The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-07
NEWTON'S REMOVAL.
Mayor Hoos Vetoes the
Resolution Of the Re-
publican Police
Commissioners.
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Letter From the Retired Cap
tain Real Reason Soon
to Come Out.

Mayor Hoos today gave a we'll deserved
rebuke to the Republican Police Commls-
sioners whose action in retiring Captain
Moses Newton of the Third Precinct has
been condemned by right minded people
as an attempt to foist an extra burden on
the taxpayers some Republican whom
they had to provide for" His Honor
rightly saw through the specious plea ad-
yanced by the Commissioners that the
Captain was unfit to do duty by using
the following honest straightforward
language
"December Z, 1898.
"Honorable Board of Police Commission
ers:-
..Gentlemen-I herewith return to your
honorable board, without my approval,
the resolution passed at your meeting held
November 2S 1898, and submitted to me
for my approval November 30, 1898, and
of which the enclosed is a certified copy
4 have taken this action for the reasons
stated in a communication sent to you on
November 49, 1898, and further base my
action upon the personal letter of Mr..
Newton. a copy of which letter is here
with submitted to you.
.I think that the carrying into effect
Of this resolution means unnecessary
waste of public money and deem it my
duty therefore to withhold my approval
of the same
Respectfully submitted,
edward HOOs. Mayor"
Appended TO the Mayors veto is the
following letter from Captain Newton re-
ferred to in the above:-
Jersey city, N. j., Nov %, 1898.
"Hon Edward Hoos, Mayor of Jersey
City
Dear Mayor-T learned last night, very
much to my surprise and regret, that the
Police Board of this city passed reso-
luton retiring me upon half pay, and
substituting another officer in my place
as one of the captains Of the Jersey
City police I made no application, nor
have ever given any intimation of de-
sire for retirement, and such retirement
was entirely without my knowledge ana
consent, and against my will
Il was sergeant of the Jersey City police
for sixteen years, until / was promoted
to a captaincy, and I have been captain
for the last twelve years; and during
these twenty-eight years I have been in
actual service continuously, without any
absence from duty, except for the short
period of eight days about twenty-seven
years ago, when I was laid up with cry
sipelas During these twenty-eight years
with the exception of these eight days
/ have rendered continuous, active and
faithful service to this city as sergeant
and as captain of police, without any
complaint ever having been made against
me- except one at the time Mr. Otto
Never was a Police Commissioner from
my district, the old Fourth district,
which was trumped up against me be-
cause, as was alleged, Intoxicating liquor
was permitted to be brought to one pris-
oner, at the time incarcerated in the
First precinct police station while I was
Sergeant in that precinct. You know
how difficult it would be to absolutely
prevent, in every case, the bringing in
of some liquor to prisoner. There was
no proof whatever presented to connect
me in any way with this bringing in of
liquor, and upon hearing the complaint
was dismissed, and I was honorably dis
charged
SET am enjoying robust health and am
perfectly able to actively and energeti-
cally perform all the duties required of
me as Captain of Police, and beg leave
to submit to your Honor that after this
record Of service I should not now be
retired or dismissed from the police SER
vice in this city.
Hoping that your Honor will take such
appropriate action as may prevent the
carrying out of this resolution of retire.
ment, beg leave to subscribe myself,
Your obedient, faithful servant
MOSES E. NEWTON,
Captain of Jersey City Police"
The characteristic partisan policy of the
Republican Commissioners in this matter
is only one of a sample of looting tricks
which, like chickens, come home to roost.
The real reason for the removal of Cap
tain Newton remains to be told and when
it comes out. as out it will come, the
honorable dealings of some Commissioner,
who, like Brutus, is an honorable man,
will astonish readers Of "The Jersey City
News"
DROWNED HIS SORROW IN DRINK