The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-18

Look on This Pioture-and ON This.
We have a veneration for the Grand
Army of the Republic. The spirit OF
patriotism and courage that hovers
over its tattered banners is n of the
highest and most ~elevating influences
of our national existences There are
no honors too high for the veterans
who fought for their country, no re-
wards too great.
For General E. Burd Grubb as a
typical soldier of the War we have a
high respect. The cheers with which
his comrades acknowledge his courage
and fidelity find an echo in our breast,
as in the hearts OF all good citizens.
We feel honored in saluting him as he
passes on his way. Whenever there
is a good opportunity to do him honor,
we want to be in the front rank.
But because the Grand Army is a
venerable body, and because General
Grubb is an honorable member of it,
does it logically follow that he is the
one fit and proper person to whom to
intrust the government OF a state, the
happiness and prosperity of hundreds
of thousands of people, the solution
of difficult problems of high
finance, the decision of disputed ques-
tions of public policy2 Is the fact,
honorable though it may be, of his
army service, a satisfactory offset to
unsatisfactory political alliances in
later life? Is it weighty enough when
unaccompanied with other special
qualifications to counterbalance pre-
eminent fitness in respect to ability
and disposition as discovered in the
person of another candidate for the
Office to which General Grub aspires.
These are s~eriouss questions, and
this is the time to settle them. Let
us not start upon this campaign as a
campaign of sentiment. In truth,
New Jersey cannot at this moment,
afford a campaign or an administra-
tion of anything save solid
business. Our State finances
have been running low. Our
Republican statesmen threatened
us last winter with a general tax.
Rigid economy and consummate bust
ness ability are what We now need in
the executive chair.
AS respects, personal honor and de-
votion to the interests of the State,
the Democratic candidate falls in no
whit behind his opponent. In fact
Nj. Albeit makes infinitely greater
sacrifices than General Grubb in
order to obey the peoples call to their
service. General Grub is a man of
vast wealth and unlimited leisure.
MI. Albeit is a lawyer with a lucra-
tive practice, which he must practi-
caIly drop for three years in order to
attend to his duty as Governor.
Passing from the personal to the
administrative aspects of the two
men, we find nothing in the career of
General Grubb to specially
equip him for affairs of State.
There is no evidence that
he has devoted more study OF reflec-
ton to them than the ordinary run OF
educated men. He has no practical
experience whatever to take with him
to the head OF affairs, should
he be chosen. On the con.
trary, the whole life of Leon
Albeit has been such Is peculiarly tc
adapt him for public business. Hi
practice as a lawyer in cases of great
public moment, his intimate know.
ledge of the business of the State, his
honorable service in umerou public
trusts have all tended to render him
the man of all others in whose hands
the affairs of the State would De most
skilfully conducted
But, Of course, the most conspicu-