The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-09-23
WATER AND POLITICS.
Muddled and Mixed by DR.. Quimby
and Judge Rankin and
Mr.. Sheeran.

What was intended to be an anti-water
mass meeting was held at Franklin Hall
last night. but there were only thirteen
persons in attendance. They waited
vainly until five minutes of nine by the
clock for accessions and then decided to
elect q chairman. DR.. Quimby was
chosen. Dr. Quimby discussed the water
question, but Judge Rankin and Mr..
Sheeran converted the meeting into an
attack upon the Democratic party and
were duly laughed at.
DR.. Quimby is an enthusiast upon Pas
sale, and, after praising it up to The high
est notch. attacked without gloves the
pupil of THE JERSEY CITY NEWS. DIR. l.. j.
Gordon.
81 attended the meeting of the Board of
Trade Monday evening"" said DR.. Quinn
by. 81 found the room packed with
strangers, friends and representatives of
water syndicates, who want our rights
in the Passaic River. That pernicious
resolution presented by DR.. Cor
don shows that he is no friend to
Jersey City, because no man who has
the interest of the city at heart would
present it. Our water may be polluted
but it is not dangerous. No good ply
sician can or will say that he knows of
one single case OF sickness caused by the
water. l drink the water and l don't
boil it either. and my life Is as precious to
me as anyone. .else's, Our water Is filled
with vegetable matter and that is eyl-
dence that it is living water and neces-
sarily pure and good, Now, these syndi-
Gates propose to store water in reservoirs.
tell you when that is done the water
becomes stagnant and is not good. 1t
must flow. 1t is natural. and while How
ing it is purified, which is a work OF
Gods.
In Morristown water was stored, and in
three weeks it became dead and was not
fit to use, and the officials were finally
compelled to put machines in the reser-
voirs and keep continually stirring it up
SO as to keep life in it. We must object.
We must not have our rights sold and we
must prevent such wrong from being
heaped upon US"
Judge Rankin spoke next. He said:-
Il am not here to say much. was noe In
vited, but saw an advertisement of this
meeting and l am here. Most of US have
been trying to rectify mistakes in our
party for years. have been battling
bills in the Legislature for years because
l wanted to prevent great calamities.
deprived Of all our rights, From
the fountain we are strangled, and
it extends down through every city in
the State, and here we suffer from the
very worst material. Our officeholders,
who are they, what are they? They have
no regard Iof society. Inev serve 1ielh-
selves only, and by their plunderings
they deny us of that which should enrich
us. They 90 beyond that. We have no
chance in Hudson county to select a rep
resentatlve. The government is tied. we
are tied hands and foot; we are even
tongue tied. Our liberty has been taken
from us, IL you please The right OF cleo
tive franchise has passed away, and now
elections amount to nothing. We are
like Russians, we have no liberty.
Patrick Sheeran spoke next. He feel
ingly denounced the press, and insisted
that Passaic water was q very nice bever-
age. Before adjourning committee con-
sisting OF Messrs. John Cronan, Green,
Sheeran, Rankin aud Quimby was ap-
pointed to arrange for another meeting.