The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-17

H0RRID WORDY WAR
Captain Jack Graham and
City Clerk Woolley Battle
With their Mouths.
ALL OYER THE LITTLE TINE BOOK.
Republican Harmony as. She
Exists in the City
Government.
ALL OYER THE LITTLE TIME BOOK.

City Marshall Jack" Graham and
City Clerk z. w. Woolley had run
In yesterday. When the trouble began
the clerks in Mr.. Woolley's office quick
~ rolled up their trousers and arranged
to wade out of the gore in as dignified
manner as possible.
Captain Jack and the City Clerk
have not been on the best of terms for
some time past. They haven't spoken
since the Republicans failed to steal even
an Assembly office in the last election.
There is little matter of money in the
trouble also. and combined with it are
couple of enlarged heads over the
qualifications of the contestants to be
great political leaders
Since Mr.. Woolley has been City Clerk
there have been alleged reforms in the
office. A few of the so-called reforms
have been knocked into a cooked hat
because of their utter impracticability.
There is one, however, that has caused
q few of the Aldermanic employees COM
considerable uneasiness. 1t is in the
form Of a time book by which means the
City Clerk keeps tabs on the clerks, City
Marshall and everyone else. Captain
Jack" Graham doesn't like the idea of
that book since it's introduction and it
has been an object of persistent attack
by him.
Yesterday the genial city Marshall en-
tered the City Clerks office and took
possession of Tom Halstead's desk,
which is back to back with Mr.. Wool
ley's. City Comptroller Hough was in
the office and was about to speak to the
City Clerk when Captain Jack turned
around abruptly and caught Mr.. Wool
ley looking over the top of his desk APP
parently to see what he (Graham) was
doing e!5g The annoying time book was on
thought the City Clerk acted as though
ne had been monkeying, with the book;
aoS See here et WoolieSy, ~ ne SHOUTED. =
a dog
Everyone stopped breathing,
could ook a yo1 with any o5nef Way
Jack. was mad and in short order
dan Msne eeng ay more m
sersamea the Marshall Ssa im not sas'afSSsi AFRAID
m not as strong as you, Graham, J,
he said, 'but / am healthy enough to
carry around what belongs to me"
A bull jabbed in the siae nth bayonet
could not have raised more noise.
Tom" Halstead sought refuge in tis
tadil, .WltiiC NICK n uT6y Hlu D6ulDQ
the safe in his cash pen
things and in such a forcible manner
that that the building shook. The city Clerk
Captain Jacks well-developed fist de-
scribed circles about his head, the bloom
of youth left his cheeks.
Graham reminded the City Clerk that
that when John 2. Scott was City Clerk
books and papers were left out on a
table where everybody could see them.
Mr.: Scott didn't lock his desk every
time he left his Office" shouted Jack"
.sHe knew he was not surrounded by
thieves.
Mr.. Woolley had nothing to say, ex-
cept that he knew his business.
The trouble was over in few minutes
and Captain Jack left.
This morning in speaking of the
There is no use of Republicans fight
ing. We've only got a little longer to
stay and think it would be better to
Everybody in the City Hall was talk
ing about the row this morning, and all
expect to. see Captain Jack" and the
City Clerk have another run-in before
long.