New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-23
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>,rork Electric Light Company seems
IL" oc;,ated over a proposition that the
',.r,olitv should erect and MAINTAIN n plant
o,.n 10 light Centre Market perhaps IL
,sar that this would be the entering weuge
ma' Alan 10 have the city do all its own iighuns
.,.arg itself unable TO agree with the iocai
,..,o lighting company. the town or MiiVlhe'
e.h.r,snd County. proposes to build pant
% he independent Of the company ana II
..or,ed that the people will be the gamers
.,anv In most of the European cities the
M" and electric lighting systems are owned os
the municipalities
D.. amounting William T Hunt Of The New
~ s,ndav Call" on the commission to investi-
a." possaic River pollution. Governor Grigss
ga" ,asrrea an honest. intelligent and compre-
mas oonsidera ton of the whole subject
,oors ago Middlesex County shook it.
,o,o the shackles Of the political free
ors whose corruption was known OF all men
go anpeared good reason FOR hoping great
l"s'' 49,, ,ba evolution and such hopes were
"'"S - measure justified But the people are
/" hocr 10 their old idols and already the
$50, ore apparent. on Tuesday Judge strong
',~.,sod these remarks to the Grand Jury, IN
~.oo,,on with the arrest Of two men ior con-
s,o,ine an alleged policy shop:
circumstances that were declared 10 the
Court including the open as Oh Of Witnesses
ouse!' "s alleged they were. 1t certainly pecohies
as sur duty under the obgaton o. yoIr shond b
~, that the persons compiaineu aSaI, ais
10 lt H' 10 trial. Tho Court is unwuns 10 us-
charge you until after nus sv had a opporuniy to
20 I've . II your further attention.
Notwithstanding that plain language the Grand
Jury refused TO indict.
s,,,ber evidence that all is not as II ought
~. this quot alton from an article in "Ihe New
nrrsrick Home News on last weeks election
in that city is pertinent:
Those skilled in manipulating voters ass sg n S
that by an expenditure of not more man b SHevuhl
cry Of voters in the Fifth and other wards
:, Is said stood ready TO sell their No'es'
~ ho.ora last thirsty NEWCOMERS were
..sting relief in Jersey City and Hoboken Next
sunday and for "a good many succeeding sun
DAYS the tide is Likely 10 be the other way
nj, he possible that Kearny is going TO dls-
nsa with the services of Police Justice and
Chief Of Police Turnbuii-tne man whose meth
,ds fonts and disguises have given d semblance
=, verify 10 the most imaginative sleuth story
rar found in a dime library? Without Turn
hull thief catching in Kearny will lose its
romance.
Paterson used to do a good business in the
manufacture Of bagging and other Jute goods
hut the Wilson Tariff law spoiled the trace LOT
the benefit of Great Britain. Since that law
WAS passed the consular reports show that Dun
dee scotland-the chief seat Of the jute trace
over there-has made great increase In the
volume OF its exports TO New-York How Is II
with Paterson? Read this from the pen of Jo-
seph C. Todd. who formerly did thriving pusl-
ness in the SILK City:
The enforced stoppage and idensss nave we oee 81
caused purely by our American tarin ana wan %
nrotecticn our former Administration aitordeu
some protection. but the tariff at that tme wa
assinst I India and England When the present "A.
mlnistration passed the Wilson 1arln bil ~ saps
nils isI and allow England and India manufacture
and supply your trade And the same Was was bSwe
and our American mills machinery anu "e'p nav
remained idle ever since
What does the practical" politician care about
goes to the Aldermanic Chamber or the Legislature
10 make money, reimburse himself IN view on ms
election expenses and lay up something IN the pdhh
Politics with him is a business. and he is frank
enough In some cases to tell you so his Vo.e rs
the party boss who nominated him or wnom ne
fears, and the other is on the .obDyist VINO Is .ne
politics to-day -(The Rev. John L. Scudder.
Mr.. Scudder never spent much Of his time
around the State House in Trenton, but never
theless he has drawn a description that fits
few Of the worthless to be met with there every
year.
II isa mistake to suppose that all the saloon
keepers In New-Jersey-ev.n in Hudson and
Essex counties-are opposed to Sunday closing.
There are dozens Of men in the liquor business
who say that they would cheerfully keep closed
every Sunday in the year II their rivals would
DO likewise. Much Of the Sunday traffic Is I'M
desirable at best. and there Is always before
the eyes OF dealers the fear Of being dragged be-
fore the courts and branded as criminals. The
brewers are the strongest directors to any re-
tuction In the hours Of selling.
An alleged interview with Carrot A. Hobart,
nov going the rounds of the newspapers. con-
uins erroneous statements that Mr. HOBART
could not have made. 1t Is true that Mr.. no
bart suggested the incorporation Of a paragraph
commanding Mckinley In the platform or the
Republican State Convention, but it not true
that there was any fight over the matter In the
State Committee meeting. Mr. Hobart mercy
made the suggestion but did not push II wheh
ne found that the judgment OF most OF the
committeeman In favor of standing by the
established precedent against instruction. IL IS
an undoubted fact. however. that II the Con-
Vention had voted on the question, resolutions
directing the delegates 70 vote for Mckinney
would have been adopted by an overwhelming
majority