The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-09
HERE'S AN OUTRAGE.
Extraordinary Feature Of
the New City Hall
Commission
Bill.
VETO AND BOUNCE!
VETO AM BOUNCEt
VETO AND BOUNCE!
Did Mayor Cleveland De-
wise This Measure and
Is He Promoting
It's Passage?
It Would Virtually Make Him
Boss Of the Whole Big
Job.

THE JERSEY Cry NEWS has done yso-
mans service since the Legislature
opened, IN unearthing and exposing bills
that can scarcely be said to have been
drawn in the interest OF the public, that.
on the other hand, seemed to nave been
devised wholly in the interest or public
lobbers; but, of them all, none matches in
effroDtery none is more palpabiy intended
TO further personal ends than that intro
duced by Senator Mcdonald, into the
Senate, in the early days Of the week, to
promote the erection Of a new City Hall
for the city.
A prominent Democrat Of the city who
has seen copy Of the printed bin, called
the attention Of one Of the gentlemen on
THE SUNDAY MoREING NEWS stan 70 It's
salient features last evening.
THREE COMMISSIONERS
IF you have not seen that btu, = ne
said, you should Study it. | have nm
covsIsd one little Niger in the wood -piIs.
There may be more concealed under the
logs; you'll have to ind them yourself.
But Pll show you the little piccaninny
have discovered
You know that the inain question the
only Transformations which there can be
any two opinions in the City Hall pro5ect
IS the site Every taxpayer will want the
new public building pitched IS near to
his property as possible There win be,
also, no end Of sites offered TO the city BY
those having tracts that they hope 20 be
able 10 unload on the public.
1T can easily be seen how the power to
make the choice could be used To great
personal advantage if it rested with a
single man, and in order to protect it as
far as possible from abuse, the original
scheme was to divide it between three
commissioners The theory was that
either one OF the three would defeat an
effort on the part of either of the other
two TO force site on the city from per-
sonaI or selfish or. If you please corrupt
motives.
WITH A STRING TO THEM
Now, the bin which Senator McDou-
aid has introduced iuto the Senate gives
color to the three men power fiction. but
doubt that its purpose is-ro make =
single man the master OF the situation
And that man is Mayor Cleveland
NOW, III prove this proposition 60 you.
Section 2 OF the act Provides;
81 That for the purposes Of this act the
Mayor Of any sueh city shall appoint q
Board Of three commissioners
each Of scao7a shall scrDe until the qcerk
7 IfrIf r-Is. rnwr ra.1r
MOVED BY THE APPOINTING POWER ANY
vacancy caused by death, resignation, re-
moyal from the CRY, inability or other
wise shall be filed by appointment in the
same manner
Section provides that " The acts Of
a majority OF the Commissioners shall be
the acts of the Commissioners as herein
authorized, out SAID ACTS SHALL BE SUB
JECr TO VETO BY THE MAYOR OF such city
rs the acts of other boards in such city
are subject to veto
HERES THE STRING.
who selects site under bill with
such provisionss Why. no one else than
the Mayor He appoints the Commits
sioners. # they select site he does not
want he can veto their action. If they
show a disposition to overrule his veto,
why all he has to do is TO remove the de-
liant member OF members and I'LL his
place or theirs with more complaisanf
tools.
THAT act Is intended to degrade the
Commissioners to mere dummies, and to
enable the Mayor to say where the new
hall snail be pitched. Bound down to
such restrictions the three Commissions
ers are mere puppets in his hands.
CAN CONTROL THE WHOLE THING
"0f course. the power the bill gives him
in the selection OF the site, it gives him In
connection with all the ether details or
the enterprise If they award the con-
tract TO an enemy OF his, or TAIL to give Il
to 3 friend. all be has to do is to veto and
bounce. II they do not coincide with him
as to the kind Of stone that it shall be cory.
structed OF, all be has to do is TO veto and
bounce. II they resolve to employ the
wrong architect, veto and bounce are in
order agin. II inspectors are 60 be ap-
pointed, and his friends fail to get there,
why veto and bounce. If the furnishisx
should fall into the wrong hands, nona
his standpoint, veto and bounce.
There never was shallower scheme to
deceive the people into the belief that tha
public interests are ia their hands. ard
juegla il all into one hand than this act. =
Special attention & cated 10 the r1e<so b s1;e
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