The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-11
TO FIGHT FOR RIGHT
Hudson Assem- blymen Agree
on a Plan of Campaign
for Equal Tax
alton.
ANOTHER SLATE TO BE SMASHED
Frank Sutherland Crowded Out
and Frank higgins
Crowded In.
ANOTHER SLATE TO BE SMASHED

The Assemblymen-elect of this county
held conference at the Union League
Club House Saturday and considered
coming legislation and the distribution of
the Offices which will come to Hudson.
An the members were present except
Mr.. Urquhart. The first matter taken
up was equal taxation. Besides the
members there were present Mayor. Wan
ser. his Secretary. John J. Nevin; William
D. Edwards Charles C. Black. mem
Der of the Commission appointed to con-
s.der the subject, and Edlow w. Harri-
son, the engineer who has prepared a
statement of the amount of railroad
property in the city and other valuable
Information of the subject of equal taxa
ton, which was laid before the Commits
sion when it met in this city
At the request of the Commission, Mr.
Edwards explained his plan for overcom-
ing the gross injustice to Jersey City un-
der the present system of taxing railroad
property which he submitted to the Com
mission and which was published in 1.-THE
Jersey City News at the time The
members listened attentively to Mr. Ed
wards explanation and were much I'm
pressed with the justice and feasibility
of his PLAN Mr.. Harrison exhibited
maps and statistics and materially aided
Mr.. Edwards in his explanation
When Mr.. Edwards had finished Mr..
Black. who made a decided stand for
Jersey City during the deliberations of
the Commission and made a separate re-
port in which he took exception to much
which the railroad majority of the Com
missioners. all railroad men, explained
his position. He advanced some points
which were not in Mr.. Edwards scheme
and which favorably impressed the mem
bers.
After some general discussion in which
all took part it was decided to embody
the views of both gentlemen into separate
pliis ana present them to the Legislature
1T the very first opportunity, Assembly,
man Klink was appointed a committee
of one to introduce the bills and look
after them. Mr.. Edwards was requested
70 give Mr. Klink all the assistance he
could and he consented to do so. Mr.
slack will also be in Trenton when the
Dhls are under consideration and will
render the cause valuable assistance
ent and said that he would work in per-
fect harmony with the Republican mem
berS of Assembly for the passage of
bill which would secure to Jersey City
ner rights in the matter of equal tax
alton.
When the members had thus settled
the matter of equal taxation, the nom
members withdrew and the Assembly
men proceeded to divide the offices. At a
conference held in Newark with the Es-
sex men an understanding was arrived
at whereby Hudson is to have the journal
and bill clerkships, and an assistant
sergeant-at-arms- It is said that
Frank II. Melville of Bayorne was Sc
lected for Bill Clerk; Frank Higgins of
this city for Journal Clerk, and George H
Smith Hoboken for Assistant Sergeant
ALARMS. This will be great surprise to
many members from other counties Frank
Sutherland was Bin Clerk last year and
conducted the office I'm such a manner that
he won hosts of friends among the old
members, who have been really working
hard for his reelection. Frank himself
has made such an energetic canvass that
his reelection was looked upon as enc of
the sure things OF the coming organiza-
ton. The reason given for turning him
down was that he is Clerk of the As
sessmeut Commission of this city, and
Mayor Wanser as well as the Assembly
men is opposed to dual oficeholding
Another surprise is the choice of Mr.
Higgins. 1t is believed at Trenton that
Sammy Dickinson controls the Hudson
delegation, and What he says goes, see ?s
That Sammy should consent to such
sdaunch Toffey mans carrying off the
richest prize of the session is almost be-
yond belief. No one, however, need worry
about this slate. This, as THE News
has said before, is a slate-smasaling era,
and the caucus tonight is liable to smash
this latest Hudson-Essex combination.