The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-11


the strike started. While the Speaker
hated the bill, one word from the Presi-
dent would have resulted in its passage,
ana the coal strike would have stopped
in sixty days. The people should be Civ
en- the facts.
TO ASCERTAIN PROFITS
"One of the facts which the bill pro-
vides is to ascertain what profits the men
who own the mines make, as well as
their employees. 1t is true that the capi-
tails of big roads sometimes can pay
dividends. The true criteriIn of cost of
production is not inflated values. | said
to the Congressman that / didn't care
or Republican,. ! wanted the facts hon
estly and intelligently ascertained in or
der that the people might be saved the
impending evil oyerhanging the country
like a cloud. I'm sorry that the Chief
Executive didn't come to my conclusion
in June. He didn't wake up until Sen
ator Quay rushed into his presence thir-
ty days ago and said:-'My God, it looks
as if Pennsylvania will go Democratic.
just after the power that made the laws
went home they began to tell what they
es, LOCAL. ISSUES.
In speaking of local issues Mr.. Nc
Dermott took a cruel fall out of Mayor
Pagan. He said;--.Last fall a young
| man ran around Jersey City shaking
hands generally with those who had a
vote. We We're told in his organ big
things would happen if the young man
would be elected. We had not discov-
cred that he had great Intellectual capa-
city. He was elected shaking hands.
My idea is that a candidate should
stand by the principles of his party. |
don't put great virtue in personal soli-
citation of votes. But the young man
was elected.
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trying to regain its shore front. Twenty
two years ago it was defrauded out of
it by the discovery of an algebra problem
in the legislature. | was corporation ta-
torney of the city at the time. OF TWEEN
ty years the question of right was dis
puted. Ii won by the city it was
treasure. / don't believe the shore front
could be given away. | took 1000 pages
of testimony in the Fourteenth street
case-7l test case. 1t was decided that
the constitutional questions couldn't be
passed on III the Court of Chancery,
and it was sent tc the Court of Errors
/ and Appeals.
1T was proposed, after Fagan's cleo
ticn that | should argue the case in court.
| Pagan agreed to the proposition. The
Corporation Counsel asked what my SER
vices would cost. felt that | ought
not 10 say that | should fight without a
retainer. | said | will agree argue
na nc " yhataSar con,nanSot;on o thav
plsasad if tta c;4y losae tj,a f;gbt 4
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EAGAN'S WORD
ssThat was CARRIED 70 Faoan and he
thanked me through the Corporation
Counsel. He also told me through the
for fhe civ in n.argning the case in the
Court Of Errors and 4 nnaaIs Lot me
fell Won # is very aosvs th;n~ to 1ose
tba+ case If Won ara intarsstad ;1 tba P;-
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saliJ a;ai- caoihee MI: hcLermolt sa1d -
ta,,sai niehIlson s;, uon NE me because at
lacked nm on the floor OF Ctngress. A
x.,-II:o... -
OF mlillons Tor some things | don't know
anything about l saw the name OF Dick
nson. L remembered man Of that name
who drew salary from the government
and gave 1t to political club. l wrote
to the treasurer asking If the Assistant
Collector OF the Port OF New York had
any duties to perform. In due time he
| forwarded the inquiry to the Collector,
who wrote that the Colonel sometimes
| wrote his communications. and while his
duties couldn't be called onerous it
couldn't be said that he didn't have any
to perform. He had something to do be-
| cause he drew his salary
| <"The Mayors friends. Dickinson and
| Wanser, concluded to capture Democrats.
They captured Record and he was made
| Corporation Attorney Mr.. Carey seems
| to have lost all the princinles that ba
| proclaimed from the Democratic sfumn
| He is now going to run for CONGRESS-
| and will be beaten by Allan Rennv IAN
| plause). a man who chances his no1;- 1f;
| ties to get Office does WLat 13enad;nt
| Arnold did. a man who clanras h;s
| political comnlexion because bis 1snIi+;naI
opinions change has NV ras,,act
! change of ouinion is ono +bing Sal,;nr
| one's self fol. office Is anothar !; oeAiiis
| THE SINGIE HEATl INFAAry
The Congressman maid nc ras,,aata, -
the Single-headed Water Comm;ss;an Capriss ~
proposition in this fashion. % pnlsss,ua .It s aua
Of the most idiat;c slnnnv aats - oua. one
crowded on the statute hooks "