The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
Thomas Dunn English and George
Bragg Fielder.

Thomas Dunn English and George
Bragg Fielder.
DR.. Thomas Dunn English is a fighter
in his old age, and he has made his in
fiuence felt in Congress. His fight for
more money for the Newar Post Office
presents a marked contrast to the
apathy of G. Bragg Fielder upon every
thing that concerns the interests of his
constituents. Now that the Newark
Post Office is nearly finished it is dis
covered that it is too small for the grow
ing needs of our sister city. There is an
opportunity to extend it by purchasing
some adjoining property and erecting
an annex on it at a cost of about $780,
900.
We do not know whether there is a
Job in this demand or not. 1t has a
fishy look; but we acquit Mr.. English
most emphatically of any underhand mo-
tive. He is working heaven and earth to
get the money appropriated by Congress,
Just for the glory of Newark. This is the
sort of man he is. He is not a drug
gist." He is a patriotic citizen of a big
city, and he tries to get all he can for
her people.
His efforts nave not yet been success
full in the present matter. He has tried
several times to get his bill before the
House, but has so far failed to get unani-
nous consent to lave it acted on. Yes
terday. he called it up again, and some
one objected. This aroused the Newark
members wrath. and, standing directly
in front of the Speakers desk, he began
to object to every request for unanimous
consent. One of the bills which he
blocked was the an~ti-anarchist bill,
which the State and Treasury Depart
ments are very anxious to have passed.
In the absence of a quorum it at once
became evident hat DR.. English could
prevent all legislation, and so he was
given another chance to get his bill be-
fore the House. When it was again call
ed up, Representative Savers, the chair
man of the Appropriation Committee,
objected to its consideration. and once
more DR.. English's bill was sent back
to the calendar. This time the Newark
Congressman was very angry, and he
says that he will stand in the way of
everything until his bill is acted upon.
Now we cannot say we think this con-
duct altogether admirable. Mr.. Eng
lish might stop all the bills of the same
calibre as his own. to get square with
his colleagues, but it is a little too bad
to stand in the way of great matters of
National Importance like the anti-an-
shines out in comparison with the
course of our miserable misrepresentation,
who skunk home yesterday, thereby aid
ing the Republican party to block the
business of the country and embarrass
the Democracy in the next campaign. G..
Bragg explains his desertion, as reported
in this mornings ''T1ue American as
follows:-.
There is no necessity of waiting until
Wednesday," he said. just before leav-
cept the Arlington Post Office case, and
I hope that was settled at Cabinet meet
ing today. / have passed through the
bursting the owners of the schooner
Henry R. Tilton. which was sunk by a
Government shell during target prac-
tice at Sandy Hook. This was the only
bill l was interested in"
Nyba+ n 1Iorfnrc racordf ua hoe cot
tied a dispute about a cross roads post
mastership and he has got through a
bill to pay for a damaged schooner.
Great statesman,
TO be consistent, the Navy Depart
ment should at once proceed to prosecute
Prick and the other officers of the Car
negie Steel Company, who have been de-
lfberately d~efrauding the government by
imposing Upon it defective armor plate
and in some cases receiving premiums on
the supposition that they were more
meritorious than common. In the case
of the Atha and Illingsworth COM
pany, the officers have presented very
plausible arguments to show that their
work was not really defective at all.
Even if it were, there is much reason to
think that the heads of the concern
were ignorant of the fact and free from
the least design to cheat the govern
ment.
The opposite is true of the carnegies.