The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-13
WEART In OFFICE.
Contract Prepared By Him
Recognized By Mayor =
Wanser. -.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Vetoes of the Appointment Of
Brinkerhoff and Ewin In
Clerk Finck's Possession.

The contracts which ex-senator Brinker-
hoff, acting as Corporation Counsel, APP
proved, after having been prepared by James
Erwin, acting as City Attorney, but which
Mayor Wanser declined to sign, because to
have done SO would have been to recognize
Messrs Brinkerhof and Erwin as the legal
law officers, were forwarded to Mayor Wan
ser this morning properly certified to by
City Attorney Spencer Weart. The con-
tract will now be signed by His Honor the
Mayor.
Mayor Wanser was at his office bright and
early this morning, and feeling in the best OF
spirits. He declined to say what he would
do in the matter of the contracts. That the
Mavor is determined to GUST Messrs. Brinker
hof and Erwin is shown by the following
correspondence which he has had with Corr
poratlon Counsel Edwards and City AttornaR
Weart since their removal was attempted.
THE LETTERS.
JERSEY CRY, jan o
Hon. VIM. D. Edcards:
DEAR SIR-I am in receipt of resolution passed
Dec 81 1893. by the Board Of Finance. purporting to
designate Corporation Counsel of this city-an
o1ice held by you at the time of the passage OF the
have not as yet approved of said resolution.
m that o9 are are % - t acting since the
desire that You continue to act as Corporation
Counsel Tor a tlme. very trRy yw4NskP VOWS Maxor
Z. T. 1Tk.
The letter to Mr.. Weart was identical.
JERSEY CRY. Jan. II. 1884.
Hon. Peter F. WdnseT, Mayor, Jersey city
DEAR SIR am in receipt OF your letter Of the eth
tion Counsel of the city pending your action upon
Finance.
As you well know, have been anxious to be re-
lieved of the responsibility of this position for
some time past and have no desire to retain the
office. | am personally averse to all attempts Of
nicaiities Of any kind Still recognize fully your
right to be consulted and satisfied upon the naming OF
order that the CITY and your may not
look .t after ali the pressing legal matters Of the City
which may require immediate attention pending the
nnSi Ss'''e"en' u inc will WILLIAM D. 3. EDWARDS
JERSEY CITY, n. j., JAM II, 1884
Hon. Peter r. Womser:-
g. 1894. believe you are Justified in asserting
self in the matter but do not want to take up the
do so it will be secondary matter to my own mat
ters as intend to command my own time and give
the first attention to my own affairs.
The CONTRACTS Of Guys and nSgeTy NJ 6 which & were
pal tractors delayed signing them they need money
earned on same and have ndorsed them without
This will enable the contractor to go on with the
SPENCER wEART
The subject matter of this correspondence
was referred to in yesterdays JERSEY CITY
NEWS.
At the time the Mayor made the above
communications public he forwarded to the
Board of Finance his vetoes of the resolutions
which appointed Messrs. Brinkerhof and
Erwin, Corporation Counsel and City At
torney respectively.
CONTENTS OF THE vEToES.
The Mayor refused to make the yetoes
public Clerk Finck, in whose care the mes
sages have been placed, has them under lock
and key. He received them at five
o'clock The Board of Finance will meet
next Wednesday evening, and probably take
action upon them. The feeling prevails that
the Mayor will be sustained.
1t was reported that the Finance Conn
missioners in their anxiety to learn the con-
tents of the messages hurried to their offics
and read them This rumor is untrue.
The belief that there are two sets of law
officers is laughed at by the Mayor. His
veto of the appointments of BrinkerhoR and
Erwin places those gentlemen in the back
ground.
Brinkerhoff and Erwin may receive the
salary of the office, but Mayor Wanser will
not allow any contract or official business
prepared by either of them to become opera