The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-28
LIZ ST
I TION.
IMPERIALISM.
That Is the Spirit Of
the Republican Re-
prisal Memorial.
IT IS AN OUTRAGE
NO STATE SOVEREIGNTY.
IT rs FALSE BESIDES.
IT rs FALSE BESIDES.
Why Should the President
Pass Upon the Doings
Of New Jerseys Legis-
lators p Leading Citi-
zens Voice the General
Indignation.

i showed Mayor Cleveland this morn
ing the memorial sent to President Har-
rison by the republican members of the
last Legislature urging reprisal upon
federal democratic officials because of the
alleged partisanship of the Legislature,
and asked for an expression of his views
concerning it.
He said he had never seen anything
like the document before. In the first
place it is false. tThe courts of New
Jersey have been made solidly demo
craticr' AS matter of fact an obnox-
ious and partisan republican was reap
pointed to the Supreme Court during the
session of the very Legislature that makes
this protest. There are other Judges of
the Supreme Court who are republicans
and who have been reappointed, and some
( OF them originally appointed by
democratic Governors. The First
Vice Chancellor, who is the second
highest officer In the State Courts, was
appointed, and has been reappointed by
democratic Chancellor and under a new
law passed by this present Democratic
Legislature, complained of by these
Legislative liars, authorizing new Vice
Chancellor to be appointed, the present
democratic Chancellor appointed Henry
G. Pitney, of Morristown, a bitter and de-
termined partisan republican.
THE BENCH ALL REPUBLICAN
During Governor Bedle's term District
Courts were created in all the large cities
In the State and the democratic Governor
mixed them up between the parties, on
the theory always held by the Democratic
party In this State, that the Judiciary
should be held above partisan politics. In
l~<., tod
one democrat. This did not satisfy the
Republican party, ana so soon as they got
possession of both branches of the State
Legislature, they took the appointing power
ont of the hands of the Governor, and to-
day there is not q single democratic
Judge in one Of the District Courts in the
State. They put the appointment in
Joint Meeting and have ever since re-
fused to go into joint ballot where they
would run the risk of having one of their
Judges turned out and some Of them are
holding over to-day under their original
appointment. Nearly every Police JUS
tfce, if not every single one in the State,
has been so appointed in Joint Meeting
as partisan Republicans. Both of them in
this city are well known republicans
Partisanship has never been brought in to
the Judiciary of the State by Demo-
cratic Legislature, nor by o democratic
Governor. But the Republicans have
never failed to make the Judiciary par
tisan whenever it has been in power.
Prominent examples are ex-Speaker Arm
strong of Camden; F. NJ Scott, Senator
Griggs' pet, of Paterson, and others do
not call to mind.
vILLAINOUs PARTIsANsHIP.
"The republican Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, spoken of in the protest
sent to the President was given his Office
as the result of an outrageous deal be-
tween democrats and republicans in the
10 nf d,,na ouA fhn
Gratis in the Legislature only righted the
wrong.
.sThese wrongs have been committed
in every single Board named in the pro-
test. As to the redistricting of the State
of which they complain, the unblushing
effrontery of these men raises q serious
question of their intelligence and their
fitness for the offices they hold. When
the Republicans were in power they so
gerrymandered the State that they could
carry the Legislature, notwithstanding
popular Democratic. majority of from
5000 to 1000 They have held the Senate
for years because, for partisan purposes
they have refused to permit the State
constitution to be amended so as to estab-
hsh more equitable basis of Senatorial
representation. And the Senate has re-
fused always to go into joint meeting for
the election of State officers whenever the
Democrats had majority on joint ballot.
A MOVEMENT TOWARD GENERALIZATION.
"This is the first instance In the history
of this government where partisan men,
bers of q State Legislature have appealed
to the President Of the United States for
direct partisan assistance in fighting their
little local political battles. 1t is sllbver-
sive OF every principle involved In the es-
tablishment of this government. 1t is
not only an outrage upon the people of
New Jersey but villainous attempt to
invoke the aid of imperial power in the
management of State affairs 1t is on a line
however, with the general plans and pur-
poses of the Republican party. 1t is a
bubble expression of their desire for a
great centralized powerful government at
Washington. 1t is the first open recog-
milton ofthat principle have ever known.
And, if the President himself could rise
to the full dignity of his office. he would
give them an answer that would prevent
such an attempt from ever being repeated.
Z. 1t is complete vindieation of the
charge we have made against that party
a thousand times, and that was repeated
by Governor Hill in his eloquent speech
at the reception given to ex-President
Cleveland last night In New York-that
the Republican party desires q strong
government of centralized and imperial
power.
'aMy own indignation knows no
bounds. +"
WHAT SPEAKER HuDsPETH THINKS.
lacked Corporation Attorney Robert 8.