The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-18
HOOS' PLUMS.
Offices Which the Mayor
Will Distribute After
the Spring Elec-
ton.
AN ARMY OF CANDIDATES
Lively Scrap for John 7. Feeney's
Place in the Police, Board
New F~inanciers.
AN ARMY OF CANDIDATES

Every day, the number of applicants
for the offices which Mayor Hoos will
be called upon to fill Immediately after
election, increases. With each applica-
ton the Mayors u~nhappiness is also IN
creased. Every man has more or less of
a following and indeed some of the APP
plicants are demanding, not soliciting,
recognition.
The Mayor gives recognition freely
but his patronage will not be distributed,
he says, without forethought.
The Police Board has caused a fine
muddle. The retiring member is Mr.. John
P. Feeney. He is a Democrat and has
fought always under the Democratic
banner. His reappointment has been ask
ed for by men well up in politics. The
Mayor beamed upon Mr.. Feeney for a
time, but recently he changed his mind
and Mr.. Feeney is said to be slated for
retirement. The Mayors political friends,
upon hearing that Mr.. Feeney was not
contemplated, urged the appointment of
DIR. Benjamin Edge, a lifelong Demo-
crat and an earnest party worker. The
Mayor made no objection to DR.. Edge,
but he intimated that he had a man Sc
lected for the place already. TIT May
or's man is said to be Assemblyman
Adolph Walter, Jr. The Mayor has not
committed himself exactly and as a con-
sequence John Erickson, Chairman of the
County Committee; ex-Police Commits
sioner Kelly, Alderman Moran, Freehold
er Kenny. Bernard j. Foley and James
N. Davis are still in the race. The
rophets say it will be Adolph Walter,
Jr.; but there are men to be found who
are willing to wager fat sums that it
will not be Police Commissioner Walter.
The relations of the Mayor and Leader
Davis are somewhat strained, but it is
believed they will come together before
the election of April IL. The Mayor, it
is said, will do nothing before consulting
his political advisers.
The fight for the Police Commissioner
ship is, of course, attracting the greatest
attention. but there are hundreds of
Democrats who are watching the Fire
Commissionership struggle eagerly. The
expiring term is that of Mr.. John ].
Cone. a Democrat. He wants to succeed
himself. and he has a host of friends
who are urging his reappointment. Mem
bers of the department have also asked
the Mayor to choose Mr.. Cone. Mr., Cone
has been in office now for several years
1 lllO d lCoht GLA0
few Democrats who think he should re-
tire. Ex-superintendent of the Fire De-
partment John Brown, now a detective
in the employ of the Erie Railroad, en-
tertains the idea that he would make a
good Commissioner. Mayor Hoos has his
application on file. James; Hennessey is
an aspirant for the place. He has the
support of the party leaders. He has
~ n Mos W and has worked
for years without reward of any kind.
His brother, Michael Hennessey, was a
member of the Board of Freeholders for
manv wears. Ex-Fire Commissioner
Henry Windecker is looking for Mr..
Cones place. He is being urged by about
one-half the German societies of the city.
Mr.. Windecker just at present appears to
be far in the lead and it would not as
tonish even the party leaders if the title
of Fire Commissioner were bestowed
upon him..
For the places made vacant by the re-
tirement of Commissioners Rrautigam
and Kellers from the Finance Board,
there it not much competition. Many of
the friends of Fire Commissioner Gone
want him TO be promoted to the Finance
Board. Ex-Finance Commissioner George
W.. PETERSON lids q LEV
ence urging his appointment. He may be
appointed. Alva A. BedelI, who graced
the Finance Board under the Cleveland
administration, is not averse to being re-
turned to the Board. The Second Ma
tional Bank will be pleased if Mr.. Bedell
is selected. Mr.. Myron Furst is not an
impossibility By any means Just at
present no one is closer to the Mayor
rr....t i poaxr bn honOrpd with
a seat in the Finance Board. Recently
I Warren Hardenbergh, easier of the
Hudson County National Bank, has call
ed on the Mayor frequently. 1t was ru-
mored today that Mr.. H~ardenbergh could
have a seat in the Board if he would
accept. Commissioner of Appeals John
MehI is also spoken of as a Finance Com
missioner. He does not want the office,
not having time to attend to it.
Tax Commissioner James G. Clarke's
term expires but he will be r~eappointed.
No one has asked for his place. The
Mayor and party leaders are entirely
satisfied with Mr.. Clarke's conduct of his
office.
In the Free Public Library there will
he no change. The term of Mr.. Nelson
J. H. Edge expires. but he will succeed
himself. Mayor Hoos is well satisfied
with the present library trustees.
From the Sinking Fund Commission,
ex-Assemblyman Robert McAndrew will
retire. Mr.. McAndrew would like to be
r~eappointed, but Mayor Hoos has already
selected his successor. He is Mr.. Henry
Hintemann. a grocer of York street
Mr.. Hintemann is a property owner
and an old time Democrat He was te
have run for Freebooter in the Fourth
ward. a year ago. His retirement from
the raee made room for Freebooter Trem-
BILE.
Mayor Hoos is in a sad plight as te
what to do in relation to a new Assess
ment Commission. Tina Board now con-
sists of Messrs. Cornelius j. Cronan
Humphrey w. Carr and Michael Schultz
The party leaders had decided upon thret
gentlemen to succeed the present incum-
bents. but Mayor Hoos has a man or two
himself. whom he is anxious to place
4 The new Commissioners will be drawn
from the following panel:-David Cagney
John Tracy. Dennis Mullins, William J
Calnon, Henry Gotthardt, James Hafla'
4 dav. Fred H. Spengeman, Nathaniel G
Smith. Edward Barr, James II. cannon
James N. Davis. James e. Sullivan, Ad'
am Dittmar, Alexander Roe and Con
Cronan.
Mayor Hoos, it is said, will a~nnounc
A his appointment within a week after thu
election, which takes place on April Il.