The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-30
WEDNESDAY,. MARCH 80.
The Campaign of SANDER

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The Democracy is not afraid of hard
hitting,-nor is it indeed afraid OF lies,
for the truth generally prevails in the
end, But when an attempt is made
to discuss important public questions
ON a high plane Of public usefulness,
it is certainly mortifying to find the
other side Of the discussion conducted
on a basis of petty, spiteful and in
sanely mendacious personality.
There has been nothing of this in
the Democratic campaign. No man
has said an unkind word Of Colonel
Wanser. He is a good fellow. He
a drink his glass OF lager and tell
his story and crack his joke with any
one. He has been a good Colonel of
the Fourth Regiment so far as mis- OPP
portunities have gone, and would
doubtless be brave and efficient If the
call Of real military duty came. He
is honest. He was a fairly intelligent
police magistrate. He has not. so far,
shown any great business capacity, or
at least he has no results to offer in
evidence of his skill and acumen; but
that may be only because he has been
a chronic office holder and Office
seeker.
Such have been the Democratic
estimates Of Colonel Wanser. They
are not colored, of course, with the
rosy hues of pa%rtisanship; but they
are neither Injurious nor discourteous,
and we cannot recall anything worse
that has been said of him. Match
these descriptions with the campaign
of infamy that the New York Herald
and the E0enias1 Journal have waged.
Mr.. McDermott's religious principles
and convictions have been SANDER
ously called in question; his highly
honorable standing in the highest
rank of his profession has been as
sailed. Cheap and vile motives have
been ascribed to him, and the manifest
and best actions of his life have been
distorted to his injury.
The Journal tries to picture him as
dictatorially endeavoring to suppress
free speech in his party. Alderman
O'Neill completely demolishes the lie.
The Herald pops up with IN assertion
that he has used the lowest process of
pandering to class prejudice to gain
votes. The laughter even OF Republi-
ca ms sends this scurrilous lie recoiling
on its authors. WhensMr. McDermott
conclusiveIy proves the part that Mr..
Pecksniff McGee's law firm took in
the Monmouth Park Racing bill
struggle, the Journal calmly ignores
the proven facts, and reiterates the
old lie that Allan McDermott was in
terested in 1t.
or course all this is not wonderful
in the case of the Journal, which is
from journalism a thing apart. To
marvel at it's ~indeeencies, it's lies or it's
unprofessionalism is simply to waste
time over matters long determined.
But the He10Sd's prostitution of its
columns to the purposes of moral
assassination is truly a monstrosity of
civilization, a marvel of power gone
mad which must fill every thinking
man with grief.
AS for the effect on Mr.. McDer-
motifs campaign, there can be no
doubt that it will be the absolute D
posite OF that which it is intended to
have. When the people of Jersey
City find an effort made to belittle
one of their most eminent fellow citi-
lens by the placing in his mouth of
such an expression as this
"Hullo, Gully, I'm goin' down de
street to feed me face wild hash!'
They are pretty apt to turn upon
the libeller and punish him by giving
his victim a more than triumphant
success. At the worst, the thinking
man will conclude that the Repub-
lican campaign must be very lacking
in solid arguments when resort must
be had to such abuse to keep it alive.