New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-29
A PLACE FOR GOOD WORK.
TO CAPRy ROCKLAND AND SULLIVAN
COUNTIES.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMpAIGN-THE Assem-
BLY, DISTRICTS.
rrRosAsrAyr CORRESPONDENT or rHT rRIhr'n

rFRosAsrAYF CORRESPONDENT or THf TRIB' Il
Monticello. " V, Oct. 25.-"A large summer
boarding house" is the description often apf!leu
70 Sullivan County. which, with the counties oi
ORANGE and Rockland, forms the A\th '1h-
rrcssiona District. One Of the stations on 'hc
Port Jcrvis and Monticello Railroad is callcd
Paradise. and the fame Of this charming region
with its romantic hills and valleys. It's tr"ut
streams and game-stOcked woods, Justihcs Inc
title 1t is rot likely, however, TO prove para
disc for either Mr.. Bacon or the astn'r wire
puller who expects to profit by his wealth. anu
efforts The county is really Democratic. but
thanks to the untiring zeal OF few able ana
devoted Republicans, it has been repeatedly won
from the Democratic fold and will probably DC
won again.
"Of course says Mr. John Callbrath, the chair
man of the Republican County Committee, we
realize that there is plenty of hard work before
us and that il is a mistake to Ike over-confdent.
But our voters do not like Mr.. Bacon. Mr.. Rose,
who has been renoninatcd for the Assembly has
made all excellent record; VIC have a good county
ticket. and the new ballot law. we think, will
tell in our favor. Mr.. LeXOw. who has just
driven through the county, has made good i'm
preston. and we look to that 10 offset his lack
of acquaintance in particular places"
One reason why the good men OF Sullivan are
pleased with the Republican ticket is because
they are liberal and intelligent enough to rccog-
nize the hand that has guided them 10 prosperity.
Within few years as suggested above the
fockinc Of summer visitors TO the county has
impclled many OF the farmers to transform their
dwellings into hoardine-houscs and erect new
structures for the accommodation of city people.
Their need OF foreign commodities is
small. Their tables supplied principally
with produce grown by themselves, and the
protection which enables them TO dispose OF their
surplus in other markets without danger OF ruin
Gus competition opens to them new ard perna-
nent avenues of income. At orc time The county
was covered with tannerics, which utilized the
bark Of the hemlocks that grew here so plen,faily
As the supply of hemlUck diminished, the tan
ners, however, directed their energies into new
channels They became lumbcrmen on con-
siderable scale. and the manufacture Of wood
acid or alcohol, extracted from the beech, birch
and maple and other hardwood trees which have
survived the hemlock, is now staple industry
This free admission OF alcohol for use in the
sciences and arts would have effectively wiped
out, and it was largely Congressman St!verSs
prompt and energetic action that averted such a
result.
Mr.. Bacon, il is understood counts confidently
on the prestige derived from his ownership of u
farm in the county to reinstatc him in the good
graces of the rural voters. lie will probably not
repeat his ludicrOus attempt Of two years ago 10
pass himself off, with the aid of O pair Of cow
hide boots, sui; Of homespun and a liberal
sprinkling Of haysecd as q genuine horny -handed
son OF toll" That he is really no friend of theirs,
those who are old soldiers long ago found out,
and his action in Congress in first tavOring the
Dependent Pensions bill ami aiterward voting 10
sustain President Clcvelands veto of it is re-
membercd in many country cabin and can
vassed by many homely iresde to his lasting
detrimcnt The protection Democrats, of whom
there are number at this eud oil the district
mistrust him for tic effort 10 carry water both
shoulders, So c!umsily revealed in has letter Of
acceptance. HIS admission, IN the sdme unique
document that the Republican, majority in the
tarif he Hoped for i'll many years, tempts
them to ask what use there can he IN returning
him 10 Congress on a tarin platform While Ls
anticipation OF this inquiry by the lnsiEuitioE
that changes in 1t looking to the benefit OF tie
people at large may DC attained, has excited
smoker from one end OF TIC district Ia the Otner.
sullivan County constitutes n single Assembly
district. This has been ably represented by Will
lam X. Rose, quiet and pleading business man
who has voted right on every good measure brought
up in the House sincc he has been member While
not an active bidder for votes his personal popu-
larity has drawn many TO him of their own ac-
cord and his chances for reelection are GOO.
His opponent is George NJ. Reeks, a practising
physician, vino is anxious To show how mach
more good he can DO his patients by maxi II their
laws than mending tier bottles As phI sc:2n
his repue is eOp-SO good, indeed. that It Is h9PcN
for his sake he may MOI impair y ny ull-
timely truancy at Albany. Thornton Nivcn. II
was understood considered himself entitled to the
nomination. hut he will rcasc rcGret,inS his loss
when he finds how badly DIR. Eeeks Will be
beaten.