The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-27
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 81. 1893.
This paper Is Democratic in principles and is
Independent in its pie.cs on all local questions
ISLANDERS ON stanton.

l H- EE SA0AACAS OA FSt0AtODe
1T only has taken one breath from
the Democratic campaign speakers to
sweep away the whole tissue of SLAM
ders and ~fabrications, out of which
the campaign against Sheriff Stanton
has been manufactured. The absurd
Misrepresentation of the legal pow.
ers of the Sheriff and the present stat e
OF the law have been exploded by two
words Of explanation, and the array
of the actual cold facts, written in the
records OF the county have dispo sed
of the falsehoods invented by parti-
a malice.
The principal charges against Sheriff
Stanton as they are ordinarily stated
are these
HE has not indicted the race track
gamblers.
Pile has not indicted the policy
players and hackers.
She has not indicted the Street
and Water Board.
HE is a political ally of bob"
Davis.
Let us briefly summarize the an
swers to these charges
In the first place, the Sheriff cannot
indict anybody. He has absolutely
nothing to do with the finding of in
dictments. That is the work OF the
Grand Jury. 1t is true the Sheriff
draws the Grand Jury; but all his
power and influence cease when he
lays before the Court the names Of
tw~enty-four good citizens. The Sheriff
is in no way responsible for the subse
quent acts or omissions of these mer
any more than is the judge Mht
charges them. Sheriff Stanton has il
every case drawn Grand Juries o
men who stand high in the commun
ity- Almost without exception the,
have been adherents of one or another
church; they were received in repu
table society; their words were a
good as their bonds in business
Granting that they have not don,
their full duty. how was he respon
sibles e
The race tracks and the bookmak,
ers who operate upon them are pro
teeted by special statute. You may
like the laws passed last winter OF
may abhor them as you prefer; you
cannot go behind them, and neither
could Colonel Toffey if he were
cleo ted. If you don't like these laws
it is your right and privilege te
agitate for their repeal. That is good
sense and good citizenship; but it i
sheer pure nonsense to blame
Sheriff, a Grand Jury or anyone else
for not flying in the face OF them.
In the matter OF the policy dealers
Sheriff Stanton's record compare
most favorably with that of Sheriff
Toffey. In three years, Sheriff Toffey'
Grand Juries indicted only AZ polio
dealers. In less than one year
Sheriff Stanton's have indicted q
This is pretty good showing. It
true that the last Grand Jury faile'
to indict some powerful hackers O
the game. to this it need only be sal
that they were not indicted in Colone'
Tofey's time either, and probabl.
never will be under any Sheriff.
The failure to indict the infamouI
Street and Water Board is due mainl
to the fact that no complaint agains
the members has ever been laid be
fore q Grand Jury. If anyone is re
~kpensible for this, surely 1t is the Re
publican party, which now control
the municipal government.
The fourth charge against Mr.,
Stanton, that he is an ally OF Bob
Davis, is simply an unconpromisin
falsehood. Nothing more can be said
Davis hates Stanton and Stanto
does not love Davis. Davis did all h
could to prevent Stanton's nomina
ton, and we have much fear that h
will work to prevent his election b
trading him off for votes for Hug
A. Kelly for Assembly.
MI. Stanton does not belong to th
Davis stripe OF politician. He is
manly, honest, able. energetic mai
He i'd the best Sheriff Hudson Count
has ever had. He deserves the conf
dence Of the people and the reward {
bis services and no doubt he will ge
both.