The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-05
NJ PHILLIPS CONDEMNED.


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made sprions charges against tae Sheriff.
aud it was because of these charges that /
hoped the matter would he discussed to-
night BIZ men having grievances"
"Ag glance at the Grand Juries drawnto
settle criminal cases in this county is in
structiye. Their faces would tend TO in-
Innate that a grand mistake had been
made; DyJ il is IL fact, and an evil Que to
acknowledge, tnat no Que individual is
strong enough 20 buck against any county
official. The fight would be like Il little
hy on a big wheel. If grievances are
caused by curelessnesS or woetui iguor-
anve, this Association should stand by Its
membe S us "A unit aud protect them, ana
/ feel positive hat the Sheriff would be
compelled 10 do his duty satisfactorily In
Il very short time"
1--WE could not consistently formulate
charges from the charges made by H
JERSEY City NEWS. Complaints OF eX-
tortion are Haade and | have been told OF
one case where Il bill WAS reduced from
SIS to SIG. dou't say that this is true.
but the air is full OF rumors of careless
uess and wantou delays. and such mat
ters should he investigated. If true they
shonld he remedied: ii untrue, then
the Sheriff should be indicated, as is mis-
due"
elf the business of the Sheriff's office is
not properly c%onduc;et," said Counsellor
Gordon, I'VE cannot properly Conduct our
business. The charges made by HE
JERSEY CITY NEWS are of sufficient force
to warrant an investigation. We should
make one in self defense.
'"rhe articles in question Civ con-
siderable information oil how matters are
| conducted. If we do not investigate such
charges, who can? 1t falls on us as
citizens aud lawyers to ito it. We are
| bound to notice IL, aud | think il such
charges were made against us in our
private or business affairs we would lose
no time in making an investigation to get
ut the truth of the thing. Ii these arti-
cies were wrong IL is no fault of ours.
but We should conduct an invest1ga-
ton"
MR.. wEART's EXPENSE BILLS.
81 nave II grievance" remarked spencer
Wearl. II make estimates of costs of
suits, and for five wears my calculations
have been wrong. They don't tally
with those of The officials L
deal with, and to me it
appears that lawyers are acting merely as
CLERKS TO them. We simply rake out fees
for them. | hear in conversation griev-
ances against the Sheriff, but that is as
far as it goes. We are TOO timid To take
up the fight. We should stop these en-
croachiuents. however. and not lilo
ourselves 10 become slaves"
III the Sheriff has been derelict In his
duties. as II NEWS would have us be-
~lieve," said ~ex-Judge Douglass. 1--WE
should have precise facts. Charges are
not charges where names, times and
places are not specified. Ii Que mai at
tucks The Sheriff, he goes. for him, hot
and heavy, in the future; but that indi-
vidual, with the assistance of this Asso-
citation, could SOC bring the Sheriff or
any other official to terms. My sugge
tiou would be that complaints be referred
TO Il committee of this Association and
then have them thoroughly siited."
II am not going to say III public that L
have anything against the Sheriff." in
rerposed Counsellor Condict. land then
have him around my ears l might want
a man arrested some time, and l. FEAR the
Sheriff's wrath would concentrate itself
upon me-"
Mr.. Condict then that in
london II committee of the Bar Associa-
ton always attended to the grievances of
its members aud kent officials awake to
their respective duties. From this pointer
came the appointment of the Grievance
Committee already mentioned.
A AFTER OF DUTY.
This association should be made in
flexible" said ex-Judge Abel l. Smith.
whether these charges be true or I'M
true, they should be Investigated. Our
duty is not confined to charges of lu-
%dividuals. II we are suffering ills now
we don't want TO come out publicly and
air them. No lawyer wants the Sheriff
after him and it is not advisable to fly
from little ills to ones we Know not OF.
But we cannot disregard the power of the
press. IL is a voice which should be
heard. Why did not someone cut out the
articles confirming the charges against
the Sheriff.? There were ten or
fifteen charges and in ten or ff-
teen issues of thai reputable
newspaper they We're given prominence.
II there is u blot on the administra alton OF
! justice in this county, we should max
the proper Investigation, aud it is our
duty TO make such an investigation. If |
read in the newspapers that my pastor
had been seen drunk on the street, don't
you suppose l would take the matter be-
fore the trustees and have the charge in
vestigated?
Whether the charges against the
Sheriff are true or untrue, the fact re-
mains that Il reputable newspaper has
made charges against him and 1t is our
duty to eXamine them."
Are we going to publicly acknow-
edge, with the dangers that surrounds
u.s." said Alderman Salinger. pointing to
| three reporters. that we have grievances
against the Sheriff."
No." replied Mr.. Smith, "but if we
read that Judge Knapp is seen coming
out of some ~direDutable house frequently,
We would certainly investigate such IL
charge. 1t would be our duty. and it' is
our duty, | believe, to ave these charges
investigated"
AT this point President Black insisted
that inasmuch rs the issue was quietly
being lodged it would be advisable to
! postpone the matter. The gentlemen,
however, had more to say, and it became
| apparent that they felt more than they
had said, and before dropping the subject
the resolution authorizing the President
to appoint a Grievance Committee of five
members was almost unanimously
adopted.
A fine collation. was served, and Janu-
airy 27 set Tor the annual dinuer. Whether
the dinner will be eaten at Taylor's Hotel
or the Washington Hotel is undecided.
Alderman Salinger endeavored to Sc
cure the passage of a resolution to bave
800 copies of the constitution printed for
the use of the members, but it was hope
les>ly swamped and an adjournment
taken to the first Friday of February.
STATE NOTES.