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The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22


take his stand at the corner of Newark
avenue and Grove street after dark, may
see any evening an endless procession of
giddy-headed girls trooping up and down
the avenue. They say. pertly, that they
are looking for ssmash.'' Their idea of
mash do snt go beyond little handker-
chief Irritation, or a sly wink, or perhaps
an innocent interchange of badinage with
one of thu growing youth of the city.
That is the beginning of it. The invaria-
BILE end of it is ruin and degradation. The
children are scarcely to be blamed. The
responsibility rests wholly with the care
less and thoughtless parents, who ought to
know enough to keep their girls. at least,
at home at night.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22

What's become of the charges, an exam
ination of which Sergeant Cox demanded
SO vehemently when they were first given
to the public? Has he concluded that it is
not wise to allow his burning zeal for " vim
dication to carry him beyond the bounds
of discretion?
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22
A (.rowfng Deficiency,

CHICAGO, Aug. 21-The deficit in the
accounts of Col. Bolton, late Superinten-
dent of second-class matter in the post
Office here, continues to increase as the
inspectors proceed in their investigation,
and now amounts to between Sic, 900 to
$4,000. OF the 400 papers in Chicago.
been examined. Col. Bolton is in the
county jail. Col. Bottoms property thus
far discovered amounts to about $50, 900,
and consists principally of real estate on
Drexel Boulevard.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22

It looks as though, even in Elizabeth,
the Martin Confiscation Act will be allowed
to fall into innocuous dessuetude.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22

"What is vainer than woman ?" asks
an exchange. weather-cock, good friend
That is all vane.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22
Major Peloubet Neminated for ConKress.

The managers of the Union Veteran
Army held convention last Friday night,
at Teutonia Hall, to nominate a candidate
to represent the interests of the soldiers in
Congress. The meeting was called
to order shortly after P. NJ,
with DIR. George n Tibbles in the chair,
and Mr.. r. Thompson as secretary.
There was considerable discussion in re-
gard to the choice of candidates, but at
last the names of Major Peloubet, Edward
F. Mcdonald and Garrett D. Van Reipen
were fixed upon then more discussion arose
until Van Reipen and Mcdonald Were
withdrawn, leaving the Major alone in seA
field. He was unanimously nominated
represent the interests of the soldiers !,
this county in the next Congress. Coz.
mittee was sent out snd returned with the
Major. He made shortsspeech, neitheS
accepting nor declining the nomination.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22
A S45.OOO Fire in New York.

New YogK, Aug. 21-O. Buokner &
Co s tobacco facto-y at No. II Jsy street
was damaged S45, COB by Gre this morning.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22

Working the growler striking
"crank" for money.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22

The further details we publish this morn
ing of the crimes of the Newark's ibertines,
must appeal with peculiar force to many
careless and Indifferent mothers in this
city. The ruin Of the little girls of whom
our special dispatch from Newark tells, is
directly traceable to street gadding after
night fall. Newark is full of these little
street-walkers, looking for adventure and
frolic without the dimmest notion of the
awful perils they are inviting. It is no
less true Of this city. Any one who will
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22

He has been coroner, Justice, a
doctor, reporter, and now he thinks he's
an editor. But when he bloomed out, with
a first brief under his arm, in Police Justice
Stilsing's court the other day, he wasn't
versatile enough to sit down on His
Honor, the Court. All of which goes to
show that fellow has got to be a good
many more things than coroner, a justice,
a doctor. reporter and an editor to pre-
side with becoming dignity and learning
in the First District Police Court.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22

In furtherance of its opposition to the
B. and O., the P. R. R. has cut the former
off from canal privileges, This is only an
other evidence, if any were needed, of how
little regard these corporations pay to the
people whose right it should be to have
their food supplies moved as cheaply
as possible in return for the valua-
BILE franchises they have conferred. They
may not all, like Mr.. Vanderbilt. have the
courage to say: "The public be id Y
but they all mean it just the same
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22

The Newark .Homing Pigeon Club, of
Newark, gave sixty-seven pigeons the wing
at Germantown at 7o'clock Friday morn
ing Two hours and two minutes later the
first of the birds reached its cote in New
ark. It had made seventy-three miles.
That is equal to the pest time the fast
Philadelphia trains make between Newark
and Philadelphia.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22

It was very manifest slip of the editorial
pen that led us, in commenting on Alder
man ONeill's speech in behalf of Mr.. Buck
ley's six children, to write Police Commits
sioner Buckley in place of Building In
spector Buckley. The Police Commissioner
is bachelor, and it follows, as a matter of
course, that he couldn't be the father of
seven nor any other number of children.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19
CLEVELAND.

Cleveland used the aaministrstlt Il
with all its power gain t Il Demo
cratic party. TLst is he watcned
llLea hawk watcl.s brood OF
chickens ard every tise lie cisco. er-
ed Democratic Feder.l official us
ing his fuence in bchs lief the
Demo .ratic p.:tv, by making
speeches or otherwise, like the
hawk, he pounce 4 down upon the Of
fetal and decapilat> d Mm. But h'
did more than that. lie -.Lti6ced all
prominent d m>cr:ts BEFORE the
campaign Opened d duris g tie
campaign, that If hey were atfro-
holders they nut &c ign before the
engaged in poll i,s a,.i If h,t offi':s =
holders and they engaged in pei ties.
they We uld be offensive par,izans,
and could not receive recoe nization
at his hands. The grand ola Demo
cracy is Possessed of remarkable
power energy and >it:l " to have
survived such coi test. Tie Presi-
den. LAM, ayard AID the cab.
met did all IL tl:eir power officially
to defeat the PATS. And but ful
the solid 'Oui dat.on it God unon,l;
would lave 4uff' red Waterloo 6e-
feat. Vet We learn tat Cievel nS
looks upon i Z ell ct o. as an en-
dOrseme Mt of his ,niIcy. l. hi, policy
and purpose has been to break dow II
The Democratic part, ten it is
clearly proof position that he and
his ad:;inl tratron is a grand suc~
cess. VIII he now change his policy
aud Turn e rascals oui? l he
pott trs,Ec the said "a 10 g as the
lamp i!o'.> 1T to burn the vilest
sinhcl may ttLrn. VIII Cleveland
return Will he repent? viii he
nend lis va, ;? Will he cling to
the Demo ray or will he still wor-
ship at t e si.r.ne of Mugwumrism
and civil service n3nsense.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19

IT. uncharitable and the height of
mad presumption in any one to
n axe such whole sale denunciat' on
Of cur folks simply because they
can't swallow down every new-fan
gled humbus and issue Matched IN
the diseased anl distenpered minds
of the self-:ignteous northern beer
driaker and snperanuated political
hacks. We have no serious obi &C
t;ou to ether people being Civil Ser
vice SMOKERS if they so desire, but
we t,ink every fellow ought ito b.
allowed to ket p off the G. S. ship
# he believes she is rotten from Ste
to stern an totally unsea worthy
withoutbeing denounced by the ju
" mite quill drivers as demegogues
Of course Vance & Co.,, when re-
refused to bow in servile submission.
at the thronce OF IL e l.umbu.s of the
.ee. and hurl incense, must GO
down and perish f.om the face o.:
The earth, Eu. how unkind t. tantal
re and scar a fellow to death before
the hour OF di>solnti,n arrives.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19
STRANGE ENDORSEMENT.

1t is tie first time in the aHnSls
of American politics, that a general
weakening and general loss all along
the line of a party in COZ troll Of
the Gov rnnsnt. has been twis It'd
and warpe d into an endorsement Of
the aGmln:st alton. Had it been
Republican administrator every
Democratic paper, speaker, thi ker.
and writer between the TWO oceans
would ha declared with o1e voice
the result, a condemn alton of the
rarty in power. Now why net con-
fess the truth. and stop deceivinx
aud Misleading eur re"ple, and
hoodwiuking the stubborn. bull
headed, hOa-f artizan in tie White
lie use? If the recent election is an
endorse ment Of the administration.
How would cur civil service friends
| kc to have the same kind of en-
dor ement to continue and increase
from now until the next general
electisn? If thy want that kind of
endorsement i is a .ery light task
to get j.. Cnntinue the same polio,
from new Until 1898 and tie same
kiad OF endorsement will follow
with ledouhled force. If Cleveland
is Ermil a ed in 1SSSana Jim Blaine,
and con munist is not elected over
both pat as Gowr, as not only not
prophet, nor the son of a prophet,
but not of bieod ain 10 ninty-ninth
cousin Of the s>n Of a prophet. Why
make Ola Gland believe that his ad>
ministra'ion has been endorsed?
viii t Is't encourage him to presist
in his lo'lcy to the detrinent' of the
p arty and it may be TO the building
up Of 1 powerful contnunistic organ
izatrn wi, II Pow.lerly at It's head.
which ma, cause our temnlt Of lib-
-rtv t.. .opple and fall? 1t is ser
r.us matter and had better be treat
d as such. Let us no dc .sive our
es.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19

and q general commands the soldiers
are always ready for the conflict
ar d no self co ,stituted and appoint
ed General or Colonel can hinder or
impede their charge.
Give us a just cause, and an
honest able and faithful commander
and we will always win. o. die try
ing. Let the past be a Il sson for
the future, and let no inco npet n,
in, ffcient, ine5p "rienced. urtried
III known nan.be pl-cad in comm
and. All is not yet lost. The
trophies Of victory belong to US and
we will yet capture them, in spite
Of and III d. fiance OF all the COIL
bined powers of incompetency,
traitors. Muswumps and civil ser
vice reformers so called. The etern-
al principles Of tue Democracy are
planted and ,of ed in the hearts Of
all onest, l;oerty ewing people and
nust and shall prevail. L t the
blame for defeat lodge where it be-
longs. take it off Of tie shoulders of
the common soldier and place it on
the heads of the leaders where 1t
rightly belong. No principle was
81 forth or advs Gated in the last
C, mpaign. No issue was formulat-
ed and urged. Each candidate frop
s.a to mountains fought on his own
hook to secure his own success re-
gardless of the Common good. He
played pig or pup according as it
served bis purposes. Principles
never entered into t. e contest. 1t
was a personal campaign from be-
ginning to end, without platform,
Wit out principle, withou. leaders
from East to West, from North to
s )uth.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19
THE ADMINISTRATION EN-. 0RSED.

OAe general res ult of tie elections
should not be O5t sight Of and that
i, tie fact t.Iat our Dem )crat AL
III inis tration has teen handsomely
endorsed by the country at large
Ne,os g. Observer.
Then the Lord deliver US now
henceforth and forever from hands
some endorsement. Give Us if you
| Ease any other kind of an end
nent except a handsome one. If
the loss Of two congressional dis
,ricts in this STATE, five in Virginia.
three in New York. two in Indiana:
our Legislature almost if not quiet in
the hands Of the Republicans, the
State Of Virginia Republican by
about 10000 majority, and forty-eour
thousand Democrats in the city of
New York voting for the George
faction against Hewitt is a hand
some endorsement of the Clevvl.> nd
administration then tae defeat of
Jim Blaine in the last Presidential
campaign was handsome endoss>
ment of the Republican party.
Neither Blaine nor his supporters
considered their defeat a very hand.
some endorsement. We prerume. if
We ha6 lost about forty more men,
bers Of Congress than We did, the
endor sement would have been ex>
tremely handso me. supulatively so.
1t may be we don't understand this
meaning of the word endorsement,
Maybe 1t means to defeat, to whip,
10 lose ground, to route, to kill and
to bury. II so, it was just simple
endorsement without the adjective
hendsome. To have lost a dozen
more districts would have been hand
some, and to have lost all would have
been supulatively handsome. From
our stand point we would have pre-
fered to have gained fifteen or twen-
ty congressman instead OF losing
that number and let it have been
styled a handsome condemnation.
We hope and trust, however had
some the endorsement may b., the
Democratic party in this State and
IN the United States will never re-
ceive another such an endorsem ent
in oui day and generation. W.
decidedly prefer a handsome con-
demnation by electins our people.
than handsome endorsement by
defeating our folks. Let every Dem
oLrat in this State and nation do his
biggest in the future to neither mer-
it nor receive any more such enaor-
senents.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19

LIT no man be recognized and
taken as a Democrat who does not
believe IN Tariff for revenue only
This Is the maine issue. / he next
most IL portant issue is stric,
construtt ton Of the Federal cOnstit'l-
tioa preserving to the States al! their
reserved ri -! t. and htldlng Their
auto envy il tact.
All other issues are simply mat>
tiers Of exl e lency or policy. There
are many side issues and locsl issues
which ought ! OF to effect any gem
e-:l elections.
The princirles of the party ought
to be SD we'll under TODD, SO ganer-
ally known, and so frequently set
18th that no nan cOlld be hood
winked, deceived OF misleea con
csrning their object and applica>
ton.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19

The Tobacco II mt says the con>
gressiOnal election is rot .est as to
the endo-s; m ,nt of tee ADMINISTERS
ton, but that the election Of the
governor of Massachusetts, is test.
Well that is so, but we had not
thought of it in that light. It is
true man who had been Repub>
llcan all his life. and changed to a
Mugwumpj just before the last cleo
ton was elected Governor of Mass.
achusetts. Ard that says cur es-
TEEN friend is the tesu of Cleveland's
endorsement. We'll it Is a fact the
MugH jumps in the bay state did en-
derse the administration and no
man can decay it. And if that en-
dorscment is a test of Cleveland's
Democracy and the success of his
administration as a pure Democratic
administration, no Democrat can
justly complain. We have gained q
Senator in the Housie State,yet oal
friend says that is no test of the
vi tue of civil service reform, he cause
the doctrine Was not put in prac ice
there. Well we wish it had not been
put in pratice anywhere and may DE
we would have gained more senator's
and congressman as well. The
square unvarnishcd t. uth is Mr..
Cleveland's silver notions and civil
service notion have weakened and
damaged the party in nearly all
the States more or less. and there is
no Disgusting that fact from the in
tell gent thinking people. The re-
cent election in the State of New
York and in the State of North Car
DINA and Virginia came as near be-
ing an endorsement of the Powderly
crowd as it did Of being an endorse
ment of the administration. Mr.
Hewitt liked 44,0CO votes receiving
the Democratic strength in the city
OF New York. Mr.. George aeon
munist r, ceiveG at least 10000 OF
these votes. Tins DOES rot look
mach like an endorsement of Cleve-
land. Anyhow we don't fall much
In love with such endorsement.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19

honesty. wisdam and craftsmanship
enough to harmonic with the labor
party will ele t the next President.
But it is doubtful whether either has
wisdom. patriotism and staCrscraft
enough to handle that question. II
neither, has it, then it will be re-
gu ar fight to fight to 60 into tn
House. which party has majority
of the States in the Lower House.
But should C'ey land or Randall
be the nominee, the party would go
to pieces. Cleveland could not hold
the antl-civil service raform,rs nor
the double standard men {: nor could
Randall hold the rsvenne r@fOrmers
50 the dog woull be aelt in toe
manger.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19
ANOTHER CAUSE.

One other cause that entered into
the reason OF our losses in tie re-
cent election was the notorious fact
that the party did not have courage
and manhosd enough to formulate
and adept platform of principles t..
stand upon We were divided sno
disagreed aiEong ourselves upon TIL
the leading and fundamental pr'r-
ciples of the party, therefore "
could not agree upon platform
IRE policy men who we're not Dem
Gratis from principle tut So r.a'
of policy desired slip-sAod go easy
concern as platforn so that
man could stand on it or off Of i.
as he saw fit and still prove he was
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19
GRAVE CHARGES.

General John Apathy ard Col.
b | L d'ff-ie &c have Il great many
yer, give cha laid against
tn m. Their cor duet was simply
intol,r,.i''e On the second day of this
moat,'. Tueir crimes of omission
at l"excusable. ALI this we freely
admit and have no apology to offer
for herr outrageous and inc2nsist-
aht conduct. Their want of patriot
ism III tue maheod is enough to
aI,n5 tn blush ef shame to their
checks and cause them to shum all
,ectnt ho O ale men. But what
shall We Say Of the authorities who
put them IN command? How shall
we express oar indignation and sr-
p;eme co temp. for the man who
deie! ted his delegated power and
.uthorit TO such incompetent and
"i.ht yc",lal-? The peop,e app On. t
Ell chief captain and com mandi,g
general To direct and contr oil their af
fairs. and clothed him with plenanv
powers, but these lowers lie declin-
ed to exercise sccordldg to the POW
er of attorney executed end d liver
ed to LIN. Now who is to blame
he more, the head or TIE tail? We
have seen the dog way the tail, We
have heard Of the tail waging the
uogat1Et we have hover seen it IN.
til recently. For a general to fight
battle, without discipling. without
Issuing o.ders to his corps command
er<, without any pu pose or object
IN view. without system and without
principle lisa crime 50 grave, so
lastardly and so inexcusable, that
language fails us to express our
thoughts On the subject. Ii defe at
h ID not followed in the wake of an
army con manded by such a general.
1t would nave been more than a
miracle. If General Apathy ard
Colonel Indifference had accompllsh-
al any other results than tt ey did,
hey ~eu'd have grossly violated
he laws Of Mature vi ich they had
40 right to do, We. there general Goa
iucs uus and must be condemned
}, ali men every where. hat at the
same time 1t their boss receive his
hale of tn, said condemnation. The
ank and file OF the army were as
Tue as the ecdle TO the pole, and
would have fought as bravelv and
charged as fearles-ly as ever il they
had been led to the conflict well
clothed. we'll fed md well armed
and well generated. The fault is
not with the raIk and file. That
is aQ stuff; when the bugle sounds,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19
SAM RANDALL AND GROVER CLEVELAND.

We can't tell how much we are
opposed to Sam Randall but we
can give faint iuea Of our opposS
ltion to him, by saying, if the con-
test were to come between him and
Grover Cleveland for he Presia ncy
in 1888, we should be s, Cleveland
man, at the same time We
would prefer to vote for any other
Democrat ia the United Stat for
President tsan Grover Cleveland,
except Sam Randall. Shonll ,he
party ever So far depart from the
doctrines and traditions of its
founders as to nominate either of
these gentlemen, we fear it WOULD
work disolution of all the ties and
nonds that unite it with hearts Of
the American people. The tariff.
the silver question, economy and
honesty are the only issues that now
divide the two political parties, ex-
cept the labor and capital issues.
which seems to be sock-dollayer
to both parties square between the
eyes. There is no doubt in our
mind bat that the labor question
will eecide absolutely and uncondi-
tiOnally the next Presidential CAM
paign and which ever OF the two
parties is shrew enough, smart
and possesses patriotism
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19

O'course Henry L. p~, is Sena-
tor Epps. although h. received
bril e of ninety-two dollars in the
Legislature of 6S and 60. and was
thereafter prosecuted and we believe
convicted of forgery in Halifax Su-
perior Court. But these two facts
constituted his highest qualification
and availability for the high and
honorable position Of st IT. Senator
1t seems that Republican cannot
get too low IN character ana san J.
irg to represent old Halifax in TIE
State Senate. John Moore an intel
ligeIt. honest, ger tlcman
and fine Lawyer in the
highest sense, could neither he trust
ed nor tolerated by H.lifax .Repub-
licaas. "Oh tempole, oh m,res.
Henry Dpps's Nomination and cleo
tion is sal com meat ary on the Re :
Iu5licln rarty OF t.e S-;te.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19
n. ". STAR.

We b. if New York had lost ev
cry Democratic member in Congress
in the next House, the New York
Star would h:ve construed it into an
endorse ment of the A Administrator
The loss Of three members in the
next House and tie loss OF $4,000
votes in the c ty of New York is
&C united as an endorsement. Wei
upon the same principe the loss OF
1000 votes in the city and tn
members of the House would be a
more handsome endorsement, end
the loss of the entire del CATION
would he grander endorE ement
still. The Administrator Journals
anal Clevelnd's appoiatees must
have lost their heads or they must
oe blind to tue blunders and errors
NJ ,hsir boss. The Star Is very
atla paper, and how it can take the
view it does is MYSTERY to MS. =
less it's burpose is to stand by :ht
Administrations right or wrong. IT
ruins the Democratic party, The
friends Of the Administration have
twisted every defeat into a victory
for their men, No party can stand
many such victories and endorse
,nents, and we would feel that we
.ad accomplished much if we could
.onyince the frienls Of the party of
tina truth. The loss Of Virginia by
20. coo votes when we carridd it two
ears ago by 10000 votes does not
nok to as much like vicLcry for
as. 1t may be, so but we can't see
/ in that sight. A majority of
eyenty reduced to minority of six
n ioint ballot in our State legislat-
re and the loss Of two strong lem
,cratic districts in Congress does
t. look to us much like an endorse
uent of the party, but it may be,
however we can't see it that way
&c hardly think Graham, Reid and
he other fifteen defeated candidates
will censtrue their defeat into a