The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-03-13

done 50. whether or not ytsI desire TO re-
new.
After june 20 a two-cent stamp viii
carry an ounce instead Of u half ounce let
ter. Thosewho try il before that time
viii cause tliose to whom they write i"paX
half Of their postage.
The Philadelphia Timer Will tomorrow
complete tie 10th year OF IL publication
and will commemorate the occasion by *
suing a 2s-pa.e edition. full OF interesting
matter. Order it of your news dealer
Two cents.
The bible used in the ceremony OF taking
the cath by President Cleveland, described
az a small orocco-coYerea silt-edged vol
u1le. pretty well worn. i said TO have
been given to Mr.. Cleveland by his mother
when. a Young man, lie left home.
Itis with umfeigncd pleasure that We re-
cord the result Of the Bridgeton City cleo
ton on Tuesday to be III favor Of the no
license candidates for Mayor and Council.
The Temperance men now nave : out of
Q Conncilmen and a Temperance Mayor,
thus giving them ample margin to allow
for change of base on the part Of any
possibly treacherous friends % Of thei:
cause. The twenty year setback has
evidently not reached Bridgeton.
The Legislature made its annual visit TO
the Jamesburg Reform School on Satur-
day and found the management Of affairs
10 be open to the highest eenSure. Many
abuses were discovered. and also i lack of
protection against fire. The food WAS
colrse. and the boys We're compelled 10
make and bake their own bread, the baker
having been absent from his post for the
past two weeks. An interesting report
will probably be submitted to the Legisla-
tare.
We have examined a number Of The
Hrrald. published at 766 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia. under the cditorship and
control Of l.. Lum Smith. tine relentless foe
Ia frauds. Each issue contains a record OF
frauds arranged alphabetically. Besides it
has a fine lot Of original and selected mat
ter. l.. Lum Smith has done a noble
work. and the editors of country news
papers have to thank him for his fearless
,xpnslre of frauds. He has saved them
many a dollar.
The Pllainfeld Times. i'll speaking Of the
proposed law. now before the Legislature
of the State. which will allow cities and
towns 10 make the license fee a. high a,
looms. under this law. would be established
in strong temperance towns of small popu-
lation. it wouldn't pay To run one. 1t
says:
The experience of plainfield shows the
fallacy IF the argument. Here there is q
strong temperance sentiment. The saloon
has to pay exactly 500 for a license and
the hotels $500. This has been tie law for
two years. The license fee before this was
800 for saloons and 5000 for hotels. Has
high license closed mp the saloons here be
cause the liquor dealers could not afford 10
run fholn.3 Not by any means. The num-
Der has increased. We are now in the
third year Of the high license policy, and
nine saloons and five hotels are licensed
,,.l,r "a l., 1880 tI. Iaa+- ,A4 % tt,J,14r 4io
lower license. this number increased Ia
thirteen. IN 1884 there were also thirteen
licensed places. In 1885 the number had
been increased to fourteen. Doesn't this
look as il it it paid to rn a bar even when
a high license fec Of $500 is charged?
The MONITOR of Woodstown. in replying
to an editorial of The Press. says that the
total vote Of ). 100. which the temperance
candidates for the Assembly received last
fall. does not represent all those who are III
favor Of prohibition. If the prohibitionists
think one way and vote another it is their
own fault. Ballots are counted. but
thoughts are nut.-Nerdrb Press.
The Prolnbitionists we have reference to
as being btlSltlC l4lc tHiiN l"ltS blS"iIIHa-
ton do not necessarily think one way and
vote another. They probably think that
prohibition will be soonest gained by work
ing inside the old party lines. which is a
belief which Sundry old-party politicians
seem very anxious to confirm them in, but
it would not surprise us, if. in view of the
recent legislative vote Oh the subject, a
very large proportion of them gave evil
dence of a change of opinion when the next
election give them a chance Ia stand up
and be counted" Think one way and
vote another is good. and might, by .
skillful reasoner. be construed to be a con-
eession on the part of The Press that the
Prohibitionists who think prohibition.
vote the other way when they cast their
ballots for the old party candidates. which
is lust about what tht Prohibition party
considers to be the size oil it. The politi-
clans say the people don want prohibition.
hut they are very chary of asking the peo-
pie what they think about it, and don't III
tend to give them a chance to say whether
they want it or not if it can be avoided
STATE VIEWS.
The roller skating craze is reported on
the wane in some sections of the state.
Mabee and English. the temperance