Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-03-02

The winter just closing has been a
remarkable one SO far as relates to
the weather, and our numerous
guests have found many sunshiny
days when prOmenading on the
Boardwalk and sitting in the open
paviliOns was almost as comfortable
as it is in midsummer. With the
advent of Lent the number Of visitors
is steadily increasing and seems likely
to increase until the city is filled with
a crowd that will break all records.
A man who does business on the
Boardwalk-and has for many years
told me, last week, that the
number of guests here during the
month OF February is largely in excess
of any former season.
The amount of money expended to
"get ready" for the Lenten and
Summer season would reach a
stupendOus sum in the aggregate.
The great piers along the Boardwalk
will swallow up nearly half a mil
lion, and the enlargements, refur-
nishing, decorating, painting and
general improvements on dozen big
hotels, and hundreds of smaller
hotels and boarding houses would
easily run into million or two more.
Truly Atlantic City is having an
amazing growth, and there is no
telling what proportions it will
eventually reach. Paved streets are
an absolute necessity, and their need
parent as during the last few weeks
when our carnival OF mud was the
chief topic of conversation.
Some inquiries are being made as
to what has become OF our famous
Councilmanic Combine" Time was,
and that only few months ago,
when this same combination OF
otherwise harmless people was a
perpetual menace and sleep
destroying, red-handed spectre that
assumed frightful proportions in the
eyes of The Review. That hysterical
journal had the whole outfit headed
straight for the penitentiary, and to
mention the word Combine" was
like dropping cold water on the
tongue of mad dog. How different
things are now The Review has
nothing to disturb it's slumbers, and
people can now open that inoccuOus
sheet without being confronted with
'scare-heads'' in poster type and a
column or two OF Combine" denun-
Citations. Well, l hear that the tail
has swallowed the head OF the
Combine" and that so far as the
interests of the taxpayers are concern
ed the famous organization is practi-
cally done for. The members did a
good work while it lasted, but it's life
was short. The eDumpmasters made
great promises, and / hear that GER
tain "Combiners' have signified their
Willingness to fall down and worship
at the shrine of the idol of the Bread
and Butter Brigade. This may or
may not be true, but it is part OF
the current talk | hear and / give it
for whatitis worth.
Well, the Conventions are over, the
tickets are in the field, and now the
people will soon have a chance to
record their verdict. AS predicted
| in this correspondence, long ago,
Mayor StOy had walk-Over. He
was renominated under changed
conditions, however, and many o.
his old enemies have fallen into line
having been assured that he has
abandoned all thoughts of indepen
dence, and will hereafter do theil
L
| is the case l would advise them moi
to make the fact too prominent, fol
| there is spirit OF Independent
voting that will surprise somebody
| The nomination OF Judge JOSEPH
| Thompson, for Mayor, came like
thunder peal from clear sky ant
has completely upset the plans OF thu
"bosses." Already news comes from
every quarter that he is to get sup
port where he would be least likely
to receive it if party lines wer'
strictly drawn. The Democrats hav'
put a remarkably strong ticket il
| the field, composed of excellent men
and there is going to be a red-hot
campaign even if it is short one. A
large number of the best an(
staunchest Republicans in the city
openly declare their intention b
| working and voting for Judge
| Thompson, and they don't care who
knows it. If / should Judge solely
by what heard around town for 8
couple of hours after the caucus ad
| iourned, should Immediately salute
His Honor as 'sMr. Mayor" What
| the final outcome will be we car
determine later on. If Mayor StOy IL
defeated-as seems entirely possible
l-he can charge it up to his foo
friends who have saddled him with {
bigger load than candidate Ough1
to carry. The people of this towr
are getting about tired Of deals an(
political trickery and Schaufier prop
erty dickeridg and horses and hos
and lots of other underhanded busi
ness. The Democrats have takel
advantage OF the public disgust ant
nominated q clean ticket of gOOt
men. If they win it will not b.
because the candidates are Demo
lcrats, but because they are believe,
to be men less in sympathy with al
sorts of dickers put up for persona
advantage without regard to til
public good or the pockets Of the tax
payers.
II, however, everything goes throug
all right we may expect to see al
effort to force the Schauffier dea
which, with our new District Cour1
and other things to follow, wi
make the taxes higher than evel
The organs have been directed t
peal forth the praises for whatevt
the bosses want, and as the Hosp
tai for Decayed Politicians is alread
full, new places must be provided fc
those fellows who profess to have
, big pull but who are violently o.
posed to hard work. And SO it go
while the dear people who pay Il