The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-13
..Tbe Most Unkind Cut of AIR."

We are deeply panied to find TINS In
the Hoboken. ,.observer":-
The bubble has burst. >.
George L. Record was-that is II l!
could be said thai he ever had a poillcal
existence in this county. ms oxei
been anticipated by ~everyone-by every
one except, perhaps, by George L. re.
ord. We said from the start that ne
was about the weakest. candidate tnst
could be put up. And though no doupt
he imagined the very, opposlte 70 hins
about himself, the result must make hihh
a much sadder If not a wiser aai nav We will
not elaborate on this mans pontlcal
obituary. But we will say. that me-
suit of the primaries reminds US om1baa
totally inexperienced horseman VINO
would venture to ride a very merry anu
headstrong horse at a race, and who IN
return for his foolhardlness' woulu see
thrown, fguratively, as hlgh DIS d MIC
Wen may George be moved to ex-
claim in the words of Job, Even mine
old familiar friend. in whom L put my
faith, natl deserted me-"
We have all along had a dim suspicion
that His Honor, Mayor Pagan OF HOBO
ken, was anxious to go to Congress him
self. His prominence in the Reform
movement suggested the idea, and from
time to time sundry straws have pointed
in the same direction. The bitterness OF
the .obseryer." Mayor Fagan's personal
organ. still further impresses the con-
viction upon us. 1t goes on to say
With a proper organization and capa-
Bile leaders, the reforners in this county
could, in all probability, defeat the SO.
tho DTin1 n los nnI
until they are so led and so organized.
thew need expect only a repetition OF
last Wednesday nights experience.
Flooding the mail with deunuclatory
diatribes of ones opponents, and which
were chock full of egotism, only showed
the want of wise leadership.
We think it right to add TINS peeau use
as we pointed out a fortnight ago, II was
ridiculous to set up a man IKE hecorQ
against a man like Colonel Stevens; put
the folly displayed in making Such q
attempt was made on the platform ana
through the mail to have the Democratic
voters believe that In voting againsa
Colonel Stevens they would DOWN the
ring. Nothing could be more absurd
This is all true, though it comes with
n bad grace from Mayor Fagan's paper.
Mr.. Record was a mistake from the out
set. He is, personally, perhaps the most
UNPOPULAR democrat III 1AuNoOh ONS
He increased the feeling against him
self by his extraordinary tone regard
ing the outcome of the primaries, which
even he seems to have regarded as in
.evitable. The day after his defeat, he
gave a sort of dubious interview to the
'.Evening Journal" in which he said
= -z-.1 .La-.5 41a naad of tho WnrtS
primary law Surely this was a strange
innuendo for a man to cast abroad,
when he had just been crushed by his
own machinery. The inference was that
if the machinery had been better, he
would nave won the contest. The an
swer to his suggestion is to be found in
day. Mr.. Record got about one-sixth of
all the votes cast. Surely this result
should be conclusive enough, not to
leave any room for hints or innuendos
of any sort.
But perhaps the observer had bet
ter join 1.-THE News in hustling for
the candidates nominated instead of in
dulging in recriminations. 1t was large
ly instrumental in causing the big
breach in the party ranks, which caused
our recent defeats. If it will only stop
playing one-man tunes for a while and
give us some lively Democratic music
to which all can march, it's alleged USE
fulness will be more apparent.