The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
FROM THE "EYENING4 10 URNALv
OF YESIERDAY. JBg ei
WOOLLEY INDIGNANT.
He Nails a Vile SANDER Against
His Official Acts.
WHAT MR.. WooLLEY DID
Some Information About Advertise
ing the License Applications
What the Journal Saved the
City.
Jersey City, May %, 1896

Editor Of the Journal:
Dear sir-The editor Of the News" has
once more blossomed forth as an ex-
FOUNDER of the law in his issue OF even
deavors to Justify the petty lobbying tao
tics OF that acrimonious and mercenary
attribute which they SO carefully nurture,
by a asI futile a ait@ PITS to sn acnnn 5nas aou WIN
your managers to fitch from the city
treasury charges for advertising legal
notices in excess Of the legal rate. ..Nous,.
may not be aware of the fact that the
act referred to, viz, Chapter II OF the
of 1895 approved Feb. a, 1879, was
1895, approved March 25, 1895. just 80 days
later. This is a supplement to the act
of March 20, 1857, and establishes the rate
Tor 1ega, aa aoeisa gbe n any sale or any order,
citation, summons, or any other proceeo-
ing or advertisement required by the law
to be published in any ~eWspaper;. 9us
before our learned friend rusnes so madly
into print for the benefit of suffering
humanity, and to protect the city treas
ury from the onslaught of every other
nave the moral courage to execute their
plain duty, regardless of newspaper crit
icism engendered by the loss of adyertls'
ing patronage to which the law does not
entitle them. l would advise our impet-
uous 4Blackstonian disciple to read on"
until he reaches all the facts; such. Jugg-
ling WITH a &n6n OIL tut ldW 10 w
denee either of a preconceiyed intention
to deceive, or an assininity seldom met with
in the profession which our learned jurist
endeavors to grace. 49,
might well consider this matter is well
timed, I trust they may do SO. and that
they viii not overlook the charge OF Grim
inal collision SO pompously set forth in
the article referred to, which is libelous.
In this connection / trust / may be per-
mitted to add the simple suggestion that
49, -.r $500 ha1 ha,1f 1Mf h
leniency in the use of my name in an OPP
probrious sense that ] propose to submit
10. They abused me outrageously nearly
all the time I was in office, making a tar
get of me when there was no circum-
stance to justify it; permitting individuals
on their staff to use their columns to vent
personal spite and malice. Honest crfti-
cism I have nc objection to, either of pub
lie or private acts; but the liberty which
newspapers assume in buffeting the name,
the honor and the reputation of public
officials, does not accrue to them in the
treatment of private citizens.
I have no doub that many of h peo-
pie of this city, whom I have never met,
and never will meet. believe today that I
lums. a veritable crank, and not over con-
scientious in greed for the mighty dollar;
all Of which has been brought bro about by
lenge anyone to point to a single act Of
during my administration of the Of
flee of City Clerk, which was not strictly
honorable anu dCCUTuIHB TO law. Inc COLI
dition of the records speaks for itself, and
will bear comparison favorably with any
period in the history. Of that off1ce. OF this
of city officials, from the Mayor down.
who are cognizant of the facts.
1t is not much to ask that you make
these facts public. ] feel that I have been
estimation of the people unjustly, and it
is only fair that you partially, at least
to this extent, let the facts be known.
l am, sir, very respectfully yours,
EDWARD w. WOOLLEY.
Mr.. Woplley attributes more importance
to the utterances of the sheet he char
acterizes than does anyone else in the
city. In justice, however, to him. and to
show exactly what Mr.. Woolley's action
was, the Journal makes the following
statement
During the existence of the Davis paper
know as the Democrat" an act was
rushed through the Legislature for its
benefit requiring the publication in one
of the official papers of all the names,
residences and places of business of all
applicants for liquor licenses. This pub
location was to be made five times, and
to be paid for at the seemingly low, but
really extravagant, rate of forty cents
Pei AAS tAoh. u 1tlIlOCrdIT old NOT
live to enjoy the legislation passed for
its benefit, and much to the disgust of
the other sheet, it was found that its
generally slanderous and venal course
had made its own party so Disguised that
the then Democratic Board of Aldermen
refused to designate it as the paper in
which to publish these notices. and
named the Journal, instead. A great
many very willy proposals for copartner-
ship in this lucrative publication were
made to the "Journal' and declined. The
Journal was not willing to accept any
more than the regular official rate for the
payment of official advertising. and Thai
left nothing to be divided. The Jour
nal' wa asked to wait for its pay until
legal proceedings as to the designation
Of another paper were completed, which.
it did c~heerfuily. When the decision Of
the Court was made the Journal, on
the 18th of July, 1892. rendered its first
bill for the advertising of the appiica-
lions for the liquor licenses. It accom-
panied that bill with a letter to the Board
OF Aldermen, Which, among other state
ments, contained the following
The law provides that we may charge
ton, amounting to $1.50 for five inser-
tons. The law also further provides
that a charge be made of 50 cents for
the proof Of publication of each name.
The sum total that we are authorized
to charge is 50 for each publication. So
far $50 applications have been puhlished
for which the law authorizes US to
charge the sum of s., 916. There is
quest of the leading newspapers Of the
State, fixing the sum for the charge Of
legal advertising at the rate of 10 cents
per line for first insertion and 5 cents
This is the highest price thai we or
any other newspaper in the State charge