The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-02-27
For THE RECORD.
DEDICATED TO "B,U

Some ones toes have been trodden on
and that is fact, but whether il was
" the friend in THE RECORD office or the
writer in The Beacon, must be judged
from the standpoint of how much kicking
was done after the treading.
Some men do not get smart until aged,
and then, in order to spread their bright
ness Of intellect abroad, they take to news
paper writing. After every other way has
been exhausted-party, church, society
10 establish the fact that there is none
greater than 81, and when one after an
other association has set the stamp of dis
approval and made OF them back-num-
Der, yet the old idea of greatness remains
and they give it utterance in such articles
as "Tempest in Teapot" Common
politeness may be cheap and yet it may
be very common, if specimens are to be
gathered from "B'sn article. True DO
likeness, such as "keeps in view that fine
sense of honor that goes to make up
gentleman, wants to be exemplified by
every day acts and not have only the
stamp of self praise. Intolerance-on this
subject "B " warns up and becomes elo-
quent Qrom some other writer, no doubt)
| and tries to give out the impression that
he is free from the disease, "the want OF
capacity to endure" Take the history
of any man answering the description of
"B for the past thirty years and what
has been the capacity of endurance as ap-
piled to any position or Office with which
it has been their fortune to be allied
They have only endured as long as they
could be on top and draw. Just so soon
as the people of the organization found
out there were other men as good, noble,
pure, disinterested, and they were not the
81 am" they boted and we're ready to
weave their self-raising, self generating
greatness among another sect or party.
What the writer may insinuate about
4" Peanut Row "is little far-fetched, al
though the illustration in the way of a
joke following is excellent, and the query
naturally is, Who was the father Of the
farmer Was his name B-2
Who dares to say that | did not
speak Alright +" Just for arguments
sake, the undersigned dares to say so,
and as no name appears it will have the
same weight. Knowing that the Excise
Board and the officers were doing all in
their power, as fast as possible, in war
fare against not only the hotel keepers
here, but the Liquor Dealers Association
of the Uuiled States, in legal, lawful
manner, we say it boldly that just such
meddlipg tools as "B deters and pre-
vents the authorities from making much
progress against the common enemy. 1t
may be tomfoolery now to throw away
money, but how was it few years back
Was it right to waste the peoples money
on boulevards around the school house
hill 2 or in making county bridges at
every street intersection How economi-
cal one can become after having exhaust
| ed every avenue for the overflow of the
spoils of Office We sag t in no par
tisan sense In his estimate OF officers
he should have enumerated the nine
Councilmen, as they are also city officers.
Now, all these seventeen and nine people
ought to just step down and out and let
this educated, illustrious, self.exultant,
this would-be ~ am, take the reigns of
government and then there would be
"peace and goodwill among men," 1t
is true they are hedged in somehow, and
this is fact that b ought to have de-
monstrated, but be did not want to do
that; he was really catering, by his at
tempted smartness, to the other side.
A moment for little diversion. A
city of five churches, with at least an av-
erage of two hundred members supposed
to be honest and true with the Lord,
pledged to do what is right in obeying
and supporting the laws, and yet when a
| fight is instituted against the grave mon
ster Rum how many of this vast army Of
Christians show their hands on the side
of right 2 The truth has been that too
many of them, like "B," have rather
chuckled to themselves that whiskey has
downed them again. Don't you suppose,
Mr.i+s b." that If man of your estimated
influence in the community should go
shoulder to shoulder with those who are
trying TO push TO the wall this breach OF
law, without criticising too finely the
manner by which it is done, that there
would be good results2
Every nine men out of ten will say the
same thing as "B:" "It is very seldom
60 into hotel, unless on matter Of
business" and yet how many men there
are who have business who only take q
"little blackberry " or sarsaparilla for
the stomach's sake "once or twice a
year" That's what they all say who
only go there once in awhile and some
who go twice In awhile.
Yes, the verdict last Spring was no
license, aud after the TRADE against ey-
erybody and everything connected with
the authority of the city 1t comes with
bad grace to want 10 advise about the law
10 letter and spirit. The officers do not
want advice; they want to be sustained
and upheld in their honest endeavors to
suppress lawlessness.
The closing remarks of "B are de-
serving of notice, especially where he
speaks of home at night as being heaven
as near as you can get 1t in this world, y
and the quoting of the beautiful words OF
Howard Payne, illustrating as it does the
mansion on the hill" where, with peace
of mind, he can call the sweet singing
birds and dream over events that might
have been If only his ideas had been &C.