The Jersey City news., 1906-01-02
NO CITY CLERK
ELECTED YET
Yesterdays Balloting Gave
O'Donnell the Democratic
Vote in the Poard Of Al
dermen With Weastell
Second
MCCARTHY AGAINST MCCARTHY

MCCARTHY AGAINST MCCARTHY
CONTEST FOR THE LUCRATIVE
AND POWERFUL OFFICE DREW
THE BIGGEST CROWD EVER
SEEN AT AN ALDERMANIC
MEETING.
AS to the reorganization of the various
municipal Boards yesterday, interest cen
tred in that of the Board of Aldermen.
Crowds that visited the municipal build
ing to attend the Mayors reception,
surged into the big Assembly Chamber
until standing room was at premium.
The aisies were crowded with women
and children, and such an audience has
never been seen in the Assembly Cham
Der since the municipal building was
erected. Inside the rallied enclosure pol
iticians, office holders and interested
prominent citizens were packed like sar-
dimes.
While the general portion Of the au-
dience was attracted by mere curiosity
after leaving the Mayors office. those
who study municipal politics awaited
breathlessly the results Of balloting for
the election Of City Clerk. Upon this
would hinge the distribution of the pat
ronage of the Board, which has the APP
pointment of Building Inspector, Mar
shal, Inspector of Weights. Scales and
Measures, Poor Master, Assistant Poor
Master and other employees. That the
split between the Fagan and Dickinson
Republican members would cause dead
lock that would temporarily give the
Democratic minority-ten members OF
the twenty-five-the advantage was gen
orally surm;sed by politicians. Curiosits
--Efas. aroused among even these as to
whether either faction would give in and
thus help to elect a Republican City
Clerk to succeed Michael ]. O'Donned.
The City Clerkship is one of the best
plums in municipal politics. In addition
to a regular salary of 5000, the same
as that of the Mayor, the fees of the
office amount to So, 1000, which makes the
salary of City Clerk about $8.CC0 a year.
Mr.. O'Donnell is the choice of the ten
Democratic Aldermen. Tax Commission
er WeastelI is the choice of the Pagan
men and George w. Mccarthy, HealtS
Commissioner and president of the Hud-
'slson County Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, is the choice of the
organization or Dickinsonite Repubh-
cans. The. Faganites number nine mem
bers The organization Republicans
number six members. Five ballots were
taken without any change in the result.
The first ballot was declared informal,
as some one Of the Aldermen had mad
vertantly dropped bank ballot in the
box. This made twenty-six ballots.
There are but twenty-five members OF
!. the Board. Several politicians facetous-
IL remarked that an attempt had been
made to stuff the ballot box. -Four more
ballots were ordered taken and each time
the result was: O'Donnell. 10; Weastell,
8, and Mccarthy. 6. An interesting fea-
ture of the proceedings was that James
j. Mccarthy, who was elected Alder-
man-at-large, voted regularly against
his brother. George w. Mccarthy, for
the $S.Co0 plum.
They like each sother, but the Alder
man-at-large feels that as ne was elected
mainly through the efforts Of the Pagan
ties, and he himself is a Faganite,
whereas his brother George is a strong
Republican organization man, and was
Col. Diekinson'ss choice for the Repubii-
can nomination for Mayor ag inst Mr..
Pagan, he should stand by the Fagan
faction in the Board over which he is to
preside. He was presented with mag
nifcent gold-mounted ivory gavel by his
business associates. and made a feeling
speech in reply. The Alderman at-iarge
Is a lawyer and poet and in accepting
the office yesterday he said:--
Lei .Itrsey pres, er
And tlje people. too.
fF De tseTy
81 ne,
les keep on sllli ing
And never repi e.D
IT was found aese ssary TO adjourn
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