The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-02
AJ0HNHY /" FISHERS LATEST BREAK
Serious Blunder Discovered In the
Printing of the National
Democratic Ballots.
Polls Open Tomorrow 6 A. M.
Polls Close - P. N.

Comrade Benson laid aside on Satur-
day the cloak of high virtue and decency
which he assumed on Thursday. when he
was utilized to kill time until the Union
Generals arrived, and got down to his
ordinary level of contemplate misrepre-
sentation and malignant falsehood. He
caused to be published in the Journal
of Saturday an article which purported
to show that the appropriation for the
County Courts was exhausted and that
William Heller, the Democratic candidate
for Sheriff, as Director of the Board OF
Freeholders was responsible for it. II
also talked of malfeasance and indict-
ments in an insinuating manner. That
statement was false and the man who
: wrote it and the man who sanctioned IFS
publication both knew that it was false
and that it was as unfair as it was
false
1t is true that the appropriation for the
County Courts for the present fiscal year
Is exhausted and it is also true that the
Republican party and not Director Heller
or the Democratic Board of Freeholders
is responsible for that state Of affairs.
Everyone who is acquainted with the
methods of these appropriations, and the
Journal men are perfectly familiar
with the scheme, knows that the fiscal
year. extends from December / to Novem-
Der 30 When the Freeholders begin to
make up their budgets they go to the
Judges of the court and the Prosecutor
and ask them what amount they will
need. These officials name a sum and
that is appropriated by the Freeholders
From that time neither the Freeholders
nor the Director have anything whatever
TO do with the money. They in no wise
control its expenditure, nor do they have
County Collector Hugh Dugan pays out
this appropriation upon the certificates
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the appropriation is exhausted. as it, in
deed, is, it would appear from this that
the Judges and the Prosecutor were to
blame for the exhausted appropriation.
In reality they are not, but the Republican
party is.
Last winter the leaders got together
and concluded that one of the men
prominent in their party should have a
snug berth in the shape of a Circuit
Judgeship in Hudson county and they
erected new court here, with all it's ac-
cessories of constables. stenographers,
Jurors, printing, etc
When the Freeholders made up their
appropriations bill this third court was
not in existence, ami the judges informed
them that $4,000 would be sufficient to
pay the expenses of the two courts which
were then in operation. When the Repub-
lican Governor and the Republican sena-
tors foisted this new court upon the
tNs N-$-'SoA iNelH.'iS any pftNislDn ICr
its maintenance, they practically COM
PEELED the county to support three courts,
pay all the expenses. including judges
and stenographers,'s salaries. clerks. prose-
cutors. eonstables and jurymen's fees
with the money that it was estimated
would be required TO pay the expenses of
two courts.
The Republicans knew this at the time
the new judge was appointed. but with
that hypocrisy which has always char
acterized the Republican party they
said that the law aboishing the
lay judges would save the county
enough to pay the expenses of
the new court They knew very well that
the amount saved on the sum paid two
lay judges would by no means pay the
expenses of carrying on ascircuit Court.
Now with the help of the chivalrous cid
soldier. Comrade Benson, they are trying
70 make political eppita, out Or their own
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