The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-24

confusion and shame.
We believe Mr.. McDerm otis letter
has vastly strengthened his position.
We hope every voter in the city will
read and study it. That alone would
be sufficient to assure Mr.. McDermott
a great majority.
Let Wanser Come Out aud snow
Himself
WHY would it not be a good idea for
the two Mayoralty candidates to hold
joint meetings? We would dearly
love to see Allan McDermott and
Colonel Wanser address the people OF
Jersey City every night from the same
platform.
If the Colonel will only consent to
this arrangement, we will guarantee
that Mr.. McDermott will beat him by
ten thousand majority. 1t is only
necessary that the people should haye
an opportunity of comparing the two
men as public men, considering pub
lie questions, to determine the result.
But Colonel Wanser will not do this.
III he were willing, his hackers would
not let him, They know that he has
nothing to say to the people; that he
has no more idea of how a city gov
eminent should be run than a boy
just out of school.
Towards the end of this week the
Colonel will sign and give out the let
ter which Lawyer Blair or Lawyer
MCGEE is now writing for him. After
that he will be taken around to
packed Republican club meetings
where he will applaud j~udiciously
while some of the professional orators
of the party make rabid speeches.
Towards the close he will be intro
duced to make a three-minute address
something like this
'.Mr. Chairman and Fellow Repub-
Leans, feeble cheers) l am very much
obliged to you for the honor the party
has done me in making me its candl-
date for the high office of Mayor OF
Jersey City. (Some applause.) 1t is
a mark OF esteem for which l shall be
grateful as long as l live. (Claque
here tries to stir up enthusiasm.) II l
am elected l shall do my best to
remedy the evils of the pres
emit Democratic administration,
and to give to Jersey City
a pure and honest government. ODE
termined effort at applause.) l hearth
ly endorse every word that has been
said by the able and eloquent speak
ers that have preceded me, and as the
hour is now late l will wish you good
| night, with the hope that on the
evening of election day we will find
| that success has rewarded our efforts.
| Once more thanking you for your kind
| attention, l will now close my re-
marks and allow you to return to
YOUR homes.f Genuine applause,
| merging into the shuttle of the depart
ing ~legionaries.)
1t is not too much to say that during
the shri evalty campaign Colonel
Wanser treated the public to fifty
intellect ual efforts of just that precise
size and kind. He has contributed
one or two, already, to the present
campaign. Butthe occasion is not on
| record when the gallant Colonel
evolved an idea, expressed an opinion
or committed himself to any positive
statement except that IF elected, he
would do his BEST" a promise which,
we believe, he devoutly meant to
keep.
1t is a fact, however, that it takes
brains to be Mayor of Jersey City; in
deed, it takes brains and trai ming Of
a very special character to be a good
evidence in Colonel Wanser IS career
hat he possesses the right sort of
gifts for the place, and we are
forced to believe that where he was
deficient, the necessary wisdom would
be furnished by the Farrjer gang,
who are his M ost earnest hackers, and
such shining exemplars as Contractor
Toffey, General Ramsay, Judge Sey-
mour, City Hall Co mmissioner Emil
| DATE, Tom Potter and ex-Comptroll er
and Railway Legislative Agent Sam
Dickinson.
Let us have for Mayor a man who
will be Mayor himself. as Allan L. Nc
| Derrmotr will be. and not a stool
pigeon for a lot of scheming politi-
clans.
How would the people like Horace
Farrier on the Finance Board?
And w. W. Farrier on the Street
and Water Board?
And ''ex-Captain" Fred Farrier and
Cornelius j. Benson ON the Police
Board2
Sam Dickinson for City Comptrol-
Ter again?
General Ramsey for Tax Commits
sioner?
OF course Judge Blair, having made
his pile out of South Cove specula-
ton, would be u fine Corporation
Counsel, and ex-Judge Rod Seymour
would be paid for soaring the Journal
into line by his new paper bugaboo,
with the office OF Corporation Attor-
nav.