The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25

The Citizens Association never was
anything but tender to the Republican
machine; and its action of last Monday
evening shows that it is still true to its in
stiEcts. 1t started out originally to bring
about needed municipal reforms. 1t is
purely local to Jersey City, made up ex-
clusively of Jersey City men, and its very
composition. apart from its written con-
stitution, shows that anything beyond the
regulation of municipal affairs, is without
its self-assumed jurisdiction. The reforms
it has demanded cannot possibly be ac-
complished without the aid of the Legis-
lature. The evils it has found in our local
government can be remedied no where
more effectually than at Trenton-only
there in fact. Naturally enough, we ex-
pected to see them bend their best energies
to the return, from this city, to the Legis-
lative balls at the Capitol, of delegation
favorable to the changes In municipal af
fairs it has been calling for for years.
Yet at the meeting of Wednesday night,
the Association concluded to take no hand
in the Assembly contests, but to let the
elections in the several districts go as the
dominant party in each district should see
ut to have them go. If any evidence of
the utter insincerity of the Association
was needed, in its pretended laundering
after municipal reform, this decision fur
nishes it. But the Association did not
not stop there. As il to make the con-
trast between its real design-that of
keeping full the public places with Repub-
lican polilicians-and It's pretended de-
sign convincingly strong, the Association
decided to take hand 10 the Surrogacy
contest. 1t will not assist in the election
OF Assemblymen who might lend it aid in
the direction of the municipal reform it
pretends to want so badly, bit it will
assist in the election of Surrogate who
can't do thing for it in that directioni
This only serves to bear out what the
TATTLER has insisted from the START
that the Citizens Association was formed
in the interest of Republican politicians,
and that its demand for charter reform is
only blind to deceive The voters of the
city. It's endorsement of Fuss and
Feathers Wednesday evening was not
given with any idea of electing him.. 1t
served the two-fold purpose of tickling
the old gentlemans inordinate vanity and
of assisting him TO draw Democratic votes
away from McAvoy with a view to the
election of Wanser by a plurality vote.
These schemers will pr baby find, when
the votes are counted on election day,
that they have counted without their
hosts. There is wide spread dissatisfac-
ton among Republicans with the methods
that we're adopted in securing Mr.. Wan
ser's nomination, and with the character
of the hackers who put him into the race
He is exclusively the Farrier candidate
their personal property in fact-foisted on
the Convention by the manipulations of
John Ramsey. The supremacy of the
Farriers in Republican politics is main
tanned by the very wors: element of the
party ard the better classes Of Republic
cans never miss an opportunity to down
that element whenever it succeeds in max
ing nomination for them to support
They are preparing their ballots to-day
for Mr.. Wanser's slaughter, and as many