New-York tribune., 1896-05-29

OF primary reform With primaries cohouc'eu
the same as elections are now, there wouid oe io
excuse for decent citizens staying away anu
there would be an excellent prospect OF 'haVins
frst-class men nominated by both the great po
lit!cal parties. Under such system there wouiu
not he much room for bosses or professional poii-
ticans.
The senior Senator from NewJersey Is sot SamSs nS
Smith IT, first last and all the time ana N ms ssd sa
den awakening to the danger menaSng fhe ese
DeMoSns DesSSnae{A AoIiy ,ns' &lrrOr Sirr o."
ue ,s a willy and thoroughly wideawake gen.
eral and In order to defeat him the Republican
leaders must not assume that victory Will come
for the mere asking.
The Senate Investigating Committee has good
material for a start In the Newark eiectloh coh-
test case. How did the error In the TICKETS oc-
cur? How did the Democratic managers know
of II? Why did the printer deliver tickets 10 .'e
Democratic Committee instead OF to the CITY
Clerk?
"The Bridgeton News has this modest pro-
sramme of the needs of the quiet little town IN
which 1t is published:
What We need in Brdgeton to give real estate ave,a
boom lust Is two shoe FACTORIES tWo ;Nre pio
manufactores one large mill S for s ns ana "Wounded
and the retirement OF the Democratic parry on, on
%snsn'' Sears pe"'''" VI ''''' 80
Suppose. for example. that letter shouio DC
transposed on every one Of the 2'ooo Derocia''0
ballots likely to be cast in Hudson at the eiec'ioh
for Governor In 1898; suppose. further tha' 'ne
counting of these votes would give the Demo-
cratic candidate a majority of several thousailu'
would the Court throw out those votes anu ue
clare the Republican elected?
John Kean would be an excellent man ioi
Treasurer OF the Republican State Committee.
Congressman McEwan is not helping himself or
his party in attacking Garret A. Hobart Inc ne
publcan party, by unanimous vote, through i'e
representatives In the State Convention lhuorseu
Mr. Hobart as its candidate for Vice-President
and every loyal Republican should feel obligated
to uphold that declaration by voice and action
New-Brunswick's police force appears TO De IN
need Of a shaking up. Alderman OilVer Is quoleu
ms saving that 'it has been common thing for
several officers TO go to the police station drunK
IN the morning and there act in a disgracefui
manner" and that citizens had come to him by
tho score to tell Of seeing drunken policemen on
most" That is a terrible condition OF arairs'
truly
Newark. paterson
keen an eye on the asphalt paving In Brooklyn.
~ the work can be done satisfactorily al the
lew rate named by one of the bidders In the
rtv of Churches bad streets would soon be
thing NJ the past in the principal municipalities
IN New-Jersey. On the Brooklyn page OF yester-
davis Tribune reference made to the COM
pany Offering ito do the work at the unllorm
price Of 81 yard for the asphalt surface ana
TO provide the concrete. etc, at lower heu'e
than any of its competitors" 1t was SAID that
the company making this offer "hac done Some
work before In Brooklyn. and not all OF II mas
proved entirely satisfactory. some Oh
the streets in which this asphalt was put last
wear have been the occasion Of considerable criti-
cism. but on the whole It's contracts appear 10
have been faithfully carried out
supreme Court Justice Lppncott. Judge Hud-
speth. Prosecutor Winfield and the Grand Jury
now IN session In Hudson County were. Of course,
interested in the two letters published in yester
davis Tribune on the Stanley manure nuisance.
A p Haring. of Montclair. wrote to Governor
C.r,oes asking II he could not do something In
reply the Governor said
have ycur letter referring to the manure piles
on the meadows between Newark and Jersey CITY
ritSin the Bower Of the courts TO abate have no
power nor would 1t be properly within my prov
throughout the State. That duty is put by law
rpon the Grand Jury in each county III seems 10
me your complaint should properly be maze 70 tne
presding justices of the courts OF Essex or ffuosOn
County whichever county is responsible Tor the
nuisance.
The nuisance is located in Hudson County II
ss a source Of offence to the thousands who
travel TO and from New-York every day, to say
nothing Of the constant menace to health. There
is vet time for the authorities to do something
before the hot weather begins in earnest
Next to a new water supply Jersey City sorely
needs some public parks Mayor Wanser has
cleverly secured options two tracts OF land for
park purposes One is known as the old Arm
strong homestead II consists Of four acres lying
on the south side Of Garfield ave, between Rich
ard-st. and the lands Of the New-York Bay Gene
terry and has a clear view OF the upper and
lower bays Shrubbery and shade-trees are
plentiful. The other tract is in Ogden-ave. be-
tween Liberty and Franklin SITS, and 1t con-
s,sts OF fifty city lots. Mayor Wanser has acted
under a law authorizing first-class cities TO ex-
mend not more than 100000 in acquiring land
FOR parks Land for such purposes in Jersey
city is never likely TO be cheaper than 1t is to-
day At present the city owns only three parks,
of which the total area is less than one acre.
MORE LITIGATION OVER THE GRANT.