The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-09
LITTLE's SECOND BLOW.

Staff Little came out, as per schedule,
with his second letter in Tuesdays State
Gazette. The document seemed to be the
result of two sittings. In part, it dealt
with Mr.. Mars letter of the previous week,
and this portion of it was exquisitely abusive.
The other portion was given up to a defence
of himself against the charges in the letter
| lust summarized, and this, it must be said,
is rather slow reading. 1t opens in the
~liveliest kind of style as follows
You note that 1 address you as 'Sole" ed
itor. NY reason for this is, that in all the
Treasurer's reports the items are all charged
in the name of Naar, Day q Mar, with an
occasional one to the True american, to
break the monotony, | suppose. L wish to
saw that Messrs. Naar and Day, the leading
members of that firm, are dead, and have
been for many years past, that | would do
no Injustice to the dead, but place the re-
sponsibility for the manner it is now con-
Quoted where it belongs. Certainly you are
not the survival of the fttest.
You address me as a political Ishmaellte.
I object to being designated as a political or
any other kind of an Ishmaelite. Upon an
ante-mortem examination l would be found
more Irish than anything else.
I am compelled to admit that you have
achieved one legitimate financial success.
You deliberately plotted to make me pay
two cents for a copy of the True AnleTtcdn
containing your reply to my billet doux If
q waiter at the Trenton House could not
borrow one for me-"
The waiter did his best, but could not find
one. This, you know, is a first class house.
So, I was obliged to walk up like a man and
disgorge the two cents which l treasured SO
highly and you coveted so much.
However, | have this to say, that it was
the only time since you have had control of
the paper that l thought it was a bargain at
that price. T would nave paid $50 for it
rather than go without q copy. never read
anything from your pen more satisfactory.
NV conclusion as to the amount of money
YOU have had from the Treasury and the
three hundred per cent. profit derived there
from, go unchallenged by you, and may
be taken as admitted. Indeed, I am con-
WINGED that I have SO far understated the
percentages that you are very sure not to
refer to the matter except to say that it was
a fair profit. The day my article was pub
lished I was waylaid by three of the most
enterprising and intelligent printers in the
| State. who stated that 500 per cent. was
much nearer the mark. One of them do
| clared that he had laid down the laws of one
| wear at the Capitol for 1919 cents per copy.
From this data it is easy to see that when
you last year took S12, 500 out of the Treas
lry without competition, that the same
work could have been done for $4,000 by
contract at 500 per cent, and at 800 per cent.
for $3.50. If you will apply this to the
estimate l made for the forty years past it
would seem as if the True Amertean's incur
lions into the Treasury would ~macadamize
the most of the principal roads in the county.
H LATE ELECTION.
Mr.. Little next takes a dip into politics.
| He deals with the last election, the Senator
| ial tangle and the next election in his own
! way, and draws his own conclusions. This
| is what he has to say
At the conclusion of my former letter I
| had taken from the annual Returns of the
General Election of 1898, printed by Naar,
Day & Naar, the figures showing q falling
off of the Democratic vote of the State OF
81, 344. By that report, SO far as the returns
for the Assembly show, of the nine Demo-
| cratic Senators that hold over but one MAR
tin, of Hunterdon, would have been elected
last fall. TIL others would have been de-
feated by an aggregate majority OF l4.So2.
| I have carefully collected these figures to
| show there never has been before, so far as
know, such a political revolution in this
State, unexpected to both parties. These re
turns would show out two Democratic Sena-
tors, Martin and States. That is an object
lesson not to be disregarded. The people
were in lead earnest, as never before.
IUCtC Io a 5iS q - SANS bANS
must not be overlooked. Doubtless the race
course legislation contributed not a little to
tie result. There nave been other things
| going on in this State a great deal worse
than the acknowledged evils of race-course
gambling. The result in Sussex county, for
example, must be largely set down to other
causes. Now the people have spoken in
thunder one The question comes up
whether it is wise to baIk them upon any
technicality, right or wrong In my judg-
ment it viii be a fatal mistake for the Demo-
cratic party to make to hinder the majority
from taking charge of the Legislature this
winter.
This State is Democratic with half a de-
cent chance. A Republican majority in
both houses was sent here to repeal some of
the worst legislation chat has ever been
placed upon the statute books of any State.
It could easily reduce the expenses of carry
ing on the State Government one half, and
then do it better. From the way they
| started Off in regard to
the number of doorkeepers of
the House, they would have disappointed
their constituents, especially the democrats
who had rebelIed agalasS the fragrant viola
ton Of Democratic principles. It Is better
not to drive them OF another year, for they
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