The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-28
FRIDAY. APRIL as. 1898.
7kis paper is democratic in principles and IS
Independent ii, its vieois on all local questions.

2kis paper is democratic in principles and is
Independent in its tieois on all local questions.
The Threat to Indict Mayor Wanser.
According to the New York World
of this morning, 1.-The Mayors enc
mics had determined to have him in
dicted by the present Grand Jury il
they IAN find an excuse for doing SO.
The Foreman of the Grand jury is
de iure President Edelstein of the
Board of Finance. 1t was rumored
that one of the most prominent at
torneys retained by the Democrats
has advised his clients that the Mayor
and his financiers were guilty of
criminal conspiracy when they ig-
nored the new law in one instance and
acknowledged it in another"
We hope there is no truth in all this
talk. An indictment against Mayor
Wanser at this time would assuredly
result in an absolute ovation for the
Mayor. Not only would he be acquit-
ted. but he probably would be the re-
cipient of a popular demonstration
amounting to a triumph. The hrst
result would be the overwhelming
defeat of the Democratic party in this
city in the fali-perhaps in the whole
State; the second result would proba-
bly, be the election of Mayor Wanser
to succeed Governor Werts. Indeed
things have gone SO far that we re-
gard this as a very possible con-
tingency. If the Republican lead
ers had the decency to nominate
him, he would come pretty near being
elected.
Now, we should be sorry to see the
laundering leadership of the local
Democratic machine bring any such
disasters upon the party at large. We
have no objection to personal honors
being bestowed upon Mayor Wanser.
The Mayor is an honorable, capable,
and courageous man.. His conduct in
his present trying position has sur
passed even the expectations OF his
friends by its ability and yigor. But,
after all. the Mayor is a republican.
His ideas on State and National is
sues are of a type which we consider
dangerous to the future of the u
try. However excellent the candi-
date of the. Republican party may be
personally, we cannot but view with
apprehension the possibility OF that
party succeeding in a National or
State election. Our respect for Mayor
Wanser and our confidence in his in
tegrity are altogether secondary to
our love for the Democratic party
and our firm belief in its animating
principles.
Therefore, we are filed with alarm
at the threats of the utterly unwise and
reckless men who at present control
the local Democracy. It is true the
talk reported in the World may be
mere buster and wind; but the recent
policy of these men has been SO
insane as to justify almost any expec-
tation. The men who conducted the
Legislative proceedings of the winter
just passed are capable of any folly.
The men who ran the SANDER cam
paign of two weeks ago are capable OF
any blunder. In a word, the recent
tactics of tine Davis machine have
been those of stark, staring madness,
and there is no telling how far they
will go. Unfortunately. whatever
this crowd do, the party will have to
take the odium.
WE wish to say one word to Mr..
John Edelstein. Mr.. EdeIstein has
been a very good friend of THE NEWS,
and we have a very friendly regard
for him, indeed. We hope he will not
allow himself to be made the instru-
ment of any shocking blunder at this
time.
In politics, Mr.. Edelstein has a good
reputation to preserve. In business,
he ranks among the foremost men OF
the city. We suggest to him that he
has everything to lose and nothing to
gain by allowing himself to be used
in that way. He would not like. we
think, to have accusations of personal
animus banded in the Republican
press. OF course, they would be I'M
true. Mr.. Edelstein is incapable of
ting any way but conscientiously;
al he must know they would be
made, and they would not sound a
whit the more agreeable because they
were untrue. We hope Mr.. Edelstein
will allow nothing but his own con-
science to dictate his action.
IT appears that when the Board OF
Finance officers opened their safe, yes
terday, they found that one compart-
ment had been opened with a chisel
and only an empty cigar box remained
in it. This may or may not be a very
serious matter. The chisel may have
been recently used or used months agoi
it may have been used because a key
WINS mislaid. It NAV have been used
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