Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-03-10
"A Letter FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
The Spring Tide of Travel
Indicates a Good Season.
BUSINESS PROSPECTS GOOD ALL AROUND.
WASHINGTON PILGRIMS RETURNING-AT-
LANTIC CITY POLITICS A CONUNDRUM NOT
EASILY sOLvED-CANDIDATEs FOR VAR

| Once more the streets have assumed 8
business like appearance aud one is re
minded of times past. The severe win
ter had the effect of keeping a great
: many people away from here as it also
| kept our own folks at home, but Will
the return of fine weather all this be
longs to the past and again the busy
life begins. The large hotels as well az
| the smaller ones have been taxed to theil
utmost capacity in order to accommo
| date the demand for rooms. The wise
ones who for many years have paid close
| attention to the signs declare that At.
| lantic City is to have a great season
| They don't hesitate to declare that the
greatest season ever known is before us
One thing can be said that the hotels
and boarding houses are better prepared
than ever before. Large additions have
| been made in many instances, and every
one has made improvements, that
| must strike the eye of last summers e
| guests on their arrival here. Buyers are
beginning to make their appearance and
| several sales have been noted for last
week, both of houses and lots. Renters
are more plenty but mostly for the
| smaller boarding houses. Cottage rent
| ers. too, are beginning to make their
appearance, and tine demand for small
houses | am told is already in excess OF
the supply. The railroads have done
better than ever before at this season ol
the year, and find that they also are
looking for a great season. All of this
is very encouraging, and with nothing
in sight to discourage us why shall we
| not be hopeful.
The Inauguration last week was taken
in by large number of our people who
returned with smiles ofcontent, not only,
| it is to be presumed, at the incoming OF
| the Republicans administration but par
ticularly at the outgoing of the gang OF
failures that have about exhausted the
patience of the average American.
Great things are expected of the party
now in charge and one thing is sure,
they can't prove themselves worse than
the gang that has about spoiled every
thing that comes within their reach.
Good bye to theml That the last has
been heard of them is cause for congrat-
ulatiOn the world over. Even poor
old Spain must be glad, for she can keep
the $4,000 week that it has SO often
been charged she paid for the privilege
of numbering Americans. The stock
market in New York which is the Amer
lean end of John Bulls care and solici-
tude, it will be noticed, is as quiet as a
potato bug in the month of June. Pre-
suruably it will remain i'll that delightful
condition until they ascertain what can
be done with the present crowd. The at
titude of General Lee, at Havana,
posing as the champion of American
rights TO which he has been as blind as
Bat for Mouths, is one of the funny
things that trauspires in a life time.
The murder of Doctor Ruiz he asserts
is more than he can stand, and another
he says will entirely upset his equili-
brium. Why it should be SO | won't at
tempt to say-after he has stood several
dozen equally as brutal. From my
stand point of information and eXper-
fence the sooner the Nation is rid of
every soul connected with the foreign
office under Cleveland, the better it will
be for Mckinley and the Nation.
The politics of this town is another
conundrum. | have studied it for
several years-and just as | thought |
began to know just little bit, the con-
ceit is knocked out of me and | find out
| am not ''in it" as the boys say.
The swinging into the saddle Of
that veteran politician Edward
Lee | was prepared for. as everybody
knows he perambulates with both eyes
open and don't stop to buy trouble, but
why the handsome and usually level
headed Samuel Hastings Kelley could
allow his name to be used for Council
in the 4th Ward is beyond my ken. |
can only account for it by assuming that
he fairly ached for fight and had money
to burn. He knew there was life and
death struggle in his ward-but how he
is to come out whole in a battle royal,
where he had no interest, is too much for
me. That his present attitude is a pain
full surprise to his many friends | need
not state. Had he become candidate
for AldermaE-I could have caught On as
in the result of his election he would have
demonstrat ted hispopularity and strength
ened himself for the Mayoralty po-
sition that his friends hoped to see him
win when the time came around, and a
position that would fit him to nicety.
But, as | said before, it is too much for me
aud | gave it up. Only to think of it
We are to have one honest election by
the people. Money is not in it. Won't
we be proud? But the election is not
over yet and our hat sticks to our head
so hard that we won't risk the loss of a
single hair in order to throw it up just
vet. And now Doctor Fleming, it is
stated, is a candidate for Council in the
g. d Ward and (what is this we hear p
be is running on the Democratic ticket.
Great Caesar. Can this be true? TIL
must be something in Council after all.
Is it the Schaufer deal? | hear Charley
Forsvthe has hoo-dood him? Two wonder
full is the ways of the city wire puller
Daniel Albertson, through brother Levi,
has Caught on" at last-and while he
takes the place of a good man, and one
who filled the position well, with
credit and respect, we wish Dan" well.
George Long still wears his usual
smile Of content. We don't hear of his
being troubled with insomonia on ac-
count of Doctor. Fleming's candidacy
which il meant to defeat him SO it is
said. George Is good fellow, and the
people of the 3rd Ward know it and
they know him too. No danger oil
George. Father" Rose is as busy as
ever and don't bother about politics not
little bit. He consulted o fortune tel
Ter early in the campaign, and was told
to rest in peace, that his enemies were all
dead. He put black band on his hat,
and began to whistle '.Pop goes the
weasel"
Joe Borton expects to be returned to
| the arms of the chosen Freeholders so as
to be in it in the building OF the new
road from Mays Landing to Egg Har-
Dor City. An extra crop Of land turtles
are expected for this year and Joe in
tends to see to it, that they don't have
| to waddle through sand to visit the
County Capital and Gardners farm