The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-20
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Name TekeI-Phares.
Major Pangborn has had spasm
and awakened from the dream that
has obscured his mind for many
moons. The Majors dream located
him in Timbuctoo, among the Repub
lican salt industries in New York,
caused him to wave the bloody shirt
in the face Of the South, gave him
fits of rage at the defeat of the
Force bill, in fact took him all over
the earth, but never for a moment
permitted his mind to rest at home.
The only evidence that the world has
Of the Majors mind is the editorial
columns of the Ecenang Journal, and
no man can remember when that pa
per mas honestly supported The inter-
ests of the Republican party at home.
The shock that awakened the
Major was caused by meeting of the
Republican County Committee some
few nights past, at which an earnest
movement was started to found a Re-
publican paper that should be
honestly devoted to the interests of
| the party. Incidentally we may
remark that the Eee1aing Jourqaas
never printed line about this meet
ing. That the Major has awakened is
plainly evidenced bya long editorial
leader in yesterdays Journal, pitifully
begging Republicans to stick to the
| Journal.
This is the wind-up Of the Journals
plaint:
| We need hardly ay that the Euenfng Journal,
/ which has for almost quarter of century
been the solitary and steadfast press represent
| ative Of Republican principles aud purposes in
| this Gibraltar of Democratic strength, and Sodom
4 of Democratic political vicousness, will most
/ cordially and vigorously cooperate in the work
Of the Republican party forces in Hudson
County, and will no matter what anybody eise
| may do, continue to maintain its uncompromis-
! ing warfare against the Democratic party,
We hear now and then OF members of the
| II udson County Republican Committee CRITICS.
/ ing and finding fault with the Eveas4lg Journal.
/ these critics and assailants never, IN a single
! instance, have ventured TO meet us face TO face
4 with any charge or complaint and We only get
knowledge of what they say or do at second
/ hand It is the right and the privilege, they
/ choose to esteem It privilege, of anybody to
criticise the Ere7liny Journal freely we
never find any fault with that, because we
| claim and exercise the same right. But we
must be and will be in all things independent
/ and outspoken in our criticisms and Judgment
| OF ali matters which affect the welfare of our
party and our sole and only object politically is
| TO promote the welfare of the party.
When mistakes are made by party we
/ point them out and criticise them; when wrongs
are done we denounce them; when hard,
honest. straightforward work for the Republic
| an party is called for and needed, the Eeeaiatg
4 journal always does it, a. our Democratic
enemies well know. and it is gratifea-
| rank and file of the Republican pa,ty hsre
| the masses of Republic lean voters, the men who
| don't want office, and who desire first and fore
1 most til general welfare of the party, have en-
\ tire confidence in the Evening Journal and
1 want no better or other exponent of Republican
! principles aad purposes than it is and always
has been.
The Journal, as the ''steadfast press
representative of Republican princi-
pies and purposes in this Gibraltar of
Democratic strength and Sodom of
Democratic political viciousness," is
calculated to make Republicans curse
and Democrats smile. The Gibraltar
part is all right and the Sodom allu-
sion may have been correct in the
past. but the Journal, as steadfast for
anything but price, is rather anus
ing
Now the Major reluctantly admits
! that the Journal has been criticized,
| but that these vile assaiIants have
never dared ITO meet us face to face.''
What did the Major expect9 That
some Of the best men in the commun-
Ity would climb to the top of the Jour
nal building, enter his Office and to
his face call him political
/ renegade, traitor to his party, a
triekster, hypocrite and a prevari-
Gator; and brand his paper as corrupt,
crooked and yenal-therebv running
/ the risk of having the fire hose
turned on them? Some people want
little here below, but the Major ISM
one of them. If the Major wanted
to meet the accusers of his
paper why didn't he attend
some of the Republican mass
meetings during the campaign
last fall, instead of talking
Digh tdfii dt % huch PSi HiEtlt IL
the State of New York? He might
have heard the JouanaE soundly de-
nounced almost any night. And if he
was very anxious to meet several
hundred of these accusers he
/ might have paid a visit to Tho
Fifth district shortly after he
cant Ransom. and Cutharlana mn there
to play a pot-house politicians trick
on J. Herbert Potts, Republican
whose faith had never been doubted
1 And be might have visited any gather
7 ing Of Republicans and heard curses
long and deep at the baclS-handed
| support the J0stvnaL gave George r.
! Perkins, Il stauncll Republican and