The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-14
THE NEW OFFICIALS.
Something About the Men
the Charter Has Put
in office.
WHO THEY ARE; HOW THEY LOOK.
Take Them All in All, They Seem to
Be an Exceptionally Good Lot
Of Public Servants.


!, ner OF men these new officials of the city
government arep Well, that's natural.
I'd be wondering, too, if didn't know
them all.
SIT down with me minute while tell
you what know of them Let's see; who
was first on Mayor Cleveland's list when
he announced his appointments
Patrick H. O'Neill. the City Collector.
"a Well, "Paddy"-that's what the boys all
# call him--is a short, thick set blonde; a
man whose ready wit would atone for
4 larger educational deficiencies than he be-
trays, tireless worker and a friend
whom every man can trust You must
Y have seen him often rushing about the
Fl streets, with scarcely time to say show
ri dee! to his acquaintance. He wears u
suit of gray in this warm weather, but he
" never forgets that he once wore the his
n torical suit of blue.n l never have
asked him how old he is!
Eye been kind Of timid about
Mike Nathan climbed on his ear at the
question first after he had been made Act
ing Chief! The new Collector is as full of
war "reminiscences as Colonel Robinson is,
but he is not as old as the gray bearded
Colonel. In fact, if it were not for his
ceaseless talk about the war no one would
take the Collector to be more than thirty.
Bnt then he was only a boy when he went
INTO the army, and even at that tender
age was SO full of public spirit that when
the drum beat sounded he could not re-
strain himself from answering the call.
TREASURER CLEVELAND.
Next Is jeremiah b. Cleveland, the new
City Treasurer. jerry he is familiarly
called all over the State: for there is not
man in the State who doesn't know him.
He works on broad field of politics, and
has made and unmade more Governors
than probably any other one man in the
Commonwealth. He is a New Jersey
Dean Richmond-shrewd, calculating, far
seeing, but at the same time genial and
approachable, with kindly word for the
hulnblest. His pleasant, handsome face
and keen gray eve reflect his character. /
have heard him boast of being grand
father, so he might not feel offended if /
were to say to you that he may be some
where in the fifties. In build he is tall.
and while not stout, a man of rugged
frame.
George r. Hough, the new City Comp
tgoller, is a dark faced and dark eyed man
of clerkly appearance. He has been in
the City Comptroller's office for many
wears and he knows the whole of it, from
Alpha to Omega. He is a man of middle
age.
THE CITY LAWYERS.
Then there are the city's lawyers-Sena-
tor Edwards, Corporation Counsel, and
Speaker Hudspeth, the Corporation At
torney-both nervous, quick movers, and
men who never allow the grass to grow
under their feet. Edwards is probably
the buster of the two. He. looks less
moody and more tired than he did before
he got into politics. He had always been
interested in political affairs, but within
the last three or four years has risen into
a position of such commanding promin-
ence that the heavier burdens of State are
thrown upon his shoulders. He is
young man, belongs to one of the Oldest
families in the Lafayette section, and
studied law with ex-senator Brinkerhoff.
He is of medium height, rather slim of
mould, and has large brown eyes, and the
mouth of an orator.
Hudspeth is taller and thinner than Ed
wards, and his bright black eyes make
face naturally dark even more swarthy.
THE FINANCIERS.
dropped in upon q meeting of the new
Board of Finance the other evening and
saw them at work. John Edelstein was
the conspicuous figure among them, both
because of his stalwart towering form
and because of his position at the head of
the Board He has amaSsed a fortune in
the manufacture of cigars, but he is not
less attentive to his business than when
he was less favored. 1t is a wonder how
he finds time for politics, but he is a man
of tremendous energy, and that kind of
man accomplishes power of work in the
course of day Nor does he conflne HIM
self to city politics. He is in the Demo-
cratic State Committee. Made to be a
leader in whatever he goes into, he is as
conspicuous in State affairs as he is in
local.
Thomas E. Bray is polished gentle
man who has been in public life before.
He is one of the very few members of the
old Legislative Commission history, who
went out of public office without q breath
of suspicion upon his integrity. He used
to be in partnership with Judge Beach,
but he has retired from active busi-
ness. John Kenny speaks to you
with a pleasant Scotch accent. He has
been mentioned by his friends in times
past.for Board of Finance honors, but he
was hot inclined to accept them till the
temptation of assisting a reform govern
ment was offered to him. He is tall, stout
of build. with a round, ruddy face fringed
with gray, and an enthusiastic trout
angler.
George r. Hitler is busy man. He
manages the big drug mills ON Hudson
street, and bids fair to be one of the most
active men in the new Board of Finance.
He is not over middle age, but has al
ready accumulated q fortune, and his
family lead society in the Lafayette sec
ton. He has piercing black eyes, is of
medium height, and quick and nervous
mover.
Charles w. Allen, President of the
Board of Aldermen and ex-officio q mem
ber of the Board of Finance, is tall, digni-
fed, courteous middle aged ,and has made
an excellent impression ON those whom he
has met in official relations.
THE POLICE BOARD.
John p. Feeney, the President of the
Police Board, is very Falstaff in manner
and appearance. Short and round, with
rollicking air, and full of quips and jest
he proposes to laugh his way through life.
James E. Kelly, his Democratic confrere
is not unlike him in disposition or build
except that he is taller and is more digni-
fed in demeanor. c. H. Benson, the re-
publican member, is the antipode of
either-tall and slim, with serious, anxious
face, and the general air of Buccaneer.
THE NEW BOARD OF WORKS.
What was the Board Of Works under
the old charter is the Street and Water
Commission under the new. Except Ben
Van Keuren. the veteran of that particu-
Jar branch of the service, the Board is Q
Young one. Charles Somers and Edward
A. Dugan are both young men,. SOmers
made an acceptable member Of the Board |
of Works four or five years ago, and pugan |
has been an active member OF the |
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