The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-30

board controls employment of many men,.
The board has the power to employ or
discharge between two and three hum
dred men, The board handles from two
to three millions of dollars annually.
All this His Honor, the Failure of Jer-
sey city, will do if the job goes through.
''The board also controls all franchises
and this would be put into the hands
of one man-His Honor the Failure of
Jersey City.
''It is true that Mayor Pagan will not
do all this directly, but he has the ap-
pointing powers. He also has the pow
er under this to veto every act of this
one man. All this is defended on the
ground that the Single-headed Commits
sion works well.
''Take Commissioner Partridge, of the
Police Department of New York, does it
work we'll? There is Commissioner Stur-
gis prosecuting one of the bravest fire.
men in the world. There never was a
more dangerous measure before the peo-
pie.
During Mayor Hoos's term 100000
was spent in erecting new schools. Your
own No. 20, No. and No. 1, are models.
About $4,000 was spent in police build
ings and the same amount in fire houses.
We also had a library erected during his
administration, which is the pride of
everyone in Jersey City. 1t certainly is
my pride and every penny of the money
was well spent.
DEMOCRATIC WORK.
ssDuring the Democratic administration
twenty-one miles of streets have been
paved and three three-quarter miles re-
constructed out of license moneys. Nine
teen miles of sewers built and four and
a-half miles reconstructed.
'Now one-tenth Of a mile of streets
has been paved under Mayor Fagan's
administration, owing to his opposition to
the policy of public improvements.
''The Democracy always gives the peo-
pie great improvements, and the needed
and beautiful appliances OF life. The
Democracy in every department is most
eminently successful.
s.JOURNAL'S'' SLURS.
''There are other important local issues
to consider There is the Sheriff. The
Journal is constantly pounding the city
and casting sluring illusions at crime.
This is all the result of the Republican
policy of abusing the Democratic Off
cials. / ask you all if the charges are
true? I ask you if anything disgraceful
takes place here in comparison with
what takes places in other cities? There
is no place in the world so free from
crime as our city.
"We learn that Mr. John J. Toffey is
running for Sheriff on the Republican
ticket. He promises you liberal adj
ministration. Mr.. John J. Erwin was
his deputy when he was Sheriff before,
and Mr.. Erwin did not give us liberal
administration Erwin debauched the
youth of the city by going to the Sunday
Schools and getting young men to act as
spies. Erwin is now going around with
Toffey making a saloon canvass, and it
looks as though he has the promise of an
appointment in the event of Toffey'
election.
ZELLER, THE NAN.
t'Here we have the two sides of the
tanical Sunday Either one is right, and
the other side wrong, or the reverse.
Both cannot be right. viii not attempt
to discusse the question. but anyone who
attempts to ride both horses is a trim
mer and hypocrite.'
n III in Ind x.f+ +1a
record of John Zeller, the Democratic
candidate, and said that he was the same
type of man as the late William Heller
and the present Sheriff, Carl Ruempler.
Mr.. Zeller was the man for the place.
The speaker made an appeal for the en-
tire Democratic ticket.
Mr.. BENNY'S SPEECH.
Allan Benny followed Mr. Benny re-
ferred to the matter of his inviting his
opponent, Robert Carey, to debate the
issues of the campaign. He accused Mr..
Carey of lodging, and said Carey was all
extended argument on the tariff, in
which he said:--
.The removal of the tariff from the
necessaries of life and the doing away
of the freight determinations would cur
tail the power of the trusts to large ex-
tent at once and give the people some
immediate relief The Republican party
has been in absolute power many years.
1t has done nothing to relieve the people
from the oppression of the trusts and
tariff, nor will it.
'sThe Democratic party, if successful
in the Congressional elections, will give
some relief now; the enemy promises an
unknown relief sin the sweet bye and
bye' for an evil they cannot yet find.
swell might grand lWendell Phillips
say, The men that made the Republicans
are in their graves; the men the Republi-
can party made are in Congressv There
was a time when the Republican party
was led by such men as Lincoln, Seward,
Stanton, Sumner, Morrill,, Sherman, Gar
feld-men of high ideals; men, not rich,
some of them poor but burning with
lofty patriotism. Who have taken their
places? / am ashamed to answer. II
is a common saying that the United
States Senate is rich mans club.
There we find Hanna, Depew, Platt
| Quay, Dryden, Kean, Aldrich, Jones
Proctor, Elkins-all, or most of them
trust magnates. What lofty ideals have
fhnvS hid fbay ovar faa1 +ha a y,,n "a