New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-09
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL.
THE DEGRADATION OF JERSEY CITY.
BALLOT BOX SUFFERS DO NOT FEAR TIE IN"
AND FRAUD RULES
heEdItor ofThe Tribune.

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AND FRAUD RULES.
To the Editor The Tribune
SIR The article I'm to days Tribune on ring plunderou
Jersey CITY !, a ma.terfll expose OF the meVnous en-
ploycd BY "unwu,lcd and unhung" rascals 1t teens
with irrefutable ucs and figures. ALLOW me 10 oo"'-
plemcnt il by f,w remarks.
The will produce the same ehec,'' 40
long the makeup of the population Is not chnISe"'
there will be hope f)r amelioration' s"aNr"p
I'm New York 1, occasionally productive Oh dc'"D'e
change in the political status: but this Is not To De
hoped for in jersey CITY. Baot-box suffers may DC
indicted and even sentenced, but the immense
malort.es for their tickets still 90 merry On Inc
great majority o. voters arr foreign-borh OK oe
scendau, Of such. and imbned with the same spirit
Nearly all Of them inStnctively Democrats lncS
still hate rs OF yOrc the swollen bondhoders'" the
monopolss" who are all supposed to be RcpuoicahS'
not knowing Tor not arngl that they owe their good
wages to the persistent effort of maintaining pro
lection Of domestic industries by the very same Ul'N
Republicans"
Our population is, besides, mostly made up OF
wage aborers toing from early morning III
night and not having time or Inclination
TO Interest tlcm.clvs in study pubic al
fairs II Is easier for them TO go By the cdicta Oh
their papers and simply TO vote rs Trey want them
to- They Keep n good Democrats only papers pan
doring T. the passions and tastes oil tie uh'h'h"7
ma.scs. They allow willy ward politicians TO a''eh'
to the nominating Of candidates, the TICKETS D'l"7
handed cut AID dried TO the sovereign voters Whch
they appear at the prlmIrios (Which, In my huhol'
opinion were intended to BE- meetings OF citizens 10
discuss public affairs and to propose candldat''l'
orr German voters are, moreover, kept In the ION
bv allowing them their unre,ri,t ted quantum OF beer
on SUNDAYS They hold that our sunday laws III
fringe upon their personal liberty. 80 that many ter
mans belonging In National questions to the R"pnbi-
can party invariably vote In municipal elections uit
ticket which, for the sIhe Of success, promises tieh
unlimited liberty sundays In spite OF the law 1ho
number Of these German voters Is very considerable
and ~ long n, their personal liberty is not nterercd
WITH they do not care To- be- ruled by IRISH officials
II i> hence hot 10 be- wondered ~ that 30 many
decent citizens pair sell oat at great los, ana 20
L, some more genial place. Nor can II appear
strange that wcllmcaulug citizens do not vote Nhrh
fi,V know that thrir f. nulll"i bciorchnui D.
the ~tuhne IN Of many vote, q, the " city fahleI5
lave t~certancd bc to defeat any canul
Gnic and that their honest registering Is trccaI IN
Wow the mySterinI, block oi voters whom they lh
spite of their MANI years acquaintance Win Nl'll
fellow citizens ~ the siM" precinct, chnnoi liH-lu'
whence tiey come. hat j. the a." ~ going TO the
poll- when WanIcr was elected by l,1O majority ana
vct defeated That j. 10" reason WHY hundrNa OF
honest voters are now abstainiug fon going 10 the
polls They say-and II Is true. rs o." next election
AlU show agnn- that Jersey CITY t. hop"l->ly lost
" g.. - resident - Jersey city for - yelif,s
Jersey City, April :, l-.2.