The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-27
FUNNY FELLOWS.
Woollers Grab for City
Money Sets the Alder
men By the Ears.
ALLEGED REFoRMERS ON RECORD
A Few Had the Courage to De-
nounce the Steal-Fraud
Charged.

1t was f~oreshadowed in seThe Jersey
City News yesterday that something
would be said and done about the clean
EteAs CT H.H5 of the city's funds. which
the Aldermen at a recent meeting freely
distributed among already over paid
city employees attached to the city clerks
for alleged extra services on election
day. by the Aldermen at their meeting
last night.
OF the Sl,115 in question the bumptious
City Clerk E. ". Syoolley is trying to
grab $500. That sum has been voted to
him by certain Aldermen and all he has
lei for it is to work in his office
election day, which he explains Is a iegai
holiday, remain there at night until the
ballot boxes were returned, and in the
meantime entertain his Republican
friends.
The law fixing his salary at 5000 a
year describes his regular duties ana IL
shows he is supposed to work election
day and night. Nothing is said ABOUT
extra" pay.
In addition to giving woolley $500, s610
is divided with the same free hano
among Woolley's clerks. who are slated
for $50 each for one nights extra SER
vices and the big, fat, good natured City
Marshal is down for $225, and a few
members of his family and Edward
Schielt, a hanger-on of the Republican
party, comes in for the remainder.
Some of the Republican Aldermen re-
gret that they allowed themselves to be
drawn into the trap set by the bump
tious City Clerk. He on the other hand
is making a hard fight to get his fingers
on the money.
The whole matter is now in the hands
of Mayor Wanser and it remains Tor
him to say whether the steal goes or
not.
FUNNY, FUNNY FELLOWS.
Before last nights meeting a caucus
of the Republican members was Gained.
It was for the purpose of making an
agreement to pass a resolution, prepared
by the bumptious City Clerk and to be
offered by Alderman Wilson. The reso-
hutton read something like this
seWhereas, The newspapers of the city
have roasted the city Clerk about the
payment of $500 to him for extra eiectlon
work, and
inexperienced men to the. Aldermanic
meetings, who do not understand THIS
matter.
and condemn the newspapers for thehr
criticism, ETC.. etc., ETC.
Not on your life will I stand for such
q resolution" exclaimed Alderman VIII
son, and he bolted the caucus
.Count me out" said Alderman Witter
with emphasis, and he bolted. Alder
man Mccarthy was the next honest
man to desert. The departure of the
three Aldermen knocked Woolley's
scheme into a cooked hat in a jiffy. He
was mad.
President Simpson urged that a light
T. 4-N, -,lof-
ing but the other member objected.
WOOLLEY WAS UNEASY.
It was nine O'Clock when the Alder
men entered the meeting room. 1t had
become whispered around that an effort
was to be made to rescind the resolution
giving the sl115 presents and the M
The Republicans who were sticking to
him did not want to GO on record again
as aiding the grab at the clty,s FUNDS
ing by inquiring. if Mayor Wanser had
signed the resolution gly1ng away the
Marshal, clerks in the City Clerks Of
fee, and the hungry horde of heelers,
to do alleged extra work on election day
THAT matter is in the hands of the
Mayor replied President Simpson,
An HONEST ALDERMAN.
II have a resolution dealing with that
subject, I wish to present interrupted 1l1.s
Resolved, That the Mayor be and il
hereby requested to return unsigned to
this board the resolution passed at the
last regular Aldermanic meeting, which
provided for the extra compensation of
the City Clerk and the assistant clerks
On his Office"
The bumptious City Clerks voice
trembied when he read the resolution.
He was recovering from the shock when
Alderman Witter exclaimed: II have a
substitute for that resolution"
The substitute made perspiration roll
down the City Clerks face. 1t was as
foIlows@
Resolved, That this board reconsider
the vote taken at the last A1dermanic
meeting providing for the payment of
extra Compensation to the City Clerk and
his assistants"
n accept. the amendment" shouted
Alderman Mccarthy, land wish to ex-
plain that I was not present at the meet
ing when such a lot of the city's money
I stayed away purposely. Perhaps this
will show some people who think they
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