The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-25
MAYOR wANSER's BOLD STROKE.

The Reform Mayor of Jersey City has
been well advised. apparently. and he
has shown excellent Judgment in his sud-
den coup d,etdt, If we may be allowed
the use of that phrase. The SO called
Daily law vas designed to tie the Mayors
hauds by making the validity OF MS APP
pointments depend upon their conirma-
tion by tqe Board Of Finance, q Demo-
cratic organization. The terms of
office of two ,of these men-Demo-
crats-expire about this time, and it was
the expectation of the ringsters that
as the confirmation Of the outgoing
officials was virtually in their own hands,
they would remain in place indefinitely,
their terms DeiDg continued until their
successors should be a~ppointeda and quail
fed. Mayor Wanser's action was not
aimed, as many supposed 1t would be, at
the appointment of city officials without
regard to their confirmation by the Hoard
OF Finance. He directly assaulted the
citadel of the ringsters' power by ap-
pointing two new members to the Board
OF Finance, disregarding the so-caIied
DAILY law. CONSERVATION reigned In the
camp of the ringsters when they found
that the Mayor had not only appointed
two members to tne Board of Finance
who would vote to confirm his pomina-
tiops but that these appointees had been
recognized by the City Clerk and sworn
lubO0 III AAO Q 6pR02h fSS6 "
sworn In; they have their commissions
the holdovers are out; and the Board of
Finance Is to be ~reorganized in the inter-
ests of Reform.
This is a famous victory for the friends
OF good government. At one blow, the
refuge of lies. fraud and corruption inJer-
sey City has been swept away. The APP
uointing powers of the Mayor are ample.
The plotters thought that they held the
key to the situation SO long as the law
recurring confirmation of appoiutees by
two-thirds of the Board of Finance re-
NAMED on the st~atute-books. Thai they
were depending upon a fragile structure
Counsel, who is a ring democrat. has felt
con strained to advise the City Clerk
that he (the Clerk) had 10 a~lternativ e
but to swear in aud commission the
newly-appointed members of the Board
Of Finance. In the same way, whatever
bacomes of the so.called DAILY law, the
future appointments by the Mayor will
be valid. All the new Rppoi1tees will go
into Office as soon as commissioned the
question OF their contiupance may after
wards await the ~leisurely action of the
courts. When it was urged that certain
of his propositions might not be constitu-
tional, Senator .sBill" Daily was wont to
say, ssOh, well. we'll pass these bills and
talk about their constttutionaltty after
wards.u Senator "Bifl" has taken e dose
Of his own medicine. Let us hope he rel
ishes IT,.
The people of jersey City are to be con
g~ratulated. The ring dies hard; but IL is
dying. The people again and again By
the votes decided that they were weary
Of the unclean gang that have aisgraced
the name of the city aud of the State.
Again and again did the ~rascsls rally to
defeat the will OF the people as expressed
at the polls. Finally, the last refuge OF
the gang has been broken into and the
thieves put to flight. 1t has been q long
and discouraging night for jersey City.
but the light is breaking at last.