Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-18
RET0RTS
TO CRITIC COUNTY
WASTES REVENUE
Continued from First Page.)

do happen it requires the strong arm
Of the law to intervene and protect
life and property. II all the revenues
and fees of the sheriff's Office went to
the sheriff himself, as under the old fee
system they did, yet the county would
be liable for the payment of the
sheriff's necessary bills in the event OF
a riot such as occurred during the
strike situation in the Orange Valley
hating district, and for which l sub
mitted bills to the ~freeholders. At the
outbreak of these troubles in Orange
no sane citizen doubted the necessity
for sending deputies there. Legal no
tice was served upon me by counsel
for the men who deemed their prop
erty IN jeopardy, n l was bound to
act upo my judgment in the matter,
and my judgment was supreme. !
therefore sent deputies to Orange. My
course was approved by the courts;
the grand jury was charged or the
subject, and n grand jury was not
discharged when its ordinary labors
were completed, but continued to meet
any emergency which might arise in
connection with the strike troubles. If
l had failed to act, as required by law,
M damage had resulted. under the
decisions of the courts the county
could have been held liable for the
damage. 1t is a tribute to the good
order of the county and the ready
! obedience to authority of it's citizens
that no lives were sacrificed or other
catastrophe happen during these trou-
bles. While the duty devolved upon
me to form a judgment in this matter
/ was guided by n based my judg-
ment upon the advice and direction Of
the court Inc freeholders. This neces-
sary expense cannot be properly
charged against the sheriff's office, blu
even If SO charged there would still be
a neat profit to the county. But the
supervisor does not attempt to charge
it against the sheriff's Office.
Supervisor Misinformed.
Il hardly think the supervisor would
set down anything in malice in his
message to the f~reeholders. but he is
certainly a misguided and misinformec
officer, and | wouldn't place much re.
lance upon the sources of his informa,
ton: but some people might put 8
malicious construction upon his figures
as he arranges them.
II deem it necessary 60 have counsel
and I claim the right to select my owr
counsel, and not to depend upon sucf
counsel as Supervisor Baldwin and tn,
Board of Freeholders might select fol-
me. My predecessors in the Office havt
had their own counsel independently O
the county counsel, and / propose t
select and have mine, for when the ac|
of 1905 relating to sheriffs was passed
providing a salary in lieu OF the larg.
fees which formerly went to the sheriff
personally, there was a provision in.
serted that nothing in this act con
tanned shall be held to ~abrogate, dimin
ish or impair the duties or liabilities O
the sheriff, but he shall be and remain
subject to all the duties. responsibilities
and liabilities heretofore d~evolvin,
upon him by law I. therefore, pro
pose to take legal advice from my owl
counsel, Mr.. Kearns, and not from tn,
county counsel, whom the %freeholderI
cannot impose upon me either legal,
or constitutionally."
Mr.. Kearns has already taken thu
preliminary steps to mandamus til,
action of the Board of Frecholders ii
refusing to recognize him as the dull,
appointed legal representative Of tn,
Sheriff.