The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-08-25


thousands of eager readers. The ques-
tion was treated with such perfect inn
Partially that some new charter men
have said THE NEWS was for the old
charter, and old charter men have said it
was for the new. In its news columns
THE NEWS was neither for the old charter
nor for the new. 1t was only for the facts,
and these it presented, as it was in duty
bound to do, without fear or favor. But
in its editorial bearing it was strongly in
favor of the charter, as it is in favor Of
every measure of reform.
The so-called New County Committee
movement is one Of some political inter
est, and it has been treated with the same
fullness and the same fidelity to facts,
without prejudice. OF course the Old
County Committee has been recognized
and sustained editorially as the regular
organization Of the party, and as mat
ter Of fact, the most effective stroke yet
delivered against Kern's kicking machine
was the expose. published here, Of the per
sonal and selfish motives that had
prompted each of Mr.. Kern's kickers to
kick.
Its news service has been notably excel
lent in other respects. Its Trenton cor
respondence last winter was remarked all
over the State for its brilliancy and full
ness. Its daily State news feature at
tracts wide attention outside of Hudson;
and in purely local matters it has SO often
and SO thoroughly distanced its only COM
petitor that these who have failed to read
THE News, do not know the half of what
has been going on around them.
HERE is THE PROOF
For the proof of this, a list has been
prepared of some of the more important
stories that have appeared in this paper
at least one day, sometimes week, ahead
of any other paper, local or metropolitan,
and of stories published here that our
only competitor has not even yet found
time to copy. Here is the list; it tells its
own story
The story of Pigott's infamy and his
suicide two days subsequently.
The preparations made by the Board of
Finance to wipe out half a million of Jer-
sey City's debt.
The stories of the disturbances in the
Palma Club over the annual election of
officers and the constitution Of the Art
Committee.
The threatenad revolt against early
closing on the part of some of the trades
men.
The full and exhaustive treatment of
the two-county question.
The columns expended in presenting
the various phases of the new charter
question.
The sensational Coney divorce case.
The racy story of Mrs. Henry Harm,
Jr.' IS, suit against her husband for sep
aration.
The sinking of the three men-of-war at
Samoa Bay.
The true story of the woman who
claimed to be Mrs. Edsall before she
dropped dead on a streetin this city.
The progress of track elevation in this
city.
Daily reports up to noon each day of
the Newark NJ E. Conference.
The unusually interesting story of
Water Commissioner Gross desertion of
his wife for Mr.. Tags widow in Hoboken
The first news that the charter was to
be contested by the old Boards.
The story of Switchman McTammany's
brave sacrifice of his life for that OF
child.
The complete story of Councilman
Winges divorce suit, and Mrs. Winges'
reply.
The most graphic story published in
any afternoon newspaper IN the country
Elizabeth.
The history of young Van Gasbeck's
imprisonment in house in Hoboken for
his estate.
The reports of the trials of the Big Four
and of the Freeholders, SO full and thor
ough as to be practically exclusive.
The complete presentation. in several
issues, of all the phases of the county
parks question.
The row in the Republican County
Committee over the admission of Saloon
Keeper Dunn's son.
The reply of the old charter men to the
complaint of the new charter men.
The Jones-Ahrens contest in the Car
teret Club.
A series of political interviews on the
Prohibition question.
The row in the Republican County Com
mittee over the distribution of the Federal
patronage.
The final selection of the new armory
site.
The row in the Board of Freeholders
over Warden Grimes, of the Penitentiary.
The fight of the New County Committee
for recognition.
The complications resulting from the
passage of the Wert's liquor law.
The agitation for summer recreation
for the poor
The reasons for the Foresters' division.
The story of Ryan signing away on his
death bed, his interest in the Park
House.
The effect of the Johnstown disaster on
local benefit associations.
The interesting story of the division of
the Rev. John r. Fishers congregation at
Orange.
Dick Aliens rejection as delegate to
the Central Labor Assembly.
The Rev. Father Brady's denunciation,
from the pulpit, of the marriage Of Miss
Kiesse .Wetter to a Protestant.
The story of the License Trust.
Lafayette's fly nuisance.
The fight between Mills and Conroy for
the ferry at the Gap
Missing Mrs. Jones.
Morris and Cummings million and
half dollars suit against the Currie estate
The graphic story of Annie Baerig's bur
glary for a wedding dress.
The daily reports of the Prohibition
State Convention at Asbury Park
The disappearance of Importer Evans,
of Belmont avenue.
The story of Justice Lanes widows.
The original story of the row in the
Third District Democratic Club.
The agitation over Director Steger's
proposed trip to Europe, which kept him
at home.
The first stories of the extrayagances
that have crippled the Freeholders.
The School census frauds.
The complete details on the day of its
occurrence OF the murder of Mrs. Probst