The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-20

For the Fire Commissionership the par
| ty leaders wanted James Hennessey TO
/ time being for Mr.. Cone to go into the
Finance Board. Mr.. Cone want want
s. gaard to and relaald made IN hard ts ght 'fe re-
| do so. Mayor Hoos, however, thought
| Mr.. Cone had held Office long enough.
He refused to appoint Mr.. Cone to any
office. He also said he would not name
| James Hennessey at this time.
Without the support Of the party lead az
| ers John Erickson, Chairman OF the
| Democratic City and County Committees,
made a fight for an appointment. Mayor
| Hoos took a fancy to him and appointed
him TO succeed Mr.. Cone. Mr.. Erickson
| an engineer on the Central Railroad. His
position Mayor Hoos considered well quail
ihed him to look after Fire Department
apparatus. Being practical engineer
! the Mayor thought he was just the man
for the place. The party leaders did not
| oppose Mr. Erickson. The new Commits
! been a resident of this city only lew
years. He displayed great political abil-
Rufus Blodgett The Fire Board is Re-
publican and will remain SO until next
\ spring.
The new Board will reorganize the first
Charles Esterbrook viii be re-eiectet
Clerk
/ Ex-Commissioner Cone sent congratuia-
/ tions to his successor early this morning:
! Mr.. ErriekSon's appointment is for a fuiI
term of three years at a salary OF $1,000
| a year. .
| Attorneyship The party leaders wanted
| Assemblynan James ]. Murphy appoint
ed. So sure were the leaders that Murphy
! would secure the plum that the Mayor
| was not spoken to. 1t was believed on all
/ sides Murphy would succeed William T.
| Douglass, the present incumbent Finally
/ the news crept out of the Mayors office
/ that John Wahl Queen was selected for
! the City. Attorneyship- Appeals were
fruitless. Petitions and delegations proved
of no avail. Mr.. Queen was on the slate
4 and His Honor positively refused to erase
! his name. Mr.. Queens term is for two
years. The salary of the office is $500.
ary 20, 1862 in Mt Pleasant, Hunterdon
/ county, N. J. In 1887 he graduated from
| Princeton College. He taught in that in
stitution for two years after receiving
| the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He
accepted the chair of history and political
science in the Ohio State University at
with credit. He was at one time the as
sistant of Professor William H. Sloane
! who was professor of history in Princeton
College. In 1891 he moved to this city,
nue., where he now resides. In 1895 he
was nominated for the Assembly. He
was elected. He was leader of the DEM
ocratc minority and distinguished him
/ self fighting for equal taxation. The dis
cussion of his measure resulted in the
| appointment of an Equal Taxation Com-
/
| framed by the Commission was subse
| quently adopted. Another bill of Mr..
| Queens, which provoked general discus
| sion. imposed tax on bank stock in the
| district where the bank is located. The
/ bill was killed in the Senate. In 1886 Mr..
| Queen was chairman of the Democratic
! State Convention which elected delegates
| to the National Convention Mr.. Queen
! takes office May 20.
For the Tax Commissionership there
no fight, The party leaders wanted s
| Mayor wanted him also. Mr. Clarke was
| the only man who really had what is
1 called a 'cinch.'' He was re-appointed
! for. three years at a salary of ST. 800. Com
| missioner Clarke was born in Cranbury,
| Middlesex county, July q, 1847 When he
was three years old his parents moved to
/ South Amboy. From there Mr.. Clarke
came to this city and studied dentistry
| with DIR. j. z. Robbins For three Years
| ne was CHAIRMAN Of the Executive Com
mittee of the State Dental Assoeiat tien. IN
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Democratic County Comnit tee For two
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Esdllcation When that was an elective
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