The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-02-15
MORE OF MORGAN
Further Light On the Man
the Republicans Want
to Make Comptroller.
IN CAMDEN'S RING
His Marrow Escape Under
the Shadow Of the
Law.
IN CAMDEN'S RING
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10 inspire connaehce IN Ns pupils anu
particularly Wnere oances OF trust ana
responsdpliity are concerned.
Mr.. Morgan was c.oseiy afnnateu N
poilsies WIN d rlhs Whos7 sore oo1ees
seemed to DC 70 1901 the puDaic treasury
as was more luiiy dlseiosed at ehe sum
mary lnVeslisaelon conauo1ea oy z com
MISSION appointed iof the purpose py su-
preme Court Justice charies e safrasoh.
Inc COMMISSION was composed q
Samuel W. Beidon ana George W: biach
The scandals connected Witn me n
vestigafion OF Camden city anairs win
which MI Morgan was then aotEeiy
identified in the capacity Of 'caty solicitor
are still fresh IN the pupllc mlna.
Mr.. Morgan nimseir appeared IN aeIerse
OF the notorious common counclis whose
acts and extravaganza mad become os-
word throughout tne state
Mr.. Morgan's office itself was not heia
above suspicion, although after long
drawn out fight it was determined lhat
there was color Of law for the exorptart
fees he had been receiving.
The ordinance. however, whicn made
of his office such sinecure were passei
after ne came INTO once, and II was u tes-
~ charged, at bis behest
An idea OF the charge wnien MF.
Morgan was called upon 70 answer may
be gathered from the following speeifi-
cation made by the petitioners Tor tne IN
yestigation;-
That according to the best Of their
Information and belief, J. Willard Nor
gan has, during the past ten years and
upwards, obtained and received moneys
and obtained and received other good
and valuable considerations, rewards and
profits for services. or alleged services.
as city solicitor or city counsel, solicitor
Of the board of health, solicitor Of the
excise board, and otherwise from the
citv Of Camden and Others to which
moneys, considerations. rewards and
profits he was not entitled by law
Especially is this claimed to be true
in the matter of commissions for delin-
auent taxes collected by said city solicit
tor. before he was authorized by law to
collect the same, viz: from December
80. 1856. to March 80, 1855. the sum ille-
gally retained by him in that time be-
ing about s., ,254.6o. as shown by the re-
port made to the city counsel by City
Comptroller Hufty at meeting held
July 12. 1888.
The commission returned the general
finding that the city solicitor was en-
titled by law to the amount paid him as
salary as counsel to the city, as solicitor
of the excise board and as solicitor Of
the Board of Health.
Commenting upon the commissions re-
ceived by Mr.. Morgan on delinquent
taxes, the commission said the detail fur
nisned them with regard to this item
was as follows.
by the sworn testimony Of ex-City
Comptroller Hufty, giver before TIC com
rnssicrers January 8, 1885, ana ret oe-
ried il was shown that the citv soslc}or
retained at least 5000 in fees which
tsey GAINED to be Illegal because l-e We
not authorized to make these eaifeeu rs
ur6er the Martin Act, previous to March,
1885,
The commission entered into q lengthy
discussion of this subject ard finally de-
termined that Mr. Morgan was entitled
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