Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-11-02
Whole Number, 454-

ion, along this line. that will be set
before the people In due time, and
that is one reason why some people
are SO frantic in their denunciatiOn
Of The Press. Once for all we declare
that we shall stand upon our previous
declaration OF faith, and we know
that our position meets the approval
Of the best men in the Republican
party Of Atlantic County.
Now a word concerning the threats
made by Congressman John j. Gard
ner, and Factory Inspector H. I'll.
Barrett, and other smaller fry who
do their bidding. Their vaporings
and threats have no terrors for us.
We know them and defy them to do
their worst. When we believed them
to be right unsupported them. When
we think they are doing wrong we
| shall as fearless.y oppose them. We
think the former gentleman has got
about all hecan attend to, to get him
self reelected to Congress without
wasting his valuable time in vain
efforts to 'sdown" this newspaper,
and we would remind Mr.. Barrett
that the State pays him thousand
dollars year and expenses to attend
to the business he is paid to attend
| to, and that does not include stand
ing on the street corners and de-
nouncing Republicans who voted the
ticket before he was born, and didn't
have to be hired to vote it for money
or the promise of office. We have no
fault to find with the little fellows
who are willing to sacrifice their
manhood, and kiss the hand that
smites them for the sake of a bit Of
paltry patronage that has been
promised them, and has been prom
ised to several others also. Their
condition is really pitiful, while they
are SO anxiOusly waiting for the
plums to fall. While waiting, it
wouldn't be bad idea for them to
think over how much political prom
ises are worth by remembering what
happened to pair OF active Repub-
licans who moved into Atlantic City.
We refer to Samuel Ell. Kelly and
Louis DOnnelly, who came there to
invest a very large sum OF money in
the real estate business and paid q
round sum in taxes. They and their
friends, who had hundreds of thous-
ands OF dollars invested, naturally
desired to have some say in political
matters; but the Ring" managers
decided that they were too honest
and independent to be trusted, and
they gave orders to have them ''turn-
ed down" at any cost.
Among those who were eager to
assist was Mr.. Barrett, who only q
year before had insisted that Mr..
Kelly should be a candidate for State
Senator. Why did he prove false (?
Echo answers "Why - Kelly was
dangerous man for the Ring, and he
was defeated solely because he could
not be depended upon to do their
every bidding.
The same happened to Mr.. Donnelly
who was also encouraged to be a
Senatorial candidate and was turn
ed down for a similar reason. These
are stubborn facts for the considera-
tion Of the readers of The Press,
especially those who live in. Atlantic
City.
While outside capital has mainly
made Atlantic City what it is, it will
be interesting for capitalists to re-
member that their interests are con-
sidered only when they are ready to
bow down to few political bossrs,
and put up money for their election
and reelection without asking any
questions. Ii, like Kelly, they desire
to have some say in political matters
then the axe awaits them, and the
big and little bosses cry s'Halt! Well
attend to that for you" How long
will such state Of affairs last? That
City to decide.
Now word to the Democrats.
Don't think for q moment that The
Press is in love with you, or that it
is under .any obligations to elect
Somers Doughty to the Assembly. 1t
does not ask, or want any favors OF
him, and never did.
The Press simply opposes Ring rule
because we believe it for the best int
err SITS OF the people to do SO. Ii we
thought. that their best interests
could be conserved by the election Of
Mr.. Ashley we would say so, even at
the last minute. That is our position
and upon it we propose to stand.
To Mr.. Gardner we say. 'Pull all
the strings you can" To Mr.. Barrett
"Shoot off, your mouth all you
please. Continue to assert that The
Press ''cuts no figure" 1t is not SO
very long ago that you were mighty
glad to have its support, and that OF
its Republican Editor, at the time
when your present master put the
knife into your political heart clear to
the hilt. You brought out Mr.. Kelly.
Did you betray him? You supported
Samuel Smith for the Assembly
against Mr.. Ashley, one year ago.
Like Kelly, he was defeated, Did you
secretly betray him too? Their sim
liar fate suggests strange coincid-
ence at least.
Now go to your new master, whom
you only two years ago swore never
more to serve, and tell him to order
his organs and his henchmen to ocrush
The P,eaSant0ille Press and when you
have finished the job call around and
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