The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-25
"Bob- Davis and III "Journal."


state of indignation against Bob"
Davis. The reason is because Mr.. Davis
thinks and because. just at present. ne
is taking time to think
OF course 1t is natural for a Republican
organ to object to anyone thinking. 1t
is impossible to think and be a Republi-
can. Republicanism is a compound OF
Ignorance, nconsecutiveness and bad
passion. When It stumbles on anything
good, like the gold cure, it does SO, not
through thought, but by accident, or be-
cause Of some bad motive. In the gold
matter. the motive, of course. was Tom
Platts spite.
But the purpose of this article is not
TO show UP Republicanism. It shows up
in bad enough colors every day in the
tsJournal.p The idea is to talk a little
about Bob" Davis and the Journals
attacks on him. These AVE been devel-
oping every second day or so, like chills
and fever. They are all alike. only one
q little worse than another. Yesterdays
was a fair sample, so we quote a few
lines from it, just to show how wicked
tBob. Davis is, and. how specially OBJ
3ectionable it is in him to think at a time
when Republican editors only breathe
through their ears.
In its opening remarks, the Journal
sapientiy says
The natural instinct of self preservation
snclines the rank and file to oppose free
silver. They do not want to have their
wages cut down by a 5o-cent dollar,
ffaere is the regular Democratic nomi-
nation at Chicago.
This only shows how gr~otesquely ig-
norant Of local news the journal is.
The lamentabie fact is that the rank
and ffle'' both Of the Democratic and
Republican parties in this county are
alarmingly affected by the silver craze.
The great danger of the hour is that
there may be a rush of the w-orkingmen
in both parties to the Populist candidate,
Mr.. Bryan. 1t is an open question
whether, if the election were held to-
morrow, Mr.. Bryan would not carry
Hudson county and the State. The
laboring classes have not yet realized
what a ffty-cent dollar means, and, so
far as we nave been able to see, the
'Journal'' has not tried to help them.
II, instead of wasting columns Of mush
upon the Union Hill Council and other
columns of m upon Bob Davis,
It hired somebody who knew something
to furnish a few intelligent articles on
free silver, it would be coming nearer to
tustifying its own existence.
But the journal" goes on
Then there Is Mr.. Bob Davis. who
Kindly allows Democrats to live in Hudson
unit
It is still kinder of him to allow Re-
publicans to live. If he assumed the
role Of fool-killer for a day or two,
there would be a vacancy on the Jour
NAT staff.
He does the thinking for his party and
ne is thinking hard, but he is not ready
10 announce the result.
IL IS a very good thing that Mr.. Davis
is thinking. If he were a hot headed
~biunderer, he might nave followed the
example of Senator Daily, and given the
cause of national bankruptcy and private
ruin additional impetus. 1t Is because
Mr.. Davis thinks that he has withstood
the opportunities of cranks and hot
heads and demagogues. and kept the
party which he so ably leads in good
shape for the time when the tide turns.
when the a of insanity rolls by, and
public thought reasserts itself.
Zig decision is waited for with, painful
What sort of thing is painful pa
Hence" anyway
It Is too bad that he is not ready to re-
give the cue ne would lessen the strain.
NOBODY seems ITO know why he is wait
This fs simply an untruth. Everyone
knows very well that he is waiting for
events to shape themselves.
Some partially informed persons saw he
Will not come out of the mist of thought
until the State Convention meets to
nominate electors.
Il the people who say this are only
partially informed" they are very
shrewd guessers.
This Will be held at Trenton. but no
one KNOWS when. senator Smith must
come nome from Europe before the date
e fixed. and he is not coming until Sep
Sesnber-
The Editor of the Journal ought to
read the newspapers and keep posted.
He would then know that the late Mr..
Smith Of Essex left a letter behind him
when he skulked away to Europe.
In the meantime 1T is nice to have Mr.
Bob Davis do the thinking for the party.
Poppscock.
Il is no wonder the "Journal' and the
party It twaddles for do not like Mr..
Davis. They do not make much head
way against him.. He thinks too much
for therns Besides thinking, he acts,
and when he acts he generally lands on
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