The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-09
TWO MORE VET0ES.
Mayor Wanser Jumps on the
License Money Division and
Mrs. Fallon's Appointment.

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resolutions. One passed by the Board OF
Finance and another passed by the
Street and Water Commissioners and
concurred in by the Board of Finance.
Both voters were directed to the Board
of Finance. and in conjunction with the
veto of the tax budget. the Financiers are
experiencing shaking up ach as they
have not received since their appointment
| by Mayor Cleveland.
The first voto is of a resolution offere d
| by Finance Commissioner Allen and
ADOPTED. apportioning the liquor license
money as required by law. The Mayor
| takes exception to the setting aside OF
100000, or fifty per cent. of this money
for tt Q special street account OF the Street
| and Water Board.
| Here is the veto:-
1.-The resolution of your Board dated
July 90. 1892 to witt
| Resolved, That warrants be ordered drawn
upon the City Treasurer in favor of that officer
for the sum of 100000 on account of the fifty
per cent. of liquor license fees collected on and
after July 1, 1892 the same to be credited to the
| Special Street Account of the Board of Street
! and Water Commissioners for the repair and i'm
provement of paved streets and public
| places, in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter l34 OF tn e Laws of 1891" is returned
| without my consent. withhold my consent by
| virtue of Section 6, Chapter l34 of the Laws OF
| New Jersey, A. d. 1891.
THE MAYORS REASONS.
| My reasons for not conSenting to the
resolution are:-
81 AS written the resolution would
| permit the immediate payment OF the
| $47, ,25S Is of warrants drawn against this
| special account in excess of The approprl-
| alton from license money ending June 80,
| 1892, which warrants are now in the
Comptroller's office awaiting payment.
"2. AS written, the resolution would
| permit the payment for labor and mater
| 1892, on which date directed a communi-
cation to the Board of Street and Water
| Commissioners. calling attention to the
| exhaustion of the appropriation and
| directing that all work on the streets,
payable under license money, be stopped.
49, AS written, the resolution does not
limit in any manner the method of using
| this money and while the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners have power in
| :heir discretion to use the money when
| aprr priated, think, in the resolution
| making the appropriation reasonable
| conditions can be inserted.
81. The resolution as written does not
| clearly establish fixed time for termin-
ating the appropriation.
"When made this special appropria ton
| should terminate regularly as other ap-
proprialions, WHAT the end of the fis-
| cal year which terminate November 80 of
| each year."
| WAR ON WOMEN.
| The second veto deals with the ap-
| poiuUment of Mrs. Frances Fallon as
| janitrix at the Office of the Street and
| Water Board at a salary of 81, 200 per
year. The following is the veto:-
Il return without my approval the res
olution of your Board of the date OF July
| 30, 1892. concurringa In the resolution of
| the board of Street and Water Commis-
| sioners appointing Frances Fallon as jani-
tor of the office building of said
Board at an annual salary of
| 81 200. Twelve hundred dollars is
| too much money to pay for Janitor's SER
| vice for the office building of the Board
| of Street and Water Commissioners, es.
| pecially as there is employed in the
building extra help to do cleaning and
| scrubbing. l think 5000 per annum is
ample com 2ensatien for janitoi IS service,
81 disapproye OF the appointment OF
Frances Falon. Mrs. Fallon is-the wife
of Thomas Fallon. Thomas Fallon was
au election officer at the November cleo
| tion, A. d., 1889. and was indicted for
conspiracy for his acts as such officer:
| he was tried and convicted in the
| County Courts, which conviction was
| affirmed by the Supreme Court and the
| Court of Errors and Appeals, and he is
now serving his sentence in the New Jer-
| eey State Prison.
"Since his conviction FalIon has been
retained in the employ of the Board of
| Street and Water Commissioners, and his
crime, instead of being made odious was.
for time. apparently excused by his
| public employment and the payment to
| him of 500 per month salary
| ''The public mind is in no temper to
have one dollar of the public money paid
| to any convicted ballot box stuffer direct
/ ly or ipdirectly The appointment of
| Mrs. Fallon would mitigate Thomas Fal-
| Ions punishment.
Il will not he party to any act which
| connects the city's affairs with any of the
! ballot box criminals and to employ the
| wife of one of these criminals now in
| State Prison is a plain attempt to con-
tue a line of action WEIGH has rightly
merited uniqersal condemnation from the
| general public.