New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27
Jersey CTTY,S WAY or ESCAPE.

The citizens of Jersey City are rs people seq
| upon a hill in the MayOralty campaign in which
they are now engaged. They have never passed
| through so interesting and important mllnlc-
| ipal conflict 1t has become so well known mat
jersey City has been afflicted and plundercd for
years by as INSCRIPTIONS and reckless ring OF
rascals as can be found in the country that wide
spread interest exists in the contest which is
now going forward The evidence is so over
wheming as 10 the corruption of this ring that
no respectable person ventures to defend 1t.
Offices have been multiplied, city expenditure
has been vastly increased, public funds nave
been wasted and stolen, SO-called public improve
ments which were really raids on the city treas
urv have been set on foot and Jersey City has
been the paradise of theving politicians. Its
municipal government has been an object OF con-
tempt, derision and detestation in the minds OF
honest citizens. Tho Dstnct-Attomcy of liud-
son County has been a stumbling block rather
than an efficient agent in the prosecution OF GER
tain classes of criminals. Tho Sheriff has de-
based and misused the powers OF his Office to
protect awbrcallers. The grand juricS, largely
drawn from the worst dement's OF Jersey City,
have refused month after month to find ndict-
engaged six days in the week in defying and
transgIessng the laws of the State. There has
never been gathered anywhere more shameless
set of grand jurors than those which have gwen
Hudson County so evil a fame. IL any one cares
10 climb the North Bergen hills on an afternoon
and see the dcbased and soddcn faces of the
ruflians, thugs and thieves from this and neigh
boring cities who arc pouring into the gates OF
Guttenburg, he will then realize how Hudson
County and jersey City have been governed
These are the people who have been holding this
part Of New-Jcrsey in their crimc-sollcd grp.
Jersey City has been given over TO the Gluten
burg gang and the Hudson County Ring, and
they have been dividing its substance among
them. Is there not honesty or public spirit
enough left in that unfortunate community TO
overthrow tho thieves who have been oo,ing il?
IL is true that the Hudson County Ring has
an active ally and supporter, the Governor OF
New-Jcrsey, who, it il reported. is about to go
70 Rhode Island 10 teach Rhode Islanders tr,ic
Democratic principles. Governor Leon Albeit
should be greeted in New-Engand with somo
plain talk as 10 his disgraceful connection with
the Guttenburg crew. As Governor OF tho State
he could have broken up the Hudson County
KING anu TefbN'u lnc lfNPip HOm IN' 'O'A"i
long ago IL he had been so minded. As Gov
crnor of New Jersey he could have closed in a
day the Guttenburg racetrack and sealed tho
vicst dive within 100 miles of our City Hall.
lie has not chosen to do 80. With the charges
of extensive bribery ut Trenton which now fill
the air, with the diSgraceful performances Of the
Hudson County and Essex County rings and
other gangs Of plunderers in other parts Of the
State New-Jersey is in pitiablc condition be-
fore the world. II all tho clcrgymcn, all tho
church members and all the cean-handed citi-
Gems of jersey City do not unite in this contest
and devote all their energies TO rho defeat Of
Allan McDermott the Ring candidate, the legal
adviser Of Guttenburg, the representative of the
worst combination ever known in New.Jersey,
then indeed there will be little hope for the re-
dcmption of that State. If jersey City makes
no serious effort to drive away the plunderers
who are now ravaging her, she will deserve tho
disgrace and the degradation in which she will
remain sunk for years to come.