The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-07
OUTS PRESENTED
ms Ratified
Grand Jury Scores the Dem
ocratic Board of Free
holders in Lively
Style.
REPUBLICANS THROWN DOWN
Green Gets the Caucus Nom
ination But Clayton Is
Elected County
Director.
3. W. WooLLEY CHOSEN CLERK
John Boyd Runs the Organization
Meeting Very Exciting
Wrangle.
3. ". WOoLLEY CHOSEN CLERK


The Court House inside and outside
swarmed with politicians today. They be-
gan to assemble as early as ten o'clock,
and by noon there were fully 300 in the
vicinity. Some of them were interested in
the possible work of the Grand Jury. but
the majority were interested in the or
gaiiizatton Of the new Board of Free
holders.
The Grand jury business was the first
to be disposed Of, They came into Court
ssnortiy before one O'Clock, headed by
Sheriff Heller. Justice Lippincott and
Judge Hudspeth were waiting for Them
Inc jury had had a long and heated ses
son son ana looked worn out. A strong
l lgn, Was made to reconsider the indiot-
nents which had been found against
tWeiVe members of the Board of Free
noioers, and the same number of ipdfct-
ments men against saloon keepers for viola
proved successful The indictments were
iecohsldered and compromise effected
py making presentments
lh[ee presentments were handed up to
l eie IoufL and Justice Lippincott directed
CLERK Fisher to read them. The first fna
Teated to the alleged election frauds in
lhe FIRST precincts, First ward. This oify
aii1 -, lne Fourth ward of HobolSen After
q 81 .iiolough ll.s- investigation the Grand Jury
WIS WIS convinced that the errors were the re-
sult OF ignorance or carelesSness and that
~ lfduu was intended.
Isne second presentlnent refarrad r., ++a
violation of the Sunday law 11he i,1rv sAiS iS
ihiioraiiy certain that the law is being ha-
pltually violated but the evidence nr,e
s.5a,,fS se,sq was not or such character that it
WouId secure conviction of the Offenders
u case indictments were found rrha
Ifand jury is of the opinion that fhe Off
clals OF the cities, towns and townships.
evidence If they exerted tbeInseItlss
20 they Ialled to do it the Jury did NOT
Ieel sgs,, warranted in finding Indictments
ib atie llird presentment condemned the
nnsthods OF the Board CT FreehoIders in
o,V aavertlslng for supplies and awarding
S',ii,l SSuiui.racls. Ihese alleged methods were
daliy daus 6 explained ne in The News a few
paIanced bids and awarding contracts an
Inem IS, in the opinion of the Grand
Jury. almost criminal and extremely det-
proximates fraud, but the Grand J,Irv
could not find sufficient evidence to war
rant rant lnolctments.' Other matters were re-
ferred to in the presentmefit, Attention
was called to the fact that in malsinp
It's appropriation for 1886 the Board
put $500 in the bond account in excess
Oh .,l,;,ia Wnat was required, and 5000 for a
pavilion at Snake Hill. for which no con-
tract was awarded. AT the end of fha
year an attempt was made to transfer
Lnese amounts to the Incidental account.
put It failed. The Grand Jury is con-
vlnced that these appropriations were
made at the beginning of the wear so
shdt tney might be available for trans
Ter at the close of the year. The salaries
OF county employees have not been paid
for October or November. Certain en-
pioyes We're not regularly appointed :
there are, bills in the hands of the clerk
aggregating $4,000. and taken altogether.
the presentment charges the Freeholders
have conducted the business of the coun-
ty in very unbusiness-iike manner
In speaking of the unbalanced bids.
special reference was made to the bids
of Ignatils Noonan and the contracts
awarded to him. At one time he bid one
cent yard for a certain kind of drygoods
and more of that particular kind was or
dered during, the con ntinuance of the con-
tract. The next time he bid IA cents a
yard for the same goods and a large stock
was laid in. When he bid one cent a yard
the contractor must have known that
noRe of the goods would be ordered On
another occasion a requisiton was made
on Noonan for an article ON which he
had bid at low price and he simply ig-
nored it. He was not compelled to fur
nish it.
A bid was put in for tin at rs cents a
box one time and $40 box the next time
The records show that only the $40 tin
was ordered.
Justice Lppineott thanked the Grand
Jury fer the faithful manner in which
they had performed their duty and dis
charged Them