New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-13
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49,. Thursday the Republican State Con-
..,or will meet in Trenton to elect four dele
..ot.aree to the National Convention.
ss.ro, william ]. Sewell. Garrett A. Hobart.
1..nr,n Murphy and John Kean are likely to
he chosen.
r,.rvhodv in Newark knows where Mayor
,.hkuecher stands on all the questions at issue
..,veen corporations and the municipality. he
=. Tor a strict maintenance of the citys rign's
and a rigid enforcement. in letter and spirit OF
ivory contract made Does anybody know wnat
1smes NJ Seymour's views on those questions
are?
w Frederick c. Marsh is not likely TO go OF
~ a shooting expedition between row ana TO-
...rrow night CT course, it was d'nerent when
patrick Sheridan was running for Mayor. and
.rain when James E. MARITIME was hghting for
the Senatorship.
nemocratic politicians who imagine that John
xAan does not put his duty as citizen before
MS feelings as an individual. whatever they may
he are likely 70 get disappointment when '"e
,.o,ss are counted in Elizabeth.
Newark was one of the first cities in the State
A shake of the letters of the 'od gang Does
q, xant TO see the ancient regime re-established!
The Passaic County newspaper Democratic
.rd Republican alike. join in approving the sue-
.es,,on that William r. Gourley should be MADE
chairman of the Democratic State COMMITTEE.
=, be he chosen IL will be in the way OF sop
e. toos. who think that principles ought to cut
.or. kind Of figure, even in Democratic politics.
month or s, ago Mayor Rankin had the
rd,,or of "The Elizabeth Herald" arrested be-
cause that paper had painted Elizabeth as
,rin..ridden city. and had laid the Responsible
tv at Mayor Eankns door. The Herald Is
row vigorously supporting Frederick c. Marsh
xbo is running for Mayor on the Democratic
ticket and It refers continuously to Mr.. RANKIN
and those associated with hin, In the admins
tration Of the city's affairs as The KING
One such reference is IN the following language:
18Th. Ring" has perverted and destroyed the honor
of the ballot-box, 1t has pulled wires, eXerclsea
Smash it.
n the people of Eliza beth believe that-if they
believe that their city is paradise for law
less characters and that public officials are IN
league with criminals they will Gust John T.
Rankin from the Mayors chair. The verdict at
the ballot will be accepted by outsiders as
the deliberate opinion Of Elizabeths citizens as
10 the character of the town
sunrene Court Justice Lippincott used plain
and explicit language last Tuesday In directing
the Hudson County Grand Jury to investigate
the gambling in North Bergen, Hoboken and
Harrison, and 10 prob. the claim so frequently
made by these persons that they ere protected
nv nersons in authority" 1t has been common
talk for a long time that the men who run
roorooms and policy shops in Hudson County
have ON their payrolls persons who render no
services whatsoever unless it be in the direction
of shielding them from exposure or punishment.
II the Grand Jury Is unable or unwilling to
make a searching and fearless inquiry. the duty
will fall upon the Senate Committee. OF which
Foster NJ. Voorhees, is chairman.
Governor John W. Griggs was quoted as say
Ing in Hartford that he thought the New-Jersey
delegates 10 st. Louis would be pledged to Nc
Kinley. As a political prophet the Governor Is
something Of q success.
Just four years ago certain Democratic poll
sicians had planned 20 throw the Jersey delega-
ton to the National Convention In Chicago
against Cleveland The delegates to the State
Convention blocked that game by passing an
ironclad resolution in favor Of Cleveland
Only the women and children went to sleep In
Elizabeth last night All the men OF the town
cat up awaiting with feverish Impotence to-
DAYS sunrise and the newspaper train which Is
to carry to them the latest production OF the
Hon. John T. Dunns great brain. On marble tab
let's with freproof paint. tested by State House
ndiators he has written an indictment against
Mayor Rankin that will roll down the ages as
masterpiece superior to Edmund Burkes ar
raignment Of Warren Hastings. Those who have
heard the paragraphs sizzling say that Mr.
Dunn proves irresstby that Mayor Rankin
was responsible for driving the racetracks away
from Elizabeth and that II he had not done so
the gamblers intended to pay all the city debt
and TO pave every thoroughfare with gold bricks.
The Democratic idea OF fitness and propriety
b humorously illustrated In Camden and Eliza
se$h. camden's illustration consists In the ar
rest Of Excise Commissioners Corbett and Cleary
on the charge OF selling beer without license.
whether these men are innocent or guilty 1t
vas ma1festly improper to choose them as
supervisors Of business In which they are per-
sonally engaged. In Elizabeth the County
prosecutor Is engaged in the task OF trying to
oe elected Mayor with the intention OF holding
Doth offices. II elected. The unseemness Of this
one OF the duties OF the Prosecutor Is to aid the
SFand Jury in preparing indictments against
pubic on'cials who fail to live up to the oath OF
once.
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