The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-07
TIE POLITICAL PANEL.
Citizens Thunderstruck by
the List of September
Grand Jurors.
HOW WILL IT DEAL WITH FRAUDa
Il Has an Honest and Fearless
Foreman, and His Nomination
Is the Growing Surprise.


When the list Of the names OF tho next
Grand Jury was read In TIE JERSEY Cry
NEWS yesterday, everyone maryelled at
them, and comment both favorable and
unfaYorable was freely made.
It was said without reserve that It was
political Grand Jury, aud that while
some OF tho jurors, rs indfv1duaaa we're
as good as men generally 60, others had
qualities not at all desirable In i Grand
) uEor At this particular time.
The people FnarveiIed, especially when
they saw SO many Of the jurors were
We'll known personal and political friends
OF those who are The leaders Of the Hudi
son county Ring, and the more they mar
xelled the more strange Il appeared that
out OF SO few names drawn 80 mary
should be Of those well known 20 hare
strong political affiliations. Verify they
SAID, the Laws Of chance are strange ard
wonderful
But what they most commented on was
the exceedingly great surprise oE seeing
the name Of Senator Edward Z Mel Donald
as Foreman. Mr. Mcdonald. il Is known
10 everyone, Is an honest, fearless, intull7-
gent man. Socially, IN business and p0-
hdcally he Is away above par. He has
always been one Of the first 70 protest
against the misrule Of the Ring. and has
been its uncomproIniSing enemy and no
doubt, is today. Why. then. people ask,
was ne OF all men selected TO presids over
a political jurys
For the Information Of all TIE SUNDAY
MORNING NEWS prints today the list DC
the Jersey City Grand Jurors with brIek
note describing who the members are, 50
Tar as could be obtained in the available
Time. This Is not done TO create any bias
IN the minds OF the readers, but only TO
aid them IN forming their own opinions
as to the qualifications of each Of The
members Of the Grand Inquest and
AS TO the course they will be likely 20
adopt IN case any political crimes shouid
pc brought 20 their attention. It is prob
able that this Grand Jury will be ia
session until AFTER the November election.
and should there be any fraud discovered
at the polls on that day It would ii the
ordinary course of events be the junction
Of this Grand Jury 10 deal with Il It ID
certain that the course Of this body will
be watched with the closest attention.
Here are the Jersey City MEMBERS:
FIRST DISTRICT.
FRED e WOLBERI, auctioneer and
real estate dealer in Lower Montgomery
street. He is the son Of A. G. Wofberf.
VINO carried the banner Of Hudsonis
Democratic delegation IN the inangnxa-
ton procession III Trenton last January
JOSEPH MAYER lives in Mercer
street. He is said 70 be retired ulef-
chant, and lives on his wealth. So far as
can be aseertained. he takes an indie
pendent staad In politics.
SECOND DISTRICT
could get no dehnite information con-
corning Edward and Michael Kenny. who
represent the Second district Il ap-
pears, however, they are both saloon
keepers. saw an Edward Kenny al his
saloon at Eleventh street and Jersey aV-
enue. He said he had been informed by
some one during the afternoon that he
WIS to serve as Grand J uryrnan
There is q Michael Kenny, proprietor
Of & saloon 1t Tenth and Henderson
streets. While taking no active part ia
politics, It is said he IS frequently seen at
the Park House in company with noted
politicians. To use the expression Of a
gentleman Of whom I sought informa-
ton, He grew in this district. and is
well known to all the boys" His brother
was II charge of the saloon when called
there He could not saw it was bis
brother who WAS selected as a Grand
Juror.
THIRD DISTRICT
JOHN A. ROBBINS was an Assessor Of
the Third district under the Old charter
regime He is at present engaged IN the
known as Major peloubet. is an ex-
Police Justice and ex-AssembIyman. He
is Republican He keeps q jeWe1ry
store on Newark avenue. near Cole
street
GEORGE w. HOLDANE lives at No.
l52 Cole street, in the Seventh district.
having recently recently removed from
the Third. For twenty years he was in
the Internal Revenue Department and
lays all the blame Of his removal on
Colonel Sam Dickinson. He was Re-
publican up to the time Of his removal
but viii vote the straight Democratic
ticket at the next election So he told
reporter Of The JERSEY CITY NEWS last
night.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
GOSEN HUMBR0CK, liquor dealer,
New York avenue and Franklin street.
His saloon IS resort for politicians
CHARLES A. PFINGSTEN, No. 1S0
Hancock avenue, q member of the Board
Of Education and the Board CT Freehold
ers. He IS the gentleman who rivals
Cannon in fouiness Of mouth
FIFTH DISTRICT
JOHN H CABLE, No. 6S Fairview az
enue Appointed Thursday as chief
clerk to the engineer Of the new county
road by the Board of Freeholders.
JOHN MCCARTHY, No. 52S Newark ar
enue, ex-Police Commissioner and poll
tician.
JAMES MURRER. No Is Oakland
avenue, undertaken, Coroner and politi-
clan.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
GEORGE T. BOUT0N. No. $50 Ocean
avenue clerk to the Board OF Street and
Water Commissioners and ex-cierk Of the
old Board of Works. a politician
PHILIP MULDO0N, No 36e York
street, cigar dealer at No. $50 Grove
street and member of the Board of Edu-
canon His cigar store is & resort for
Sheriff Davis and other politicians Null
doom is politician.
JAMES MCCARTHY, 8 GreenyilIe gar
deners who was once defeated Tor Free
holder. 4 DollSician II a small way.
JOHN BAUER painter, No. 81 Jack