The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-07
FREEHOLDERS
TO STAY
Present Members Will
Not Be Disturbed
Until Their Terms
Expire.
NEXT BOARD SPECULATION
May Be Elected Either IN
der the Middlesex or the
Essex Act.
JOURNALS PLEASANT LIE.
Allan McDermott Points Out
How the Republicans
Spoiled the Law just
Set Aside.
JOURNALS PLEASANT LIE.

Although a majority of lawyers appear
to agree that the present Board of Free
holders will continue de facto until the
end of its term, John Griffen, County
Counsel, has not made up his mind upon
the subject yet, and yesterday he adyis
ed the Freeholders not to transact any
important business until he had given an
opinion.
Ex-Assemblyman j.. EMIL Walscheid,
who brought the quo .warranto proceed.
ings which upset the law, says the pres
ent Board viii be the defacto Board nn-
til he enters judgment of custer and
issues a writ. This. he says, he will not
do until the terms of the present Free
holders expires.
NEXT BOARDS COMPOSITION.
County Counsel John Griffin said last
night that he thought likely that the cleo
tion for Freeholders this year would be
under the act passed in 1900 expressly
for Essex county This provides for
representation of one member from each
ward in first class cities, two at large in
all political divisions with populations of
over $4,000 and one in division of les
ser population. Boronghs are given no
representatives, but for the purpose of
election are considered portions of the
town or township from which they
severed.
The act also provides for supervisor
at-iarge. who is not a member of the
board but has veto power over all its
acts. This official viii receive a salary
of $1,000 a year.
Under the provisions of this act Jer-
sey City would have 12 Freholders, Ho-
boken, Bayonne, West Hoboken and
Town of Union 2 each; Weehawken,
West New York, North Bergen and Sc
caucus. Gutenberg, Kearny and East
Newark and Harrison, one each, total
of &c.
The friends of Director Michael B.
Holmes, Of the present Board, are al
ready pushing him forward as the logi-
cal candidate for Supervisor under the
Essex act. Although he declared that
he would not be a candidate for mem
bership in the Board of Freeholders to
be elected this fall, the position of Su-
peryisor being to an extent aloof from
the Board, it is thought Mr.. Holmes can
be induced to accept it, If not, Free
holder Patrick Nugent, of Bayonne, will
probably be chosen, on account of his
connection with all improvements now in
progress at the County institutions.
WON'T SEEK REELECTION.
Although the matter has not been
definitely decided upon, as told in last
nights News" it is not likely, that any
of the members Of the present Board
win be candidates for reelection to next
years Board. A conference on the sub
ject viii be held in few days, and it is
: believed that it will be decided to wait
until the fall O. 1903 when. If the Mid
dlesex act is ed on referendum. all
nine of the Freeholders will be
re-nominated.
Candidates for Freeholder are spring
i'ig up in every section of the county.
The Davis club house last night was
thronged with aspirants for membership
IN the county governing body, who pre-
sented their claims for recognition. In
addition to those told of in last nights
''News" in the Fourth Ward of Jersey
City, Thomas Rooney is an aspirant; the
Tenth has ex-Freeholder Joseph Fitzsim-
mons, ex-Assemblyman John j. vollers
and Luke Clarke are the leading as
pirants in the Eleventh, while the
Twelfth will witness a battle royal be-
tween ex-FreeEolder Charles Schmidt
and Henry Reuter-. Every political di-
vision of the county has numerous as
piranfs. and the result cannot but be-
the strengthening of the Democratic.
vote by reason of the aroused interest.
HOW THE JOURNAL LIES.
In speaking of the sJonrnars'' wilful
and cowardly misrepresentation of fact