The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-03

added his opinion in the same line, SO thai
it was useless applying TO them for any ald
Therefore, out of the seven documents re-
ceived, five were emphatically and uninis-
takeably against them, and two, those OF
Messrs. Garretson and Williamson, While not
entirely antagonistic, had a few points in
them favorable to the game about to be
played.
It is well to observe right here that the
case SO frequently quoted by the commits
~sioners, that of Haight We. Love, does not
cover all the questions raised i'll the dispute.
1t certainly, among good lawyers, satlsfac-
torily disposes of the part which it takes out
of the whole; but it is absurd to reason that
because that part disposed of Is correct, the
greater part, not even alluded to, Is right
also. Driven to the wall, then, the trio used
the two opinions of Garretson and Williams
favorable.
Lawyers, as a rule, do not write long
opinions for nothing and it is an interesting
matter of speculation to not u few citizens
who paid for the law bill.
Illegal opinions are all very we'll in5their
way argued Messrs. Hitler, Bedell and
Simpson, but we want votes"
INFLUENCE TO BEAR.
Thus as The NEWS exclusively told Its
readers last night. Sheriff Toffey, E. w.
Woolley, Frank Cole n the MmkaRwa
Club committee all went to see Mr.. Det-
willer, who had shown signs of siding with
the Mayor, and begged him to oppose the
Mayor and support the Drug-Fielder-Sec-
ond National Bank combine.
But Mr.. Detwiller was not to be swerved
from his line of duty by any of them. When
the trio found that Mr.. Detwiller's vote was
ipimical to their cause they sought out Mr.
John Edelstein and begged him to come
down. take his seat n get square with
Mayor Wanser. But Mr.. Edelstein doesn't
do things that way, and he laughed at their
request. There was nothing for it but to
avoid the veto by passing a motion toignore
communications on the subject, and this
was done.
Detwiller the principal argument used. not
only by them, but by Messrs. Toffey, Wool
ley, Cole and the Minkakwa Club men, was
to the effect that Mayor Wanser has no
right to keep Mr.. Edwards in Office after the
experation Of his term.
THE PLAIN TRUTH.
These gentlemen either didn't know or will
fully misrepresented the facts. The true his
tory is that when Mr.. Edwards term ex-
pired, Mayor Wanser sent in to the Board of
Finance the name of Ex-Judge Blair as his
successor. Commissioner Bedell asked that
the appointment of Judge Blair be laid over
until Mr.. Reuben Simpson Joined the board
so as to get his opinions on the changes.
When the member from the celery district
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claims of his friend, Mr.. James S.. Erwin. for
Corporation Attorney, while another mem
Der wanted J. Herbert Potts or ex-Judge
Douglass. The appointments dragged on,
and in the meantime Mr.. Edwards carried
on the municipal law business of the city to
the Mayors entire satisfaction.
In fact, His Honor spoke of Mr.. Edwards
conduct in that capacity i'll the. highest
terms.
Outside of all these phases of the now famous
deal by which Messrs. Brinkerhoff and Erwin
were appointed law officers to this CITY, an
other was mentioned to q NEWS reporter to-
day. This phase is the treachery OF certain
members of the Republican party to the
man who put them into positions they are
now holding with such pecuniary advantage
to themselves. These traitors fondly imagined
that their secret stabs at the Mayor would
not be known.
THE NEWS expose has caused no end of
talk among republicans throughout the
county.