Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-11-04
A LETTER FROM THE
CITY By THE SEA.
Close Of the Great Political
Campaign.
THE HOTEL HELP QUESTION ON NOW.

"ARGUs EXPATiATEs A BIT UPON THE
NATIONAL AND COUNTY POLITICS, AND
PLUNGEs INTO TIE QUESTION OF HOTEL
HELP II ATLANTIC CITY.
As the greatest political campaign
OF modern times will have been finished
and the verdict rendered beforethis letter
is put in print, | will >forego any COM
ments upon national politics for this
week at least. The contest in this City
has been conducted with less noiEe and
excitement than the average recent pres
idential elections, and had it not been
for little smoke in the newspapers
we should have scarcely realized that
a President was about to be elected.
AS q. matter OF TACT the national contest
hasbeenalmostcomp ompletelyovGshadow
by the local battle ior Sheriff and Assem-
blyTan in the third and fourth wards.
The battle is intensified by recollection
OF the recent convention at Egg Harbor
City, wherein treachery to leading
republican OF the County has borne fruit
in the shape OF mutual recrimination
that is destined to shipwreck more than
one political ambition in the lower hall
OF this City. The election will not end
this matter, but win only deepen the
wounds that ought not to have been
inflicted.
After the election excitement mas SUD-
sided 1 will give little more attention
to city matters in general and that may
possibly include something in partic-
ular concerning the management OF af-
fairs in this enterprising town. In shoot
ing into flock OF birds gunner is some
times liable TO hit one, and ii said bird
bcgings to sQuawk and ilutter then those
who are looking on know that he has
been hit. The meat in this little meta
phor lies in the application of it and
trust to the intelligence Of The general
reader to discover who are the birds
and who is the gunner.
hear what is known s the help"
question discussed considerably among
the hotel keepers. 1t is one OF the most
difficult problems they have to contend
with and how to solve it it or TO deal
with it taxes their best energies The
most OF the large hotel proprietors en-
ploy co.ored help, but hear OF a move
inent being quietly discussed that hodes
no good to the Sons of Ham in this sea-
eide bailiwick, 1t is, not to waste words.
movement to employ only white help
and there is no denying the fact t
is being seriously considered. lit SHOULD,
he decided by the hotel men to hire al.
or nearly all, white employees it would
be a most serious matter to large num-
Ter OF our colored population. Now
] am not railing against class OF men
merely because they have black skins,
nor defending a bad man because he
has white skin. Nothing OF the kind.
l am writing OF them as q class OF men
who are employed to do certain kind
OF work and who are qualified to do
it well. The colored waiter, when he
is colored gentleman as well, is most
admirable fellow and there is always
q good place for him; but when he is
a low-down impudent and sassy" ras-
cal everybody wants 10 gat-rid. Of him
especially his employer. there
a large number OF honest, indutrious
aw-abiding and really genteel colored
people in this City; but it is equally true
that there are a good many who are
exactly the reverse, and it is the latter
class that have made fnfinite trouble,
and caused the hotel keeper to grow
bareiooted above his ears. They swarm
here during the Summer season, and
attempt to run" the houses where they
are employed by threatening to strike
Just when the house is full OF guests.
The landlords are getting about tired
of being stood up every few days in this
manner, and they have about concluded
to try the experiment OF white help
all around If this prospective state
of affairs is not satisfactory to our Amer
lean Citizens of African descent, they
have only themselves to blame for it,
and the remedy is in their own hands.
Let the seli-respecting men who are en-
| ployed in hotels band themselves togeth-
er for sell protection and refuse to be
| led, or even associate, with the disrep-
ntable men OF their own race who come
| here only to make trouble. / see some
| uf them on the street every day, and
an old Philadelphia detective recently
| rointed out to me, in an hour, no less
| than three OF these fellows who are want
ed by the officers OF the law in other,
states for various offences. They are
the class OF men who create most OF
the trouble mere IN Summery md asaal=a-
a good deal OF unnecessary friction bo-
tween employers and enployees. Now
il possessed any influence Wi<6 th6
colored people my acyiee world " ~
| them 10 weed out TIE s.5srtprrtsS Sle fel-
lows VINO are a disgrace to ther race,
and conduct themselves in q decent.
| straightforward manner. II they &c
not do this they may find their pl.
occupied by some one else. See If al
not rigntl Once more the editor has
notified me 20 ''cut it short" on account
oi the amount OF space tnat viii be re-
ouired for election news IN Sne next issue
Of the Press. Argus
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