The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-27
BATTLING FOR REFORM
Mayor Fagan's Fight for a
Second Term His Ex-
eellent Record.

Hoboken is once more plunged into
a hot fight, and as before. it IS a ques-
ton not only of men, but of measures.
The present incumbent of the office.
! Lawrence Pagan. who now seeks the po-
sition for a second term, is opposed by
August Grassmann, an ex-Mayor and
nominee of the German Independent
party. The Republicans may nominate
John R. Virgins, but his chances are
slim indeed. Mayor Pagan and ex-Mayor
Grassmann have plenty of friends who
are now concentrating their forces for
bitter struggle on Election Day.
As the nominee of the Democratic
party. Mayor Pagan is unauestionably
the strongest man in Hoboken on either
side. Ee is not infallible, and of course,
has made many mistakes in his official
capacity; but even his harshest critics
cannot lay a finger on any scheme orig
mated for the benefit of himself His
record in the City Hall as Reform
Mayor has created warm feeling of ad-
miration among the citizens who, ire
spect.ve of party lines. will vote for his
return to a position which he has filled
with such singular honor and success.
CAREFUL MAGISTRATE.
In all his acts Mayor Pagan has demon
strated one thing, and that is, he pays
strict attention to the smallest detail of
his Office. No bill ever passed through
his fingers without a very careful scru-
tiny, not only as to price but quality"
and throughout a very busy adminlstra-
ton, no measure was ever pushed
through the City. Council. fathered by
him, which had not for its aim the public
good. His rigid scrutiny of bills COM
ing before him has saved the city thous-
ands OF dollars, and even his political
foes have been obliged to admit his
economy in the city government.
Before his advent to the office. the
city offices We're in very sadly mixed
ton ran riot. and the office was subcr-
dinate to the wishes of the bosses. When
Lawrence Pagan assumed the re:ns, he
first turned his attention to the horde of
out of doors. Fraudulent claims sent in
to his office were promptly pigeonholed.
and those who sent them in, curtly in
formed that as long as Mayor Fagan sat
in the Mayors chair they. would stay
there
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
stituted. the present Mayor has devoted
much attention to giving the city rapid
transit by means of electric roads. Much
still remains to be done and If the good
citizens of Hoboken are alive toN their
own interests. and they usually are.
they will send Mayor Pagan back again
to rne City Han TO complete the improve
ment. Then there is the sewer question
which Mayor Pagan studied and labored
to carry into effect. The low lying
marshes surrounding the city are to be
drained and transformed into land on
which the already growing city may add
to its boundaries. This question the
Mayor has urged on the Town Council,
and in few months, with persistent
efforts, a great step will be taken to-
wards completing the scheme.
The best citizens in view of the i'm
portance of these reforms, have joined
hands to carry Mayor Fagan to the
front again. Much depends on his cleo
ton, and the Democrats as well as all
good citizens ought to support chief
magistrate whose second term means
a new era for an important city
like that of Hoboken.