New-York tribune., 1896-05-03


last week were the Sunday clos!ng agitation IN
Jersey City, Judge Dixon's charge to the Passalc
County Grand Jury. the meeting of the African
Methodist Episcopal Conference in Newark and
various political developments of more or less
importance.
The resolutions adopted at the mass-meeting
IN the Jersey City Tabernacle last Monday night
touched a sore spot in Prosecutor Winfeids an
etomy He objected especially to this para
graph: -,
,he Pieas ~ employ force unlimited IN the detection
OF crimes and msdemeanors. we. the people demand
best energies to secure evidence against all VINO
persistently violate the law, and 10 lha' emu '"e
law may be made terror to eviidoers
Mr. Winfield declares that he is the person
who has instigated all the Sunday efforts OF
Hudson County's officials. and he practically
claims the credit Of suggesting 10 Justice Lip
n,ncott the recent charge to the Grand Jury on
that subject Mr. Winfield admits little TOO
much for his own good BY demonstrating, as
he hae done that the saloons can be closed. ne
laws himself open to the unanswerable indict-
n,ent of not having applied the closure process
before this.
perbans the possibility Of an investigation Of
Tho Prosecutors office in the near future by the
Voorhees, Investigating Committee has some
connection with Mr. Winfields activity And IN
nassinp. il may not be amss TO say that the
committee is likely TO be heard from this sum-
mer. notwithstanding the reported statement OF
Senator Herbert 10 the contrary.
Judre Dixon spoke tersely and forcefully 10
the passaic Grand Jury about the crime wave
that has swept over that county. Crimes against
life and property have been all too common. ana
the decency and peace Of Sunday nave Deen
flagrantly disturbed by the ball games which
have been fostered mainly as an incentive to
beer drinking
Iaz,ness was one of the principal themes at
the conference Of the colored brethren. Inc
Rev. T. B. Bynum was reported for inefficiency
by Presiding Elder Sturges, who asserted that
he had called at Mr.. Bynums house at o'clock
and found him abed and that II O'CLOCK had
been named as Mr.. Bynum's rising hour Mr..
Rvnum vowed that he was In the habit of get
ting I'D between and o'clock, and sometimes
between and G. The Presiding Elders word
was taken, however, and Mr.. Bynum was sent
back to the Pittsburg Conference 1t is to be re-
GREETED that the New-Jersey Conference did not
fix a snecifc time beyond which its ministers
must not sleep If they are to escape the charge
of laziness The question remains in painfully
unsettled condition.
Having exhausted other topics, the news
paper "fakirs" in New-Jersey are now writing
on politics.
Tomorrow James NJ Seymour begins the task
of trying to convince himself that he is Mayor
of Newark He is said to be touchy about any
references TO inspiration from Washington Place.
The Same old gang will be conspicuous in
running the machine at the Democratic State
Convention next Thursday. No one appears to
be camorng for the barren honor of election az
delegate to the National Convention. but those
who are selected must be indorsed by Senator
Smith and Allan L. McDermott Even ex-Sen-
ator Mcpherson can't get elected unless they
say so. Although might be persuaded by
certain newspaper stories to think differently,
there is no apparent anxiety to have him on the
list Of delegates.
Democracy is united Among its leaders there are
no dssenslons-(Philadelphia Record.
No dissensons? oh. no; not at all. Every
Democrat in Essex County looks up to Senator
Smith with the trustful confidence and regard
that the Israelites Of old manifested toward
Moses; Allan l.. McDermott's friends are as
brothers with tie patriots who knitted him four
years ago when he wanted to be Mayor Of Jer-
sey City; the Democrats Of Mddlesex are as one
man ranged under the banner Of Miles Ross
and it was ali fiction to say that the self-re-
spectng element of the party would not follow
his leadership; the Winton and anti-Winton
forces in Bergen live like lambs: Gourley and
Hinchliffe and Cadmus weep in each others
arms in Passaic: the Vroom and Hurley factions
have ceased TO exist in Mercer, and the Sunday
school Democrats Of all South Jersey are beg
ging for an opportunity to demonstrate their
love for William j. Thompson.
No dissensions? Perish the thought
Hoboken has a woman Susan Trainor by
name who has spent all but three Of her last
eighteen years in jail Her terms of imprison-
ment usually range from thirty to sixty days,
and she is seldom long at liberty. An uncon-
trollable appetite for liquor appears to be the
cause Of 1t ALL
woman-probably living in Philadelphia
stole few rides on an Atlantic City merry-go-
round two years ago, and her conscience
bothered her ever after The other day she sent
66 cents in stamps to the owners 40 cents for
the rides and the remainder for interest. etc
In q letter accompanying the money the woman
requested that II there were any persons en-
titled to dividends or commissions on the earn
ings at the time she stole the rides. their ehare
should be forwarded. In case any had TO be sent
by mail. she allowed six cents for that purpose
and four cents wac set aside to cover a possible
expense in changing the stamps into cash.
Developments In several damage suits against
corporations recently indicate that the physi-
clans Of New-Jersey must soon take action to
put themselves right with the public or suffer
the consequences. Reference Is here made TO the
practice. of late exceedingly prevalent. of phys.-
clans acting as detectives for the trolley and
railroad companies. 1t Is neither right nor
seemly that when the unfortunate victim of an