The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-03

bower of roses to Mr. Davis. The ex-
Mayor had been there before many a
time and knew what it meant. AS for
| Mr.. Davis. when he put his nose out Of
| the private Office there was a score OF
people bursting with a zeal to serve the
| city in every capacity. Amy old office
would do. was their motto, and they
| badgered the life out of the Democratic
| leader who, like ex-Mayor Wanser, was
| an old hand at that game. 1t was wonder
| full how Mr.. Davis got rid of them, for
each man marched off with a smile on
| his face as If he had his commission al
ready in his inside pocket.
| When there was lull in the reception
| Mayor Hoos retired to the smaller room
| with his son, Edward H. Hoos, John j.
| Nevin and City Clerk O'Donneil. There
| We're papers signed and any amount of
| whispering and then the Mayor came
| back to his office to resume the task of
hearing more pretty things said to him.
| 1t then cropped out that he had appointed
| his son to be private secretary.
The new private secretary is twenty
| four years old and was member of the
class of '95 at Princeton. He is studying
law with Messrs. Dickinson, Thompson
& McMaster and is in every way worthy
son of a worthy sire. His appointment
caused a great amount of Manufacturing
among many young men in the corridors,
each of whom had imagined he had a
| cinch on the office. No sooner was the
appointment made than John J.. Nevin
began to initiate him into the multi
farious duties pertaining to the office, and
| as the former secretary acquired a repu-
in !,
| thing to explain which he could not make
| clear.
Free from the crowd of citizens eager
| to enlist his influence. Mr.. Davis sought
| shelter behind the official desk with ex-
| Mayor Wanser. There he talked to a
News" representative about the pro
| ceedings:-'It is gratifying he said, ''to
| find that everything has gone off smooth
| ly. and our Republican friends have seen
| the error of their ways and at last con-
descended to admit the authority of the
| peoples voice. What have to say about
| the new administration? Well. that
| question should rather have been put to
Mayor Hoos. l am humble citizen and
| only one of the Democratic party, This
| you can be assured of, however, that the
Democratic party, as it has always been,
| will be again this time the friend of the
| people and the conserver of its rights
| and liberties. You may be sure that
| Mayor Hoos will bring to his office sound
| Judgment and experience and when his
| term of office expires none will be able to
impeach his conduct. The city will have
| competent men in the Mayors office, the
Street and Water Board, the City Clerk S
office and other departments of the gov
ernment. and I am firmly convinced that
| Jersey City under Democratic rule will
prosper as she has never done before.
Mr.. John Mullins was equally enthusf-
astic about the prospects of Mayor Hoos'
| administration He firmly believed that
| he (Mr. Hoos) would make an excellent
Mayor. Mr.. Mullins praised Mayor
Wanser's conduct in securing good streets
and added that Mayor Hoos will even go
| further than his predecessor and place
| Jersey City at the head of cities of the
| State for wise and economical govern
| ment.
| By noon the visitors to the Mayor began
| to get small by degrees and beautifully
| less. and when it became known that the
new Street and Water Commissioners
| were about to meet the people lettering
| about the halls made a bee line for the
UIllCeS marked oLTeeC ana water COM
| missioners,' and Mayor Hoos was given
an opportunity to begin his official life
| by signing papers which the City Clerk
| and John Nevin placed before him. AT
| one o'clock he locked up his desk, looked
| at his slightly swooIen hand and rushed
| off to his luncheon.
| While the new Mayor was receiving the
| congratulations of his fellow citizens.
| Mayor Wanser sat behind the screen of
! flowers and calmly smoked a cigar. He
| said that he proposed to devote himself
| strictly to his real estate business here
| after. He had no intention to go away
anywhere for rest, but would go at once
| to his real estate office. 1t was possible
that he might make little trips of one or
! two days duration, but he had no inten-
ton of going away for any length of
time. In reference to the proposed quo
warranto proceedings which the Repub-
licans are said to be about to bring in
| order to have the constitutionality of the
| Macarthur term extender settled. Mr..
| Wanser said he knew nothing.
| Mr.. Charles Corbin was also ignorant
| of any quo warranto proceedings and had
no idea when, if ever, such proceedings
1 would be begun.
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