The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-31

his work or for his material.
The contractor or seller includes in his
bid or his offer, Of course. the money lie
is expected to hand up to the gang,
and the gang count il in, too, in dealing
with him, and so the taxpayers are COM
PEELED to pay two prices or more for
everything they are permitted to have.
THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR.
It can now be seen how essential 1t Is TO
this combination of looters. If it is to be
permitted to rob the community of the
money yet to be received, that it shall
continue to control the Grand Jury.
If Sheriff who will draw juries that
will indict the rascals, be chosen by the
people, the plot is at an end. The rascals
will not run the risk OF State prison; and
they will disappear from public view.
Robert Davis knows how important the
Shrieyalty is to the gang he stands Tor,
and is a part OF, and he has put his perso-
nal candidate for Sheriff in the field in
the person Of John J. McPhillips. who has
been Under Sheriff since Davis took
command at the Court House.
A vote for McPhillips is a vote for Davis
aud his gang of plunderers.
The man whom the people are trying to
elect is p Farmer Wanser.
The JERSEY CITY NEWS has been full
of exposures of the rascalities of the law
Their regime has been so fruitful of scan
dals that it has not been possible to ex-
pose tithe of them
FRAUDULENT TAX LEvIEs
The most startling incident OF their
rule, and one which shows that the one
thing they have in mind is to hold on to
their places and continue their robberies,
is the preparation of false and deceptive
tax levies.
The people are too apt to Judge their
rulers by the tax levies. IL they are big
the people get up in arms. Ii they are
small the people are pleased. One part
of the iooters' plan has been to keep the
tax levies down by making insufficient
appropriations for the several depart
ments in their control The credit of the
city is elastic and the deficiencies can
easily be made up by borrowing.
And they borrow. The borrows are COW
cred by city bonds, and each bond con-
tains this clause:--
And it is part Of their obligation that in ac-
cordance with section of said act all real and
personal estate of the said 1.-THE Mayor and Aid
ermen OF Jersey City, and oil real and personal
estate aUit the limits of JERSEY City shall in all
courts and places be held liable for the payment
Of the principal and interest of that tond.
So that every bond issued by the rascals
to repair their tax levy deficiencies IS
new mortgage on every mans little estate
In the city.
Thus it is that the Ring can seem to
favor the taxpayers and rob them at the
same time.
Finance Commissioner Edelstein pub
lished deceptive letter q day or two, ago
declaring that since the Ring took hold
| the pubic debt had been reduced $1,000
wv nen ole sn4osel ,aso1a Wa e ~ tna 4,vo
y MAS iesaailnu tnsss ono ooykasn;ng
| take.
| And City Comptroller Hough admitted
| that the net debt of the city had not been
decreased cent by the operation.
he uiu Ivy say sns, ~ Emo hnt
tne civg ueoe - s9s
tnat - one laou; miS ,o,,ths aftar tha Rine,
mene, n,aue sla nunons iorasa an of ovs,. g
oooK noiu' snoMs ~ ~ M, odo 49, - nc
million uollals ~ sne wy uIDs lii nu shnr @
nexo repore, uIe - 2 ~ t,saI
even larger auui.lon " a.S g cay
FnLsE 5;i sALoAl,JhMs. nrha 5o.ant;on
DuI Sno isins les -. ~ ~ = =,
Win WHICH ~ ~ 1Io y,
1nltiaceu lor ~ oMn piUnI aI,,otion III 3 Z
low fase aGallso 70 70 9 nisase the teEnaver
low Tax rate - " ptet,so ~, pi ., - .
tne nlgn valuallon ~ " sep " -
pileu Wltn sWas e NY ylSA9 7; " :. 7, '
lax Iate WIN q = - ~
70 nlHs ano eaA y r. = = tl !. - soc Sa
WIN low valuatlo1 saA iesse ee % no e = 81
thls year aAalAsv h,t
year Lo9As "e W sv ra sr. cad
wan VII Wy ...as.u e,e on0 nnn -, IN.
Last year lney ne AK Mero @sU,oovJvvs nf
crease ol sa'vo,ooo M. e ~ III, st N, ~
Ine yeAI ~. pslo.o - t;1i aftar aiaction ha.
nounceu LUIS yeal ~ - ~; II
cause .ne s nau az, omar revcitt
Irignlen tne 1i ~ c;ty ~
DeLweeh utV ~ Ior;ss and the en,are,e-
pair uencienc iaA s.nu o,ie =
Inenc u ~ = ~ its
rate ens Iins naS :,
sins III cne inoi ee-ssoa - ,
Ine municipaa sssis isy,aotea :, III hand
man Who nsis 81 ae 9iIIo tha z hand II foliows
up 70 uhe cnteLs " SuS = ,.a 49,, u tnara
tnat he nnsC " PAY ad nstas,, nuT 1na I, uogna
was E, no sucn WioMgu hia s,.a ~ nraesntad e in
Inc pay rois, wntch are preseasSeu ss III, ~ ~
touay sssu1, "a ~ ta mt
tnaD y pracsiSeu VI, ~
1ney aLuIu pasiS IN -, fpS,a. -, -,
presensas;;eon " ~ Sn9 nara snn,a noints in
thPa ,,arsnTal bistor;as of the citv,s am
.1c -, M -, ,,a;,,ts - oil irtarasting
ployes- ueso poinVs esAo AZ 4. 4.
small print foot-notes that have been
| tagged TO each one OF the tables
FIN ANCE EXPENSES COMPARED.
TT var want ia sea how much more it
,,sta ~ ~ AZ INC ,uorl Of one denartment
Sooso ~ ~ "- ~, = ~. = -
now IMAM ~ tlet, even un11l my =, ~
| ment or the notorious Big fouT, com
1 pare the salaries of the men employed In
4 the financial departments under tine old
| Charter with those, of the men holding like
i nos;t;ons in the Ring CITY Government.
ffT,,,. ~ Ma ~ r+oy ~ = fay Roa ri " a
Onutf Tug oiu ~ 80 s y 81
4 brancn OF Inc FINANCE DepafolAeAb auu
the salaries OF lCs members were on Ine
/ Finance pay roll.
The pay roll of the Finance Department,
4 jpcnidinr the Tax Board, under the old
ii4SAustAhss .~A~ : 80 .yo'$->. - - - -