The Jersey City news., 1902-12-01
FREEH)LDERS
ORGANIZE
frederick Ripe Unani-
mously Elected Director
and John Egan Clerk
Old BOARD RETIRES
First Adopt Resolutions Com
plimenting Director Holmes
and County Employees.
OLD BOARD RETIRES

The Board of Freeholders elected on
November 4 last for term of two years,
,ormally organized at noon today by elec-
ing Freeholder Frederick Rippe, of the
Town of Union, as director and re-elect-
ng John p Egan as clerk.
The front court room in which the 26
aew Freeholders met for the first time
was crowded with friends of the new
members and resembled floral bower,
when, precisely at noon, the Board was
sailed to order by Clerk Egan, who read
the certificate of the County Board of
Elections attesting the election Of the
different members.
Nominations for Director were then
rallied for and Freebooter William Pair
son, of the Tenth Ward. arose and said:
ssAs chairman of the Democratic eau
Gus of this Board, l have been accorded
The honor of placing in nomination for
Director the choice of the twenty five
Freeholders of that party representing
svery section Of the County. / would
therefore name for the highest position
in the gift OF this Board man who, du-
ring his six years incumbency of the Of
6ce to which he has lately been re-elec-
ted, won the respect and confidence not
only of the citizens of his own town, but
pf the entire County, as is attested by
The fact that he is now the unanimous
choice of all the Democratic Freeholders,
and I trust of the entire Board I nom
mate Freehoider Frederick Rippe, of the
Town of Union, for Director of this
Board.
ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY.
There were no other nominations and
Mr.. Rippe was CHOSEN by an unanimous
vote. Freeholder Jacob Diehl, of the
Eight Ward, Jersey City, the lone Re
publican member of the Board, joining
with his Democratic colleagues in honor
ing the Union Hilf representative. The
oath of Office was then administered to
the director by Clerk Egan, after which
Freeholder Pairson, with few brief
eongratulatory remarks, placed John P.
Egan in nomination for reelection as
clerk. The vote was unanimous and Mr..
Egan was sworn in by the ne director.
The Board then took recess until
two o'clock to enable Director Rippe to
prepare his list of committees and to at
tend to necessary details in connection
with the reappointment of all county
employees, whose terms, under the Essex
Freehoider Act, expire today.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
The new board is composed of twenty
FIVE Democrats and one Republican, as
felIows:-
Jersey City-Alexander J. Clements,
4. ]. Fallahee, Joseph Griffin, Luke
Clark, Jacob Diehl, James T. Doody, Pc
ter Ehrhart Thomas Rooney, George L.
Geraghty, William Pairson, Charles
Schmitt, William e. Smith.
Heboken--Patrick Driscoll, John M.
kirkpatrick.
Bayonne-John L. Dempsey, Frank
KimmerIy.
West Hsboken-Theodore Bernhart,
Anton Dite.
| Town of Unisn-Peter Henzi, Fred
beriek Rippe.
North Bergen-W. J. Dahn.
/, Weehawken-Peter Heagney.
West New York-Phillip Bindernagle.
! Guttenberg- Henry Vanderbach.
Harrison-Patrick Cendon.
Kearny-John Roach.
OLD BOARD RETIRES.
The retiring Freeholders wound up their
affairs this morning. They met in the
General Sessions Court room. Freehold
er Kuper offered this resolution
! Resolved, That we, the Mem
bers of the Board of Chosen Free
holders of the County of Hudson, on
the completion of our official term,
desire to express and hereby record
our sense of the eminent impartiality
in the chair of Director Michael B.
Holmes, and his zeal and devotion in
the performance of his public duties
Resolved, That we tender him our
thanks for his uniform courtesy and
our best wishes for his future well
fare and prosperity; and be it fur
fher
Resolved, That the compliments of
! this Board are hereby extended to
County Collector, County Counsel
and Attorney, County Euperinten-
dent and County Physician for their
gentiemandy and courteous manner,
and the able way in which they have
discharged their respective duties.
DIRECTOR HOLMES THANKS.
Director Holmes in reply said.
II express to you my thanks for the
courteous manner in which you have
treated me, officially and personally,
during the past two years. / am not
sorry for having accepted the honor and
can now go to that rest have earned.
/ hope if / am ever called to another
Office that will leave it with reputa-
tion as unsulIied as at the present time. ]
carry with me from this office many
pleasant memories. One of these is that
all the pledges we made for an economi-
cal administration have been kept and
that not one dollar has been spent that
could have been saved
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