New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26


County papers declare that the weird tale tha'
was told OF g Freehold woman sitting up III her
coffin was baseless; Middlesex papers orahu DIS
false the statements regarding a parDer iaiii"e
heir to a fortune; and there is inhereh' e'iuenee
Of gross exaggeration, to say the iease' IN VIC
reports about South Jersey forest hres. IL inc
local newspapers all through the STATE VIII tame
the matter up energetically, this business Oh
manufacturing ard distorting news can De sup
pressed
One Of the amusing incidents or the "eeh
VAS the strike of Hudson County's almshouse
inmates against work Rather than ,irltter
AWAY their energies In moving furniture, forty oi
.sthe most abfe-bodied men" left the institution.
What their next step will be has not been Ill
winged 80 far They may call convention OF
ali the almshouse guests OF the State and IN
wife thereto the numerous Weary Walkers pres
emily basking in the sunshine and free ar oi
New-Jersey. Such gathering could dehhe 'he
status and claims of the non-wofKers' anu
mayhap form a new political party, WIN pat
form declaring eternal warfare on those VINO
seek TO persuade or coerce men to labor wheh
their tastes and inclnaions run in different
directions.
Among the useful municipal organizations or
The State the South Orange Village Improve
,nent Society is conspicuous. That society has
tust issued a neat pamphlet telling of It's work
for the year ending last March. The object
and purpose Of such association are thus tersey
told by President Sloane
The methods of a village improvement society are
not properly of the aggressive order. us WAYS
should be those of example and suggestion-.eIs
properly 1t has power of enforcement.ana as as
soon it appears in any sense as me ne usefulness
vanishes Hence to a certain extent 1t may be said
that the less is heard from the society the pet
ter Its aims are in the direction OF minimizing
government administered by ordinances ana Jaws,
and substituting therefor village or civic prize
that will exempt the community from inc necesS S
Of police other governmental supervision In Inc
hs a the xeceed By enh
ened political economists this side of the Allan
wrongs u are done by law and ordinance. the indi-
vidual being comparatively innocuous
Whence comes the report that Allan L.. Nc
Dermott has laundering after the Democratic
nominal ton in Jersey City next year? Allan got
q pretty substantial thrashing when he ran
against Peter f. Wanser. and there Is nothing
to indicate that Mr.. Wanser couldn't repeat the
dose But it would be a mighty interesting
combat If McDermott and Thomas McEswan,
IT, were the gladiators leading their respective
partles in a struggle for the Mayors office.
Patersons highways must be in bad condition
any reliance is to be placed In the following let
ter from cyclist to one Of the local papers:
Our streets are in very deplorabe state roads Ids
cases not Graded. Any person who has occasion 10
visit the different parts Of the city will very soon soon
lot Of 'e Streets Permission is granted to tear up
,e they weS ed event p4 ey e
poor the time. Why is this state Of affairs al
b be responsble broadway was once in very good
repair but plumbers, electric road company and ne
most, simply good enough to be called highway.
Last the city Wyo b,ye BEEN d 6sG a h
appropriated that money to some other account for
all the good dd ns street cas ne
in the city.
The wheelmen Of Paterson hi IL in their
power TO bring about improvements if they will
out aside all other considerations and pull alto
gether for the nomination and election of COM
petent and honest Aldermen. The men who ride
wheels in Paterson are decent lot of people as
q whole, and If they make up their minds to have
good streets the thing is as good as done
1.-THE Sussex Register" revlves an interesting
bit Of history in paragraph stating that twenty
nve years ago John w. Griggs now Governor of
New-Jersey. was elected Town Clerk Of Newton
by a majority of six over James NJ Chandler
the Democratic candidate.
1t Is said that Colonel l.. Price, OF tne l)eHlo-
cratic County Committee takes all the credit FOR
Seymours election. If the Colonel is correct his
10 any back seat when the appointments hand
ed around. And II there is any one position when
the Colonel feels he is peculiarly qualified 10 MI II
10 the office of City Counse-(Newark Advertiser.
Colonel Price certainly bore the brunt Of the
lighting on the Democratic side. but it would
cause no surprise If he were side-tracked now to
make room for men who not bit better
than he is but who play the Pharisee better.
Mayor Days death Is not to make any diff
ference in Railways attitude toward tramps.
The Mayor extracted certain quota of work
out Of ell found In Railway. and as a result the
fraternity gave that town wide berth. The
other day gang that had evidently heard or
Mr.. Days passing away ventured near the city
limits but a warning from Chief OF Police
Wright that they would be arrested and made to
do manual labor sent them scurrying back again
to the railroad
The indifference which kept many Of the best
citizens away from the polls week before last in
Newark. Jersey City. Elizabeth, New-Bruns-
wick and other places has started discussion
in the State press az 10 the advisability OF
passing a law compelling all citizens to vote. On
this point. The Elizabeth Journal says
The men who cannot be bought, the men who are
incorruptible but who have not interes; enough in
public affairs 10 exercise their rights and privileges
10 the polls by compulsory voting law. And these
men would not only couneract the venal vote. but
the fact of every citizen being obliged 10 vote would
destroy the chances of venality to large degree.
The compulsory voting law s founded On principle
and is a measure of safety. 1t Will come some day
0r other and when It comes ii will stay.
One answer to the question what caused the
Democratic sweep in Jersey City last Election
Day was that the Raines law did 1t all Un-
SOPHISTICATED outsiders puzzled to see the
connection between New-York law and a
municipal election in NewJersey. 1t is all
explained now, however. in this anxious query
Of the Frank Kimmerly Association, OF Jersey
CITY to the New-York Police Board:
Does the Raines law affect bars on excursion