Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-10-21
"A Letter FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
argus" Glad the Campaign
is Nearly Over.
"TODE" AccOHHEllS SCALP IN DANGER.
THE pLEASANTyILLE LOvF-FEAST-A LIT
TIE c ,NGLOMERATION OF ATLANTIC
CITY POLITICs-NEws AND NOTES OF
VARIOUS KINDS.

Oh, am so glad that the campaign
will soon be over. l am getting tired
of writing about politics and politi
clans, and live in fear and trembling
lest some big fellow ferrets out my den-
tity and whales" me because d mt
swear by all the horn spoons tina he
is gentleman and q scholar. l h ar
that there is one such fellow lying IN
wait for me know. and he is an aw lul
man who does not know as much az
he thinks he does, and spells cat " ith
"k". So 1 suppose 1 must hold ray.
self in readiness to meet this terri PIE
chap who is travelling around wih
blood in his eye, and snorting brin stone
at every breath. I am feeding myself
on strengthening diet such as raw egga
brandy, beefsteak, bear meat an0 devil
ed crabs, and "toning up my stem
with DR.. Hornblower g Rhsumat lin
iment to unloolen myioints. Wien aL
these good things get to iostling ead
other inside my anatomy, then Iwl
be able to "lick" wy weight in wIdcatl
and show my enemies that am will
them to stay. -; . z
=. hear that some envious people an
after "Tobe'' Mcconnell g scalp 20 to
speak-which means the place Re ills
OF, rather, the position he rolds at tht
County Almshouse and Insane AZ Tlum
These wicked folks who want to tu1
him out fancy he has d snap, and they
believe it q little too good to remain
long in one family. :. Tobias has mad
good many enemies, and some OF then
will give him lot OF trouble, OF ela
my information is very much at fault
hear of candidate for his place that
will make Rome howl when the proper
time comes.
l hear that Lew" Barrett presid-
ed at the republican meeting in your
Borough, and introduced" his success
full competitor. Well, Lew" must have
a foregiving heart OF else that organ
was not consulted on this occasion.
The dump-masters who defeated him
have 60 ne into Winter quarters well
satisfied with their latest triumph, and
woe be to a private in the ranks who
dares to DEFY their authority. hear,
also, that our genial and handsome
City Clerk treated your citizens to one
OF his orations at the same meeting
and that, perhaps, was what caused
Lew" to overflow with the milk of
human kindness Just at that time. Emory
Irelan is one Of our rising young repub-
licans and we are very proud of him
and look to see him go up higher. Cong
ressman Gardner 3 speech on the same
occasion was hummer" and convinced
the hardened democrats present that
silver was nothing but trash and un-
worthy to be owned by anybody. Thif
does not surprise me q bit, for if there
is one thing that our Congressman can
do it is to talk, and sometimes he talk
well too.
There is q new colored citizen in town
who sprouted up in the soil OF politice
last Summer as "pronoer." Exactly
what he wanted to promote was
mstery for awhile, but it is so no longer.
At the republican County Convention
it cropped out that he was trying to
promote" purer and better politics.
To that end he was running Joe Sharpe 8
campaign and got as far as to have
tickets printed with Joe g name on them
aB candidate for Sheriff. heard him
promise himself a good dinner atJoe's
expense and I presume he did not rob
himself OF the other little luxuries that
60 with good dinner. Joe is good
fellow, and some of these days Father
Rose will do something handsome for
him. Father Rose still has his little
tomahwk sharpened for his enemies,
and they had better let him alone, for
he knows enough to land on his feet
when he jumps. An old lady who was
present when he first made his advent
into this world. told me. for fact. that
Sammy" as ne was chrlstene0 lew
days later, had one eye open and winked
it at her. 1 want to say right here, IN
that cOnnecJlOn LnaJ raJner Rose Still
keeps that weather optic wide open.
George Long takes his defeat for Sher-
if good naturedly, ard. like Father
Rose you want to treat him good natur
edly-that is if you want to prosper
politically in the Third Ward.
!: George Clinton has not yet fully re-
covered from the exhaustive effort he
made to get under the Kirby umbrella
at the County Convention, as soon as
he saw the drops begin to fall. George
is for better and "purer' politics all the
time md to that end lies awake at night
trying to solve the problem OF how to
better the condition OF his race in that
direction. There is serious talk, in some
quarters, of sending him and Walter
Weyman out as missionaries-and since
Kelley's flop to Kirby, the prevailing
opinion seems to be that they should
be sent into the Fourth Ward. Speak
ing Of the Fourth Ward, I know of some
people down there who are in no pleas
ant frame of mind since they had their
friend Barrett slaughtered at Egg Har-
Dor City by the very men who went
from house to house begging for votes.
I fancy they will be heard fromlater
on. :.
s: Tie removal of the County Seat is
still earnestly and frequently discussed
here, and there is more behind the move
ment in Atlantic City than Pleasant
vile people have any idea Of. ] some.
times think that we are even more inter-
ested than many Of your own citizens
are. i: cannot see, however, how any
person who owns property in Pleasant
vile can be Indifferent about it. 1t is
certainly . project that will enhance
the value Of property there. besides ma.
ing it the legal centre Of the County.
It should therefore receive the earnest
support OF all your citizens, and they
should keep up their organization and
perfect such measures as may be neces-
sary to accomplish the undertaking.
y, know there aro some bright and ear.