The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-05

The most disgracefully partisan legis-
lature that ever sat in the State House
closed its inglorious career yesterday.
They bent their energies to the accomplish
ment of only partisan purposes. Chosen
to serve the State, they served only their
party, and the whole of the work is told in
the passage of the schemes that rob the
Governor of of his patronage and revolu-
tionize the time honored system of APP
pointment. From the opening of the
session to the close, the strife has been
wholly to steal and feed party offices, and
as soon as these had been parceled the
members picked up their hats and started
for their homes. The places that have
known them for the last ninety days will
know them no longer. The retribution
will come in November. when tidal wave
will sweep over the State that will leave
scarcely reminder of the G.. o. P. in the
State Councils. The only reputable thing
either House has done has been to
adjourn.
Some of the papers are making great
fuss over the announcement that Mrs.
Garfield is to be married again. We fail to
see that it is the business of any one but
the contracting parties. Mrs. Garfield is
certainly old enough to decide the question
for herself and there is no reason why she
should figure as a recluse for the rest of her
life. As the gentleman she has selected is
minister he is likely to prove good hus-
band and the TATTLER in advance wishes
the bride and groom all the happiness that
is usually supposed to be the outcome Of
such an important event.
The Jonr7aal on Monday took the New
York Times into its confidence to the ex
tent of informing that journal upon the
uselessness of making any appeal for Mr.
Pearson. The very next day Mr.. Pearson
was re-appointed. Now will the Journd
kindly tell us how many Democratic post
masters either in New York or anywhere
else-were ever appointed by Republican
| l. 1C6AuOAb. VIC dOll Iolu0uDCI dHJs alt
this being the case, why should Democratic
Presidents appoint Republican postmaster
] outside of the exceptional case of Mr.
Pearson?
Newark is troubled with 'sbob" veal, ant
has no law, apparently, to prevent il. Thil
seems strange condition of affairs, ani
while it continues that sort of veal is likely
to ssbob" up-serenely or otherwise, unde
the Newarker's nose. The necessary lega
remedy should bs provided at once, TO
veal that is too 'sbob" Is nasty thing II
contemplate taking into ones stomach
The only safe plan for the Newarker is Il
buy his veal of reliable butchers and stee
clear of bologna sausage made at local fac
tories.
The Tribune is greatly exercised over tn
appointment of Colonel Lewis because b.
was in the Confederate service. Evidentl,
the Tribune never heard of the Rebel States
man, Orr. who yilifed President Lincoln
nor of General Longstreet, nor last, blu
not least, of Guerrilla and Bushwhacke
Mosby. But no matter; they are coming
home soon, and the Tribune will then hav
an opportunity to make their acquaintsnc
and get their views on the new clos
Cause"
The end of Lent will be gladly welcomed
by all those who have subjected themselve
to its rigors, for though it has been labo
of love and devotion, seven weeks is a lou,
time to go about in metaphorical sack-clotl
and ashes, abstaining from earthly pleas
ures of all sorts and going daily to church
! as many people do. But Lent is goot
thing in more senses than religious one
and the abstainanee it entails is quite a
beneficial to the body as it is supposed tt
be to the soul.
1t was lucky thing, perhaps, tina
Trenton was awake when the Capitol figh
began or it might have slept the entir
s'hullabaloo." Trenton generally gets it
| eyes open when the Legislature meets an,
by showing up the lids, with the occasional
use of derrick, it manages to keep then
open until the adjournment. During tn
remainder of the year it is a hybernatin,
animal-perhaps we might say an oyster.
Now Hoboken has secured first elias
mission she'll be putting on more airs thai
Newark, which has only sort of retroact
i've claim on Freylinghuysen and the Sec
retaryships. But Hoboken won't ask to b
the Capitol of the State; nothing less thar
the National Capitol will satisfy her ambi
| ton now
The man Roever, who was before Judge
Lawrence last week for having two wives
assured the Judge that he s'didn't know
there was any harm in it" And there arr
lots of just such cases. Yet the moralists
daily waste tons of Indignation over the in
| EQUITIES of Utah. It seems great waste tc
people who are familiar with police reports
Easter eggs were in active demand this
morning. They wore as many hues as the
rainbow, and if the hen that laid them
could have looked upon them in their col
ored glory she would have been puzzled to
recognize her own progeny-if that word
may be applied to eggs not yet subjected to
the process of incubation.
Secretary Whitney proposes not to pay
little Johnny" Roach for any more sswar
ships until he has assurance that they are
fit for something else than old junk. This