The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-21

grade. There would be only one-
tenth as much drunkenness, the
odious family rum" trade would be
abolished, rum hole vice and rum hole
violence would disappear; a small
army Of idle saloonkeepers and bar
tenders would be turned into wealth.
producing avocations, and the saloo ms
which survived would be bonanzas to
their proprietors.
There is n string the liquor deal
ers always harp on, however, which
always excites the anger of law abid-
ing people-rhat is the effort to reduce
the penalty and disgrace of breaking
the license laws. Their demand for
the repeal of the disorderly house
clause is an insult to the public intel
ligence. II they do not want to break
the law, why do they want the penalty
modifed2 The thing is transparent.
They want a mere nominal penalty
affixed by law SO that they can snap
their fingers at the police and do as
they please.
Now the people will not tolerate
this. No party dare give them any
such licentious privilege. They say
no party dare refuse their demands.
We reply to that insolent utterance
that it is the duty of both parties to
sternly rebuke their aggressions, re-
fuse to consider their demands, and
compel them to retire from politics as
an independent element altogether.
We earnestly urge on the Demo-
cratic leaders that they refuse to
treat with the liquor dealers as a
class. They have, now, all that JUS
tice entities them to, and they have
to thank the Democracy for it. To
give them more would be a public
crime. Let the Republican party take
the onus of promising to commit that
crime If it chooses.
Will Judge Werts resign from the Bench?
People jealous of the repute of that tribunal
hope that he will.-State Gazette.
Now, really, this is too absurd.
Did Judge Dixon resign from the
Bench when he ran for Governor? Or
is not the Judge a good enough Re-
publican for the State Gazette? The
Republican editor must be hard up
for campaign thunder when he talks
such nonsense as this.
MISS ADA REHAN, the leading lady
of Mr.. Augustine Days theatrical
company, has been selected for the
model for Montana's great figure of
"Justice standing on the Globe" to
be exhibited at the Chicago fair.
That is passing well. The lady is
shapely and if the statue is like her,
it will he a pleasant object to look
upon. But the reason for the selec-
ton of Miss Rehan as the model is
strangely amusing. 1t is given
thus:
Miss Rehan was chosen for the model because
she is considered to be physically one of the
mOSb pcElCCL lypcS u AlneTlCdn WOulauuOOu.
The impression hitherto prevailing
has been that she is one of the most
perfect types of Irish womanhood to
be found in the United States.
THE True american pops up today
with al insane suggestion that every
city should own its own sewers and
should raise by charging
rental for their use. What it means
by owning the ewers is that property
should not be assessed for benefit for
their construction, and that where
they have already been built the
property owners should be reim-
bursed. Bonds to do this, the AmerI-
can thinks, could be issued at 8 per
cent, while 5 per cent. could be real
lied annually on the cost of the
sewers in rentals.
1t never occurs to the sage who
launches this idea that property
owners might prefer not to use the
sewers. They could not be compelled
to do S 10 any more than they can be
compelled to use city water. But if
they refused, where would the city
get its profit from? And then, would
not sanitation get a pretty bad set
back?
The "idea" is a bad instance of rain
bow chasing.
THERE is nothing the Newark
Journal hates like the truth. 1t had
spasms yesterday over an article in
the New York Eoenan0 Post, which
very accurately outlined the political
situation in this State. The Journal,
when it has a fit of this kind, always
reminds us of the ostrich in the fable.
Does it think it can hoodwink or de-
ceive the public by disappearing
matters of common notoriety? There
are some things that everybody knows
as we'll as the editor with the sugges
tive name. When he tells people
that what they know to be true is I'M
true-as he does almost daily-they
cimolu lanpb of him IF 10 thiS non