The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16

The defeated organ of free silver has
started another fierce sensation. calcu-
lated to impede the growth Of trade and
industry. It Is the spanish war scare
Last week we printed some remarks about
this, in which we divided the blame
among the New York papers. II Is quite
mue none Of them IS blameless, but the
journal has made the sensation pecu-
Harry its own, and is working It up III the
same style Of wanton aggression which
characterized its silver campaign
Tins morning it has a headline which
enbodles all the main features of the posi-
ton which it assumes. 1t reads thus
Grave Public Duty Confronts Cleveland;
Continuance Of the cuban War Means
Absolute Ruin to the Island; Plain to the
World that Spain Can Never Step the
Havoc Now Being wrought There 70 Life
ana Property; General Bradley T. John
son Says the United States Is Conceded
Is Be the Power to Settle this Interna-
tfonal Dsfienity.s
So We are 10 understand that the Presi-
dent is called on by duty to involve this
country m war in order to save Cuba from
further idss. If anything could be more
absurd than this. we should like to know
ii. what rs cuba to us? what has she
done for US or what can She do for Us to
cali for the sacrifice Of our blood and
treasure in order to help her IN a cause,
the moral right Of which IS more than
doubtful at best? who is to restore to US
the hves Of our citizens? who is to IN
demnify us for the expenditure Of our
treasure? Who IS to compensate us for
the ruin Of our trade?
And what conceivable right have we to
fnterferes If the eubans can free them
selves. let them do 1t, BY all means, but
why should We come in to bully and CO.
cree Spain, which Is a power friendly to
Vi? II Spain forces a war on US, an al
most Incredible thing, why then it is her
fault ana we cannot help ourselves. But
direct Intervention on our part would be
an uneauaiied crime. Perhaps wflliam
Mckinley may commit It; but we do not
believe that Grover Cleveland ever VIII.
There II a great deal of talk about the
':heroasrn" Of the Cubans. So be #; but
we cannot help thinking that Spain. too,
has Shown no small patriotism. She has
seit tens Of thousands Of her sens to de-
fehd the remnant of her once vast empire,
and her people seem to be making every
sacrihcs to provide their government with
funds to carry on the war. What she
chiefly seems TO need is a few competent
military oficers. Assuredly she has shown
no want Of patriotic devotion.
Tie WfoHs SORT Of Mayoraify Booms
The Tribune of this morning has a
story 10 the efect that the so-called
Observation-Disclosures boom for ex-Judge
P1ster for Mayor is to be offset by an
'*Irish-American'' movement for MI.
Michael B. Holmes. OF course, the
TRIBUNE" is a poor authority on Demo
cratic politics and the story may not be
true. If ii is, this is a good time to
stop.
Let us have no German or irish busI-
mess at all. This is an American city,
and one citizen is as good an another, SO
long as he is a citizen and an honest
man. We have not the slightest OBJ
lection TO Mr.. puster and not the least
to Mr.. Holmes. But we are fat-footed
against any Sort Of race or class organi-
zation or movement and we are against
any man who urges his candidacy as the
representative of a class.
The tribune" also speaks Of Mr..
John j. voorhees, as a possible standard
bearer for a native american movement.
We are just as friendly to MI. Voorhees,
as an Individual as We are to Mr.. Puster
and Mr.. Holmes, n we are just as
much against him as the candidate Of a
section Of the community. We have no
use for anyone who comes before the
public in that way. and we should be
glad to see anyone beaten who tried to
stir up an issue over Germanism or Irish
ism or 'nativeIsm, or any such vicious non
sense.
What we want in this city is a Jersey
citizen, q man Of brains and honesty. a
sound business man or a sound politician.
We DO not care which, who will give the
city as good and as profitable an admin
istration as IT has had under Mayor
Wanser in the last four years and a half.
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