The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-03
ROBBING COUNTY AND CITY.
All Sinecures, and All Prom
ised" to Two or Three
Workers.
The Wicked Scheme Instigated
by Boss Davis, Who Proposes
to Apportion the spoils.


and his infamous Ring propose to retain
their clutches on the treasury and the
patronage of this county.
1t is by creating more offices. They are
not needed, but they will be created just
the same, and their powers and emolu-
ments will be offered as bribes for sup
port at the coming election
There will be created
First: TO THE BOARD
OF FREEHOLDERS.
Second: - SUPERINTENDENT OF
THE COUNTY BOARD.
Third:- COUNTY SU-
PERINTENDENT
Fourth - SUPERINTENDENT OF
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Fifth:-POLICE CAPTAIN. The Sec
ond Police Precinct to be divided.
Sixth:-A score OF minor Offices that
none but the Ring can imagine.
INFAMY NO. /.
AS to the first, the Attorney to the
Board of Freeholders. This Office is such
thoroughly and absolutely necessary
one that, when it was originally created
for the benefit of Renegade Stllhr, even
he became ashamed to I'LL it, and, after
serving few months. sent this pertinent
resignation to the Boards
HoHoKENt Sept. 6, 1888
TO the Honorable the Direct0f ara Menlb ers of
TIE Board Of Chosen FseeAolders Of Hudson
GENTs:gi heFaby tender my resignation as
attorney TO yonr Hoard, to take effect immedi-
ately. While it may not be obligatory to assign
after mature delheration have come to th
conclusion that In this case it may be for the
best interests OF the county 50 tosdo. In May
last (aithouRh was not candidate for the office
to which your Board thought proper to elect mel
was elected as attorney to your Board, after
resolution was adopted showing the necessity Of
creating said Office accepted the office under
those circumstances and while holding the same
have fulfilled all the duties required Of me- /
had contemplated some time ago to sever my
connection with your Board but at the earnest
solicitation OF friends and In view of the fact
that your counsel contemplated a trip
to Eur0ps Oppf deferred a action f thes
as your counsel has returned and all litigat on
in which your Board is interested has been con :
cluded, and there being no Likelihood at present
that the county will be involved in any import
ant litigation which may require the service of
two tsa, counsel ,1aa have come to the conclu-
your Board Is unnecessary. Such be-
ing the case think our taxpayers who
to have the benefit of any reduction that can
possibly be made in the expenditure of public
moneys by your Board and have therefore con-
sidered it wise to resign. Thanking you for the
courtesies heretofore shown me I remain,
Respectfully,
WILLIAM S. STuHR.
SOP FOR HoBoKEN
Until now the Board after this rebuke
never dared fill this Office, which was
created In a spirit of pure wantoness to
waste the county's money Davis has use
for everything in the form of an Office pos
sible to control, and he cast his hungry
office seeking eye on this place and said
to himself, ''I'll put Bill Daily there, for
mead him this fol I'm HohoEau ~
And SO the order went forth that Coun-
sellor William D. DAILY should be ap-
pointed TO the position yesterday.
Counsellor Thomas F. Noonan learned
of this in some manner and at once in
formed the Freeholders that he was
candidate for the position, and as
choice between two evils he is the prefer
euce- Davis, however, wants a Hoboken
man, and DAILY. would have received the
position yesterday had not the unforeseen
with the programme. The ring
filing this oaice that it is
necessary because some one must search
the titles to the property and contest suits
that are bound to arise from the con-
srruction of the new county boulevard.
Why, under the sun, the counsel to the
Board cannot do this is mystery, for the
actual time necessary for him to devote
to the Freeholders at present is not more
than one days work week, and for this
he receives So, 900 year.
Unless this exposure in The JERSEY
CITY NEWS brings the Freeholders to
proper sense of right the office Of attor-
ney will lie created next Monday.
INFAAtY NO. 2
Superintendent OF t le County Road
TINS once is also an absolutely unneces
sary one for the law intended the Chief
Engineer and the Board of Freeholders to
perform the duties. This office is already
promised TO two men. and will be filled
by one of them after the election is over.
men to work body and soul for
the Ring. The Office when created
is expected to control all the
patronage attached to the maintaining
the road when it is completed, and it will
prove to be an important one, besides
being sinecure The salary will doubt-
less be not less than So 900 year, and the
man who gives the best service TO the
Ring will get the place.
INFAMY NO. g.
Assistant County Superintendent. THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS has already explained
I. TO the public that ex-County Blacksmith
James Boucher has been slated for
this place in consideration OF his
valuable services in preventing
Alderman Keogh from kicking over
the traces when the Board of Alder
men organized. Boucher would have
been appointed a long time ago only that
the Ring feared the condemnation OF
public opinion before election Is over
The outraged citizens will not stand more
Offices This office is an absolutely USE
less one, for there is not work enough
now to occupy the time of County Super
intendent James f. Cannon, who has
time to conduct an extensive real estate
business and attend TO the duties of q
Justice of the Peace. This is why the
Ring has not created the office before
INFAMY NO 4.
Superintendento OF the Fire Department.
This Office, it is said, will be given to
President Conway, Of the. Board OF Fire
Commissioners, 1t Is said it was prom
ised him by his friend. Orestes Cleve-
land, who is backed by Bob Davis. Con
way recently had desire TO be Sheriff
and Davis did not want him, although
Cleveland did. Davis was stronger than
the weak old man ana the matter
was compromised, SO it is said,
by promising to create an
Office that would make Conway boss of
every man in the Fire Department for
life, for it will come under the Tenure OF