Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-10-26
HOW THE REPUBLICANS
HAVE HANDLED COUNTY
Collector Groves
Tells Of the
Work Done.
MASS MEETING

About thirty from this city went
TO New Brunswick last night to at
tend the republican mass meeting in
Y NJ. c. A. hall under the auspices
of the Young Mems Republican ClulG
of that city Senator Joseph Freling-.
huysen, of Somerset county, wa2'
.. present. and made stirring address,,
and H Raymond Groves, president
of the Board of Aldermen, of New
I Brunswick, gave facts and figures
which prove conclusively Mat If the
voters desire to have theif~be in
terests taken care of they must re-
tain the present administration. 9th
er address upholding the entire sNete,
county and city ticket were madeyRy
Prosecutor George Berdine, Freehol
er H. F. Galpin, of Somerville; ID
! Frank Crowther, the candidate I'd
surrogate, and Theodore Whitlock
the candidate for mayor. AttOrneyU
Marsh presided, and music was fur
nished by the Liberty band, and tbef
Somerville Male Quartet made q great
hit by singing several numerous sex
lections. sa
h Mr.. Groves speech Is largely ~
municipal affairs in Brunswick
Regarding the rep{ 5lf.an adminia-
tration of county affairs he said:
Il think the best way to start to talk
about the county affairs is to read the
last paragraph of the report Of Acton
c. Hartshorne TO Judge Fort, who ap-
pointed him asa an accountant to ex-
anime the affairs of MiddleEex county
This report was made on the s1st day
of March, 1904. The last paragraph
reads as follows:
In conclusion ] do further report
that from my investigation found
! that the business and affairs of the
county of Middlesex have been man
aged and administered by its freelold-
ers in a careless, extravagent and uu-
lawful manner. In this report IT.
Hartshorne shows all sorts of irrexn-
e larities in the matter of road c0nfr6cfs
and where in various instances sflt4
: board paid extravagent prices for ms
, terial.
1T has been stated in one or two
newspapers quite frequently that the
: present board of freeholders has not
decreased the appropriation for salar-
les from the amount appropriated By
the democratic board. 1t was shown by
Mr. Hartshorne's report that the
amount off salaries and expenses paid
to the old board of freeholders amount
ed to $11.149.03 for the fiscal year 1902
oS. He at that time gave an itemized
account of what each freeholder re-
ceived during the year. As against
tndt- the present DOaru OIL 1reenofQeTas
consisting of five men. receive as sal
aries $500 each year. out of which
: tNrv pay all their own expenses. show
e salary of about $4,000. The sail
~ of the freeholders during the past
GEAR has been $1.302.76 each.
1T is certainly very favorable ar
. gument for the new board of freehold
ers, when you compare the condition OF
the county buildings and grounds at
this time to the condition they were
in when the old board was in power,
= Under the old board of freeho1ders.
the clerk of the board was paid an an
nual salary of 5000. and it was impos-
sible to find him at any time except CT
the days when the board of freeko<{
2 ers held meeting. and In al .lt36H 70
n said salary it was customary at the
, end of the fiscal year to donate to said
clerk the sum of 5000 for extra services
rendered Under the new board Of FREE
holders the clerk receives the same sal
e airy, but is compelled to be at his Of
: fee two days out of each week. besides
: attending all meetings.
O LAS shown by Mr.. Hartshorne's re-
y port. the county engineer received dur
:. ing the fiscal year of 1902-o3 the sum
! of $3.50. Under the present board OF
e freholders. the county engineers salary
= is So 900 and there are no extras. as he
q is compelled to pay all his own ex-
,f penses. N
"A THE only instance where this Board
= of Freeholders is paving more money
e in salaries than the old board is in the
4 case of the county road supervisor. and
s. last year his salary was increased from
I'd $500 to $500, which was done because
r the state road commissioner insisted
that he be paid more and that he de-
vote his whole time to the supervision
of repairs.
Mr.. Groves continued to show other
savings of the board. which showed
that the budget had been materially re-
duced. Many important court cases
m were referred to which showed thar
lie during 1906 much extra expense was
s. icurtailed.s
l. In conclusion he said.
n There is no doubt that the republic
In can Board of Freeholders is a great
s Improvement over the democratic board.
p when viewed from a taxpaying stand
ee point because the business of the
.. county is performed by business men In
le a business way. and l am sure II you
Ia will return these five candidates Tor
.; that office you will never have cause t.
10 regret it,.
ie Senator Frelinghuysen spoke In q
E. general way, supporting the Candidacy
of Candidate Fort. but he introduced
many things of local interest and high
ly recommended every candidate on the
county ticket, asking the voters for
their solid support He claimed thai
Katzenbach is lodging the issue, tht
I, excise question, and he claimed II very
) important that the Bishops law be sup
ported.
- Prosecutor Berdine also spoke for
- the observance of the Sabbath ant
'e amusipgly entertained the audience
III with reference to some of the past worn
,e of the democrats. Candidates McKeag
4 whitlock and all the county office can