The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03

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We hope not to nave to disturb Mr.
Woolley's privacy any more. We will no
unless we get a good opportunity.
BEFORE leaving Mr.. Woolley, we de
sire him TO furnish an epexegesis upor
the following remarkable specimen Of
English, which forms the opening para,
graph of his letter.
The Editor of .aThe News, has once
more blossomed forth as an expounde,
OF the law in his issue Of even date
and IN a very lengthy TRADE endeavors
70 Justify the petty, lobbying tactics q
WHICH they so carefully nurture, by a
lutlle attempt to show that during my
term as City Clerk ! "connived'' with
treasury charges for advertising legal no
uces in excess of the legal rate.
Will Mr.. Woolley kindly tell us what
this means, and what is an ''aorimonious
and mercenary attribute" and how are
they nurtured?
MR. JOSEPH A. DEAEss adipose sup
rlement to Mr.. Woolley's letter is almost
too stupid to read, let alone answer
There are one or two matters in it, how
ever, that may be touched on. First, he
says the law was passed for the benefit
Of the Democrat 1T was not. He
knows it was not. 1t was passed at the
instance of ]. J. Leidy of the now de-
funct Newark Journal" The Jersey
City "staats zeitung'' was designated
under the law through a petty deal in
the Jersey City Board of Aldermen of
1892, and the designation was certioraried.
on the ground that such legal publications
could be made only in papers published
in English. The Court upheld this con-
tention and the Journal got the desig-
nation. We wonder does Mr.. Dear re-
member the contemplate shuttle he was
guilty of in connection with the expenses
of that suit?
A second point worthy of notice in Mr..
Dear's explanation is this
The first publication made in 1892 was
SET N agate type, occupying one n
q half lines to each name. This pub
NoSy llOWSfSEt ST CROWDED ana
indistinct that by the instruction Of Mr..
Scott, the then City Clerk, under the
authority of the Committee on Printing
setting was changed from agate to nom
pareil type, each name to occupy two
lines.
That is right, Mr.. Dear; put the blame
on the dead man who is not here to de-
fend himself! And pray, Mr.. Dear, if
your agate type is Crowded and indis-
tinct," how about the other public ad-
vertisements which you publish. You
see, the more you wriggle the more hope
lessly you entangle yourself.
Just one more point, and we have done.
Mr.. Dear says
A great many very willy proposals for
were made to the journal, and de-
clined.
It may possibly be true that the s'Staats
zeitung" or the Democrat made such
approaches to the Journal" AS to their
dealings, we have no information. But
if Mr.. Dear means to convey. by hint
or innuendo, that any such proposal was
made by THE News" or on the part OF
1.-THE News" he is an impudent liar.
Mr.. Dear's closing endorsement of
Woolley is truly affecting; stiggins on
Chadband.
THE presentation of this matter in the
Journal is characteristic Mr.. Dear
still works his f~avorite method of large
and small type. 1t put Mr.. Woolley's in
dignation in front, literally loaded; its
own Explanation turks behind in that
crowded and indistinct" form to which
Mr.. Scott is said to ave objected.
How brave Mr.. Dear isl.