The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-10
HUDSOn'S PLANS.
Leader Robert Davis Talks
of Bills to Be Intro
duced at Trenton.
COMMISSION FOR THE BOULEVARD
Board of Freeholders to Have
Seven Members Elected at
Large and Sufficiently
Paid.
QUEEN EQUAL TAXATION BILL
The Fight for the People Against
the Railroads to Be Urgently
Pushed = No Strikes
Permitted.

The plans for the coming Legislature, at
least so far as the members from HUI
son county are concerned, were mapped
out by Leader Robert Davis, who III an
interesting chat on politics this morning,
gave his views on what should ana Whal
should not be done. Mr.. Davis IN the
main believes in devoting time to legisla-
ton which most nearly affects hudson
county.
1--WE are going to carry out pledges
made to the people during the last elec-
ton The Democratic party is always the
peoples party, and the people may rest
assured the Democrats will do everything
to undo the pernicious work OF the late
Republican administration.
..There is one thing said Mr.. Davis,
emphatically, (which I will not allow 10
be introduced from Hudson county, II
can help it, and that is strike bills. Tne
Democrats will fight to recover the wa
ter front for Jersey City, and we will ais,
reintroduce the Queen Equal Taxation BILL
We will fight for all the bills we proposed
during the recent campaign, and the plat
form on which we won will be strictly
and faithfully adhered to by the Demo-
cratic minority in Trenton whether We
are successful in our fight or not.
ssWe intend.'' resumed the leader, 10
fight for the interests of the people re-
eardless of any obstacle that the friends
of corporations may place in our way. Ii
the Republicans wish to pose as the de-
tenders of the corporations they Will nave
TO take the consequences"
Mr.. Davis also said that Hudson would
introduce a bill for Boulevard Commls-
sion He thought such Commission
ought to be composed of at least three
or five mem bers; five would be the better
number. he thought, all to be elected at
large. The Boulevard being fourteen
miles long. needed such a commission
and the members would thus be entirely
independent of the Board of Freeholders.
"You see,'' said Mr.. Davis. ''this new
county road of ours needs constant and
careful management. I don't think the
Board of Freeholders, with their many
other duties, have time to look after it.
A commission is the thing and the mem
bers would be elected at large"
Another important measure suggested
by Mr.. Davis was a bill changing the
mode of electing the Board of Freehold
ers and the composition of that body
The present number is too cumbersome
representative The present salary of $500
per annum many have thought is not
enough compensation for man who
must devote much of his time to business
of the county.
81 would,'' said Mr.. Davis, reduce the
number of Chosen F'reeholders to seven
or nine and give them $1,000 per annum,
and 1 would have the members elected at
large through the county, just as we elect
Surrogate, County Clerk, or Sheriff.
Mr. Davis said incidentally that if such
q change were made it would result in
all Democrats or all Republicans being
elected, and that condition were prefer
able to few of each; beacuse then dick
ers, deals and combinations were the in
evitable result, and so all sense of respon-
sibility was lost.
The emphatic remark of Mr.. Davis
about s'strike bills was occasioned by a
question from the News" reporter
whether any bills would be introduced
from Hudson in reference to cheap gas or
cheaper ferriage
'The trouble about bills for these OBJ
jects, which we would all like to see, is
that those who introduce them first see
how many votes they can secure in the
Legislature, and then they become a
strike bill Now If can help it, none
shall be introduced from Hudson Coun-
ty"
Speaking of the organization of the
House. Mr. Davis said he was not in po-
sition to say much about that. as Hudson,
of course, was in the minority. The Hud-
son men would. however, try to make
either Lawyer Marnell, of Hoboken, or
Alex. Simpson, of Jersey City. minority