Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-01-19
A LETTER FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
ION to Trenton - the Battle
Cry of the Politicians.
DELEGATIONS or CITIZENS SEE IHEGoTERHOR
THE BREADAND BUTTER BRIGADE MOVE
UPON THE STATE CAPITAL IN FORCE
AMID MUCH HENTHUsIAsM-TO ASSIST
THE GOVERNOR IN MAKING APPOINT
MENTS.

The wisdom of Pericles, the elO-
quence of DemOsthenes, and a thirst
annihilating capacity like that oi
"Bobby', Burns was let loose upon
Trenton last week, when big dele
cations of our mighty citizens
emptied themselves in force upon the
State Capital and invaded the Cover
nor's domain. They went up to
impress His Excellency with sense
of their own Importance and, Incl
dentally, to urge the merits of their
respective candidates for Judge and
Prosecutor for Atlantic County.
When l learned of the organized raid
that was about toAbe made, / natur-
ally wended my way to the railroad
station to witness the departure OF
some of the prominent members OF the
Bread and Butter Brigade who had
made numberless heroic sacrifices for
their cOuntry's good and were still
willing and anxious to make more.
When / saw them climb aboard the
train and move out OF town,
silently prayed that nothing might
happen to them beyond theincidental
casualties that occur at the lunch
counters and bar-rOoms. When !
realized that there was remote
possibility that the whole outfit
might be pumped into a mud-hole,
out on the Meadows, and forever
disappear from sight, it made me cry
like a gutta-percha baby and weep
tears enough to soak it's clothing.
But my equilibrium was restored
when | reflected that eminent rail-
road statisticians had figured out
that it was ever SO much safer to
travel by train than it was to sit
still in the house and run the chances
OF falling chimneys, exploding lamps,
and careless servant girls. | pulled
out my pencil, made a table oi
averages, and, after fOrtifying them
with HestOn's statistics, reached the
conclusion that the delegation would
get to Trenton and back all right
barring what is always liable tC
happen to strangers abroad aftel
midnight.
When saw the tail eEfd of the
train disappear beyOndf ffie range oi
my optics / almost regretted that
had not borrowed a V i'm order thai
I might have accompanied my dis
tinguished fellOw-citizenS on theil
"hard times notice thatfive-dOllal
bills are not flying very thickly
when headed my way, so l saunterec
back to my home and cOnsOled my
self with the thought that | cOulC
find out what happened from those
who did go.
am delighted to be assured from
one who "tOOk in' the whole
performance, that the delegation
arrived at Trenton all right, and
that Trenton and it's inhabitants
thereof were soon made aware OF the
fact as Atlantic City's beloved citizens
marched in the direction of the
Governor. The delegation in favor
of Mr.. Endicott comprised many O
our foremost citizens, besides the
regular Brigade" and our genia
County Clerk Lew" Scott acted as
Master of Ceremonies, with Congress
man Gardner behind the scenes
pulling the wires. / hear that some
of the delegation, since their return
have said that the Governor did moi
appear to be overwhelmed with theil
Importance and that he even ex
hibited signs of GOODNESS and indiffer
ence. l am convinced, however, thai
there must be some mistake about
this. / don't see how any Governor
could gaze upon the delegation tha1
this city sent up last Monday with
out feeling a sense of his own in
Significance, and to let the idea ge-
abroad that such was not the case il
little short of high treason.
| / asked the gentleman who CAV
me some pointers" what was tn
object of such demonstration, ant
why SO many men should drop thei
business and go up to Trenton to b
made monkeys OF. "Why, my dea
fellow" said he, "dOn't you Sc
through the little game? You
ignorance is pitiful. The object Is t.
make q big impression and Civ
notice to all who want pOlitica
promotion that any fellow, big o
little, who dares express himself Il
favor of any man for Office withou
| first obtaining permission of thes
veteran office-holders and hunter
| will find trouble ahead, and find him
self Ostracised. Some members G
the Brigade hold two or three office
now, and are all the time scheminI
for more, and they don't propose t
let go Of any of them. They all ham
together and make common caus
against anybody who has th
"nerve" to oppose them. To give a
air of respectability to their plan
they generally contrive to rope |
several wealthy and well-dresse
gentlemen to act as figure-heads
who are not themselves direct cand
dates for office, to make gran
stand show in favor of the Brigade.
From what / can learn from tn
returning pilgrims both Mr.. EndicOt
and Mr.. Abbott had their claim
forcibly presented to the Governor
Mr.. Edward Wilson, OF Absecor
being spokesman for the delegatio
who are in favorOf Abbott's appoint
ment as Judge. Some OF the brother
did not feel as confident as they nigh
| / suppose the appointments will b
made before this letter appears
print, SO it is hardly worth while t
| waste ink in making prediction
What pleases me most Is to knO'
that our battalion Of great and Onl
visiting statesmen" got back hom
safely, without being swallowed U
lin q mud-hole or shipwrecked
Trenton. Had it been Otherwil
there would have been Grape on
hundred door knobs all the wa
| from the aristocratic abOdes
Pacific avenue to the classic ale.
ways of Arctic and Baltic 1t
cheering, when you part from friend
to indulge the hope that they W
return; but, oh, it Is 80 awfully awf
nice to- realize that you have g