The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-26
AS to Republican Leaders.

A Lifelong Republican writes to the
Estate Gazette of this morning in de-
fence of General Sewell. He says the
Democratic newspaper have assailed
that gentleman with "vehemence and
perturbation" He says 'the one inspir-
ing and unconcealed object of these as
saults has been the destruction of the
General in New Jersey politics"
This is quite true. For the good of
the State, the Democracy is anxious to
see General Sewell and the party he repre-
always injurious to the public. 1t means
vast public rights surrendered to cor
porations and public burdens heaped upon
the shoulders of private citizens. But
the "Gazette's" correspondent is wrong
in thinking that the Democracy would
prefer to nave General Sewell divorced
from the combination. On the contrary,
General Sewell suits us as a Republican
leader, clean down to the ground. He
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sents the Republican idea to a jot. He
always wants something out of the
State, he is in politics to get it and he
generally does get it in the long run,
and the people pay the piper. The sort
of Republican leader we object to is the
half Democratic one who shows some re-
gard for the public-even though it be in
a misguided way. Now take Mayor Wan
ser, for instance,-there is a Republican
most irreparable, injury. He has really
had regard to the interests of the peo-
pie. He has saved their money and
given them good returns for what has
been spent. The is he has
greatly impaired the hold of the Demo-
cratic party upon this community. An
other example of dangerous Republican
leadership is to be seen in the career of
Congressman-elect Thomas McEwan.
though Eighty in many ways. has yet
made himself a power by rejecting the
traditions of his party and becoming
halfway a Democrat. His course in the
Legislature last winter on such bills as
the cheap gas bill, the ferry fare bill
and the Ward water bill have given him
great personal strength and greatly help
ed his party in its recent victories.
The 'Gazette's'' man says General Sew
emy, meaning the Democratic party.
The case is just the opposite. It has
helped the Democracy to an infinite de-
gree, while it has hurt his own party by
hurting the people.
The gentleman, by a wild fight of i'm
agination. credits all the taxes ever paid
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
to General Sewell, as a grand gift con-
ferred by. him upon the State. This
smile when he reads it. Perhaps we
should also do homage to him for his
kindness in taking care of the entire
waterfront of Jersey City, for obstructing
the progress of the Junction Road and
for Withholding some FIVE or six million
dollars worth of real estate from NUM-
cipal taxation in this city as well as for
q hundred similar benefits conferred
upon US.
IN our news columns will be found an
interesting account of the Industrial
School for girls near Trenton. This ap-
oears to be a model institution, an honor
10 the State and a benefit to humanity.
The place is freed from the attributes
IF a prison SO far as possible and the
discipline is not planned so much to
punish the offences of youthful years
as to build up good women out of the
inmates. The system is one which
might be extended to culprits of a more
ldvanced age in certain selected cases.
B%allooning to Europe.
Professor A. S. King renews in the
newspapers the old time discussion as to