The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-12

bill in respect to the comInissionerships. He
could not see how, if the townships were
taken away, legal matters pertaining TO
bonded indebtedness could be arranged,
The bill, he said, is carelessiY drawn and
should be vetoed
HUDsoN'S TAIL RATHER THAN ESSExS.
Mr. Martin Lawless, from Harrison, said
that the majority of Harrison people object
to the measure tCheers.) "The people OF
Hudson county have always used us we'll
We are ON the tail of Hudson county now
and il we are to go to Essex we will pc
Essex tail. Between the two tails we pre-
fer the tail OF Hudson Uoud laughter.)
Ex-Mayor G. D. Van Ieypen denounced
the bill as iniquitous and conceived for the
purpose of destroying Hudson county. II
the line is to be drawn down the Hackensack
how can the nuisances on the west bank of
that river be suppressed lie hoped that the
Governor will veto the bill.
Dr. Quiinby said the greatest fault OF the
measure is that it practically disfranchlses
| the people of Hudson county Instead OF al
lowing citizens to vote on the dislnember-
ment Of their county, the bill Sszposes to
override their wishes Every citizen should
nut his face and power against the bill
which seeks to dismember q territory with
out consulting the wishes of the people living
therein.
DR.. Leonard j. Gordon spoke of the prac-
tical bearings of the bill. In tilns the west
| bank Of the Hackensack will become in
valuable. At the present moment negotia-
| tions are in progress which will allow mil
lions of dollars to be spent In improvements
of that portion of the county. Whom these
are concluded, should the bill become law
these viii be taxed for the benefit of Essex
county rather than Hudson He moved that
a committee of five be appointed to carry
the protest to the Governor and to go TO
Trenton and assist in defeating it on its re-
bn hnCGTG
James Flemming, Dr.. L. j. Gordon, Andrew
j. Corcorau, Judge McGrath and John d.
Carscallen
A BREEZE FROM KEARNY
Up TO this time everything was proceeding
very comfortably. Everybody was agreed
that the bill is bad and should be vetoed, but
Edward Kenny, Town Counsel for Kearny,
began to take up the cudgels for the advo-
Gates of the bill
He sailed into Mr.. Martin Lawless and
said that he dare not hold a meeting IN
Kearny to oppose the bill. The majority Of
people in Harrison and Kearny arc in favor
Of the measure AS for the police at the
Kearny riot there would have been no riot
had the Sheriff and police done their duty.
He said that Kearny would assume its
fair share of the financial burdens, but she
wants to go to Essex, and iInplored the meet
ing to let her go.
Mr. A. J. Corcoran asked the Kearny
delegation II they could name one reason
why they wished to secede from Hudson and
join Essex.
One of them, Mr. Parker, replied that
geographically Kearnv belongs to Essex,
and its interests are in Newark Nearly all
the trade of Kearny is with the County Of
Essex.
Mr. Flemming jumped on the objectors,
and sarcastically said that all the people OF
Kearny could do was to send two lawyers
who whined, ssLet us go because we want
to-"
The discussion was resumed informally
until some one cried, Move we adjourn, y
and an exodus followed.