The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-28
COUNTY OF NEWARK
New Form of Steal Invented
by the Harrison and
Kearny Gang.
WHO IS BEHIND KEARNs !?
Orange Is Ambitious 10 Be g
County Seat-New Hamilton
County Idea.
WHO IS BEHIND KEARNS !?

Once a week for the past three weeks
there have appeared in "The Jersey City
News and the Newark Evening News
innocent looking advertisements which
set forth. first. that
Application would be made to the Leg
fslature for the passage of an act or acts
the general object or purpose
of which would be the crea-
ton of a new county. to be en-
titled the County of Hamilton. which will
comprise the city of Orange, the town
ship of Belleville. the township of Bloom
fed. the township of Caldwell. the
township of Clinton. the township of
East Orange. the township of Franklin.
the township of Livingston. the town
ship of Millburn. the township of Mont
clair. the township of South Orange. the
of West Orange. the township
of Verona, the borough of Vailsburgh,
the borough of Glen Ridge and the bor-
ough of Caldwell. in the present county
of Essex.
Second. for an act creating new
county, to be entitled the County of
Hamilton. which will comprise the city
of Orange. the township of Bloomfield,
the township of Caldwell the township
of Clinton. the township of East Orange.
the township of Livingston. the township
of Millburn. the township of Montclair.
the township of South Orange the
township of West Orange. the township
of Verona. the borough of Vailsburgh,
the borough of Glen Ridge and, the bor
ough of Caldwell. in the present County
of Essex.
Third An act for the creation Of a
new county, to be entitled the County
Of Newark. which will comprise the city
of Newark the township of Belleville
and the township of Franklin in the
County of Essex, and the town of Har-
rison, the township of Kearny and the
borough of East Newark in the County
of Hudson
Fourth The creation of new county,
to be entitled the County of Newark,
which will comprise the city of Newark.
in the County of Essex. and the town
of Harrison, the township of Kearny
and the borough of East Newark. in the
County of Hudson.
OF these four advertisements the first
two apparently have no particular in
terest for the residents of Hudson
County, unless it might be Mayor Fa-
gan and the other amiable gentlemen
of Hoboken who have been striving for
so many years to form their city and
the North Hudson townships into a
county to be known as the County of
Hamilton, and their interest no doubt
would leGd them no further than to
make strong protest against the mo-
dern tendency of Essex to appropriate
everything in sight.
However, these advertisements are
full;,of meat to every taxpayer in Hud-
.Y}.Tt1, t1,a
latest scheme to rob Hudson of large
slice of her territory and give it to
Essex.
weary of the constant defeat which
they experienced heretofore at the
hands of the Jersey City people, have
to resort to the underhand tactics of
the bushwhacker.
To each of these advertisements is
youth to fame and fortune not alto
gether unknown How he became
known to fortune has nothing to do
notice of him when in 1892 he was elect
ed to the Assembly from the Seventh
District Of Essex:
took an active part in the legislation on
Syay atyty ban IL akg In the aeat ydar far
lslnve he was defeated feat 4 BY his Republican op-
ponent by, plurality Of "a. Mr.. Kearns
b snd what Ia tme IS not we devoed ct @
his large and increasing law business
he devotes to keeping the public veal
He is exceedingly enthusiastic over his
project, and declares THAT he and he
alone is. behind it., and he Is working it
the various cities and townships it af-
fects he says, are longing for It, and
won't be. happy until they get it In or
sible from the real object. of the
scheme, the stealing of Harrison and
Kearny from Hudson M hearns EN-
for the benefit of the other sections OF
the county than it is for Harrison and
Kearny.
compose p the county Of Essex. he will
argue. are entitled to more representa-
iature. 1t is the heighth of absurdity to
give her no more influence in shaping
legislation for herself and the State
scarcely scar W more inhabifants than one of her
populous townships. AS the present
plan of representation cannot be changed
without constitutional amendment with
all its slow and tedious machinery. the
only way to accomplish this just and
equitable end is to divide Essex into two
Up in Orange the people insist upon be-
ing formed into separate county. They
consider themselves big enough and inn
portant enough to have adist1nct coun-
their own Surrogate and Register and
Sheriff, their own Court House, Free
holders and all the other accessories Of
a first-class county government. Then
again, he will tell you. as his expressive
grey eyes dilate to their utmost. and his
voice rises to that pitch Of true elo-
quence, which often rang through the
new Assembly Chamber in the session Of
1898, that the present county government
of Essex is cumbersome and needs di-
viding. Then he win fall back upon his
favorite theme of the wants of the people
his his belief that should the matter be
submitted to a vote of the people he was
confident that the two county scheme
would be carried by large majority.
Still, not word about the Harrison and
Should you ask some question about
that he VIII begin to tell YOU why he
has selected the names of Newark and
Hamilton for his two new counties IN
be more metropolitan than the City
and County of Newark" OF course there
We're a great many people in an sections
of the present county who have such q
Essex that they would almost rather
part with an arm or leg than the
name and that was just the reason why
new names were given to both the new
counties II the orangs, section was
rumpus in the Newark section that the
scheme would probably be upset. If. on
the other hand. the Newark section was
permitted to retain the well beloved APP
in Orange would get apoplectic fits.
Therefore he. determined to call one the
county of Newark on account Of its big
ness, while Hamilton X, was bestowed be