The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-15
KENO JACK, ("
That Name Seems to Be the
Key Note of Fresh Ring
Scandals.
DORMAN FOR THE TAX BOARD.
After President ODonnell Be-
comes a Police Justice.
NEW POLICE AND FIRE BERTHs.
A Scandalous Job in Awarding the
Light Contracts.
GENERAL sEwELL DENOUNCED.

The Davis Cleveland Hogencamp com
bine, determined to take no heed OF the
1904 repudiation which it suffered at the
hands of the people of this city ten days
ago, is preparing for fresh excesses Of ex-
travagance and corruption. Some OF the
things it proposes are described. even by
its heelers and dependents, as simply dis
graceful.
As everybody is aware, the terms of
Police Justices Stilsing and Wanser are
to expire in the spring. Both are Republi-
cans, and both have wisely abandoned
hope Of being reappointed by the over
wheimingly Democratic sJoint Meeting
that Is to name their successors. Under
& the circumstances the Democrats have
/ been encouraged to suspect that perhaps
two Democrats may be chosen in their
stead, and a number OF Democratic
names have been mentioned for the sue
censorship.
POLICE JUSTICE o'DoNNELL.
Among them are those Of Daniel Nc
Aghon, Secretary to the fraudulent
IFreeholder Frank Kimmerly, Justice
\ James N. Davis, the irrepressible Tom
Noonan and Michael j. O'Donnell. The
choice among these viii be norninally in
the entire joint meeting. but as a matter
of fact, the selection viii be entrusted to
the Democratic Assembly delegation from
this city Whom they recommend to the
joint meeting, when it assemblies, will, it
is a foregone conclusion. be accepted.
The aspirants for the places are therefore.
putting all their pressure upon the MEM
bers who are to represent Jersey City
constituencies.
The fact that Mr.. O'Donnell is presi-
dent OF the County Democratic Commit
tee, apart from his personal fitness for
the place, enables him without my
outside pressure, to bring
commanding influence to the support of
his own candidacy, and it seems TO be as
sumed that he will I'LL one OF the vacan-
cies- The choice for the second is all
matter of speculation with which this
article has nothing TO do.
A sCANDALoUS APPOINTMENT.
The Likelihood or his success will sur
prise no one who knows Mr. .OpDonneil
aud If the matter ended there. everybody
= would throw up his hat aud shout bravo.
the scandal that is 10 follow in its train
Is the startling feature of the situation.
- Mr.. O'DonneIl is one OF the members of
the Tax Board, and its president. 1t is not
ia the wood that he should retain this
position after corralling the other; and
his appointment will leave vacancy in
Fhe I ak Board that the fraudulent Mayor
II expected 10 fill The announcement
p8at the notorious John ID. German is to
9 the man would seem incredible il it
aboie not made authoritatively. Every
exasy at the City Hall says that IL is al
Bit1y arranged that he shall take O'Don-
hells place in the Tax Board, not only as
member but as its head.
The Hon. John ID, Gorman's ambitions
sprout easily; and perhaps they may be
easily nipped He reached out for the
Surrogacy, but finally concluded that he
could not afford to wait so long for
place Then he fixed his eye on the Di-
rectorship at-Large OF the Board OF Free
holders. That is little closer In point of
time; and he had about made up his mind
to make a break for it, when this Tax
Commissionershlp struggled along. He
made up his mind to fasten his fangs into
It, and began TO tempt it his way-with
such success that the fraudulent Mayor
has been bounded to give it TO MIN.
STRAIGHT FLUsH' GoRMAN.
Only those who know German, his hab-
its, associations. business and character,
can realize what scandalous appoint
ment this will be-. The fact that he is a
brother-in-law of the notorious Mike
O'Mara, would not be against him. but
that he has been the associate of the cleo
tion sharp, and is man after Mixes own
heart Apart from that German has a
personality OF his own that would seem
TO point him out as one of the last men in
the community who should be made the
recipient of official favor. 1t is not three
years since he ran a low bumDaloo on
Hudson street. He has since achieved a
promotion in his particular line that has
won him the sobriquet of Straight Flush
Gorman' in some quarters and of Keno
john in Others ii will not be pleasant
news to the hard working. self respecting
taxpayer toknow that he is to become
ssHigh Jack" in the city councils.
His record in the Board Of Freeholders
Is an offence to all honest men who have
taken the trouble to acquaint themselves
with it; and Just apprehensions are enter
tanned everywhere as to the manner in
which he will improve his opportunities.
when his presidency of the Tax Board
places every dollar of taxable property in
the city under his thumb.
POLICE AND FIRE sUPERINTENDENTs.
But this. is not the only scheme of
questionable honesty or propnety the
Ring has in hand. IL has been rumored
for several days past,-and THE NEWS has
already noted it = that the Chief
of Police and the Chief of the
Ere Department are to be de-
graded by the appointment of Superin-
fendent for each Department. Chief
Murphy. of the Police. and Chief Farrier,
OF the Fire department, are both Re-
publicans. and the Ring would not hest
tate. to throw them out If they were not
office act, and BY the veteran
law. The Ring can dispossess them only
by repeating both these laws, and such a
repeal they know would be so unpopular
tnlns tnat thc Lteisidture Will not con-
sent to 1t.
There is no way of placing the dep irt-
ments entirely al the Rings mercy, there
fore, except by the creation of new su-
perior office in each. and the idea of
creating Superintendent of Police and
Fire Superintendent at attractive salaries
has been started There seems to be no
authority in law for the establishment Of
either Office. but the two Ring Boards are
about ready to take the chances In fact
the movement Is SO close to a head in the
Police Department tnat it was suspected
that yesterdays meeting OF the Board
had been called to name the Superinten-
dent.
cHRIsTY SMITH AND CONWAY.
When his name is given out it will be
found 10 be Christopher r. Smith.
s.Christyn is the more or less well known
Captain of the Second Precinct police. He
is an ardent Ring adhsrent, and no risk
is too dangerous forshim to take in the
service OF his masters. His promotion
will ofr rr.r1rrn lro m Vuraucv n f6 a