The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-04
DIVISION DECIDED.
State Leaders are Ready
M to Create Hamilton
County.
yWDSON TO BE SPLIT IN TWO.
Politicians Are Retieent About
the Proposed Change.
Hudson. if She Continues as She
Is. Will Claim Twelve
Assemblymen.

Under spread eagle "Hurrah. Hamil-
ton CountyP' caption the Euenfpg Ne,cs
of last evening made this announce
ment:--
An important conference Of prominent
Democratic politicians Of this state. in
fact, the leaders OF the party. was held IN
Trenton night before last, and the one
paramount theme under discussion was q
!. division of Hudson county-the creation
)f Hamilton county-which project the
Eceaing Neuos originated two yesss sro,
and with the steady support OF Assetepiy-
man Pagan and few private citizens.
A division Of the county means new
Democratic county, q Democratic Con-
gressman, q Democratic State Senator,
and more Democratic Assemblymen.
It will let us loose from debt ridden Jer-
sey City, and 1t will be big boom to
property.
Why not have a new countf
This eud, from Hoboken north, con-
tains more Inhabitants than five or six
counties in the south Of the State put TO-
gether.
Yet those very same counties each have
more representation in the councils OF
! the government, State and national, than
4 we do
II The new county could be run economi-
irt,aily, in fact at what this city, together
oe With West Hoboken. Weehawken, Unio n
y Hill, North Bergen. Gutenberg and the
Township of Union pays towards the sup
port of Hudson county.
uurrah for the new county,
The announcement has created wide
spread interest in political circles. 1t is
e. believed that the fact of an additional
Senator. and at least one
mt tssemblyman will prove sufficient to OBJ
Hekin the sanction of the powers that be.
acT NORTH HUDSON LIKES 1T.
y j From meagre reports received today il
'9is beyond doubt the desire of great ma
jority of the residents of North Hudson
10 have the bill Assemblyman Fa-
gan two years ago piuckiiy
introduced become law. This
! county, it Is claimed Is big enough to be
\ will iucrease- Democratic representa-
1 ton In State and national politics.
Hoboken is particularly t.ckled over
the conference, and, mefaphorically
speaking. is laughing itself into MT
over the prospect Of getting rid OF over
burdened debt-ridden Jersey City. II
says. as 1t has right to say, Good
bye TO the Ring-governed City"
Hoboken and the suburban towns
believe that for what they pay Hudson
they can nearly support separate county
and receive benefits not conferred by
Ring government. They have observed
the workings of the county carefully
since the Ring charter for Jersey City
was adopted. and wisely concluded that
nothing but increased taxation stares
them in the face. II this increase
must come, they claim they may as we'll
nave the direct benefit by representation
in State and national affairs which a new
county would give them
POLITICIANS WON'T TALK.
Jersey City politicians decline to be in
tervlewed about the matter at all. When
Police Commissioner Feeney, Surrogate
ONeil and others were spoken to they
merely replied. II don't know anything
about the conference. Not one could
be found to confirm or deny the story.
That bill to divide the county will be
introduced this winter Is believed to be
beyond q doubt.