Modern battles of Trenton .. . the formation of the new govern-ment ; and he placed the gang that had passed the bill in con-trol. He began by rewarding the men who had voted for itin the two Houses. Senator Edwards was made CorporationCounsel and Speaker Hudspeth Corporation Attorney. Assem-blyman Feeney was placed in control of the Police ONeill was made chief of the office in which hehad been serving as a messenger. Assemblyman Norton wasgiven a police court clerkship. A friend of AssemblymanHeppenheimer was made a member of the Tax Board. Assem- 318 MODERN BATTLES OF
Modern battles of Trenton .. . the formation of the new govern-ment ; and he placed the gang that had passed the bill in con-trol. He began by rewarding the men who had voted for itin the two Houses. Senator Edwards was made CorporationCounsel and Speaker Hudspeth Corporation Attorney. Assem-blyman Feeney was placed in control of the Police ONeill was made chief of the office in which hehad been serving as a messenger. Assemblyman Norton wasgiven a police court clerkship. A friend of AssemblymanHeppenheimer was made a member of the Tax Board. Assem- 318 MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. blyman Peter T. Donaelly alone refused to receive any rewardfor his vote. The rest of the public places were filled with con-federates of the Ring, and the plot to seize possession of the citytreasury was consummated by success. All their plans would have been nipped in the bud by theelection of a Mayor not in sympathy with them, in the springof the following year, when Mr. Clevelands term expired. With the aid of a. -«fe»^ packed Cleveland wasput in nominationagain. There weresigns of revolt on allsides, and in the beliefthat the anti-ringDemocracy would aidtheir candidate, theRepublicans were un-usually careful in se-lecting their F. Perkins, awealthy Bergen ave-nue business man, waschosen ; and it becamean open secret, afterPerkins had failed ofelection, that was savedfrom defeat only bythe frauds of exposedballot-box was not till the gangs of plunderers broke into two factionstwo years later, and engaged in a quarrel over the spoils ofplace, that the people succeeded in taking the control of publicaffairs out of the hands of the lawless mob by the election ofColonel P. F. Wanser to the Mayoralty. This consummation was not reached, however till most of the
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