New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-10
TO.D1y,S WORK ~ NEU-JERSET.

rollowIng close upon similar contests In many
other States. elections will to-day be held
,brouchout Ncw-Jcrscy and the results OF them
will DO looked for with great and general III
,orcst Tho offices To be filled are local. But
tho issucs involved are far more than local
Municipalities are to determine whether the!
oro to he well governed or i'll governed but
great centres Of industry are TO snow 'hc'r
sentiment toward the National Government
undcr whose policy they have been draggcd
from prosperity almost 70 paupcrsm. lhiS
thev will do. whether they mean to do so or
not 1t is only human nature that they shouiu
do So AS innumerable other cities and towns
from Ncw-England TO Ncw-MeXico. have dohe'
And II will be surprising If in this matter New
Jersey does not place herself in line win her
sis,cr States who have spoken with no uncer-
tain voice.
Rnt the most Immediately important feature
of to-day's election. and that 10 when we gar
ncstly call the attention of every patrio'c 'o''r
in that State. is its bearing upon the REFORMS
which have this year been Instituted at lreh
ton Last fall a political revolution III o'a'c
affairs was effected. After fighting the corrupt
old ring into the last ditch and conqlerlhs
If there the peoples chosen servants nave uh
dcrtaken the work 10 which they were coihillls
stoned Thus far they are doing II well; put 1t
is by no means fully done. 1t is entirely WITHIN
moderate bounds to say that every act OF Inc
present Legislature has the approval of the ma
ority of the people Of the State. and is just snch
AZ tho LEGISLATURE WAS elected To perform. Ana
there does not appear 10 be in contemplation
ANYTHING Of which the same cannot be said.
If ever reform Legislature deserved the en-
couragcmont and assistance Of the state TINS
ore does.
To-day the great cities OF the State are 10 lie
tcrmiur whether or not they will give 1t such
cucoura cement and assistance. They are 10 de-
eide whether or not they are still in favor OF
fine reforms for which I'm November last they
spo,c with so marked emphasis. They are To
tell whether they approve the honestly elected
lawmakers who went 10 Trenton in January
and in a manly. straightforward manner under
took 10 do the work for which they had been
chosen. or the unscrupulouS tricksers who en-
drovorcd bv every means In their power 10 de-
Law that work. 10 bring the making OF laws ana
the administration of justice into contempt ana
10 make the will Of the people Of no avail They
are to do more than that. They are to choose
between a local government that will be- in har-
mony with the reformed state government. ana
will assist In rcdccming the entire Common
wealth from the unccan grip Of Ring ana
Gang and one that WILL 50 far as possible. OPP
pose that government and Keep the remnants
of the old corruptonist regime In power.
Such are the ISSUES before the voters OF New
Jersey to-day The simple statement OF them
should be enough 10 rouse every man To do his
duty. and 10 see that his ncighbor does his
If such duty be done, the closing Of the polls
this afternoon will mark the completion OF the
noble work begun al last falls election, ana
the State House Gang and the racctrack RING
and all the other corrupt organizations That
have fattencd upon public plumber viii he VI
rcrv broken and destroyed The work has been
we'll begun and well carried forward. Let To-
day mark its triumphant completion.