good deal
more assured than twenty years term of
duty. Senator Fish, who started out with
the resolve to make the Newark police force
non-partisan, comes forward now with a par
tisan bill permitting the Common Council
to dismiss policemen by majority VOTE"
The State Library at Trenton shows a
gradual growth, but not such an increase
as it ought to show. Last year, according
to the Librarians report, only 800 volumes
were added, making the whole number of
books now in the Library less than thirty
thousand. Colonel Hamilton, the present
State Librarian, an old graduate of Prince
ton, is gentleman of scholarly tastes and
solid literary requirements, and he is adj
mirably adapted for his position. With a
little more aid from the legislature he
would be enabled to do good deal for the
Library in the way of increasing its cata-
logue and advancing its standard among
the libraries of the land.-Ne.oarE Adver-
tiser.
We don't know whether "Ben" Vail,
who is reported to have been once Presi-
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