New-York tribune., 1896-05-15

'a xomething interesting to-day about last
sundays liquor traillc'
..,or Smith has leased Phil Days cottage at
senat5oi r.h FOR the summer. Isn't Smith taking
Long hsncss pSm in thus hiring sporting mans cot
Iess' down in BlodgettS own county '-'hi'Nooe'"
Journal
IN himself. and he viii feel at nome III 'he
A,r,horhood 'I Of the Monmouth track Besldes'
n,d Rlodgett are congenial companions, with
s.,monlous ideas about railroads. taxation ana
,oltlcs generally
n,orkingmen Of New-Jersey hardly know
80" ~ Feel amused or angry over the action
49,. nemocratlc Convention in describing the
o., Smith law as Just and conservative
~, and in asserting that ii gives American
@',' ..'rcren all the protection that they need.
Mayor seymour has done sracSfu; thing Tss in de
!ss !ss ftty rsrs Ha!i-(Newark Advertiser
:. - had made his contribution without ad-
1.-two the fact. il would have been more grace
tal still
... h.sn remarked that 1.-The Hoboken OBJ
,s not a strong advocate of Michael J.
,or the Mayoralty nomination in that city.
w" ,ovor matters little. II Michael gets
IA yace at a time when the air currents
INV ,r,n,,,ous. the wind will make wings of his
.,schios and carry him to victory
,,s,ead Of publishing the County Collector
..nusi statement in the newspapers, as hereto
s... IN. Cumberland County Freeholders have
s..,asd 10 mako the publication IN pamphlet
s.., This Is an unexpected less Of advertising
,a,ronage. and some of the papers are likely 10
be displeaSed
AZ n the published stories about the efforts OF
A.. East Jersey Water Company TO buy lot of
,,,d at stockholm, The Sussex Register says:
q,.re Is no doubt about It's desire TO obtain more
storage reservoirs but talk OF wpng out Ihe We
isse and the Methodist Church and SraVryGdTiu -
bOsh the TSeAS rae Say " Of t"g suoh scheme Xii the
,ster that flows eastward or southerIy from that
,on, soes into the Oak Ridge reservoir. ana II is
SMruit TO see what would be gained in tnat di:ec-
,'nn except ereater head for a supply 20 Jersey
C,y The rumor ho~eyer may pG DnI n Wswav W.
snda Lake may yet become tributary 10 the great
corporations coiIers
The Saturday half-holiday agitation for the
wear has already begun in Newark. with fair
prosoect Of success. Pressure is being brought
% bear on the storekeepers to close but some OF
business to warrant them in dorg so. Almost all
The trading on Saturday evenings is done by the
working people II the employers in all the
cities Of New-Jersey will pay their employees on
Friday. the latter can solve the half-holiday
problem for those who work in the stores by
refusing to buy on Saturday afternoon.
The Elizabeth Herald" is in error in trying 10
show that the Democratic Aldermen Of Elizabeth
would be as much justified in rejecting the NOM
!nston Of Controller Carlton as the Republican
Aldermen OF Newark in refusing to confirm
Augustus Dusenberry as Fire Commissioner
There Is no similarity between the cases. The
lar required Mayor Seymour of Newark, to name
q Republican, for Fire Commissioner, and IN
stead OF selecting a man not displeasing to the
leaders of that party. he picked out one VINO had
cone all ne could, by questionable means, to
defeat the Republican candidate for Mayor.
There is no law regulating the politics Of Eliza
beth's Controller. Mr. Carlton happens to be
Democrat. He was elected because OF his
fitness for the office which has since
been amply demonstrated by his successful man.
agement of the city's finances. 1t is probably
true that Mr. Carlton voted for Mayor Rankin.
The two men were associated In the movement
which resulted in leading Elizabeth from bank
ruptcy, and a feeling Of eollctude for the pros
perity and credit Of the municipality naturally
prompted Mr.. Carlton 10 desire Mr.. Rankin's
retention IN office. The motive was entirely
praseworthy and creditable.
But even II there were no law requiring Mayor
seymour's appointee to be a Republican. Dusen-
berrys avowed reason for helping TO beat Leb-
kuecher supplied sufficient reason for his OBJ
lection. Dusenberry said that he voted for Sey
mour because the latter. while State Prison
Supervisor, gave some profitable contracts to
the firm which employed him, Dusenberry. Will
lam Stansby. president Of the Board Of Works
has never been a partisan OF Mayor Lebkuecher
and ne was inclined 10 sympathize with Dusen-
berry at first After reading Dusenberry's ex-
PLANTATION OF his reason for supporting Seymour.
Mr. stainsby stated the situation very tereely,
thus:
Mr. Dusenberry used his influence with Grand
Army men. the strength OF Mayor Lebkuecher's
eliege1 hostility 10 them. and Induced them 10 vote
ssainst Mayor Lebkuecher. Now he says he voted
~ ~, ar. Seymour because he was under personal
Sv.'s3Ion 10 him. lie traded The Grand Army vote
.w ne iurtherance Of his own personal business
.m.eIprlses. Where does Mr.. Dusenberrys argu-
W. W. ieaa 10 II carried 10 ITS logical conclusions?
IN nv NJ SLemmissoner. he should apply the same rule
~ .ss ~nnns appointments? According 10 his theory,
site sn sas WIG buys goods OF another man OF oppo-
ana 49, sueh policy leads only TO corruption
lIt,c,s se.soIaaiza tonit the ruin Of any po-
hosii.r rrary The Republican Aldermen not
On M nue ne y a. r. In no way can their acton
that way yu'uvnoerrys domination be construed in
the Rsn,.,, ms case stands on its own merits, and
tAe f.ry,.oAean Aldermen did just right In view OF
~ 'Ae's presented