The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-02

pack its story about the brave coast service
men demanding 500 for the labor of rescu-
ng the imperiled Key East crew. If it was
forced TO take back every bold, bare-faced
lie out of the whole-cioth that it publishes
about Jersey matters, its Jersey columns
would be filed with retractions every day
in the week. Nor is the fault with the
Worlds reporters. They are sent out with
specific instructions to do all the lying that
is necessaryto make their stories sensational;
and in making their selection of newspaper
men they seem to have had the aid Of
old Beelzebub himself. Not the smallest
can be placed upon any of the
g news with which the World fills its
columns. If every person and community
it ibels would go to the same trouble to
secure correction to which the brave
seamen whom it libeled on Tuesday went
to straighten themselves, it would soon
come to its senses. The. indifference of
the persons it ibels encourages it in its
reckless assaults on the truth.
Mr.. Secretary of State Kelsey thinks that
even if Mr.. Watson's death makes it diff
cult to prove the authorship of the Nc
Pherson memorandum, its authenticity can
yet be proven by friends to whom he made
the story 1t contains known. The difficulty is
that all such evidence is hearsay, and the
testimony of these gentlemen would not be
received in a court of law, if Senator Nc
Pherson should conclude to pursue Mr..
Kelsey for libel. 1t is doubtful whether
the memorandum itself, its authorship
established beyond question, would be adj
mitted in evidence OF allowed to be
used in a court of law in any way
except to refresh the memory of
the witness. Mr.. Mcpherson is en-
titled to confront his accuser and subject
him to cross-examination Notwithstanding
the fact that, even on technical grounds,
Mr.. Mcpherson seems to have the upper
hand of the Secretary of State, libel suit
commenced at this time would not become
him. 1t would scarcely look well for him to
wait till the defence's main witness is dead
before bringing his accuser to the front.
One of the State papers, noticing reports
that there May be an Anti-Administratio
movement in this State, gives it out that
there is no possible danger of it. The
TATTLER is too loyal Democratic paper tc
desire to see the Democracy of the State
divided in their support of Democratic
Administration; but there is no question
that larger number of the active Demo.
Gratis of the Commonwealth are not salts
fed with the course of the Government al
Washington. The feeling is not due SC
much to the character of the appointments
that have been made as to the fact that the
division of the spoils progresses altogether
too slowly. Numbers of Democrats think
that the rascals might be turned out witt
more speed. They are staying altogether
too long The TATTLER is satisfied to lei
the policy of the government develop
itself. We have no doubt that the thing
will come around all right in time.
We observe that President Walker ano
Commissioners Laird and Vanderzee of tn,
School Board have been appointed a com
mittee to enquirer into the feasibility of intro
ducing industrial studies into public schools
The object of the movement is the practica
equipment of the youth of the city for tbs
following Of trades. The whole cur
ruculum of the schools, not only in THU
city, but everywhere, contemplates. for tn,
student, professional life. The result ii
that the trades are coming to be regarded
as mental, and the professions are over
crowded with half learned and half starved
devotees. The establishment of industrial
schools will help to elevate labor in thu
eyes of the ambitious youth, and they vii
al the more readily engage in pursuits il
which there is plenty of room at the top
The State gives a bounty to the cite
establishing schools of this class. Newarl
effects of it are already noticeable.
Our respected friend, poet-journalist Me
Dermott, does the SUNDAY TArTLER an in
justice in crediting, in the Jersey Cit,
Herald, an editorial clipped bodily from th'
TATTLER to the Elizabeth Herald 1t wal
that in relation to the boasts Of the lat,
Benny Vail, of Railway, over the acquitta
Of his accusers. We do not know whether
the Elizabeth Herald appropriated the arti
Gle and palmed it off on its readers as itl
own, because we did not see it in the col
umns of the Herald but we presume from
the character of poet Med credi
that that was just what the Elizabeth
Herald did, We do not call attention Il
the matter for the purpose of asking cor
reetion from the Jersey City Herald, but
only to caution our poet friend against
crediting to it without inquiry the gooG
things he sees IN his Elizabeth namesake
General Steele has issued orders to ths
First Brigade for an encampment at Ses
Girt, beginning August Is and lasting one
week. The outing will do the boys good bui
the orders show that they are not to have {
picnic. Company and regimental drills
guard mounts, rife practice and matters Of
that sort will I'll their time up pretty well
but they will learn enough of discipline
and military business generally to eompen,
safe the brigade for their labor even if in.
dividuals get little more than they want.
Governor Albeit will review the brigade
August 2lst. The camp is splendidly 10
Gated and will be well worth a visit while
the military are there. The best day fol
visitors viii be that fixed for the review by