The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-25
1hds paper IS Democratic In principles
and Is Independent IN its Uiews on GN
local questions.
REPUBLICAN, Hypocrisy Exposed.

Republican Hypocrisy Exposed.
The first fruit of the appointment
Of the Assembly Investigating Com
mittee is the calling of Republican
witnesses by the Gardner Mud Delv-
ing Machine. 1t is needless to say
that this is not done in good faith?
There is no intention of bringing out
the facts regarding the Republican
frauds practiced in the interest Of
General Grubb. The purpose of call
ing the witnesses is to take the wind
out of the Assembly Committees
sails, to discount its revelations.
But the scheme does not seem to
work to any great extent. The
villainy of the recent Republican
campaign was SO great that it fairly
sticks out in all directions, and a Re-
publican witness cannot be put on
the stand and examined, even by his
own counsel, without exposing the
wickedness which underlies the hypo-
critical pretences of his party.
Thus it happens that Mr.. James @.
Young, of the Fifth district, after a
brief examination, retires from the
witness chair after having done him
self and his party a world Of injury.
He madelhimself only ridiculous; but
he showed his party in lis truly odious
colors. His testimony proves conclu-
sively that his party had a
huge corruption fund, largely furn-
ished by General Grubb him
self. 1t was willing to spend this
money on any form of election fraud.
1t was willing to print ''jokers,n hire
~repeaters and suborn election boards
wholesale. Mr.. Young, it seems, was
not only willing but eager in helping
the good work along. Mr.. Young is
ambitious. He made a record a little
while ago in a little Custom House
affair. He probably thought that If
he could follow it up with practical
services, he might be Governor some
day himself. Stranger things have
happened.
But it is the old story of the vault
ing ambition" that from time to time
o~verreaches itself, as Shakespeare or
some other epigrammatic gentleman
remarks. MI. Young's desire to make
a record made him the tool and the
victim of smarter-politiciaLs shall
we say, than he. 1t is beautiful to
note how Mike O'Mara got the best of
him. Verify the flies do not alight
upon Michael. And so Mr.. Young
spent his money-or General Grubb's,
and thought he was marshalling ar
mics of voters to the aid of the G.. O.
p, while in reality he was only being
played for a greenhorn by the grace
full and insinuating gentleman who
turns the wheel"
This first effort of the Gardner
committee to discount Democratic
investigation may have several anus
ing consequences. First, it will prob
ably retire Mr.. Young from politics
at least for awhile. Secondly, 1T will
probably bring numerous republican
politicians to the notice of the
Grand Jury. Thirdly, it will send
the Gardner machine back to
the worrying of old women. Finally,
it will set the whole State laughing at
Gardner & Co. and at the whole Re-
publican party, and will in the long
AZL LA.At- .A--I-l- TN-.-s-----M - ~
sight. For it is at last very plain that
even If some democrats were not mir
acles Of virtue, there were many repub-
lican leaders who we're very fair ex-
ampies Of vice.
THE attempt of Mr.. T. 8. Altemus,
made through the Sun Of yesterday,
to shift to Senator McDonald's shoul-
ders the disgrace Of his own treachery
is OF a piece with his whole conduct in
respect to the Gardner invesNgation.