The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-10

The people of Staten Island are fully
aroused on the subject of the ferry war, and
mass meeting at Stapleton last night gave
emphatic expression to the public sentiment.
The attempt to crush out and drive away
Commodore Gamers new ferry line an en-
terprise that SO clearly benefits the COM
munity, is an outrage that will not be
patiently endured. The Jacobus Vanderbilt
monopoly evidently considers that it has a
sort of presumption right to Staten Island,
and that it may put its hands into the
pockets Of the residents of the island as
deeply as it may please. The idea of an in
dependent company presuming to run ferry
boats in opposition to the old concern, and at
reduced rates of fare, is, in the eyes Of the
monopoly, preposterous. To be sure, the
people might be benefited by the COMPETE
ton in more ways than one. They might Sc
cure from it reasonable rates of fare, comfort,
cleanliness, improved accommodation, civil
ity and safety. With two lines in operation
they would not be compelled to travel in old
floating tubs or to incur the danger of few
more Westfeld explosions. But then the
Jacobus Vanderbilt monopoly would suffer.
It's expenses must be increased and its re-
ceipts reduced. Justice and Commissioner
Blunt could not suffer such an outrage upon
business enterprise.
The people all over the island should
respond to this Stapleton meeting and
demand that the courts protect the new
ferry company in its rights and pre-
vent the destruction of private property.
No technical authority to be extracted from
a forced Interpretation of law should be
suffered to damage the interests of the people
at large. 1t is clear that no injury will be
done to any public interests by the continu-
ance of the yacht club house and pier in
their present position hence neither the
Jacobus Vanderbilt monopoly nor the meddle-
some Mr. Blunt should be suffered to inter-
fere with them. When the next Legislature
meets we can have a more clearly defined
law on the subject, and can so amend the
Pilot Commissioners act as to prevent the
repetition of such official stupidity as that
displayed by Mr.. Blunt in this affair.
THE PEOPLES CANDIDATE we can find
a reason for the opposition of political frag-
ment of Tammany Hall to John X. Hackett
in letter addressed by him to the secretary
of the Twentieth Assembly district OF the
Tammany Hall General Committee. This
secretary wrote to Mr. Hackett as a Judge,
informing him that Tammany Hall had
assigned his district zone deputy clerk and
one officer of the Court, suitable persons to
be recommended by the Tammany Hall com
mittee." Recorder Hackett replied 1.-The
Court has under it many officers Of ten years
experience they are reliable, unbribable
and discreet II the notions you foreshadow
should be acquiesced in by the criminal
judges, inasmuch as the composition of po-
litical committees often changes, SO might the
composition of court officers, and thereby
confusion at last be accomplished" 1t re-
mains for Tammany Hall, in its convention
tomorrow, 70 say whether it sustains the in
dependent Judge who protected the integ-
I rity of his Office and the freedom of justice
Y from political interference or the insatiate
political grabber, who desired to make even
| justice subordinate to office holding aspira-
| tionS.