The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-21
COMBINES IN
TWO BOARDS
Democrats" to Aid Repub-
lican Machine to Control
Police and Fire De-
|, partments.
HUNGRY GANGS GAME
Pagan Will Appoint Friends
Who Will Promise to
Work With Angel
and Mitchell.

When Mayor Fagan appoints Commits
sioners to succeed DR.. John d. McGill
Democrat, in the Police Board, and
James Hennessey, Democrat, in the Fire
Board, he will make sure that they are
Democrats who win do the bidding of the
administration.
An effort is being made by the admins
tration with the approval Of the G. o. p.
bosses, to convert the Fire and Police
Boards into partisan adjuncts to the Re-
publican machine.
The Republicans want to get posses
sion of the departments and work them
for all there is in it.
The Police Board is naturally a prize
which they most desire to control in con-
sequence of the great power which can
be influenced by the police, under the
proper direction, around election time.
Some time ago Commissioner John
Mitchell, of the Police Board served 40
tice on his Republican colleague, Presi-
dent Thomas w. Tilden, that the time
would come when changes in the make
up of the Board would result in Tilden
finding himself in the minority. He re-
ferred to the appointment Of successor
to DIR. McGill, with whom Tilden had
voted to make Superintendent of Police
Telegraph William Foley sergeant.
Mitchell, who admits that he is an out
and-out Republican partisan, opposed
Foley's appointment as sergeant simply
on the grounds that Foley Is Democrat.
MITCHELL DISTURBED.
Mitchell has been considerably disturb
ed because he has been unable to form a
working combination with Tilden. He
thinks, it is said, that the department
should be utilized for the sole benefit of
the Republican machine. The bosses
back him up in this contention.
Mitchell doesn't feel that he would
ever be able to work in harmony with
Tilden in running the department on a
partisan basis, and is looking to DR.. Nc
Gilrs successor to help him out
COLONEL SAINTS PART.
1t is said that Colonel Samuel D. Dick
inson, who has made two or three calls
on Mayor Fagan of late, has impressed
upon His Honor the necessity of nam
ing men who will work in combination
with the partisan members of the two
Boards.
Under the law the Boards are entitled
to minority representation and the terms
Of Democrats only expire on January 1.
That will make it incumbent upon the
Mayor to fill their places with so-called
Mayor Fagan to speak in favor of the
appointment of Democratic friends who
would like to become officials of Pagan
Board, have been asked to furnish guar
antees that their candidates would stick
by Mitchell in the eIpolice Board and
Angel in the Fire Board.
TO HELP ANGEL.
Angel hasn't been the real thing dur
ing the past eleven months on account of
Commissioner Niblett's refusal to effect
a political alliance with him. Niblett is
to be made to thoroughly understand
that he will be very small minority
next year. To accomplish this a Pagan
Democrat will be appointed who will
turn a cold shoulder to Niblett and join
hands with Angel, OF another Republican
partisan in the went that Angels health
is such that he will be Obliged to retire
from the board.
Already the heads Of the two depart
ments are quaking with fear over the
outlook. They foresee trouble when the
Dickinson Republican Pagan Demo-
crat combinations get control Of the de-
partments.
"Uncle john McNulty is very anxious
to be police commissioner and rumor
says that the Mayor would not like to
disappoint his relative who SO nobly
managed his Honor's campaign.
Ex-Freeholder Tremble is one of the
leading candidates for Commissioner
Hennessey's place in the Fire Board.
If Uncle John can't be police commits
sioner he would consent to become
fire commissioner