The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-18

scented that Mr.. Armstrong would be |
Speaker Of the House, which he is, and that |
Mr.. Schenck would be President of the |
Senate, which he isl Last Sunday morn
ing we gave the bearings of the
Police Justiceship CONTEST SO accu-
rately that there is nothing not
line--to be added to the story this
week, except that the candidates the TAT
TIER thought likely to win have since been
selected. We observe that all the State
papers, big and little, daily, weekly and
semi-weekly, acquaint themselves with the
political. affairs of the State by reading
the TATTLER, and then give cur facts outas
their own. This is scarcely fair to us, but
it is a rare compliment to the fullness and
reliability of the TArrLERs political in
formation.
When the Republicans of the Fifth dis
trict elected ssnoisy Ben" Van Ripper to the
Board Of Education they did it in the fond
hope that he would prove thorn in the
side of John Boyd whose righteousness
not infrequently disturbs the Democratic
side of the house. But Ben sadly disap-
pointed his constituents. No sooner had
he taken his seat than he reached out and
struck hands with John and since then the
two have been playing Damon and Pyth-
las to each other. 1T is immaterial which is
"Damon" and which is s'Pythias" because
they are both there every time like Flana-
gan of Texas. Boyd gave delightful ex-
meeting when he called President Laird a
liar and walked out followed by two or
three others. And these are the men who
direct the educational affairs of Jersey City.
No better argument could be presented for
the abolition of our present system
of school government and if such blather-
sixties can be got rid Of in no other way
their presence may well be made an excuse
for abclishlng the schools themselves.
The Sun recently took the great noun
tain poet of the Sierras- joaquin Miller, to
Witty the ears because in his cotton ex-
position poem he used the expression
ssWhat of they?" The Sun ought to know
that there is precedent for this. The late
g Artemus Ward" was permitted to say
ssEver of thou" without rebuke from the
Sun though perhaps Mr.. Dana was not in
charge of its columns at that time. Poets
are always allowed some license and Mr..
Miller's exposition poem dealt largely with
the mouth of the Mississippi It is I'M
questionable that the man who undertakes
torun the mouth Of that river-includin its
bar needs very large license.
Professor Proctor has written column
and half letter to the Tribune to show
that the Scientific Person knows very.httle,
if anything about earthquakes. THAT is
where the Unscientifc Person has the adj
vantage. He can state his ignorance in SO
many words. But if the S. P. can use up
one and a half of the Iribunes large
columns in saying he don't know, what
sort of spluree would he make if he had
two ounces of solid fact and a quarter of a
pound lof dry statistics to go upon? We
shudder ito contemplate the posi-
bilities of such condition of affairs.
One of the Newark papers recently start
ed tempest in teapot by a startling ex-
pose of the manner in which fees paid into
the various courts of Essex County 'sdisap-
pear" Inquiry seems to have elected the
fact that no fees are paid into the court,
which renders their disappearance more re-
remarkable still. All legal finances are in
charge of the Sheriff and County Clerk who
are probably prepared to give an account of
their stewardship, though they do not seem
to have been the officials aimed at.
The World says that the Democrats in
the New Jersey Senate appear to have sold
themselves very cheaply. Well, it probably
does look that way to the average New
Yorker, but lit isn't good plan to fire gun
when it is only half loaded or when it is
pointed in direction exactly Opposite
the mark the marksman desires to hit. If
the World keeps cool and watches affairs
at Trenton with only one eye it may learn
something before the session is over.
Howard Carroll, formerly of this city,
has written, land Mile. Rhea-who,
by the way, also made her American
debut in this city-has produced
play called can American Countess.
The piece was presented at Washington on
Wednesday night last, and while it did not
make brilliant hit, its success was highly
creditable. For the first attempt of an I'M
tried dramatist it is well spoken of in the
press dispatches.
The Aldermen of this city might very
well have let the appointment of additional
members of the Board of Finance remain
in allegiance until the matter has been
finally passed upon by the Court of Errors
and Appeals. The decision of that body
will probably be handed down in March,
which viii be in ample season for the ap-
poinfment of Finance Commissioners IN
April.
A Texas paper was moved to inquire
sswhat's in Manner simply because Jesus
Christ has been hanged in Mexico for horse
stealing. The name is very common one
among the Mexican and Spanish people
but unfortunately the owners Of it are not
always exemplars of morals or honesty.
The Peddie Institute, at Hightstown,
claims to have: the best telescope, of its
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