The Jersey City news., 1905-12-08
MAYORS LEAGUE
AGAIN AT WORK
skss salnlslnsn From Various
Counties Aooep. Mayor
sasAa's Invitation to Dis
cuss Equal Taxation
EVERETT oOlsY SPEAKS


ENpGRIENCE IN REPUBLICAN
ACCUSES RESOLUTIONS
PASSED.
In respcn,c to call issued by Mayor
Fagan. Prsakie.,t of the Mayors Equal
Taxation L.ssSue Of New Jersey, a num-
Der os members Of the organization yes
ierday Iis. in the Mayors office. By
invitation. sumrrous AsseAblymen from
Hudson, Essex, Passaic and Union
counties were present. The subject of
equal taxation and the organization Of
the House of Assembly were discussed.
Everett P. Colby. nator-elect from
Essex, was present and made d, speech.
Henry Merssli, ASsemblynRn fror. Pas
iaie, upon yasrn tie antrpoiit.eal boss
leaders ned vested their hopes in Stand,
ing for the nomination for Speaker of
the House, but who refused on account
OF the opposttion of his Sorstitqents to
the proposed Paasaic trunk sewer bill,
and Austen Colgate. of Essex. wao mas
agreed to stand for the cz.ce. were also
present. Among others who attended
were Mayor August Gerecke, Of Carl
etadt; Albert Hoffman, President of
Common Council; Samuel ]. Berry,
Mayor of ENxabeth; Edward Kenny,
Mayor of East Newark; Mayor Gold
berg, Kearny; Mayor c. A. Reed, Nor
ristown; #. R. Low, President of the
Common Council, Passaic; Thomas r.
Watson. City Clerk, Passaic; A. j..
Lockwood, Mayor-elect of Glen Ridge;
Hudson Assemblymen Theodore l..
Bierck, George A, Joerg, James E..
Woolley; Essex 4Assemblymen Phil. G.
Walsh, George W. Rober, Gustav Souer,
Henry G. C. Heines: Mayor Randolph
Perkins. of Weztield, who is Assembly
man-elect from Union; Error White. AS
SCISSOR of Passaic; Thomas AIcMahon.
Tax Commissioner of Passaic. Many
letters of regret at being unable to att
tend were read by Secretary Joseph
O'Connor from Mayors in distant parts
of the State, who are ardent supporters
of the equal taxation movement. One of
the letters read was from State Senator
James Minsurn
Mr.. Colby's speech was one of the
principal features of the meeting. He
spoke of his experience in attempts to
ps bills looking toward equal taxa
tioA and told of the methods of both the
regular parties to kill the movement for
which the May0rf Equal Taxation
League was organized He declared
that the political leaders are against the
movement and attempt to thwart any
legislation seaking towsr1 real equal tsx-
alton. 81 hare sftsn sskt6 !r my par
tys GAUGES If an. ows con.d give me one
genuine reason why such bi.l should
Dot be passed, and, no one would give a
satisfactory one. The members would
saersly say, We must be conservative.
Va snust be careful about mpnkeying
With the taxing condition Pat out in
The corridors you could hear mysterious
whisperings to tie e.sss. that she Penn
sylvania Railroad Company would SIM
ply xass '--ii. Tiers is good reason why
we snouId elect Speaker Of the House
from North Jerssy. The South Jersey
people have tAA Governor ard The Prcsi-
dent Of The Senate
Mr. Colby auggested that regular
equal taxa tion csmpaisn be kept up un-
til after the next Legislature adjourns.
His saesessson was assptS4 and the ess-
e.ativs cvnmtaese yris; arrange for Sc
ries If rapp 3sassnas.
The fss!sw1ax rtsoAssssae, offered by
Mxysv Kmn7, Of Mss sav~4s.s, w>se
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p.ssA rseeea q sss lzaeawy Ax isws--
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,vcss H. sRact1nent Of Iaws by the ea-
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