The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-02-04

Il do not claim the honor and cannot
take to myself the satisfaction of having
caused this investigation. Judging, how
ever, of what know Of the crowd that
controls the party in the county, and
| especially the Jersey City Postoffice, the
time to have investigated these men was
before they were given the offices. There
is not man in Hudson county but
knows the fruit you would get from trees
of their kind. From their reputation the
men to whom the patronage was given in
this county instead of having three out
side inspectors coming to help the local
inspector it would require a company OF
Anthony Comstock's and regiment OF
DR.. Parkhursts on the vice and morally
side and 1 judge as many more to see
whether they had violated the civil SER
vice laws.
"I do not know whether the inspectors
are investigating the mail carriers who re-
fuse to be equal criminals by not contrib
whether they are investigating those who
would commit the crime of forcing Post
office employees to contribute. In either
case the inspectors would be after la"
breakers. The laws referring to civil ser
! vice are as much law of the land as the
laws against murder and burglary, and
the man or men who violate these laws
should suffer the penalty, and II can
bring punishment to the Postmasters an
this county where the civil service laws
have been deliberately violated I shall be
glad to do so. This refers to Hoboken,
west Hoboken and Union Hill. in addition
to Jersey City.
KNOWING about the methods prevalent
in Washington official circles, DOUBT
whether any good result will follow TINS
investigation. In order that it may be
carried to its. limit and punishment meted
out to those who deserve it, want to say,
notwithstanding all that has been said in
the papers intimating that had brought
about this investigation, never sent d
conp1aint to Washington since my term
as Congressman ceased-not a COM
uunication of any kind-and the records
in washington are accessible to prove
This make this disclaimer because
Woolley, actuated think. by Colonei
Dickinson, wants to have the admlnistra-
ton, and especially Senators SeweH ana
Kean. think that. this is a move OF mine
in the hope that they would call off the
investigators. thinking that they would
thereby thwart my plans. This is not
giving to these high officials credit for
desire for a disinterested carrying out
of the law, but am not at present pass
ing out bouquets of artificial flowers TO
them. If you want couple of my own
conjectures / will be glad to give them
One is as follows:-
when the fight was on as to whether
1. as Congressman, being the representa-
tive of the people duly elected and en-
titled by custom to recommend for office,
should have any say in the matter of pat
ronage or not for the district I repre-
sented. Dickinson and his cohorts at that
tize Ghe cohorts have dwindled since)
promised and guaranteed that if the
President would ignore his personal prom
Use to me and his public promises that in
any difference in the matter of patronage
In the Congressional district between the
u. S. Senators and districts represented
by Republican Congressman, he would
recognize the Congressman, and would
give to Dickinson and his machine
through u. S. Senator Sewell the patron
age of the district that they would give as
large a Republican vote for President in
1900 as was given in 1896.
And as they failed to do so in the Pres
idential election, the majority being al
most as great in favor of Bryan in 1900
as it was in favor of Mckinley in 1896,
| the National machine may be taking this
means of telling the State and local man
ayers that the Republican National man
ayers were buncoed. These men do not
| take kindly to paying such large price
for gold brick that they had warning
was not genuine. Hence, perhaps, this
castigation.
1.-THE other conjecture is this: that
Woolley is avowedly unpopular; especial
| " since he failed to carry the primaries
| in his own ward; but he has been SO long
| and SO intimately associated with the ma
chine in Hudson county that the local lea
ders did not dare to throw him down, and
so they have called into play this Post
office machinery for the purpose of
reaching him and handing him politely to
back seat This would seem to be
borne out by the good faith and loyalty
to friends which Dickinson is known to
possess-never.
sL PETERS FAIR TONIGHT.
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