Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-08-18
A LETTER FROM THE
CITY By THE SEA.
hast Sundays travel breaks
all Previous Records.
THE REVIEW AND ITS WARFARE ON
THE COMBINE" IT'S "TOUCHINEss'
ACCOUNTED FOR. THE ASSEMBLY
NOMINATION..

| NOMINATION.
Another Sunday crowd, greater
than any that was ever here before
is the answer to the ecalamity-howlers
that predicted that this would be
the worst season that Atlantic City
had ever known. Sixty thousand
people were landed here Saturday
and Sunday, breaking all previous
records, and filling the city not
merely full but crowded to the over.
flowing, All are looking for a long
seasOn-running well up to October
but the season here, as everybody
knows, is largely contingent upon
the weather after September first.
The settlement of the Tariff ques-
tiOn affects us here, as well as
elsewhere, although we are not a
manufacturing people. Confidence
takes the place of the spirit of unrest,
and all are expecting a continuation
of the better times" SO long
promised us. When business is good
and money plentiful all over the
country people will spend it freely,
and in the general distribution,
Atlantic City will get even more
than it's share, for we have more
than our share of the attractions
that seaside visitors seek in hot
| weather.
| / hear that the real estate men are
making good many sales even at
this dull season of the year for land
business, and that some negotiations
are in progress for the conveyance of
| some very valuable tracts.
| The purchase of the big lot of land,
off shore, by f. K. Hemsley, i'm behalf
of the members of the Country Club,
has caused considerable inquiry for
real estate in that vicinity. / hear
that the projectors of the enterprise
will commence work upon the
grounds early in the Fall, as stated
in the Press, and that a large
number of men will be employed.
They expect to have the whole
park enclosed and fine Club House
erected in season for another year.
l suppose, from what | have read
and heard, that the standard athletic
games will be played and that large
crowds will be drawn there to
witness them. All this must of
necessity help Pleasantville and the
Shore Road property, for thousands
of strangers will have a chance to
see the natural advantages of the
vicinity. By the way, l notice that
the Pleasantville Press got scoop"
on this bit of important news-fOr
we first learned, over here, that the
project was an accomplished fact
from it's columns. 1t was known,
weeks ago, that parties here were
trying to get possession of big
tract of land, but the Press first
announced that the bargain was
completed and the sale actually
made. A day or two later two of
our dailies found out about it, but
one of them has not yet given it's
readers the news concerning it.
The Combine" didn't wait long
to contradict the report that they
had been "Held by the Enemy
and taken into camp by the old
political FOUNDERS of the Bread and
Butter Brigade. AS soon as they
heard that there were rumOrs of a
"deal'' in circulation they promptly
receasidered their previous action.
This was satisfactory to theirfriends
and quite unexpected to their
enemies. The Combine" SO christ
ened by the Review" has come to
stay, and the members OF it are
sharp enough to know that their
tenure depends upon their doing
what is for the best interests of the
City. AS whole they have done
well, and l am confident, they are
sustained in their course by a
majority of our best citizens. The
hysterical and chronic growing OF
the Review does not carry much
weight, for everybody over here
knows the situation. The Review is
the organ of the old ring that for
merly run the City and County, an as
long as it got it's share of the pork
it was blind as a bat in the sunlight
to anything the ring" did, and it
had a rhinOcerOs hide imperviOus to
public criticism. 1t always had an
eye to windward for everything in
the way of patronage, however, and
always had it's platter right side
| up when it rained porridge. 1t go1
its nice little billet at the State
Legislature, and waXed and grew
fat, and somewhat saucy. When
the new Council was organized II
began to give orders as it had done
before, and when it's orders were not
Obeyed, it was overwhelmingly
thunderstruck and has been below
ing like baby elephant ever since
1t then appealed to the Chief of The
Brigade, when, to it's astOnishment
it found out that the "Old Guard
was no longer in command. This
was a painful eye-Opener for al
"organ" that had previously beer
gathering in all the drippings from
the official frying-pans Of the ole
pOrk-gatherers, and it proceeded tC
pitch into the Combine in &
vigorous manner and has KEEP
continually at it ever since. All this
is well known to every politician il
Atlantic City, and due allowance il
always made for the Reviews
''touchy" condition.
The friends of Samuel HI. Kelley
who are urging him to accept th'
Republican nomination for Assem-
blyman have as yet received NJ
definite assurance that he will
J accept, but they hope he may see hi
way clear to give favOrabl,
response. His large business de
mands the most Of his time, but hi
friends urge that during the Winte
he can attend to the duties of boil
real estate dealer and Assemblymal
withou serious detriment to either
If he is elected the people will have ;
safe lawmaker and an energetic maj
to look after their interests. Th
Review scents danger in the air TO
the Republican ticket. next Fall, ant
well it may, for the class of men tn
Review has been barking" for il
the past are back numbers and tn
people of the County have deter