The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-26

low DEMOCRATS would say was not true
to the party.
want to see the town improved in the
streets and sewers and in other ways.
want to do what is best for the tax
payers and not to train with any parties
that have brought diScredit on the town"
1t will be seen from the statement of
Mr.. Rice and Mr.. Riordan that neither
will give way to the other, and that there
is small hope of effecting a compromise
of any sort. 1t was because of this that
the Rev Maurice p. O'Connor, rector of
the Church of the Holy Cross, said from
his pulpit last Sunday that it was dis
grace the way the members of the Com
mon Council have acted He proposed
that as the four regular Democrtic
Aldermen would not consent to the cleo
ton of a Republican chairman, and did
declare they could not vote for Riordan,
the eight Aldermen put names in a hat
and then draw to decide who shall be
chairman. 1t would not be known then
how any Alderman voted unless he told
1t himself
Father O'Connor said today that If the
Aldermen do not organize soon so that
the streets and fifty sewer basins can be
ried on, the taxpayers may organize
without regard to party against the
Aldermen responsible for the deadlock.
He said the credit of the town was be-
ing injured by the course of the Alder
men. He could not blame the Democrats
for objecting to the turning over of
Democratic town to the control of pollti-
cal opponents, but the five Democrats
ol1crIa
end the deadlock.
DR.. Dolphin, president of the Health
Board, said he did not consider that the
recent increase in the death rate in Har-
rison was due to the sewer basins or the
streets. 1t was caused mainly by the ex-
cessive hot weather and poor feeding OF
children. Still, the sewer basins and the
paved streets ought to be cleaned, but
nothing has been done with them since
last spring. Every taxpayer hopes to see
the Council deadlock broken soon.
A sterling old Democrat, a large tax
payer, said Alderman Rice was mainly to
blame for the deadlock for his colleagues,
Henry, who keeps a small saloon; Bulger
and Sullivan, acted on his advice. He also
said that Rice is the boss of the town,
has controlled all the committees of Com
mon Council and nobody could get a city
office of any kind without his support
''The taxpaying Democrats resent the
course of Ed Rice as boss" the citizen
said, "and they showed it in the Assembly
election last year. Rice got a majority of
only 72 in the town, when the Democratic
majority is safely 500. Rice wants to go
back to the Legislature next fall. Well,
If he is renominated the town will give a
big majority against the entire Demo-
cratic ticket, unless Rice breaks the dead
lock in Council, and he can do it. It's up
to him
It is an open secret in Harrison that
Aldermen have supplied the town with
goods, which is a misdemeanor, the law
prohibiting any city officer selling goods
to the city while he holds public Of
flee. In this connection it is asked who
is John Cooney, Jr.," who supplies the
School Board with articles. It is also
| asked why DR.. Alters was appointed
police surgeon at a salary of s40O a year
when no such officer is needed in the
town. 1t is further asked why w. F.
Cullen is paid $40 day as water in
spector, and it is proposed to have the
water contract of the town Investigated.
AT the office of Town Treasurer Grace
it was said today that the total valuations
of the town last year amounts to S3,612, $50,
and the tax budget of the town amounted
to s67, $685. of which $5S, ,663 was raised by
direct tax and $1,000 from licenses. A
saloon license cost $50 now, bu as the
town has population of over 10000 the
fee should be $3.50.