The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-08

was surprised when the proprietor Of
q re merry u -rqund exhibited renewal
stopped just the same, and the exhibitions
COMMITTEES still issues the licenses.
The Evening Journal on September
z published statement about some of
the singular things that were going on
IN the City Clerks office To this Mr..
Woolley made q reply and defense which
defense was confined to this narrow mar
gin:-1 Search fees were kept from the
city treasury because somebody else had
previously kept them; 2 There were. no
two clerks kept making the searches;
q The record books were paid for by the
Clerk; 4. He had absented himself four
and one-half working days of last week.
according to a custom, etc 5. Business
OF the office was not neglected; 8. No
oftiee In relation to all Of these points
of defense, except paragraph No. I, which.
Is a n admission. the "Journar finds. on
lowed his imagination to work, instead
OF sticking to facts. There were then, and
nave been, up to few days ago, two
wholly occupied in attending to Mr..
WoOlley's search business. They are now
doing little election work. for which
Jhe taxpayers will divide between them
5luV: There was no custom prevalent as
regarded the prolonged absence of the
I sGlty CLERK from his office John Scott
never took summer vacation. In para
CITY Clerk was absent four ana one-haif
not say that he was also away the bet
ter part Of the preceding week. The bus
mess OF his office was neglected, because
Aldermen who wanted to consult him
found him absent and all the clerks pro-
fessed not to know where he was. AS
sstarrt Clerk Halstead was compelled
70 sign the pay warrants, because the
city employees were anxious to get their
salaries The. power. of attorney, or as
an5Iea 4 # fe ev sIam srs hRsiea ecs is sti
Mr.. WooIley undertook to run the COM
nittee on printing, stationary and sup
plies; He never made reeuisition for
$50 apiece, there was a protest from the
committees chairman. Alderman Dohw-
ley. said the desks We're leaned TO him.
and to others he said they were pres
ents. The supplies committee has more
| than once adnlonished the City Clerk 30
make requisitien for what he wants,
tiyes. When Mr.; Woolley, in his latest
| interview, said that his search fees from
| and since the time he took Office amount
ed to between $500 and $780,, he was evil
/ IDENTIFY laboring under delIsion. Tues
ana that, multiplied by three, represent
| ing the number of dollars he says he
COLLECTS for each search, brought Mr..
1 this rate his income from searches this
1 year. ought to reach 1850 Tne pens
enas Rs asSs aRi anyeop1 sbpT ppsag ag
other materials used in this lucrative
/ searen business, are all furnished at the
the searching and Clerk Thomas Hal
stead does the desk work. They each re-
ceiye from the city a monthly salary of
IN Mr.. seott's time Thomas, Halstead
/ search business, as Mr.. Scott assisted
that is net done by the present incunab-
emf. Mr.. Scott let politics alone, and con-
| seouertiy founa ample time 20 attend to
| One bill passed by the Aldermen. on the
Endorsement of Cooperation Counsel
/ Rlair, was a claim Of Kent NJ Stearns
/ is for drawing and attending to the
this Instance, the city has paid big
done by either the City Clerk or the cor
| poration lawyers, all of whom are well
/ the denial OF the City Clerk, who issued
a statement that no more assignments
81 e has oqa M one man to
1 handle this business. and that is the only
variation from the former method Of pro-
powers Of attorney in the City Clerk 5
office include Thomas Fallon; George
.tin. tin B. L. Day and James McGrandie
/ Fallon sent to every polling place on
| ELECTION officers time eashed at AZ Greg
ory street, Jersey City
! Mr.. Troll did even better; he hired a
| buggy and made a personal visit to the
1 polling places, soliciting business. How
| can Mr.. Woolley explain away these
The bumptious City Clerks recent un-
| wise and probably illegal action in re-
| lation TO the election notices was followed
by another serions 6lunder nat aasa nay n y
winter, changing the election laws, 50
Boards op sf Regstry and % eae Es05jsn T5a T5a
method of doing the work is also differ
| ent Tuesday there was not a Board in
| the city that was doing its work properly.
| Citizens and members of the Board were
| confused and bothered, because of the
change of registration methods. change
4 of precinct and district lines and change
/ of registry places. 1t was Mr.. Woolleys s
business to instruct every election officer
as to his duty, but he didn't do so. Mr..
| tions to call together Republican elec-
tion officers to have them receive instruc-
tons from himself, as chairman Of A the
| Judge Douglass. His failure to send for
the registry officers has. caused much
trouble in fcer years eleeeon ce fo ofSefs GERS
! Stationery. and then they were instructed
/ as to their duties Tuesday the police de-
iverea the stationery Had + net Desa zen
ward and precinct boundaries there
would have been few names registered,
as many 6isgusted men refused to walk
around in search of a tree containing one
| ligntnsss of the registry all over the city
was very noticeable. The Board at No. 562
Grove street had only twelve names. and
few of the other Boards had received over
/ fifty. People anxious to know where to
register kept the City Clerks and police
telephones busy all day.
There is much dissatisfaction over
Woolley's arrangement and and selection ss.. i, q Of
heated the pe1ls in places where voters
are likely to refuse to go. One Of these
Is Iscated in the room that adjo.ns the
saloon at the northwest corner of New
ark and Oakland avenues. Voters this
Year win find that many places where
/ polls were located for years have not
| these changes of voting places without
| consulting the Aldermen. He seems to
he a good deal of a blunderer.-From the
ssFyening journal" Thursday, October 8,
1885.
| pte for a Republican Alderman is
| a vo4 to keep $4,000 Woolley in office.
ST MARY'S ELECTION.