The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-25

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The Lew P~nblicatioul PreRiems
The latest suggestion regarding the
printing 81 the laws is thai they be put
In two papers in sfirstuelas counties ano
one papers in all others. This woulo
make. the total number in the state
rtwenty-three. This is going, to an inju-
sdicious extreme. Three papers is htte
enough for counties like Hudson ano
sEssex.- and Passaic. Union and Mon
mouth. not to speak Of Mercer, Camden
and Middlesex. Indeed, there is hardy
county. in the State that should not
have two.
supposing the number were SET al
three each for first-class, and two each
for other counties. the total number
would be forty-four. or rather less tina
half the present number. This Wouio
seem to be q fair arrangement, The law
should require that daily papers should
have the preference where there are
any, and II should repeal any present
provision Of law which makes only des7
ienated papers eligible to publish sher7
in,s and other legal notices.
It would be very unfair to give a
small number of papers a monopoly OF
i legal advertising Of the State. The
provision. even as it stands. is hardy a
reasonable me-. Instead OF it. it might
be provided that papers regularly pub
iished for two years should be qualified
70 print legal notices Of all sorts.
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sThe Ghaneerr sndn Supreme eearl
ha.sasga esfdssn Clerk ships @ a
Allan Ii McDermott. the Clerk OF me
sCoart of Chaneery. and BENJAMIN +. Lee
the Supreme Court Clerk, came y of
the ordeal of the fyoohees Investigation
exesterday. apnseathed Under cif7
4epmstances. it would be almost an insult
ntos base aHy complimentary remarks pom
SO simple a thing. But when 50 much er7
sref end abuse has been discovered IN nnT
expected places. it is a relief to every cit
zsv 10 fsa places where the law Is rigidly
observed and where reetitude and good
order prevail. ,aisasla2 hagAs
For. the somewhat e-xtnavagant emoiu-
ments of these two Offices. the ineumhents
are not to blame They found the system
in force when they were appointed and
no one will be so unreasonable as TO
find fault with them for the profit AZ
brings them so long as it remains m
force 1T ia fairsto bear in mind that
.hothssofHees Involve the highest trust and
,14fts most onerous responsibility. Only men
20 The highest character "A ability e
pxepefis be placed in charge of themi and
~ tina ststs wants good men. It must
sse that they are eompensatsd.@eas
sun IT s1annot be- den:ed5that the profits
zekveaaed 2hy Mr. McDermottan Mr..
Nees are out of proportion to the com
spenssaion paid to other high efiee rs of
stats4abe Chancellor the Governor and
the Justices of thesSHpHefHe Court. The
value ofdthe Supreme Court cIerkship in
se~articular. is Beyond r asprabfe measure
sThs,sby the way. is a SURPRISE it was
generally supposed that the chancery
Office was the more lucrative ;oftthe two.
Tfs Legislature will d. wefi to place
both positions on salaried basis: TO
begin a.. soon as..the law. and the cpnsti-;
tutlon will permit. They. Should make
Tie pay not only liberal but high. Ten
fhousand dollars a year is hardly too
much, in view of the duties and rHspon-s
sIbiifties incurred. They should also ar!
range for the payment of the office force
ifpon fFsess ahcs4 -iaseraEscaae. zMr. Nc!
Dermott's expressions on this point were
mest5u3ieious. There is no economy in
cheap men, and good men should be.
paid What they are worth BY the State
even above all other employees. /
The surplus revenue to be secured by
these reforms not necessafyto the
State. The State Is too rich already.
This Is the cause Of many OF the preva-
lSnfs abuses Tie surplus ought 10 be-
Wiped out by reducing the fees Of the
ostees. TAeFe ~ no reasonsawAy Jus-
dee SHOULD baa made expensive g those
seeking it. 800 a.ssx SM 4siS !