Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-10-28
A Letter FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
Various Topics of local and
Political Interest.
The ATLANTIC "QEVIEH" VS.. TIE PRESS. !"
A LITTLE MELANGE OF CITY AND COUNTY
POLITICS HAsHED UP FOR THE INsTRUC-
TION OF THE READERS OF THE PRESS
THE ELECTRIC ROAD Project.


THE ELECTRIC ROAD PROJECT.
The past week has been very quiet
one, aside from politics. The big storm
put a damper, for while, upon the
social festivities that tend to make life
more enjoyable, but everything is once
more serene. and people have recos cred
i, their normal equanimity.
l still hear talk of the project fora
new electric road for your town-with
a continuation from Somers Point to
Mays Landing. Why not a belt lire
clear around the County? What a rice
that would be through woods and along
the beautiful rivers and bays. ! believe
it would pay and it could be built rap
idly and at moderate cost.
The question of.removing the County
Buildings is still being discussed daily
and some people do not relish the discus
sion. for lear it will iniure some one or
more OF their favorite County candidates.
l think it Just the time to discuss such
a question which is OF far greater Conse-
Quence than who shall be cnef hangmen
or coroner, or even Assemblyman. 1t
is matter of dollars and cents to tee
taxpay yers who are ileeced, year after
year to keep the old shells at Mays
Landing in decent repair, and they have
finally got down to the fact that new
buildings are necessity-wnereever
they may be located.
l notice that the esteemed Rev lew
pitches intothe Press for It's Independence
in politics and accuses it of being on
both sides OF the fence. Now l hapcen
to know who writes the republican edi-
torias in the Press, and he needs no
defence. He is, and always has been,
republican and not one "for revenue
only"-like some newspaper writers
know OF. But why need l enlarge upon
the subject? Everybody knows the stu
alton so far al the Review is concerned,
and knows that the editor is not the
custodian Of his own conyiCtions- what
ever they may be. The Press, on
| contrary, eyinces a spirit OF indepenCenoe.
| liberality and fairness, in refreshing con-
| trast to the time-Eerying spirit OF the
| Review, and unless ammucn mistak ken,t
will, in due time, become power in
|
Joe. Sharp is pounding horse shoes
and swearing yengence on Sam. Kelley
and Absecon Wilson, who, in his esti-
nation, are only small Eotato Ioliti-
clans any way. 1t surpasseS Joe's COM
prellension how Barrett and his friends
could have made the mistake they Old
| in drumming up votes in kelley SWard
| to knock Off their own heads; but, then,
| you know, it is impossible, sometimes.
to discount political trcachery, because
| the average politician is not mine
| reader ana makes no pretensions OF pos
sessing clairvoyant powers.
| Father" Sam. Rose and George Long
| are as happy as pair Of Juicy crows
| in complaining time, and will be strictly
"in'' any local political fight that affords
them an opportunity to settle OLD scores,
and repay the efforts OF steadfast friends.
| How Ed. Early could have made the
mistake OF going back" on man like
| George L'ig is something cannot under
stand. But he did it and now sees MS
| mistake.
Lew" Garrett is smiling and as chip
per as a lark, and takes his GefRt Ike
a man. l predict he will yet live to see
his Judas enemies groseling at his feei
and begging for mercy. Ae is traiIlng
with faithful friends and, some day
will bob up serenely and demand and
get what he wants.
Ed. Wilson has my sympathy. He
4 is naturally a Jolly good fellow, bu'
he lost his head and by his course lost
a heap of good friends at the same time
He ought to have followed better ad
vice and not made sucn blunder. How
he came to play such q role is one OF
those things that no fellow can finf
| out.
Tobias Mcconnell, OF late, when he
comes over here, wears the face OF I
man who is engaged in writing his own
funeral sermon, and has forgotten tht
text. Barrett. with the pull ne has
BeninC him, might have mace some Pro-
gress in boosting Tobias a little higher
up the ladder, but the latter goG the
big head" and l precict he will go to
the political bone-yard before many
more moons have waved and wared.
Alasl How art the mighty ia He'll
George Clinton ano Walter Weyman
are still making faces at each other
and swinging clubs for the betterment
Of the African race, and the purificatior
OF the politics OF Atlantic County.
stheelectionapproa ano McKin-
ley's election seems a reasonable cer-
tainty, business is loo ing up little,
and confidence takes the place OF des
pair. Previous to tine final roundup
at the polls | notice that the County
candidates are doing a little private
"hustling," and are billed to appear with
their oratorical circus in different parts
OF the County. This is all right, for ii
gives the people a cnance to "size 'em
.up" and determine who to vote for