The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-21
THIS paper IS democratic IN principles
and is Independent IN its 0iea0s on GH
local questions.
Newspaper Warfare.

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These be troublous times, it would
seem, for the newspaper fraternity in
the rural sections of New Jersey. This
mornings air is lurid with reports
and rumors of war in which the scis-
sors and paste pot are flourished with
a vim that means destruction to some
body.
In Newark we find the picturesque
and pugnacious editor of the Standard
doing his best to slaughter the
regulations of Messrs. IRE and
Hunt of the rival Sunday
publication, the Call. Messrs.
IRE and Hunt, we are informed, are
only masking their batteries. They
have, it is alleged, collected material
for a biography of Mr.. Frank Nc
Dermit, which will drive that gentle
man out of the State, they think.
In New Brunswick, Mr.. Howard B.
Tindell, the editor of the FfedoDian
has been reaping the fruits of the in
discretion for which that paper is
noted. Mr.. Tindell, it appears, has
been libelling the mother of a citizen
Of the town in his paper, and
the citizen has treated the public
to the pleasing spectacle of the
editor walking humbly before the
muzzle of a gun to make apology to
the lady he had maligned.
Now, these are painful occurrences.
We deeply grieve to see them. Our
country cousins should pay more at
tention to the amenities of life. By
studying the dignity and reserve Of
metropolitan journals, such as THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS, they can make
their own lives much easier, keep
heart disease at arms length, and
avoid making ridiculous spectacles of
earnestly entreat our friends to sub
due their angry passions, and their
Unruly inclinations. Let them devote
their energies to printing a little news
instead of libels, whether on each
other or on outside parties. They
will find it pay a great deal better,
and make far less trouble.
SPEAKING Of journalistic strife, we
cannot refrain from offering our COM
pliments to our only competitor on
the way things are managed in its
office. When Mr.. Dear ventures to
differ from Major Pangborn on the
editorial policy Of the sheet, the Major
advises him ''to take a vacation, =
and-he takes it.
ECoNGREssMAN TEHLBACH, of New
ark, is engaged in the praiseworthy
task of putting his party in a fix, just
now. If it dominates him for Con-
gress again, it will be in the position
of formally ratifying his opposition to
the Force Bill, to the rule of General
Sewell, of the Home Brewery, to anti
liquor phariseeism and other pet Re
publican party fads. On the other
hand, if it Furnishes his independence
Of opinion and spirit by refus-
ing to renominate him, it will
offend the entire German element
of Newark, and the entire literal vote
which floats between the two parties,
and which follows honesty and wis.
dom instead of partisan obstinacy
and rapacity. If Mr.. Lehlbach be re
nominated he will stand a very fail
chance of reelection; if he is not, the
Democratic candidate will carry the
district by q vast majority. So Esse1
is bound to be well represented ir
Congress in any event.
A WORE of praise is due to the pc
lice for stopping the canal bathing
nuisance near the Pacific avenue
bridge. As soon as the attention Of
the force was directed to the matter,
proper steps were taken, and during