The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-14

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The Journals" Idea of a Victory.
The Eoening Journal of yesterday
took an altogether different view OF
the results of the Republican county
convention from that which at first
impressed us. Looking at the matter
in the light of the Journals explana-
tions, we are inclined to think that
our friend across the street is right.
1t seemed to us that the Journal had
been horribly worsted at the Conven-
ton. 1t was denounced by one speak
er after another. Its editor was pub
licly and grossly insulted. The most
utter and thorough lack of confidence
was manifested in it. 1t was once
and forever kicked out OF the
ranks of Republicanism, SO far as you
can kick out anything that will take
all the kicking you al give it and
still insist on staying in. Yes, it oc-
Cured to US that the Journal had
been horribly worsted in the proceed
ings of the Convention.
But it does not think so itself, and
as we have already said, on reviewing
the situation, we now think it is right.
This is the way the Journal itself
looks at the case:--
In the republican, convention yesterday Mr..
r, B. Seymour used his privilege Of the floor, as
q delegate, to repeat his stale and stupid asser-
ton that the Evening Journal is not a repre-
possess The confidence Of the republicans Of
Hudson county. This assertion was no more
false than it always has been when
and most emphatic answer and re.
futation at the hands of the convention. OF the
100 delegates more than one hundred voted down
the proposition made by the County Committee,
of which Mr., Seymour was the champion, and
agreed to and adopted the policy and course of
action which the Eoening journal has advised
and urged. A less obstinate and more sagacious
mau than Mr.. seymour would have considered
himself sufficiently settled by. such an over
whelming rebuke and defeat, i was
opposition until finally he was left alone on the
final vote making the nomination of Mr.. Lewis
unanimous. 1a9 to I will do for squelcher mum
ing Journal is, and ought to be, entirely salts fed
with the outcome of this business. 1t will con-
tinue TO give the best advice 1t can to the Re-
publican party. and put in its best work for it's
success.
In other words, the Journal started
out to procure a crushing rebuke for
the leaders, the organization and the
representatives of its own party. In
its columns and also by all sorts of
outside intrigues in which its editor,
its publisher and its city editor used
all their efforts, it labored to have
a convention of the party openly
insult and censure the State Commit
tee, the County Committee of this
county and every Republican who
has sat in the Senate the last two
years. This was the way it started
out to prove its party loyalty-by pro-
curing the denunciation by an alleged
party convention of the policy of the
party and of the men who laid down
that policy.
In this it has certainly won a great
victory. The Journal ran the Con-
vention of Monday afternoon to suit
itself. The County Committee was
nowhere. It's ideas had no weight.
1t was sat upon and crushed. The
Convention was packed in the Jour
naI's interest. The real fight was old
paper against new paper. and the old
one secured a "v~indication' in spite
of the County COMMITTEES teeth.
That is why it says lit is and ought
to be entirely satisfied with the re-
sults.n
But. in spite of its triumph, the
Journal does not appear to he wholly
easy in its mind. In no less than five
different places. yesterday, it walled
over the new paper. This does not