The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-22
LOOKING FOR OFFICE.
Men Who Are Watching the
Freeholders Closely
Just Now.
SOME OF THEM ARE SLATED
And Some of Them Are Afraid That
Their Little States Are Likely
To Be Smashed.

There Is much anxiety among the
Office holders at Snake Hill. None Of
them knows whether he will be drawing
good salary from the county for little
work after this month or not. AS THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS published yesterday,
when the Board Of Freeholders meets for
the first time in May it can remeve every
one Of them and place new men In their
positions. 1t Is not robable, however,
that such a cyclone will strike Snake
Hill. A few unimportant attendants
may be removed to make room for some
friends of individual Freeholders, but
that Is ALL
Colonel Grimes will remain Warden of
the Penitentiary. DR.. King will continue
to superlntend the Asylum and there is
no reason to believe that Warden Ryan
will be disturbed. His place is less
secure, however, than it has been at any
time since he was appointed five or six
years ago. 1t Is whispered that the Ho-
boken members of the Board of Free
holders have man in training for War
den Ryan's place, but this rumor has not
been verified. 1t may be true and it may
not be.
THE LAW IN THE CASE.
The Board is compelled by law only to
appoint Warden OF the Penftentiary
and County Superintendent at the first
meeting in May, and all of the other
Snake Hill officeholders may hold over
until the Freeholders are disposed to re-
appoint or dismiss them. The Warden of
the Penitentfary aud County Superin-
tendent are statutory offices. Both
Grimes and Cannon will be reappointed,
without doubt.
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statutory offices the Freeholders must
fill. The more important of these islthat
OF County Collector, which has been filed
by Hugh Dugan SO long that people seem
to believe he owns the place. He will
certainly be reappointed, for there are
but few men In the county who would ac-
cept the Office who can furnish the enor-
nous bond required Of the Collector.
This bond is out OF oil proportion to the
responsibility of the office, but the Free
holders have fixed the amount, and Mr..
Dugan will have no opposition.
DR.. GoRDoN's PL ACE.
The next Office to be filed Is that of
President of the Board of Health. DR.. T..
J. Gordon Of Lorillard's tobacco factory,
has served two terms of two years in this
office. He has been very prompt in at
tendance at the Board meetings and has
made many suggestions of things that
ought to have been done, and ne has
drawn his salary with commendable
regularity. DIR. Gordon's administration
of the health affairs of the county has not
been complained of very much. even II
but little has resulted from it. 1t is be.
lieved by those who profess to be we'll
posted on county politics that DR.. Gordon
will not be reappointed. His successor,
it is said. will be DR.. W. w. Varick. a
well known practicing physician. 1t is
claimed on behalf of DIR. Varick that be-
cause he is a physician with practice,
he would be more beneficial to the
County, because his professional duties
would necessarily bring him in contact
with disease breeders and other matters
that would naturally escape the observa-
tion Of man whose business confined
him to factory.
A DISPUTE LIKELY.
On the other hand, friends of Dr..
Gordon say 1t Is but right to re-appoint
him President of the Board of Health,
because it was owing to him more than
any other man that the sixty y-seven ballot
box suffers of 1889 We're indicted. half of
whom have been convicted and sem
fenced to eighteen months at State Prison.
DIR. Gordon was Foreman of the Grand
Jury which found these indictments. and
he withstood all the political pressure the
ballot box suffers brought 60 bear. he
was firm In his convictions that these men
should 40 to State Prison. and he did not
stop his efforts to send them there until
the indictments were found. Dr. Gordon
| has never belonged to any faction. and is
not man who would consider himself
| under obligations to any Freeholder or
other official for placing him In Office.
| His independence and dislike OF small
politicians have never been disguised by
him.
MUST WALK THE PLANK.
| The Freeholders, at their conference
| Wednesday night, decided that at least
| five male employees at Snake Hill must be
removed to make room for others who
| have been promised positions. This &c
| tien, it is said, was asked for by the Ho-
| boken members. The Freeholders from
this city do not take kindly to the propo-
sition.
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