The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30

m2EeTs, the Legislature, under he orders
o. tie Governor. have cl5thed hin #ita
u~uusaal. unbe4rd cf2ad dangerous P9Hex
not ouly reyer contemplated by tie Con-
s5fas5gn. bat Ia airec4 zatzgonism % thz
latter and spirit Of The organic lzE. powers
zblca lie exercises = ithcut scruPls u he
farbs5snce q bis person2i ambition.
Powers Of appointment have b=en sTe
sd from tbs joi1t meeting. from uoD-p-Hs-
an boards. and other high AID eom9etsnt
autbo,itie. ard vszssd IL him alone H
las used these poEsrz - tern got s1PsE-
isnced ard compesent boards Of nzn2geFs,
a1d o:her valuable pablic servants AID 70
f. these places with bis personal keDeb-
men. To secure z hold gpoq the great in
6zeucss Welded by the state bank aud IL
su-znce companies, and other corporations
With milliozs Of capital ubdsr their coz
tFol. he las secured the establishment OF
the unnecessary AID uBczllsd-for oGse q
Commissioner 81 Banks AID Insurance, and
tie establishment Of Tax Comnissioner.
both Of them feqairisE the expenditure Il
large saas fr5n tie public treasury. AMI
neither Of them Of aDg osbsr Gss ihzs a.
aids 70 Lis Increase Of poser AID the pro
motion Of Is personal ambition. Tue @e2
elo1hing him =i.h anaezrd-of zad danger
oas po4er IN TIE a~ppolotpsns o. al army
q beelers IS STATE Poiieenso. ia the
appointment Of county boards Of excise ard
il lie irresponsible ard unlimited szpza6i-
.1rs q money undsE tie shaliJE ptsteuze
Of seeing thai tAe "IaEs Are faithfully exe-
oates would provoke > revolution II any
European monarchy The sias resolution
empo~sEiag the Governor 70 construct 4
oeH Assembly Cham be-. and to enlarge tie
li6ny-room. together zith the at auihos-
ling hin . order the expenditure q such
noDeg = be should see 4; laws Of 1890,
page g.. have practically PLACED the Keys
OF tie STATE Treasury IN lis hands
TIE State Prison, the STATE Lan4tie Asy-
!am. tie stzte Normal and Model Schools.
and tae entire public educational system q
the S,a.s; indeed. every Institution support
ed BIZ tie STATE, Las been made . play is
pat II the plan II this bold and audzeio1s
sc5smeT.
partisan boards. consisting Of iltelli-
gent gsatleneD. have been SUMMARY e
moved from the management q our public
institutions. and their places filed by NOUS
ing politicians, saturated vith"AUbelt.sm.n
and wholly under the Governors c~oEtrcl,
and nho haTe fulfilled the purpose Of iLeis
appointment by turning cut capable AID
faithful subordipates and filing their places
with hungry ringsteFs, pledged, as the
price Of their appointments, to do iheir lit
tie share TO promote tie selfish ambition
to which the whole State government il
subordinated.
4 most offensive nepotism has been in
tsoduced into our public affairs. By which
I four members of The ALBEIT family draw
thousands Of dollars from the Treasury Of
the State. Governor Abbott draws ten
thousand dollars a year, which IS double
the amount received By any former Gov
error Of New jersey, and is Ct q piece with
the regime OF extravaganza by which tie
ring has sigualized 5 rule: Leon Albeit,
Jr., as Private Secretary to tie Governor.
draws s thousand dollars a year, one
thousand dollars additional as counsel tor
the Dairy Commissioners, and about one
thousand dollars more 10 fees as cBuEsel
for the State Medical Board; ". T. Albeit,
another son Of the Governor, drew last year
nearly fge thousand dollars as counse to
the Tax Commission, and B. Frank Albeit,
the Governors brother, imported from
Pennsylvania to share the crop Of spells,
draws twenty-five hundred dollars in the
CoDptroller's Office, quietly increased from
the eighteen hundred dollars received BY
the former Republican clerk. Even this
r~apacious family ought 70 be satisfied with
an annual contribution Of nearly 422, 600 a
year IF the peoples money.
Government Of the people.b by the peopl. g,
and for tie people, has been abolished in
several great cities. and they have been put
under tie control Of ring r~neTcenaries. Tie
Boards Of Aldermen, constituting the loca.
legislatures of Newark and Jersey City, have
been sborn Of most their ancient poseTs.
aud those cities placed under the control Of
partisan ring boards, consisting Of five
wa.er and five street commissioners, at
salaries Of two thousand dollars each per
snnum. The governments tbus established.
are Irresponsible local despotisms, beyond
the reach of the people, and are simply
schemes for partisan pilIage. Three Police
Courts have also been established in cities
Of the FIRST class, to make places, al q salary
Of = 800 each, and men long notofions for
connection with election frauds have been
appointed TO administer the criminal Law
in these courts.
The people at large have been piiiaged
by the crea Jon Of new, unnecessary aud ex
pensiye bureaus aud commissions ana by
Diling new burdens Of various kinds upon
the tax payers. Among these are TIC
acts raising the salaries Of the Siate Saper-
intendent Of Public schools from q, 200
70 s., GOO a year; creating two Vice Chan
c~elofships, at s 1000 per year each; compel
iirg tie paving Of grand jurors each g per
day; establishing the ridiculous and absurd
office Of Chief Of State Police. at an annual
salary Of g. 800, and creating the new
Office Of Superintendent Of State House
and Grounds, and filing the place with
an active ring partisan. Tais new b.
reau already has a pay-rcll of twenty
hye persons on regular salary. aggre-