New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-12
THE VEU-JEHSEY HETOLTTIONI SITS.

The Democratic minority of the New-Jerscy
Senate are still cndcavoring strcnuously TO sihE
to a lower level of degradation than they had
succeeded in reaching when the Legislature
met. 1t is well understood in Ncw-Icrscy. and
should be understood wherever the occurrences
Of the last few days at Trenton are the sub
icct of discussion, that this contest is not one
in which honest partiSans can take opposite
sides. 1t is simply the last desperate Struggle
of tho MINISTERS who have pundcrcd the State
for their own enrichment 10 battle IN" forces Oh
political and personal morality. to delay the
rctributon which is oycrtakins them, 10 hoiu
on n little longer TO the agencies of public pun
der which they set up and nave halhtiileu
hv violence and fraud The people pronounced
their doom last November. but they nope I"
postpone execution Of tie sentence for almost
a year. and In the mean time to carry on thcli'
congcnial swindling, 20 drain the treasury Il
little drer, to get little more proht out Oh
their own shame.
1t is not often that such terms - these can
he applicd without Il suspicion Of injustice 10
public officials in any civilized community. CON
corning the members of the Democratic ring
in Ncw-Jcrscy they express the literal irU'h.
They are not employed by adhcrcnts Of one
hcrcnts Of another party. They are The words
calmly and deliberately chosen ny citizens OF
all parties, in every township OF the State. 10
characterize the enemies of the commonwealth.
Party lines in Ncw-Icrsey have been almost
obliterated in the uprising against these OPP
nrcssors as the results Of the election proved
two months ago, and as events are proving not
loss conclusivcly every day. There is no pos
and fhn fnrpe al
public sentiment throughout the State rs il has
been excmplifcd during this week ut The Cap
i,ol Only the sclf-rcstraint Of Republican
legislators has prevented such dispia! Oh
popular feeling as would have terrified even the
boldcst of the usurpers. There has been lorcc
enough in Trenton all the week to put an in
slant end to their proceedings if II were in
vokcd.
There is reason 10 believe that the most daii-
pcrolls incitcmont 10 violence has been met ara
resisted. and that slowly. perhaps, but surely
the conflict of right and wrong will proceed 10
n legal settlement 70 his everlasting SHAME
Governor Wer,s is one Of the few citizens Of
Ncw-Jcrscy hitherto deemed respectable VINO
have publicly sided with the corrupt and au-
daciolis rcvoluionists. His sympathy ana CO.
opcro,on are temporarily important because Of
his cHica station and it seems necessary 10
assume that his example ana persuasion VIII
scdure some oilc" rGbc fuDc'iondrlrS upon
whom McDcrmott and his creatures rely for
practical assistance. If so. Il resort To Inc
courts will be inevitable. and 1t Is not yet be-
leved that the higher courts of Ncw,jersey are
owned by the Ring. Eut If honest men should
be compelled 10 revise their opinions even On
that point, as unhappily they have already been
compelled 10 do on other points. the future VIII
remain src,irc-not the remote future. but the
future that = distant less than year. The
worst that can happen. perhaps. rather, the
best that can happen, is another, final appeal
TO the people The verdict that they will then
render was forecast by the verdict which they
rendered last November They meant that 10
I've complete and irrcycrsiblc. They Will not
leave so much as loopholc for escape another
time