The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30

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Jsrszy City. n g 600 each. = total adj
i5Cu q $4,000 a year, 20 tie burdens on
these cites Increasing the szasy q lie
Mayor Of Hob0kea fr9m $1,000 70 3 900
E year: Increasing he tern 81 Office Of
Collector 0Ne5zt. ol Jersey CITY. 10 five
years. and several others Ct similar char
ze.er.
2eprazntzslve government has been
made : zhsSslF baFlesg1e By C7agressouzl
and AsembIy geTryEzuders thai are EEo-
tesaHslF ard 0utfzge91sly unjust. n tks
formation Of the rex c1zgrsssi3uzl ds=
ttiets the counties have been Erenebe3
froD their zucisut mo5riDgs 4B0 c2InC-
Ditsss taxed % each other with tgtzl ds
regard 70 h0uoEsuiery 81 character hzsI 5
and pursuits. IN geographical arrange
me1f they sre b~ur.ssgaes upon fitness Z
prsrris1F. 0ae district extends from fae
Delaware. ! short distance above Tre1t33.
% tie extrsue north and northwestern
pat OF tie STATE, and q the east 10 TIE
Pzssz5c river - NsEzrE. ESSEX AID
Ha6s5a COUNTIES f05m parts Of fFe Of tie
neE J5tsicts. tbe wards and districts h1v
iug bsen distributed 9Th Al eye single 70
,beiE use as PARTISAN f~zeto-S- TIE number
OF Inhabitants Of the Bss districts range
from 70. 193 70 22 $50. tie principle q
equality 4 population having been con-
te1ptEo1SsE violated Il short. only one
purpose VS. aepf il xisw-the partisan
advantage ola Eilg-eTerything else has
been eompel5ed 10 .ield 70 that.
TIE Assembly gerry naoder vas = still
more nzgTz1t lagasieB Of the political
rights q the people. Is character may
y inferred frrm tLe bozst. openly made
By its frz1ers. that il VS. designed 10
make fCrtY-tEo Democratic districts cut
Of the sixty. Nothing else vas thought
Of bat 70 secuT partisan advantage b. the
g~rcssest unfairpsss- Old geographical
lies arc eferyvheF broken. some districts
hare four TINES the population Of others,
in ere county . district Is actually cut in
two By another district. cities and towns
arg CARED up and distributed. and the
map Is di<fgufed by districts struggling
all over the county in an effort 20 avoid
particular classes Of voters.
TIE press 81 the Ssase. the b9asted pal
lzdiam Il cur Liberty, has been reduced
= : position Fl seFTils dependency. Tie
designation Of The newspapers 70 publish
the session AVS was formerly made by the
Go7erEoT and Comptroller. This was de-
signed 70. and did. secure z fair and equal
selection 81 the representative party news
/ Papers. But the ring legislature Of 1889
added the Democratic Secretary Of State
70 tie board. with The sole object Of turn
ing i into q partisan machine. The power
thus secured has been rUthlessly used. The
board Is tbis year solidiy Democratic, and
the Governor has dominated its councils
win uEqueslioned abs8Iutism. B0th the
Comptroller ard Secretary Of State are his
appointees, and both yield without ques-
ton 10 the meFest bint Of his wishes in the
designation Of the Official newspapers.
This 5 3 tremendous weapon placed in the
hand OF tie Goverao-, and he has used il
without conjunction. The $50. 900 2 year
which this service costs $50, 80 - in
1883 Is practically prostituted under this
system frem is purpose Of giving the peO-
pie early information. through The most
widely circulated journals. OF the LAWS
enacted each year. into a huge fund for
suborDing or g4gging these great engines
OF pnbiic opinion. Ii is designed and used
to put the ring collar about the neck Of
every editor who receives this patronage.
Il is the most dangerous ard bigh-han6ed
invasion Of the rights Of the people Of New
jersey that partisan audacity and reckless
ambition has ever attempted. With a few
notable and honorable exceptions Il closes
the mouth Of the sentinels upon the watch
towers Of liberty, aud makes them dumb
to the gTOssest invasion Ct the public
rights.
Asummary Of the partisan legislation of
the sessions Of 1889 and 1890 is given. The
substance Of the laws. together with refer
ences ard the object Of the laws. are o
tanned in the summary. In the main the
laws are summarized il the address given
above. They show the enormous amount
Of money taken from the State Treasury to
satisfy the clamor Of the ~place-bunters.
Twenty six such laws are contained in the
list Of partisan legislation for 1889. The
address continues:
All Of these various schemes for piling
new burdens upon the taxpayers, ia the
shape Of new offices for ring spoilsmen.
increased compensation foI those already 10
Office and investing the Executive with
increased powers, were links in the chain
by which the %conspirators designed to bind
the people Of New Jersey u ring rule.
They were compelled to halt in 1890 be-
cause there was q Republican majority Of
one ii the Senate that year. But they
devoted the interval TO a mere elaborate
preparation Of their programme Of sp9lia-
ton, which they carried into effect al the
session oflS9i, with a stolid indifference
to the protests Of deceney and . blind and
s@eTvile obedience 70 the diet4tion Of the
ring boss never paralleled in the history Of
New Jersey o. elsewhere.
n the list of partisan bills passed IN 1891
are tLirty-f0ur laws. The substance, refer
ence and object Of the Law are given, and
the summary Is a valuable one. IL a gen
eral way this summary wil also be found
in the address given above. After tbs
list Of partisan laws the address concludes
With this brisf summary and stirring
appeal:
some couats 10 this Indictment against
The RAG rule do not appear in this record.
1t does not appear that the ring ofiee-hold-
ers 81 this State nov draw the stupeudous
sam OF considerably over half a million
dollars q year IN salaries from tie public
fund: that ring spo&esmeu and manipula-
tors in tie last House were rewarded for
their partisan activity With District Court
judgeships: that an army Of do0Tkeepers
and pages, more than one keeper 20 every
door, aud at least q page to every two
members, was appointed By the extrava-
CANT Legislatures Of 1888 and 1891: and
that the ring refused. cut Of spite, to con-
sent 70 the payment Of the legitimate ex-
penses incurred il Rnearthiog the whole
sale and Infamous election frauds in Hud-
son county. This isa fearful record OF
political iniquity, but the shameful story
has not hall been told.
Fellow voters CfNeE Jersey. this arraign-
meut Of reckless and INSCRIPTIONS gang of
public %piunderers ard unprjncipled politi-