The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-06
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1895.
This paper is Democratic in principles
and Is Independent in its cie,os on all local
questions.
~.Journai,, SIendacity.

This appeared in the editorial columns
Of the .Journap' yesterday
The result of the election in this county
was not known Yesterday until the regn-
peared. The other papers in the county
gave up early in the day and did not
try to get the returns.
Every word of this is impudent false
hood. OF all the papers in the county,
the Journal. made the most miserably
idiotic showing. The News was the
only paper which really presented the fig
ures to the public; we believe its ex-
hibits could not nave been improved upon.
But however weak the others were, the
ssJournal' was simply ridiculous.
Here are the facts
At five A. M, 1.-THE News realizing
that the lateness of the count would
make an early presentation of figures
impossible. published an '~'extra," giving
a statement of the results as they were
then indicated. This statement proved
to be correct on all points except the
Assembly.
At eight A. M. the journal" published
an edition containing the same state
ments of results as THE News" supple
mented by a column of f~ragmentary and
unmeaning figures.
At ten A. NJ. ssThe News placed upon
the street a completely and clearly tabu-
lated statement of the City vote for the
four principal offices, only four precincts
being omitted. These were in the Sixth.
Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh wards, one
in each, and their absence was clearly
shown by ~footnotes. The vote as it stood
at this point was totalled and the APP
proximate majorities or pluralities worked
out. This edition contained, besides, a
correct table of the Electoral vote, as
1t then looked. a close approximation to
the vote of the State, and lists of the
Senators, Assemblymen and Congressman
elected in this State.
AT S:4s P. NJ. 'sThe News placed on
the street its final edition. This contained
q complete count of Hudson county for
the four principal offices, with only five
precincts lacking. These five were in Ho-
boken and were not yet in the hands of
the City Clerk of that city at that hour.
The absence of these precincts was clearly
indicated and the totals and pluralities
were all clearly worked out for all the
officers. Besides, absolutely correct state
ments were made of the entire result of
the election. including Senate. Assembly,
State Congressman and the Hudson Free
holders. with the exception of the Free
holder from North Bergen. Through the
error of mistaking Mr.. Ryder's vote for
ss instead of 67S, Mr.. Dietz was reported
as elected. Finally. complete figures for
Jersey City on the Assembly vote, to-
gether with many of the owns, were
given, and the defeat of the Democratic
candidates. was clearly shown.
This is what the Journal" calls .giv-
ing it up early in the day and mot
trying to get the figures.
As fer the Journal itself, its regular
edition came out nearly an hour late. 1t
had the results correctly stated. Indeed,
we suspect it stole the facts from our
edition which preceded 1t by forty minutes
or more. It's results, we say, were cor
rectly stated; but its figures-if ever there
was q mess of pi published in a newspa-
per. surely it was the Journals .'elec-
ton returns on Wednesday.
These are the facts in the case. We
have no objection to the Journal blow
ing, even mendaciously, so long as it does
not Islander others. But we certainly do
not propose to let it publish impudent lies,
rejecting upon us. We thought we had
cured 1t Of this habit when we convicted
1t Of stealing s47s.76 from the city in con-
nection with the liquor license fees; but
Il seems to have forgotten that lesson.
BY the way, why has suit never been
brought to recover the amount of that
theft?