The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-02-01
Over Two Hundred Mem
bers and Guests Gathered
Last Nightat the Jersey
City Club
MAYOR ATTACKS RAILROADS
HE DECLARES AN EFFORT is ON
FOOT TO DEPRIVE HIM OF
NOMINATING POWER TO GET
RID OF GEORGE L. RECORD
JAMES A. HAAIILL. ON CIVIC
ETHICS-oTHER SPEECHES.


JAMES A. HAMILL. ON CIVIC
ETHICS OTHER SPEECHES.
The Jersey City Board of Trade held
its eighteenth annual dinner last night at
the Jersey City Club House, The meunr
bers of the Board and their guests num-
bered 200. In the galleries almost sur
rounding the scene of the feast of viands
and oratory were seated many women
of social prominence. An excellent menu
was served and was much enjoyed. The
sensational feature of the evening was
an unexpected attack by Mayor Pagan
upon railroad and political bosses and
their methods. He declared that an ef-
fort was on foot at Trenton to deprive
him of the power of appointing a Cor
poration Counsel and Corporation At
trney. This move he declared was ann
ed at Corporation Counsel George L.
Record and Corporation Attorney Robert
Carey. Joseph 4. Dear "a part owner OF
the Evening Journal" was chairman of
the Board of Trades dinner committee.
Mayor Pagan was his guest. The Mayor
caused further remark by assailing the
editorial policy of MIR. Dear's paper.
Among other things he said:-
while legislation for equal taxation
already obtained has added 100000 to
the income Of Jersey City, this has been
snapped up by Hudson County. In the
campaign for equal taxation the railroad
and corporation bosses. with the political
bosses. are resorting to an old method of
killing objectionable legislation by intro
dueing many bills to defeat one"
The Mayor further said that the sue
cessfui efforts to oust Corporation Coun-
sci Record and City Attorney Robert
Carey would mean an attempt to end the
suits to declare void the trolley fran
chises, to cause the East Jersey Water
Company to turn over its new plant to
the City and other actions brought by
the City against corporations in which
political bosses were interested"
Mayor Fagan's toast was, "Our City,
Former Assemblyman James A. Ham
Ill spoke on the subject. "Civic Ethics. !"
His was brilliant effort. He said that
the ideal civilization would rest upon
honest men in public life-men who real
fee is public trust'-and he declared
the ideal civilization would not be att
tained until all the best element of a
community took interest in even the de-
tails Of public affairs The brilliant
young former Assemblyman. who. his
friends say, they are going to send
to Congress, was loudly appauded, not
only by those who sat at the tables, but
by the many ladies' in the galleries.
Congressman Marshall Van Winkle re-
sponded to the toast Business is King" :"
He said that in years gone by wars were
fought between nations over kingdom
or a woman. Now they are being fought
between nations for commercial suprem-
Acy. He alluded to past efforts made 20
secure new post office building for Jer-
sey City, and caused a laugh by saying
that he did not care to express his opinion
on the subject In the presence of SO
many ladies who were present for fear
he might use Incorporate language
Aldsrman-at-large James Mccarthy,
who has been dubbed by his admirers as
"Handsome Jim," responded to the toast
of Women" The counsellor is an elo-
uuent man with poetic talents and in
stinct that have won him many friends
from all parties and party factions. He
gained much applause by last nights
effort
James Logan, president of the United
States Envelope Company, spoke on the
subject Of TRUSTS He eloauesltly de-
Tended them and said that the great
trouble was that there were too many
Lawsons, McCurdys and McCalls in the
commercial world. He declared that a
trust was a good thing for any COM
lhunity if properly managed.
The Rev. George S. vogeI, pastor Of
Emory Methodist church, eloquently re-
sponded to the toast High Aims in
Business" He said that a Mayor who
prays while going up stairs to bis office
n the ssy Hall should also pray while