The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-22

faith of leaders, why the consequence es
may be very serious indeeda
The attack here outlined will give
the hostile New York papers u tre-
mendous opportunity to slaughter
the New Jersey Democracy. Just
how littls aid or comfort may be ex-
pected from the Sun or World is de-
monstrated by the method OF treat
ment adopted by both papers today.
In our editorial on Wednesday, we
used these expressions:-
The Republican party is likely to have the
help of several very influential Independent
newspapers to supplement the work of its own
powerful and well managed press. All the
New York papers that count for anything will
be on its side. The Times, the Tribune, the
Herald. the FfeSs and the Recorder have to
gether an enormous circulation at this end of the
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least $4,000 day ard ZOO on Sunday. All
these pape RS will hammer the Democratic party
and especially the Hudson Democracy, with all
their might. There will be nothing to offset this.
The political influence of the World is very
small in proportion to its circulation as a
news medium. Besides, the course of
that paper is so neutrality-suspicious." it
calls itself-as to make it practically,
unless to its party. The Sun will not enter into
Jersey politics. In the McDermott campaign it
never raised a finger for the Democratic candi-
date. Besides, it would be glad to see the State
go against Cleveland. In short, the Democratic
party viii have no means to reach the people
except its own local organs. In this county,
THE JERSEY CRY News will have the task of
defending the party, single-handed. against all
the agencies stated above.
1t is only necessary to look at the
World this morning to see if we are
right. That paper devotes some six
columns altogether to New Jersey
politics. First comes its article on
the Governorship. This is nearly
four columns long. 1t is devoted to
proving with deadly reiteration
that the Democratic party is torn by
contending factions. No motive
seems to figure in it except a hatred.
Mcpherson is working against Alb
bett and Smith. Miles Ross and
others flock to his support to injure
Albeit. Then Smith is or may be
against Albeit, too, and Albeit is
again against Mcpherson. Jeal-
ousies, hatreds, revenges-these
are the staple of the Worlds
article. One would think that
nothing but angry passion could
exist in the party ranks, The World
announces that Mr.. E. F. C. Young is
to be the Democratic candidate for
Governor. Then it tells US he is to be
nominated for the injury of Smith
and Albeit. He denies this, the man
who. the World says, engineered his
boom, denies it. The denials are an
swered with a sneer. This precious
Democratic" paper incidentally does
its best to represent Mr.. Young's bust
ness relations injuriouslY and winds
up with a back handed allusion to his
service on the Grand Jury, with the
evident design to injure him. We do
not exaggerate. Read the article and
see if it is not planned to do all the
harm that is possible.
Next comes the Street and Water
Board article. Both the World and
the San carefully refrain from expos
ing the political plot in this matter.
They treat it as a bona fide movement
for municipal reform. AS they tell
the story it is pure fake, and fake in
the interest of the Republican party.
The WORLDS announcement of Mayor
Wanser's purpose to veto the city
budget is also couched in a strain of
approval which is intended to injure
the Democracy, and which will GER
tainly have that effect. The Hudson
Democracy has no friends among the
New York newspapers.
We do not know how we can bet
ter conclude these remarks than by
repeating the warning with which we
concluded our comments on the stu
alton, last Wednesday. They have
new force and meaning today. Read
them again, gentlemen
One of the worst sigLs of the time is the dis
position of all sorts of small fry politicians to do
mischief by venting then. spite on those who
are honester and better than they. The few
syepcies of success which the party can COM