The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-18
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1AS always WOitn iSddili6.
They are often prejudiced and often
erroneous, but they are always WELL
written and always suggestive. This
mornings column is of considerable in
terest to Jersey Citizens. Here is one item
from ITS
The sweet doors from the manure heaps
on the meadows We're greatly in evidence
yesterday. Hudson county Grand jury
could suppress this nuisance if it had the
Willingness and nerve.
Here Is a great political discovery of
the Tribune's." 1t has unearthed the
latest Democratic outrage. The SUI
premacy of the Davis Ring is respon-
sible for the bad smells from the
meadows.
When John ]. Toffey was Sheriff, the
Barney Stanley manure heap used to
exude altar of roses. 1t was a plank in
the Republican platform that 1t should
do so. and the polished Colonel used to
give the matter his personal attention.
The Toffey grand juries. it is well known,
made a record in the way of indicting
public evils. We all can remember their
distinguished services in that direction,
so that the manure heap never dared to
smell badly.
The days of Toffey were great days, and
the willingness and nerve" which the
Coionel's grand jurfes displayed deserved
a different fate than to be sat upon by
the people of the county with three thou
sand majority.
But the Tribune" goes on to talk about
the Street and Water Board of this city.
1t says
III Democratic members of that Board
are there by grace of Davis. He ordered
their nomination and the people ratified
his choice To defy Davis would be
equivalent to committing political suicide,
and he was careful TO pick men who
know too well which side their bread Is
kind.
Yes. the people ratified the choice, so it
does not particularly matter who made it
in the first instance.
We do not know that any of the COM
missioners has any need of defying Davis
just now. There does not seem to be any
occasion for anyone to defy anyone else.
Democrats in general are getting along
pretty well together. All are agreed as
to the things that ought to be done, and
the people are cordially applauding every
move made.
The Tribune ought to be pretty tired
of the Davis" howl by this time. 1t
worked it for all it was worth in the late
campaign. So did all the other Repub-
lican papers. TIL popular response was
an average of 5000 majority for all the
candidates alleged to be Davis men. This
should be satisfactory. 1t is to Davis at
any rate.
Here is another specimen
Gambling of all kinds never was more
rampant in Hudson county than it is to-
machines are all doing business. and one
may hear anywhere quotations of the
prices paid tor protection. No matter
%nat the cost the courts should get to
the bottom of the whole Infamous blsi-
ness.
This is silly nonsense. There has been
Just one gambling place N Hudson coun-
tys the Little Monte Carlo. 1t fiourished
because the local authorities protected 1t,
and they protected it because the people
backed them up,-a fact which is sufi-
GENTLY shown by the reelection of Free
holder Bindernagle. The people favored
the gambling house because it brought
a great deal of money to the town. Now,
the Democratic county officials. Judges,
Prosecutor and Sheriff have driven the
nffon1o ma Th1ro g.. - ~o1u1 r.xxys
Monte Carlo. It has vanished from the
earth. so what is all the talk about?
In this city, so far as we are aware,
there is now no gambling resort of any
description.
The Tribune" next m on 'aThe
News recent editorial upon the lack of
public spirit in this city. 1t speaks of
the people who neglect everything native
to patronize New York theatres. news
papers and business houses. The sTri
bune'' very Justly remarks that the peo-
pie who do this are of the class that fail
to vote at elections. Quite true. These
people ape being New Workers. while they
live here for the sake Of the pleasant 10
cations, low rents. quick and cheap trans
portation, good free schools, pleasant
churches with low pew rents and refined
society which the city affords. They en-
joy all the benefits Of the place freeFor at
q fourth Of the New York rate. and then
spend all they save across the river.
One more paragraph in the Tribune
is worthy Of notice.
what does Allan L. McDermott pro-
pose doing with all that municipal infor-
him?
He probably proposes making things
very uncomfortable for the q. o. r. in
approaching elections.
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