The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-25
DETERMINE TO FIGHT
Freeho1ders Will Not Will
1ingly Consent to Being
Ousted From office.
RECOGNIZE NEW APPOINTEES.
County Employees Contributing to a
Fund to Engage the Best
Legal Talent.

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Among Democratic lawyers the belief is
almost unanimous that Senate bill No. 1872,
known as the Freeholders' bill, is unconsti-
t~utional, and that if it becomes a law the
Supreme Court win set it aside. There are
many Republican lawyers who do not hest
| tate to express the same belief. The Free
holders bill was introduced in the Senat by
Senator Ketcham of Essex county, who had
in view only the needs of that county. The
rascality of the Freeholders of Essex county
had become so notorious that even the
people who live in Newark found it neces-
sary to protest against them, and when the
| people of that city enter a protest against
| wrong doing there is most certainly some
thing wrong in Denmark" In this case the
something wrong" happened to be that the
Freeholders of Essex did not permit the
| people of the .City of Chippies" to make as
much profit as they claimed they ought to
make through the Board of F~resholders, and
that only a few favorites received the milk
in the ~cocanut.n This claim was particu-
larly true of the Republicans and Mug
wu1nps and to hasten the hour when they
might revel in the supposed spoils these
people forced Senator Ketcham to introduce
the following BILL
KETcHAM'S BILL.
And be it enacted. That the terms of office OF
all officers now holding office under appoint
ment by the Boards OF Chosen Freeholders OF
counties of the first GLASS (Hudsou and Essex
or under appointment by an officer OF sucn
board. shall expire on the fourteenth day or
May, 1894, notwithstanding such officers may
have been appointed for a longer term; and all
offices filled by appointment by such Boards OF
Chosen Freeholders shall be and become vacant
from and after said fourteenth day of May,
1894, and the Boards of Chosen Freeholder5,
constituted or elected under the provisions OF
this act. shall forthwith, upon their organiza-
tlon. appoint SUCCESSORS to the offices hereby
vacated, who shall serve for terms OF one year
only.
The Freeholders in this and Essex county
do not object to the Legislature making the
Office an elective one by district lines pre-
pared for the benefit of republicans, but
they do object to delegating appointing
power, for the sole purpose of removing all
democrats appointed by the Freeholders
from positions OF trust, only to replace
them by an equal number of republicans.
If Senator Ketcham's bill should become a
law, this result would surely follow, for the
| Boards of Freeholders in Essex and Hudson
would be made Republican by the change.
WILL RAISE A FUND.
To prevent this wholesale chopping off of
official heads, should the bill become a law,
the employees of each county will raise a suf-
ficient sum OF money to employ the most
efficient counsel possible to obtain to con
IeSU LQ6 COu5blJuUlOl1dllUy VI OuO dNU.
The programme as contemplated at pres
emit in this county is hat the incumbent
board shall refuse to surrender the office and
records to the persons who had been ap-
pointed by Mayors, n chat such action
would result in forcing the appointees to be-
gin mandamus or quo warranto proceedings.
The law suit that this would involve would
last at least a year, and the mex Legislature
might be induced to repeal Senator Ketch-
ANS act before a final decision of the courts
could be reached. There Is no doubt at all
but that this programme will be followed
and every inch of ground contested.
PERSONS
The persons in this county who will lose
their positions On May ID, if the act becomes
a law, and their salaries, are as follows
FREEHoLDERs-A. NJ. Bruggeman. Director
at-Large, ) !, vo0; Timothy J. CronIn, 1920;
John E. Halliday, S 1900; Michael Hennessey,
$l,2oo; Dennis Gallagher, 81. 200; William Hanna,
$l,2OO; John Doscher. S1,sJ0; William II. Ellis.
Sl.s0o; Simon Kelly Sl,so1; George Swartz,
Collector, 4,5O0; John A. McGratn, counsel.
$1,000; John P. Noonan, assistant clerk.
COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH-w. NJ. varick,
$500; {. Holmes Mcneil. 500; Charles 3. Con-
verse, County Physician, $4,000 Il. D. Salton-
stal. Inspector, $500; Michael Nevin. Inspector
$1,000; Daniel Llemey, Inspector. $1,000; C. j.
Rooney. clerk. 81, zoo; H.. w. Winfield, counsel,
$1,000; James Lynch, assistant clerk. $1,000.
LusArlc ASYLUM George w. King. Supsrin-
natrtck. Deunty Superlntendent. $50. SO: AZ.
t.arroil' engineer, S66.6 SO; A. Moser, baker.
S66 66: j. Russell. Waterman. Sos; NJ. Hennus-
sew watchmap. Sos: s. cook. SIS:
r Aiherts. a~ssistaut engineer. S25: Mary Brady.
n,afron cal .6i. Maggie HaIlorol. waitress. S2,:
p Golden. attendant, SIS; F.. MURRAY.
attendant s55: p. Martin. attendant.
All: M. beylin, attendant, S55; E. Doremus'
Ssr.ndant. S55: j. Brady. attendant. Ss5: W
arodsr,ek' attendant. SIS: ]. g. Clancy. atten-
dant. AS: T.. Lane. attend ami. S55; Annie Far
reil' sttendnnt. S35: Margaret Wise. attendant.
s3b. lana filsenan ATTENDANT. S25: Mary Cay
sstsndant So. Iarv Oxlcy. attendant az. |
Marqaret Marksr. attendant. SIS: Mary HoI,
i,ngswortb atrsudaut. 81: Mary Oaktey. az
tandant' S55. Margaret Conway. Attendant Ss5:
Nrll,s McManus. attspdaut. Sa5: Florence Hax.
1av attendant, rs. Margie Dnnn. aftendant. |
Sy5.
rx1rrsTtany-Joh Grimes. Warden. salary |
nsanIh ana a.. John ~ yoi,rrs bsaaty
Warden. asa IA: lanes smith. engineer. S6B 6j: |
William Bnckridre. cook S65'G5: MichasI Der- |
modv, keeper. ASS: Thomas Kermode. keeper. |
Ss5. Thomas O,Neul. Keeper. 1855: Edward |
Wissie. keeper. $50: John Keily' keeper. S55: |
Edward Tisrnsy, keepsr. S55: Eugene Condor.
kee,,er. S55: George Sunkio. keeper, S55: Joseph
MalIon' krensr. Al: Michasl Eran' Keeper, Sss:
Richard Heunessey. keeper. SIS: William Daly, |
keeper, SIS; Jonn Donovan, keeper, $55; John
DIVER keeper, s55: Kate Carey. marion. S41 .66:
ElIsn a. Harkins. assIstant matrou. Sa5.
AIMS -HousE-Robert RYAN. warden. salary
ner mouth. St25: John ". stewart. Assistant |
goo 90. n...s,tr Mo... ,.o.a,-.