The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-28

extent, adopted MI. randall S tarlff
views is nonsense. These two eminent
Democrats are as far apart as the sun and
the moon. And November will settle the
question as to which is the sun.
A semi official announcement is made
that the desks of Secretaries Bayard and
Dickinson and Commissioner Of Pensions
Black have recently been opened and
rifled of private letters, from which ex-
tracts have afterward appeared in the New
York Tribune as edifying political matter.
Dire vengance is sworn against the thieves.
1t is claimed that the thieves must be Re-
publican clerks who have been retained.
However, there is no proof of this. a
thief is simply a thief, and desire for money
and not partisanship must nave occasioned
these high handed acts. The correspond
ent of the Tribune here says that. while he
is not at liberty to say how the letters
came into his hands. the gentlemen are
mistaken when they say that they were
stolen. In the meantime, the campaign
wakes rather warm.
'The amount of oratory that is being
thrown into the campaign is enormous"
said a Democratic Senator coming in from
New York yesterday. There can't be
less than 12, 600 speakers on the stump
this year. They are a terrible expense.
The stump speakers who don't charge for
speeches are few and far between. a
great many of the men are poor and
couldn't afford to give their time, and
travelling to small, out-of-the-way towns
effects a disagreeablo undertaking.
This year the speakers are demanding
more than ever before. At this rate, it is
doubtful whether or not enough money
will be left in the treasury Of either party
to pay for carriages to take lazy voters to
the polls OF election day. A million of
money can be spent for oratory by either
party at the rate things are going
The removal of s.. Corning Judd as post
master at Chicago created a small whirl-
wind among Washington politicians. 1t
is said, / suppose with entire truth, that
Mr.. Judd's disincliuation to leave the
office was very great, and only a threat of
dismissal called forth his resignation.
Mr.. Judd is probably the most laundering
politician in Chicago, and his retirement
will be a b~lessing-at least to this admin
istration.
The Democrats are raising up their
voices in a protest against the awful wick
edness of the Republican party in attempt
ing to levy contributions upon government
clerks for political purposes, and the Re
publicans are amazed at the astounding
lawlcssness of the Democrats in pursuing
a like course. Both sides are as hard at it
as they ever have been. Still, the %solicita-
ton is not so bad as it was in the good old
days when the mild-voiced collector came
around during a hot campaign three or
four times and made assessments of . per
cent. on the salary of the clerklet. | will
not inflict needless pain by referring to such
assessments as that of 6 per cent. made by
that eminent statesman, William Malone,
upon III OiCI Nd ilOul vi lllld.
OF the Republican and politically ncu-
tlal government clerks, only those borne
upon the rolls as from the District of
Columbia are even passably happy these
days. The momentous question of whether
or not they shall 80 home to vote in No
vember, faces the rest. If they go home
and vote for the Republican electors and
the Democratic candidates are elected,
vengeance dire will be certainly visited on
their devoted heads. II, on the other
hand, they do not go LONE and vote and
the Republican candidates are elected, the
wrath of their friends await them. So, in
the beautiful language of some bard, the
government clerk OF the fence is at present
lowering between Satan and the deep,
blue sea.
Mrs. Cleveland and her mother have
gone to Saranac Inn, in the Adirondacks,
where they will wait until the President
can Join them. Under the great trees and
amid the beautiful autumn scenery, she
hopes to forget that there is a campaign.
But such relief is not for Grover; he must
stay here, whether he likes it or not, until
Congress %adjourns. But the campaign
don't worry him-or Congress either.
Nobody in Washington feels worried about
the campaign, but when the election re-
turns are coming in you will see hair turn
gray.
That a ship is not big enough to hold
two families in harmony has been dem on
strated. The naval Islander suit in Japan
brought by Lieutenant Bull, of the United
States Navy, against Doctor McMurtie for
the alleged slandering of Mrs. Bull by
Mrs. McMurtie is no credit to the United
States. This trouble, with others of the
sort that have occurred recently, will
probably lead Secretary Whitney to re-
vive Secretary Chandler's order f%oGbidding
families of officers on naval vessels.
WESTON.
The license law of this State is produce
ing an effect not fully counted on by the
enemies of that measure. On Tuesday of
last week Judge Dixon laid before the
Grand Jury of Bergen county a communi-
from the licensed liquor dealers ask
ing for the closing of 1870 unlicensed places,
and they propose to give evidence indicat-
ing where these places are located.