The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-26
This paper Is Democratic IN principles
and is Independent In its Uieaos on all
local questions.
A Man and an Issue-A Hint for Re-
pubIicanS.


publicans.
What a beautiful pickle the Repub-
licans would escape if they could only
u the campaign without a candidate
and without an issue! They are in
the worst kind of a hole to find a man
to stand up, and then to find a plat
form to stand him on. Who shall he
be? Kean Is disposed to Phelps, and
that rather settles his chances.
Grubb might grow into a dangerous
rival to somebody-he is dangerous.
Nevius amounts to nothing; Nc
Gowan is all bluster; Harvey has run
once and been beaten; Griggs is feared
nor than liked, and besides he is the
Majah's candidate; Toffey says no;
Collins is too independent. And so
along the whole line there's not a man
III view against whom there is not
some fatal objection.
Then what shall the issue be? Local
option won't work, because even the
mass of the Republicans are against
it. High license cannot be brought
into the controversy, because the
Democrats themselves have adopted
it. Legislative scandal might be
worked up into an issue,
but its natural influence must be
rather on the legislative candidates.,
and cannot be made to reach the
Gubernatorial contest; and then, every
exposure made, will be more than
matched by counter exposures.
So there is no candidate that gives
any promise of success, nor, if there
were, is there any respectable issue for
which he could make battle.
In the fullness of our sympathy with
the dear Republicans in their miser-
ies, we have beaten our brains for a
suggestion to help them out. If they
want to go before the people as an
honest party, how would this suit
them
For GOVERNOR - General w. j.
Sewell.
PLATFoRM-Railroad Domination.
FAITH CURE BROTHER EDWARDS
told his congregation yesterday that
he had seen heaven. Although his
view was not SO comprehensive as
might have been desired, it will serve
as a basis for Identification if Brother
Edwards ever gets within sight of the
plaaa AGAIN ll
The Big Show Should Be Over Here.
Mr.. A. K. Owen, who has made
several suggestions of a somewhat
fanciful nature to Mayor Grant, of
New York, about the Worlds Fair in
1892, has written a letter containing
some views on rapid transit. He says
that there is a man in Portland, Me-,
who has invented bicycle engine that
can go hundred and fifty miles an
hour; and Mr.. Owen believes that this
valuable machine would work first
rate on the elevated road if a steel
floor were laid on the ties. He adds
that the present system of rapid
transit in New York would be wholly
inadequate.
The latter part of this suggestion
is better than the rest. While we are
almost passionately fond Of rapid
transit we do not care to ride at the
rate Of one hundred and fifty miles an
hour on such a rickety structure as
the New York elevated road. In fact,
we do not care to ride there at all, and
that is just the point Of it. In SO
crowded a time as the quadricenten-
NAL season a ride upon the elevated
road will serve admirably to illustrate
the progress in instruments of torture
which has been made since the simple
hearted aborigines tied their pale
faced visitor to a tree and built the
merry bonfire around him. In this