The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-03
A Respite for the Hon. Miles Ross.

Armed with bull's-eye lantern and a
billy, the National Committeeman has been
beuting tho dark places OF New Jersey for
several nights in search OF tho scoundrel
who was trying recently to sell out the
State ticket. We understand that he ap-
precates tho responsibility that Is upon
him BY reason OF his exalted post In the
party organization. and that his exertions
have been hardly short OF heroic.
Nevertheless. the Hon. MILES Ross has
not succeeded in getting his virile clutch
upon the traitors windnipe. Non est IN
rcntrs s the report reluctantly brought to
headauartcrs by the loyal and energetic
Committeeman. Tho rascal Is still at large:
the Hon. MILES Ross confidently believes
that he has skipped the State.
II that is so. why. all right! The mis-
crcant cannot do much mischief at long
range. and he will be likely to give New
Jersey a wide berth rs long as he knows
that National Committeeman MILES Ross
is on the watch for him with the bull's-eye
of detection and the club Of high authority.
We have no doubt that the villain keeps
himself well posted as to every movement
OF the grim avengcr now on his track.
Probably the story Of the Hon. MILES
Ross exciting chase after the mysterious
traitor will never be told in full. lit could
be told in print it would read like Greek
epic or Morse saga. The National Com
mi,teeman is supposed to havo descended
first upon Hudson. where ho discovered
among the peculiar friends OF Senator JOHN
RuDEHICK MCPHERSON Il warmth and gem
uiucness OF loyalty to Judge WERTs and the
State ticket which surprised even the Hon.
MILES Ross. NO treason here" he said
to himself. rs he passed over into his own
county of AliddleseX. where every Demo-
crnt put his finger alongside Of his nose as q
salnte to the National Committeeman when
the latter demanded. Where Is the
traitor" Then IL occurred to the Ma
tiunal Committeeman to investigate the
Newark organization styling itself The
Essex County Democracy" but he found
the door locked. Essex County DemUc-
rary" had long ago said good night to
his typewriter and gone home to his bed.
Nothing more definite resulted from the
Hon. MILES Ross excursion into Hunter
don. The Hon. JAMES NELSON PIDCoCK
was sleeping the sleep OF the just when the
National Committeeman raped at the front
door. The Hon. JAMES NELSON came down
stairs in his nightgown. IL am after the
traitor said the Hon. MILES Ross. Good
heavrlls!' exclaimed the truehearted old
veteran OF White House Station. hoarscly
"Can it DO that there Is treachery in the
Democratic camp? Just wait till get my
trousers on. and will join you In the hunt. "
But before the Hon. JAMES NELSON PIDCoCK
got his trousers on. the loyal and energetic
National Committeeman was far away from
the Fourth district.
Although the herculeun efforts OF the Hon.
Mills Ross have not resulted in the detec-
ton and arrest Of the traitor who was re-
Gently trying to sell out the Democratic
State ticket on the false pretence that the
interests OF the national ticket required the
sacrifice. the search has not been fruitless
If. as the Hon. MILES Ross supposes. it has
driven tho scoundrel out OF the State and
scared him into condition OF harmless
ness. considerable good has been accom-
plishcd. The achievement may not quite
entitIe the Hon. MILES Ross to public
ovation. but it does entitle him to sus-
pension OF public Judgment until the cleo
ti0n figures are available for scrutiny.
On the other hand. IL National Commit
tccllan Ross is mistaken: II the traitor has
not fled. but is still in New Jersey plotting
and scl,emiag to defeat tho State ticket.
thru no man need envy the political future
of the Hon, MILES Ross