The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21

night there were SO ballotings, with no
/ avail. Mr.. Scott has frequently said that
his first experience as Clerk was q
''corker.
| That night resolution to appoint him
Clerk was offered, but had to be rejected,
because the Council had not as yet eff
(, Council balloted 20 times; May 8, s.; May
5, IS; May g. so; May L. 3S; May Is, 49,:
Of July. All this $ time l the the board had not
appointed Clerk.
ed by the candidates. Pangborn and
| Clarke compromising on Thomas Earle,
of the First Ward. He was elected
Mr.. Scott was at that meeting formally
Installed Clerk after hot fight, in which
three resolutions to appoint him had been
His bondsmen were ex-CMy Clerk Cas-
80 sUBsEoUENT ELECTIONS.
His appointment was approved on the
morning Of July 26 In 1855 1855 William yalias1
Mr.. Scott was reelected: In q, 1889 ISS the
Earle as Chairman. Mr.. Scott was re-
elected. In 1850 William Clark presided
over a Democratic board and Mr.. Scott
| was chosen Clerk. In 1869 Hosea Clark
| was Chairman of the Council. and again
| Mr.. Scott was elected Clerk. All through
| the war he was in the, City Clerks Of
| fee. biz he Was never heard to express
an opinion one way or the other. He
| was always a quiet, unassunling official.
CONSOLIDATION COUNCIL.
| In. 1870 the consolidation of Jersey City.
Hudson City and the CITY Of Bergen
came. The population lcombineO at
that time was about 5000 Charles
| O'Neill was Mayor at that time and the
| Consolidation Council consisted of Fran
| els w. Fitzpatrick, Thomas A. Gross.
John Whalen. David W Garyin; Ia;, Horatio e
| bell. Charles Birdsall jeremiah Sweeney,
| Chris H Tangeulan. Hosea F. Clark.
Patrick Sheeran;, J2hn Maloney. Dennis
Fadden. Patrick McNulty, Patrick Har-
rington; George :. ,Ellwood. Gyrrs s - =.
as. Daniel Toffey, Edmund D. B.
Wegeman. Benjamin Van Keuren. Isaac
Friese. Jr., William Van Keuren VIE Will
SCoTT HAD AN EASY THING.
After, lively fight. Patrick MeNultly
Mr.. Scott was a candidate for the, office
Charles II. Roe former clerk of Hudson
in very good shape at the time of the
consolidation and his candidacy was,
not oots very Fry ftn s to Ms &
for Mr.. Scott to for Roe
In 1871 there came change In poll
ties The city,s Mayor NV, was osiI Demoerat. Sr
ever. was Republican, and Mr.. George
II. Farrier was President The Repub-
lican caucus nominee for City Clerk was
their confidence by. attempting to in
crease his salary. For some reason the
effort PATH Tff NaR Ws;h Sf.MaYs aefSas. SMOOTH
His official career ran along smoothly
until 1873 when William H. Bumsted be
came Chairman of the Board. There
to him. but again Mr.. Scott's friends
went to work and he was reelected. In
1874 he was again chosen clerk and served
with marked, ability under Henry Trap
ha gen, who had been elected Mayor.
1t was in 1872 that ne had hard fight
To- hold 1;} his office IN faet the hardest & Of
crat. was Chairman of the Board. of
which the following gentlemen were
,, 9f ke RGbsTt Tf,asn h1a BT
tian Holms. John Toffey and John Meyer
who had been elected on a Democratic
ticket; pen2srats Edwar5 Smith Den,
-. Powell. John Gable and 7 p, Har-s
esotsd e the ee Board Of wal
nounced himself as a candidate for CITY
Clerk. The Democratic members made
iinans lln sn1 nom'nased eu Mr. Scott @ W When the
balloting began the Democrats showed
their wea kness by voting blank ballots.
the Republicans remaining loyal to Mr..
For month Van Cleef opposed Mr..
Scott and finally withdrew. Alderman
Cable then became the Democratic cam
didate. but the vote remained to 8. Mr..
COULDN'T TOUCH HONEST JOHN.
made to buy Alderman Meyer, bet he
remained steadfast to Mr. Scott at the
request of Gus, zeig1er; Of Gree11ville.
Chairman Thomas Harrison cast his vote
with the Republicans, and Mr.. Scott
was once again victorious.
Mayor, and Thomas Harrison Chairman
Of the Board of Aldermen. he was elect
ed by ten votes. In 1857, Charles Seic-
ticket. but the Board of Aldermen was
Republican. having for it's Chairman.
John Case Jr Mr scots ,d was nominated ION Tt
Van Cleef. and unanimously elected.
Again. In 1878. when Henry J. Hopper
eccypied the Mayors chair "a ana as stsspnen
I elected. an and in 1879, while Mr. Hopper
was stu & Mayor, nd fne Tamous n9 nnis sontes5 pc
BOARD HAD NO CHAIRMAN.
5So Sq several eTmsn mon5hs Mr. the wooa board nss
winning, and Mr.. Scott was unanimously
elected Clerk after the chairmansfip had
been decided.
Mayor. He was a Democrat. James
the X NOarO OF <aluefIl6It,- iWiiSH al etIOTL
avail = 1881 Garret D. Van Reipen
became Chairman of the Board of Alder
men, and he fathered Mr. Scott's cands-
dacy for City Clerk, with the result that
he was unanimously elected. In 1882 the
political complexion of the Board OF Aid
ermen again changed. and William H.
Furman, a Republican, became Chair
man. The Republicans nominated Mr..
Scott. and the Democratic members voted
with them. Two years later the city
government became practically Republ.-
can Gilbert Collins was Mayor and
William H. Furman presided over the
Board of Aldermen.
HAD BECOME INVALUABLE.
become an invaluable man. His general
courtesy. his thorough knowledge of the
city's affairs and unwavering attention to
his duties made HIM in the minds OF poll
ticians. irrespective of party, a too hon
est and competent man to remove. Tne
Republicans consequently continued him
in office.
In 1885 Post Master Jordan was Chair
man Of the Board of Aldermen. The
board was Democratic. but no effort was
made to interfere in any way with Mr..
Scott In 1886 Orestes Cleveland was re-
turned as Mayor and Michael ]. O'Rourke
| became Chairman of the Board of AL
Chairman of the board and he made Mr..
Scott the caucus nominee for City Clerk
a'o SALARY INCREASED.
| 1t was In 1889 that Mr.. Scotts salary
was increased from $1,000 to 5000 without
| a dissenting vote. Mr.. Charles w. Allen
was Chairman of the Board of Alder
was elected Mayor and in the. following
roo, a,,lar S,rnpson was elpcted Al