Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-01-05
4 LETTER FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
Mayor, Henri deal, and the
Untampered Correspondent.
ARGUS FIILsI0 IEET Those WITH HONEY

THE SENATORIAL SITUATION AS VIEW
ED AT PREsENT-DoNNELLY OR
KELLEY ? THE COUNTY SEAT MOVE
MENT DISCUSSED
My letter of last week seems to
have met with pretty general appro-
val. hear, however, of some
growing because do not jump on
the Henri deal. / have maintained,
all along, however, that the Mayor
was an honest man, and would take
care of our City's best interests. /
did this even when the Dumpmasters
where after him the hardest, and
some of them have assured me that
if The Press, had kept out of it the
next Mayors name would not be
Stoy. / still believe Mr.. Stoy
will do, what he believes to be right
and shall maintain that belief until
he gives me reason to change my
mind. He knows that while, on the
surface, things look smooth, beneath
there is tumult and turmoil among
the members of the Bread and But
ter Brigade. He knows that there
are some members Of this famous old
battalion who are very anxious to
take his place, and i don't think it
likely that he will spoil the splendid
record he has made during this last
year, especially after he fatty re-
fused to further pull their chestnuts
out of the fire. One of my very close
friends told me that some others
who are my friends, feared that /
had been "taken in 20 camp" because
/ had not ventilated the matter.
/ beg leave to assure all such that
there is no truth in the rumOr In
the first place the Dumpmasters
don't know me as the author of
these letters. In the second place
they don't think l am worth a
"divvy". don't claim to be per-
feet, and don't know what effect it
would have upon my system if some
one should offer me fifteen or twenty
million dollars with view to Sin
fiuencing" the tone of my cores
pondence but up to date no one has
thought me worth a cent. l can
therefore, for this week at least, let
my pen run with an absolute know
ledge that it has not hGci1 q "a iiiaered
-DunlpmasterS tells how they paid a
thousand dollars to certain people
and that, the same twas cribbaged'
if any one knows what that means.
have heard, also, that certain
Ward leaders took three hundred
dollars from somebody who put up
a dead steal. Such things make>my
mouth water, of course, but SO far
the peOplewhO have money to burn
in political schemes and have great
''wads" to throw around, have
managed to steer clear of me. But
shall not despair of vet running up
against some wealthy duffer with
more money than sense, especially
since some of my Christian fellow
citizens seem to think / have been
s'seen" upon the Henri deal.
The senatorial fight although
almost year ahead, is on for
sure and there are already spots
of blood visible on the moon. Lew
Donnelly is working like a beaver, or
at least his friends are, and some of
them are Offering money at odds
that Lewis will be the next State
Senator. Sam" Kelley's friends
are also on the alert and they say
that Samuel is sure, but as the
average politicians chief stock in
trade Is composed of lies it will be
safe to go slow for time. Kelley's
friends-that is, his real friends,
admit that he has lost ground, with
in the last few weeks, by his dilatOry
tactics. One thing is sure He had
the whole deck in his hands, and
stocked at that, but he did not play
from that deck. He allowed some
people to deal from another pack,
and the hand he got was losing
one. ! know further that certain
ones that he is trusting are cheating
him. AS to whether he will be able
to recover lost ground don't know.
This do know. He had some peO-
who advised him to "get move on
him." They showed him the situa-
ton honestly and intelligently but it
seemed to have no affect. To-day
those same people are being impor-
tuned to let go and turn in for his
opponent. Kelley Is too busy to
bother with politics and too honest
to cope with some of the ''heelers''
that make their living that way.
That he is my choice all The Press
readers know and II there's fellow
around anywhere who don't read
the Press why his ignorance is as
prominent as a nose on a hogs face.
The removal of the County Seat is
on for sure. Everybody is talking
about it as an assured fact; but
unless some practical measure is
adopted, looking to some sort of an
organized movement, / fear your
people will let it go by default. / was
talking with your Senior Editor the
other day on the subject. He said to
me that he had taken the necessary
first step toward the matter. 81 am, 2
said he. only the target. Now il you
people here in Atlantic City are
favorable. do something to prove it
besides "chinning." / asked him
why he talked like that, and he said
"Well that's about all the help we
have had SO far. Your folks to man,
SO far as / hear them, say, $50
ahead The County Seat must
come away from Mays Landing. :"
"Put, said he, III the County Seat
is to be moved Atlantic City will
get more benefit from it than Plea
santville even should the buildings
be put there This was new idea
to me at first, but when reflect on
his words see that 1t is true. I
asked him if he was losing heart or
faith, in the matter and he said ssnot
BY any means" but that he did not
feel like doing all the work for us.
thought sSam." Bartlett was to
take charge Of the Post Office in
your town long before this, What
is the matter Is Lew dumped
again | hope not Some people
say that the Office cannot ga to the
the PQolroom, but it seems that
might easily be arranged. Others say
it must be kept on the main street.
Something - loose, What u it |? Is
the Congressman tired, or afraid to
show his hand 7 Why don't Dan. h
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