The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-05
LIPPINCOTT COMMENDED
Pastor Scudder Thinks He
Should Be Cover
nor.
A MAN FOR WHOM ALL CAN VOTE.
The failing of the Ballot Box STUFF
fers a Sign That the Redemp-
ton of Jersey City Is
Close al Hand.

Inc rev. Jonn /. ScuQder sunday
night again paid hiS respects to the bti-
lot box suffers, and ut the same time ren-
dered a just tribute 10 Judge Lippincott
for the fearless stand he took in these
C uses from the outset. The storm in the
eafly evening, severe as it was, did not
prevent the Tabernacle fiom containing
a largs and attentive congregation, who
listened closely 10 all that The clergy man
sad: After II brief introduction Mr..
Scuider sail:-
The inhabitants of Jersey City were
tietel 10 a grea l and unique sensation
on last Tuesday" he said. "A judicial
thunderstorm broke up III this town With
tu idenness and severity, and thun Ter
DO s Tell thick aud Heayy from the nand
of Judge Lippincost.
A E NOVELTY.
"lt was a sight Indeed to see con-
victed ballot box suffers who for more
than two We RS have been staggering
about Il streets and Boosting taat their
'pnlP was 80 strong lbaG no power III this
couaty cou d send them to Jail suddenly
fali INFO liue aud march OF to prison.
Last TUESDAY was a red letter dav for all
ffienes of law and order, aud q tri-
unIphant viud;c itiun of the value of re-
puiillcin institu ions.
"Al last tn Sc defiant men, who have
so loUg gone unwhipped of Justice, have
4tAt4 AN ~ AoN SANAASh
with IN atom If pitriuti ,II i'll lis coti pc
Si:tou il 9 a TO see these felons ut Snake
HILL or tue State Prison at Trenton.
Our IrJpiiefy uttt red two Years ago
that they would be clo:Eel III striped
su t, and be put at WORK bre aking stone
i'll behalf of The CommonweaiLlith.y have
so thanefully abused has been fulfilled.
Great iaGe III has b. Ell tie power of the
DO itical G ing thu inspired and dicIaIe 1
the T. tral,, ross actions, and sometimes 1t
locked as II ii coteiis of villains were
mi-htier than the people.
CANNOT BE BOUGHT.
"Greater than the gang, however, is
tina hero of the hour, that uprigh', con-
scientlouS and c~ourageou man who cam
not be bought, C ] ,lrd Or Infatuated d.;
that stalwarl. Iuuep, ndent and fearless
Judge, job Lippineott. who stands like a
rock amid the corrunt and sullen waters
tina. rage and foam about him.
"Whether others Il proved subserv-
lent and have been swept away by the
current of iniquity. the Judge has stood
firm aud has been true to his trust. We
honor him today and add our Voice to the
universal applause throughout this
county and SAFE.
"tew Of us can imagine the opposition
he has been obuged to encounter and the
determination aud effrontery of the politi-
cal clique who lave done their utmost to
keep their friends outside of prison walls.
10 UuuSC IItppllGOub VIC 1 U WI u 0EUU
of unt I'D gratitude. IL is he who has ac-
comp i ,hed this momentous result and to
hin, should be given the glorT. II IN
this junclure he has assumed extraordin-
ary responsibilities, his shoulders are
Eroaa enough TO sustain them. The peo-
pie us a whole are behind him and he
stands forth ioiay the most popular man
in lie State of New Jersey.
"Puliticaily he is a democrat. On thu at
account we honor him all The more and
wish all democrats were of the same
piece. This kind of democrat all people
would vote for. He is exactly what we
want in every public ofice-an honest,
STRAIGHTFORWARD fearless man.
"The service Judge Lippincott has rem
dered Jersey City cannot be overesii-
mattel. He has taken away the reDroach
uncer which this city had been sta2ger-
ing for years. His prompt decisions last
tuesday proclaimed to the world hat
Jersey City is no longer the mauufactory
of bogus ballots and headquarters for po-
1itical countsrfeiters. This and other
signs of the t mes indicate most clearly
that Jersey City is shaking off her grave
clothes aud rising from the dead. I'M
provement is visible all along the line,
and never again will there be such po-
litical corruption as had ours I'd this city
duriug tae past few years.
A WHOLESOME PRECEDENT.
"These sudden professions to State
Prison will make meu careful how they
tamper with the ballot box in future. A
wholesome precedent has been set. Those
who ara disposed to stuff the ballot boxes
hereafter win do so at their peril aud with
a strong likelihood of having a free ride
in the Black Maria and having their hair
cut at the expense of the State. For a
few years to come, at least. We shall have
a tolerably honest vote and a fair count in
Jers Y City.
"For the miserable men who are now
suffering the just punishment for their
crime | have q certain degree of pity.
cit is a sal sight to see any man de-
prived of his liberty and publicly dis
graced by being placed in a prison cell.
Aud in this hour of victory far be it from
US 60 glory over the downfall of evildoers.
while we denounce and hate their crime
we pitv them and their families.
"And while we blame them for their
misdeeds, for which they alone are re-
sp0nsible, W. nevertheless recognize the
fact that many of them were catspaws
for heir political bosses who deserve hard
labor and u striped jacket a hundred
times more than the men who were
foolish enough to carry out their wicked
designs.
LOOK FOR REVELATIONS.
att is a sad TACT that while The tools of
eneir villfany are langufshiug in Trison
the bosses who put Them up to the mis-
chief are yet in the streets aud as free to
plot and plumber as ever before.
"the well established doctrine, 'qui
fdctt per alum faeit per se.' condemns
the INSIGHT rs of this crime and declares
them wcrshy of severest punishment.
Elf tie score ofNnen now in prison and
those who are yet to be trieisdo not give
away their leaders il will be a marvel oil
copstancv seldom seen OR All evidence OF
wholesale b ibery.
nineteen of those already convicted
were employees of the cts or county. and
~ -. ~ -4A-A ~-.-sz
tiop. This was an insult to the comInu-
nifty, but suggests the methods by which
these criminals may be induced to keep
quiet.
"When the entire harvest of ballot box
suffers is gathered In. the bosses will
nave to create a multitude of Offices to
satisfy t EN- all or put up a mountain of