Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-07-21
A LETTER FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
A New Correspondent Yields
the Pen for the Press.
THE SUMNER TRAVEL SETS II IT LAST.
CITY AND COUNTY POLITICS AS SEEN BY A
CLOSE OBSERVER OF MEN AND THINGS
MAYOR sTOY MAY BE AGAIN A CAM
DIDATE.


he will not write the news from this in
teresting town for few weeks during
his well-earned vacation, it occurred to
me you might find room temporarily for
another correspondent who, like
"Argus," has been closely noticing
events as they occur, and is not afraid
and finds them. That argus" has
labored for better men and purer poll
tics l think will he generally conceded
by all who have read his letters, That
there has been change for the better
must also be admitted. A fearless news
paper writer, whether editor or CORES
pondent, always exerts q good Influence,
and the Press is to be congratulated up
ON having both who dare to "tell the
truth"
The tide of summer travel has set in
at last, and the prospect seems good for
at least an average season. The rail-
roads are doing well and believe that
all branches OF business that are depen-
dent upon the summer travel are fully
up to last years standard at CORES
ponding date. The weather is always a
great factor in determining the success
or failure of the season, and if heat and
humidity will only do their duty we may
expect the customary throngs at the
seashOre-just the same as heretofore.
do not hear SO much about the
alleged new Combine" as one would
expect to if he implicitly relied upon the
"Review" for bis information. From
this assume that the people are reason
ably well satisfied, and regard the
Combine" as q fixture that has come
to stay. As understand matters about
the only serious hitch has been over the
location and erection of the new City
Hall and the indications now are that
all differences have been amicably ad-
justed to the satisfaction of the people
who pay the bills. The Hall has been
an absolute necessity ever since the de-
struction of the old one, and many peo-
pie have become impatient at the numer-
GUS delays, and have no sympathy with
those who would further obstruct the
erection of handsome modern struc-
ture adopted to the needs of the City. 1t
is rumored, at this time of writing, that
the Council and Commissioners have
agreed upon plan and that it will be
adopted at the next meeting of the
Council. There has been good deal of
friction" over the matter and our poll
ticians have been criticised, consider
ably, but it may be said in their favor
that they always stand up for q great
Atlantic City.
People are too busy here, just now, to
pay much attention to politics, but it is
occasionally mentioned that an Assem-
blyman is to be elected next Fall, and l
hear that M. l.. jacobson is still anxious
10 hn1 tnrvy
Indications it does not look as if he
would be required to sacrifice himself
again. He made the political mistake of
bis life when he permitted the County
Seat removal bill to die in committee,
and bis excuse that the measure was i'm
perfectly drawn was altogether too
thin, for everybody Knows it could have
been easily amended if it was necessary
to do 30. Atlantic City would derive
more real benefit from the removal of
the County Seat than any other part of
the County, and for this reason a very
large majority of our people are in favor
of it. There were certain politicians
here who fancied they could gain some
selfish ends by secretly opposing the
movement and they set up their hench-
men to do 80 but they now realize that
they made q sad mistake and some of
them ere anxious to retrace their steps.
The cry that the whole movement was
only "land boom for Pleasantville"
fell fat when it YVES learned that the
leading men who favored it had no land
to sell and were not particular as to the
location of the buildings.
hear many words spoken in praise of
Mayor Stoy, and while l understand
that he does not care for another term
it need not surprise anybody if he be-
came q sort of a public necessity. He is
young and active and has demonstrated
his ability to serve the City without fear
or favor. He is popular with the peo-
ole and is respected by all who know
him. 1t is pretty well understood that
he takes orders from no one and that he
stands by his friends-which is some
thing that cannot be said of some of our
office-holders who act as if they owned
the earth aud that the people who elect
ed them to office were their serfs. These
gentlemen should 60 easy, for unless all
signs fail some of them are nearing the
end of their reign, and may have to get
q living just like the rest of the common
people. FLANAGAN.