The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-04

of the silver question oil the tariff or
the stringency of money. 1t is due
simply and solely to disgust with boss
rule.
1t is only a few weeks since Mr.
Bob Davis decided that he would
brook no rival in his own stamping
ground. He notified Mr.. Patrick H.
ONeill that he must step down and
out from the chieftaincy of the big
Fourth District club or else prepare
to be turned down by the Bad Legis-
lature. Mr.. ONeill had built up the
old O'Neill Association with great ex-
penditure of money and pains. Its
great success was due to his own
popularity and to his unequalled
qualities as a hustler. 1t was q bitter
pill to him to b ave to tell the boys to
pull down his name and turn all the
fruit of his work over to the con-
temptible little tyrant who had him
and the Democratic party by the
throat. But O'Neill saw Thai the
odds were too great for him. Davis
had the grip at Trenton, and there
was no telling what mixed ale trick
would be played with the City Col
lectoris Office if the greed of the Boss
was baked.
So he took his medicine" and it
must be said he took it like a man.
He just stepped down and out and
Davis gobbled the prize, for which he
never spent a dollar or did a days
work.
From that hour, the Association be-
gan to go to smash. Davis would
neither work nor pay-perhaps he
could do neither. The old members
were sore at the abuse of O'Neill.
The new ones were chiefly on paper.
Decentralization was the order of the
day. The funds that had been accu-
mulated under O'Neill were eaten
up.
Now bankruptcy stares the organ
ization i'll the face and Davis heelers
come around to meetings to scold and
ballyrag. 1t is rather a painful cpl
sode altogether, and the most painful
thing about it is that it is just typi-
cal of the demoraliz alton which
suvis has brought into the entire
ssmocracy of Hudson County. Bos-
Ism has sickened everyone from the
men of brains down to the humblest
voter. Everyone is tired of working
to put money in the pocket and power
in the hands of one man.
THE REV. A. G.. LAWSON, of the
North Baptist Church, of Camden,
made a speech about Rum and Race
Track Legislation" at Asbury Park
yesterday, in which he did the cause
of law and order, of decency and tenn
perance, all the harm he conveniently
could. His attack on the judiciary of
the State is calculated to disgust and
estrange all good citizens, to whom
our learned and incorruptible bench
is a pride and rock of reliance. Such
talk ~justifes the criminal classes in
crying crank and fanatic at their enc
mics. When professional gamblers
find themselves involved in indiscrim-
mate condemnation with the judges
of the Supreme Court, they are apt to
be pretty well content with the stu
alton.
THREE of the six months during
which the Chicago Fair is to be open
have now expired, and it is found
that they have realized $500, 900 paid
admissions, or So, $50, 600 gate money.
The managers now figure that to pay
operating expenses, and cancel 81. 700,-
600 of debenture bonds, the paid at
tendance must average at least 100. 900
a day for August, September and
October. The authorized press re-
ports make the present average about
10000 a day. This is a poor outlook,
indeed. But what about the individ-
ual stock subscriptions and the mil
lions raised by the City of Chicago?
It looks as if the financial punish
ment of Chicago for its great crime
would foot up at least $15, 600, 900.
IL there is cholera down the Bay,
keep cool. Do not be over timorous
or over rash. Eat plain healthy food;
avoid unripe fruit and damaged
vegetables; drink no Passaic water
unboiled. and very little whiskey or
other spirituous liquor; keep clean and
keep your house clean, help keep your
neighborhood clean. Do not run
away. You are about as safe here as
anywhere.
GENERAL E. BURD GRUBB is being
doomed for the port Of Commander
in-Chief of the Grand Army. A bet
ter selection could not be made. The
General is a thorough soldier, a
pleasant gentleman and a dis
tinguished and honorable citizen.
Every ~Jerseymen, without distinction
of politics should work hard for the
gallant Captain Of the Philadelphia
City Troop. He will bring much
honor to the State if elected.
His success ought to be among the
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