The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-26
SUNDAY. APRIL 26. 1885.
The scheme OF the Sunday Tattler.

The Scheme OF the Sunday Tattler.
The SUNDAY TATTLHR is SO widely read
nowadays that il seems unnecessary to
state its scheme But we want it under
stood that though it is published only on
Sunday mornings, it is not a aoeelcly paper in
any sense of the term. A weekly gathers
up the news of the week, whether it has
been published or not The purpose of
the SUNDAY TATTLER is not, as every one
who reads it must know by this time, to
rehash the doings of the week, but only to
present the latest and fullest local news.
We take it for granted that the people of
this community do not desire to read again
in these columns the stories they have
already read in the local papers. and we
are SO careful to avoid repeating what the
other papers have already had that we have
not heretofore published the Saturdays
news that has found its way into the Satur-
day afternoon local newspapers Our de-
sign has been to make the TATTLER Just
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would be if either published Sunday
morning edition. Only we make up ten
times better sheet than either of them
knows how to make Our Sunday morning
paper is supplement to the daily local
prints "a daily paper that fills the Sunday
morning gap. The TArTLER begins to
scour the county for news on Saturday
afternoon, and keeps up its yigils till one
o'clock Sunday morning. Besides the
latest and fullest local news. we are sup
piled with the latest telegraphic news, and
are in every respect as complete Sunday
morning newspaper as either of the great
metropolitan newspapers printed across
the river. It sometimes happens that we
ssbeat" the New York morning papers on
their own stamping ground The convic-
ton of Bank President Fish, in New York,
was reported in the SUNDAY TATTLER two
weeks ago With the exception of the
New York Times, the New York papers
gave that fact to their readers on the Mon
day morning following. Those who have
read this paper know that never Sunday
passes that we do not beat the daily local
papers on matters of iterest happening dur
ing the week. In addition to this complete
and thorough Sunday morning news SER
vice,w give special attention to all society,
sporting, social and church news; and we
ask our readers to send us as many notices
of the kind as possible.
Presiden4 Furman, of the Board of AL
dermen, has put himself on record by one
of the most singular letters ever written
in regard to the license question. It must
be read between the ines-and read that
way it is very savage. 1t is no doubt very
exasperating for man to be elected for one
term by a majority of nearly five hundred,
and defeated for second term by minor
ity of nearly q thousand la change of al
most fifteen hundred-but President Fur
man should not let his aldermanic temper
get the best of his individual common
sense. The question of high or low license
or his position thereon, did not enter into
the question, unless it may have been in
ferentially. That President Furman was
beaten queer combination of liquor and
temperance interests is undoubted; but it
was not brought in the manner he
seeks to insinuate. The people of the
Fourth district, who did the voting in
President Furman's case, and who re-
corded their opinion of his conduct-such
of them at least as we have talked with
say that they were inspired by the fact
that President Furman tried to carry beer
on one and water on the other. In other
words, he sought to be both liquor advo-
cate and temperance man at one time.
Such feat as this is physical and moral
impossibility. A man must be one thing
or the other. People want man to be for
on against them. They don't want a man
to be for and against them both. As re-
CARDS President Furman ideas of high IL
cense, they are quite as singular as his ex-
PLANTATION of his defeat. sNo improvement
are made, and our streets are not as well
cleaned as before," he says plaintiyeIy.
Granting the fact, where is the connection
The Board of Works es not collect the
license fees nor have any voice
lie their distribution, yet it does have
control of the streets. 1t is not very SEN
sible to hold that Board responsible for not
expanding money which it does not in any
way control, as President Furman will
probably admit when he gives sober Sec
ond thought to the matter But his third
objection is most ridiculous of all. eThe
only result of high license, he says, sis to
take money from the pockes of the poor
man without any public benefit We fail
to see how the increased license has taken
any money from the pocket of the poor
man. Beer is still five cents glass; whis-
key still costs the usual five cents at the
"bucket shop" or "corner grocery" while
the respectable dealer charges ten or fif-
teen cents glass as he did before; there
fore President Furman's statement is not
true. The increase is taken from the deal
er, not from the s'poor man. There is
Just one stat ement in President Furman's
letter that is worthy of serious attention
and that should come from the Chief of
Police President Furman says there are
liquor dealers in this city who evade the H.
oense fee. This. if true, should not be
permitted in justice to the respectable