Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-11-02
DEFEAT THE RING CANDIDATE
- AND LEARN THE BOSSES A
r ECCON

| LEoSON
MYTH such a strong Republican
| W paper as The Philadelphia IN
qUiyey claiming not more than two
majority in the N. J. legislature. on
joint ballot, was there ever such folly
as to risk party supremacy with such
a candidate as Ashley
GET HIM Orr The TICKET There
is yet time.
NJ r. ASHLEY has been carried by
his party for nearly a genera
tioo until the burden has become an
intolerable load Another election
would only increase his ravenous
appetite for Office, which seems to
never be satisfied. Defeat him and
give the younger and ADLER men in
the party q chance.
KNOWING that Ashley is sure to be
defeated on a straight vote, his
henchmen are engaged in codd'ing
the Prohibition leaders all over the
County, and making them all sorts of
rosy promises in exchange for sup
porting him for the Assembly.
Our Prohibition friends must be
very green indeed, if they are caught
with such chaff as that.
FROM every part OF the County
comes the same story OF detection
against Ashley. Every well-inform-
ed person knew it would be SO, and
we sounded the alarm in season. 1t
was not needed by the bosses, and
now they blame us for having warn
ed them,
They had their innings at the Con-
vention. The people will have theirs
at the polls.
X /HEN this newspaper came under
~ it's present control, we deter
mined to make it an independent Re
publican newspaper for the best in
terests of the taxpayers, and to
stand or fall upon that platform. We
said editorially:
s'It will stand for truth and
justice. 1t will stand for temper
ance law and order. 1t will stand
for everything that is decent in
the community. 1t will uphold
every good and worthy cause. 1t
will advocate whatever it believ-
es to be right, and fearlessly as
sail whatever it believes to be
wrong. 1t will not be the blind
uDreasOning organ of any man,
or party, or sect. 1t does not
need to be bribed or bought, and
it will respectfully decline to be
| bullied.'
| We stand upon that platform to-
day in every line and letter, and we
| appeal to our readers If we have not
kept our promises. Without fear or
favor we attacked. certain men who
were unnecessarily spending the
money Of the taxpayers, and the
people, in notable instances, have en-
dorsed our position.
We have repeatedly stated that the
Atlantic County Ring is against the
best interests of the men who have to
furnish the money to pay the bills,
and believing such to be the case, we
shall oppose the Ring and its cand-
idates in the interest Of good govern
ment. This is our position and we
shall maintain it, and if there is a
single subscriber, anywhere, who
does not like an honest and indepen-
dent newspaper, or feels that he does
not get fair value for his yearly
subscription, he can discontinue it at
any time. The Press does not owe a
dollar that it cannot pay at an hours
notice, and it is not owned or bOssed
by any railroad or othercorporation.
This may interest some people who
recently boasted that they could go
to certain powerful corporation
1 and have The Press "cal'ed off. They
know better, now, and they have ac-
quired some information that ought
to be Of value to them.
While The Pleasaatville Press is the
personal property OF certain individ-
uals, it is, in a broader sense, owned
by it's subscribers, to whom we arr
in honor bound to furnish the current
news Of the day, accurately ant
truthfully. This we have tried to de
and shall continue to do to the bes
Of our ability, and we shall also tr!
to save them many dollars by en-
deavoring to reduce their taxes b,
cutting of useless and extravagan
expenditures, and the corrupt with
, holding OF public moneys that shoul
be turned into the County Treasury