The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-27
GENERAL FISK'S OPINIONS
Newspaper Comments on the "Jersey
City News Interview.

have a strong interest in his election,
provided the candidate is a Republi-
can.
GENERAL FISK STILL REPUBLICAN.
From the PiainJield Netes Hep)
General Clinton b. Fisk now an
nounces through THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS that nothing will tempt him
to again be a candidate for Governor
and that he will work for such legisla-
tive candidates as are pledged to vote
Tor a renewal of the republican local
option laws recently repealed by the
democrats.
CLINTON B. FISK TALKS AGAIN.
From the Ne,cark Journal Dentl
Clinton B. Fisk has been talking
again, this time to a reporter for The
JERSEY CITY NEWS. What he says
is quite interesting. :.
Il have always been a republican, :
says Mr.. Fisk. II marched in the re-
publican column in every campaign
from Fremont to Garfield, and that
speaks for my republicanism, and L
shall continue q prohibitionlst to the
end of my life, but the question OF
prohibition is not a question OF
politics, any more than the suppress
sion of any other great evil is a qqes-
ton of politics. If we can get what
we want from any source l shall wei
come it,"
What Clinton B. Fisk thinks of some
prohibitionists he tells in these
words:-"In the upper counties-War-
rem, Hunterdon and so on-where
those old hard sided descendants OF
Scotch and Irish settlers go to the
Presbyterian Church, and then go
home and drink Scotch and Irish
whiskey, it fires them with enthusiasm
to shout for prohibition and vote the
democratic ticket"
Clinton B. Fisk tells the reporter
farther that he favors the re-enact-
ment of the local option law and
makes other Acknowledgements that
go to prove the charge OF a dicker
with General Sewell. How his insult
to the prohibitionist farmer OF n
upper counties will be relished we
leave them to say.
FISK'S POSITION CLEARLY DEFINED.
From the Elizabeth Journal [Rep,l
General Fisk's letters have not been
plain enough to suit some of the news
papers, SO n of them, THE JERSEY
CITY NEWS (Dem.) sent a reporter to
interview him. A few of his replies to
questions make very interesting read
ing, and they are cordially commended
to all who donot yet understand where
General Fisk stands on the temperance
issue in New Jersey. After these state
ments it seems quite evident that Gen
eral Fisk's position is pretty clearly
defined. Still, if any other news-
papers want to interview him, they
will no doubt be co%urteously received.
AS SEwELL's ORGAN VIEWS 1T.
From the Trenton Times.
Almost every journal in the State
prints an alleged opinion on the tenn
perance question from General Fisk.
And no two are alike. The General
is evidently a genius.
WILL THE OTHERS FOLLOW HIM?
From the Camden Courier CRep)
General Fisk says he is not going to
run as the republican candidate for
Governor, and takes occasion to re-
mark that there never has been a
time when he would have accepted a
nomination for Governor if he had be-
lieved there was the smallest danger
of his being elected. The Generals
candor is commendable, since he
confirms without reservation the
claim of the republicans
that the prohibition candidates
were simply put in the field to
prevent the success of the republican
candidates and virtually to aid the
democracy. While the General will
not be a candidate for Governor. he
admits that he intends using all his in
iuence for the election of a Legislature
that will restore the local option high
license law, and to that end will sup
port the republican or democratic
candidates devoted to the cause of
temperance. What a pity the General
and his friends did not take that sensi-
BILE course last fall, when their votes
would have prevented the repeal of
local option. The damage, has been
done, however, and the democrats
have intrenched themselves in power
by the creation of many new offices,
all through the obstinacy of the pro-
hibitionists. The determination of
General Fisk to make amends for the
error of judgment in the past, it is
hoped, will be shared by all of his fol-
lowers, in which event the rum de-
mocracy will be overthrow.
HE WON'T RUN THE ORGAN.
From the Trenton Emporium tRep)
The way that Clinton B. Fisk's
opinions and policy are discussed
makes some people think that he CON
trolls the balance of the voting power
in this State, and will be the boss
next year. He may be the crank, but
somebody else will run the organ.
MAKING A MYSTERY OF 1T.
From the Paterson Press.
General Fisk has now defined his
position several times. But can any
one really tell what it is
THINKS THE REPUBLICANS HAVE HIM
From the Brunswick Fredonian (Rep.)
General Fisk has been interviewed
by THE JERSEY CITY News and the
cold types make him say
l am not going to run on the republican ticket,
or upon any other ticket.
When asked whether he wouldfavo
republicans or democrats next fall, he
replied
1 do not care whether they are democrats OF
republicans, il they will do anything to further
the interests of temperance ! will do anything in
my power to elect them.
AS it is very probable that the re.
publicans will favor righteous tempers
ance laws from this time forth, it |
very easy to determine where General
Iatc1y will cAo,nI - tha aominn Eneh%