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

GuaUk 46aVe4.
What does it matter to the American
people what JEFF Davis thought of the right
of the seeded States to secede from the
Confederacy what does it matter, in fact,
what he thought then or thinks now? JEFF
Davis is ssdeader than door .nair'-or his
own Confederacy. Let him rest, even if
you don't feel disposed to throw flowers on
his grave. What does it matter whether
General Sherman saw such statement in
letter written by Davis, gathered it from
papers found in the defunct Confederacy's
archives, or evolved it from his inner con-
seriousness United States Senators are
not paid SIS, 900 a year by the American peo-
pie to decide the question of General Sher-
mans yeracity-even if the matter were
material. Apart from this the country
does not want the war revived and there
are signs in the air that the Republicans in
tends reyiving war memories, if they posi-
bly, can, as basis for 1888, when the tariff
scare will be as dead as JEFF Davis or r. B.
Hayes. Just now the Senate seems to be
playing into their hands. If it can not
occupy its time more advantageously than
it seems to be doing at present it might as
we'll adjourn and go home though mis-
taken sense of duty may make the Senators
consider it imperative that they should re-
MAN in Washington until the Inauguration.
No one regrets.a Republican majority on
joint ballot, if a Democratic majority would
have reinstated James N. Davis as a Police
Justice of this city. Samuel W. Stilsing is
honest, capable, and in every sense man,
even if he is Republican. As against a
man of Dayiss proclivities and very ques-
tionable Democracy, the TAr1LER, with
nine-tenths of the Democratic party, would
take stilsing every time. Perhaps he
wouldn't have got the nomination if there
had been any chance of his election. We
hope not. For the second place ssFarm"
Wanser would not have been the TArrLER's
first or even second choice. Mr.. James
Esterbrook, whom the caucus obviously
honored by putting him on their ticket
with Davis, would have made very 40
ceptable Justice. As it was impossible,
however, to elect SO sterling Democrat,
and it was inevitable that Republican
was to have the place, the TArTIER would
have liked to have seen Justice D. w. Law
renee re-appointed. We have nothing
against Captain Wanser, however. If he is
as well fitted for the place as he is popular,
he will certainly make very capable JUS
tice. Even if we were less well satisfied
with the situation than we are, we would
feel that the community finds ample excuse
for self graduation in the fact that the
slate, however Objectionable it might have
been, did not descend to the level Of Davis.
A woman appeared st the Newark police
headquarters to make complaint. She
made it, too, quite volubly and with much
indignation. But the officer in charge
didn't seem to catch the tenor of her re-
marks. He finally concluded she was
speaking some language not current in the
United States and he sent for Lieutenant
Dipple, whose tongue can twist itself
around five different continental languages.
Not one Of them could the woman under
stand. Then the Lieutenant in despair
sent for friend who sees all five of his
continental talks and goes four better. buf