New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-06

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- MAYOR Lebkucner's majority. Mr.. Eiscle'e
SVEN r.. honor and distinction will come around
soon.
,s,nle Of Newark certainly do no: want
Nv" ..,,ev companies 10 get any increased privi-
Inv vrt,l the companies adopt a reciprocity
rss' ~ the extent of giving better service.
~ Gray one of the Democratic candi-
az the Board Of Works III Newark was
cave ,or twenty years. Give the poor fellow
rest.
,,.,,clar folks are going 20 settle the trolley
'.,,, on election day The polling booth is
q,ah. Mace 10 determine such problems.
- about appointing first-cls IS business
'A.. al inoportant public offices and getting
Msn "a accept are entirely different things
fHcH - cr,rgs turned down horde of pro-
oo, politicians when he named David A
fssS =. psrpen County. for state Prison Keeper
ft.' " Mr. Pell says that he won't take the
Job.
.,,o Court Justice Jonathan Dixon seems
=, tho oninion that the tax exemption laws
49,. hsneat Of soldiers. sailors and fremen
unconstitutional Those men should be paid
,se regular way for services given TO the
Na,jon. state municipality.
=. N. same week two such doughty political
-..r,,ors as Colonel John ]. Toffey and General
vra W Spencer were vanqushed. But they'll
10 heard from again.
chancellor McGiE has three Vice Chanceors
=, appoint this week or next, and there are many
LAWYERS who would like 10 see Attorney General
s,ockton among the selected ones Mr.. Stockton
,s Democrat but that does not stand between
rim, and the respect OF his fellow-citizens gen.
orally.
Those newspaper lawyers who have been criti-
cking Governor Griggs for his refusal to permit
IN. extraditlon Of Alice jones may realize that
,her remarks are a trifle premature after they
read the memorandum which the Governor has
prepared.
Two years ago the Republicans Of Newark
animated Julius A. Lebkucher for Mayor. and
N. Democrats put up James NJ. Sey mour. MI
1ebkjicher was practically unknown to the
Great mass Of citizens. while Mr.. Seymour had
been In the public eye for a good many years
Nr. Lebkiicher was elected by 4,ls5 plurality
The people beat Mr. Seymour because they want
"a II get rid Of the "old gang" behind him. The
circumstances are the same now as tfen. except
that Mr.. Iebkucher has been Mayor for two
wears and during that period he has striven to
conserve. promote and defend the interests OF
his constituents against all assalants. whether
politicians or corporations. That tells the whole
story.
Hudson Countvs Freeholders have discovered
nm old law which they think. gives them power
I, regulate the ferries. fix rates. and so forth
]. their theory is upheld. what rush there VIII
he FOR places on the Bo2ri when the next eiec-
ticn rolls around,
Newark Republicans are pulling together for
victory week from tomorrow. In Orange the
party ranks are solid. and no sign OF ri't is
percsptibe in Jersey City Elizabeth. This
suglrs well for the National campaign.
MAYORS are TO be elected in Newark, Elizabeth
and Orange In each case the Republican in
,lmbents have been renomlnated. and the people
ere asked 70 re-elect them. not on party grounds,
M, because all three have attended to the duties
CT their Offices as business men. rather than
ss partisans.
Men who have any thought Of establishing
home or business in Elizabeth need not be IN
nuenced by the misinformaton now in circulation
as TO that municipality. The city WIS never bet
te. gov, rned than it is to-day
Without any effort being made to foster It,.
tie popular sentiment in New-Jersey is max
inc itself steadily felt for the nomination Of Nc
Kinley and Hobart as the Republican standard
bearers in the National campaign. That feeling
Is breaking out here. there and everywhere at
the primaries to elect delegates to the district
and State conventions. and 1t will not be sur
prising II the delegates voice their opinions IN
formal resolutions next week. such ticket
would arouse much enthusiasm in New-Jersey'
and could be relied upon absolutely TO win the ten
electoral ,,otes Of the State Mr.. Hobarts nom-
nation will probably depend upon the attitude
Of the delegates to the National Convention from
Mw-York and Pennsylvania to many OF wnom
M rosy-cheeked Patersonian is personally
hwn.