Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-09-07
A LETTER FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
The "Hot wave prolongs
the Season.
real ESTATE and VARIOUS KINDS OF LUCK
THE POLITICAL POT COMMENCING TC
BOIL.-POSSIBLE CANDIDATES.

The terrible and unexpected heat oi
last week had the effect of prolongine
the season" beyond it's natural boun.
daries, and many thousands remained
over Sunday and other thousands came
down until the Boardwalk promenadert
seemed to foot up to August proper
tiOns. The maddest man in existence ID
always the fellow who has been enjoying
the cool breezes all summer and who
goes home the first of September to find
the mercury close up to the hundred
mark. Such are to be pitied to Ger.
tain extent, of course, but the man who
goes home in torrid heat when he has
the money and leisure to stay at the
with mansard roof on him. Septem-
Der is one of the most delightful of all
the months in the year and to leave
when one can stay as well as not, is to
sacrifice many comforts and privileges.
The real estate agents agree that the
prospect in their line of business is ex,
cellent, and | hear of some projected
changes in the ownership of sand that
Indicate big improvements before
another season. Vast fortunes have
been made here by men who had an
abiding faith in the future of Atlantic
City and who had some money to back
the courage of their convictions. They
have seen their money doubled and
quadrupled and did not have to lift a
finger to do it. That's their good luck
or their foresight, or whatever you
choose to call it, but the fact remains
that the waves of Old Ocean, and the
enterprise of railroads. or both combin.
ed, have made fat bank account for
many people who were never suspected
of having especially brilliant Intellects,
But SO it goes the world over. One
man gets rich by doing nothing, and q
hundred grow poor by everlastingly do
ing something all the time. Do | be
Iieve in "luck"? Well, | should say l
did. How else can / account for the
variegated assortment of fools that are
rolling in wealth, everywhere, while the
best and brightest, and clearest-headed
people that God ever made are hopeless
ly struggling in adversely I? There are
some men so lucky" they would find
pocketbook full of money if they acci
IDENTIFY tumbled overheard from clam
boat. Yes, l believe in luck k'-"bull
luck, "nigger luck,' or whatever you
have a mind to call it-and the worst oi
it all is that this good "luck" is very
frequently showered upon the very
meanest material there is in the market
All of us can think of a multitude Of
mean old curmudgeons to whom much
has been given in the way of wealth,
and to whom about everything that
makes man has been denied. Henry
Ward Beecher once said, You can tell
what God Almighty thinks of riches by
the people he gives them to-" Ofcourse
there are many exceptions to the rule,
but it is quite true that those who have
much of this worlds goods are more
likely to be deficient in the nobler quail
tiles of manhood and womanhood than
those who have had rougher sailing in
voyage of life. How often we see mil.
lioniare higgling over penny or two,
or evicting some poor man when sick
ness or i'll luck has landed him in power
tyl Whenever see such fellows, with
the outward form of man, rolling in
wealth and glorying in the misfortune
of Others, it always seems to me as il
some mistake had been made in creating
that kind of an animal. | suppose il
will be all Strengthened out hereafter
the ministers tell US it will-but in my
present imperfect state of development
cannot quite satisfactorily unrave
the tangle.
Political affairs are coming to tn,
front with the wane of the season, an(
| in another week or two will be in full
blast. No one seems to be much inter
ested as to who will be nominated fo
governor, in either party, so far as
can learn, and suppose that nearly al
hands expect to see Congressman Gard
ner reelected but in the Senatorial
| race there are several who desire to re
present Atlantic County for three years
| The old ring" that has always dictates
| nominations and run things to sui
| themselves, regardless of fairness o.
| Justice, has reached the conclusion tha
| it will not do to be too ''bumptious'
this year, and that they must run som
man who is supposed to have som
elements of popularity to pull hin
| through. They assume that it is no
a season when any yellow dog" can b
elected. Acting upon this theory the,
have been casting about to find ma
| of respectability with a good recor
| WHO Uu6f tuluk Ct1u WILL UuO 10 II y
be Well that is hard to tell but th
organs here intimate that it is to be ez
County Clerk Lewis I'll. Evans. Now Mi
| Evans is q very excellent man and al
not going to rail against him, but
should hardly think he would feel q
home as a dummy set up to do th
bidding of the ring" / can hardly cor
ceive him as being cast for such role i
in the play. Furthermore "there al
tothers" who may not take kindly to th
idea Of being ''turned down." For il
stance is it absolutely certain tha
Samuel I'll. Kelley is to be switched o
without hearing Will Louis Dor
nelly take kindly to the "Ring's" PEI
emptory orders to sidetrack him ?
hardly think that either of them can
persuaded to get out of the way of Nj
Evans without creating a whole lot {
trouble. And then there is Senate
Hoffman watching like a cat for
mouse and ready to jump for thir
term. Inotice that oil the Trenton CO.
respondents of the Philadelphia an
New York newspapers have him slate
to succeed himself and / fear he ha
"hxed" them in his interest. A though
lust occurs to me. What if "Sam.
| Kelley and "Lew." Donnelly should COZ
clude to "pool their issues" and pull t,
gether against the old ring and an
man they may select for candidate
Couldn't they make warm campa'G
for some people You bet they coul'
Will they do it ? Wait and see