The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-06
This paper IS Democratic In principles
and Is Independent In its 0ielUs on all
local questions.


LUCI LII. udS our TeSpeCU-
full sympathy. The life he lives must
be n of constant pain. 1t must be
worse than the toothache. His efforts
to explain the politics of the Eoenapg
Journal remind us of the labors Of
hat ancient gentleman who was com
PEELED by Jupiter or Pluto, or some
other Hydrologic parsonage, to roll a
stone up q hill-which stone, afore-
said, used to roll back again as fast
as he got it a little way up thel slope.
DIR. Pangborn rolls and rolls and
rolls away at the thankless task, but
the dead weight of his papers record
constantly gets the best of him, and
in spite of his most frantic efforts he
is crushed lower and lower into the
slough of mugwumpery.
His brethren Of the Republican
press help TO push him down and
keep him down. just at present the
editor Of the Elizabeth Journal
has him on his back and is
sitting on him. The Doctor
howled and squirmed to the
extent Of a column yesterday, franti-
cally declaring that he was a Republi-
can but the other editors of the
party with cynical smiles on their
hardened countenances only give him
one push today, and send him
a little lower than ever before.
Thus the poor doctor is in a sort Of
friendless and homeless condition.
He has no ~party-except in the Fifth
district, or Perkinsville as it has been
hippantly called. He has no friends,
no associates, no allies. He is out in
the cold and the only joy that re-
mains to him is the privilege of abus-
ing the State and County Committees
and stabbing in the back from time
to time the party which rejects him.
Ballot Ref1hm.
The Newark Daily Advertiser last
Saturday read Governor Albeit a
homily on the ballot reform question,
taking Governor Hill as its text. 1t
assumed the somewhat amazing posi-
ton that the ballot reform cranks
had carried the day in New York, and
the doughty David b. had been COM
PEELED to bow before a wave of public
opinion.
Now, of all the arrant nonsense we
have eve read this is about the worst.
The fact is, Governor Hill. backed by
q strong and enlightened public SEN
timent, has successfully protected the
voters of New York from the restric-
tions which the kangaroo cranks
strove to impose on the franchise.
After years of contest Governor Hill
has effectually carried the day and
the press Of New York is all but unan-
imous in praising the bill which he
has caused to be passed by a hostile
Legislature. Governor Hills victory
over Republican majorities in both
Houses at Albany is a signal and
pleasing triumph of Democratic prin-
ciples.
But what has Governor Albeit to
do with the matter? Governor Alb
bett went miles beyond Governor Hill
in his anxiety for ballot reform. In
deed we think he went further than
sound craftsmanship justified. He
stands ready to sign at any moment
any bill that the Legislature may
pass. What more does the AdDe9-
tiseg want? II it wants to help the
cause along, why does it mot cry out to
Gardner & Co. to stop throttling the
bill. They are the real enemies of the
reform, and it looks very much as if
they meant to kill it this session. But
the Assembly ought to positively re-
fuse to adjourn until the Republican
Sc nate is committed and shown up in
it's true light before the tribunal of
public opinion.