New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-16

/ .orsh,n They will meet Tonight or to-"o'
/ and agree upon n candidate senator 0i'i.
likely to get the complimentary noHn".'0.
/ There are some of the legislators iho"ne'
vote against him. but the majority VIII n.y.
/ countanance any suggestion in that o'reo'''"
,rAoro oro Embossed and unpledged legislators
MO Sonator Braun OF Passaic. for exampie'
who take the ground that Senator smith '
the fight last fall. and that 1t wou'o De pun
nolicv TO refuse him even the empty no'o' "
the gift OF the caucus. II the Democrats it'
majority in the Legislature the SITUATION ''''s''
present a different aspect
West orange is the proud possessor Of Town
.b,n Committee that knows beans, as the Dogs
IN that yyav say The Police Committee mas
rule which reads thus:
I'm the future any officer brought before ' ne
committee charged with being drunk. VIII DE
dismissed from the force"
It will be observed that no distinction IL "laue
between innocent and guilty policemen Inc
mere fact of such a charge being MADE Is JuSl'i-
cation for dismissal. Well. at recent mSe'iiis
of the Township Committee the Ponce Coihini'-
tee presented report Of testimony taken Deio'S
II in the case Of Policeman clifford FORCE "ho
was accused of having been intoxicated Oh .n7
night of December 81, 1888 Roundsnah NC
Guirk knew that Force was drunk Dldht he
gee him? And didn't he look at Forces race!
OF course he didn't say anything to the police
man because they were not on speaking terms.
The patrolman owned up to having taken three
drinks OF gin. but stoutly denied ntoxcation.
The committee decided that Force wasn't guilty
but they fined him five days pay on general
principles. probably as warning not 10 appear
before them again unless he's guilty
The great dog problem won't down In New
Jersey. One time the owners Of CANNES are on
ton and again 1t is the dogless citizen VINO
makes the law. Hackensack was rent by the
question few years ago. The antl-dog men
succeeded in having a dog warden apPoihoeo
who thought nothing Of tackling the ansriest
and hungriest dog in town, II it lacked proper
credentials giving 1t the right to live ana roam
at large After a while the pro-dog people MADE
life so miserable for him that he was driven TO
drink. the office fell into desuetude, and with it
the agitation. Rutherford caught the fever
next stern and fearless dog warden was
RAPIDLY reducing the canine population or that
prettv borough at so much per reduce, when the
dog-owners banded together and drove him from
office the place is still vacant, with no appU-
cants In the village Of Westwood, on the other
hand. one citizen has given notice that he Is
moving elsewhere because he is annoyed beyond
endurance by other peoples dogs. He said they
were a doggoned nuisance.
Looking over the fence into the Democratic
hack yard The Elizabeth Journal unerringly
Identifies distinguished statesman thus
Teddy Carroll. of Hudson, has been selected
as the leader Of the minority IN the State Assem-
bIv Notwithstanding the fact that Teddy was
the associate Of Tom Flynn and Billy thompson
in the wicked days. he is abort the abest cleV-
crest and fairest Of the Assembly minority
4 Newark man is under arrest on the charge
Of stealing electricity. Maybe he wanted 1t to
heat the troley-cars
In one section II Passaic there is an Hungarian
colony. and few Of the people speak English
Justices of the peace and constables do a thriv-
Ing business there fomenting trouble. Commits
sions are offered to persons drumming up bust
ness and persuadlng their neghbors to make
complaints against somebody else II one
woman looks crooked at another the energetic
drummer steps in with suggestion to invoke
the majesty OF the law. and in this way the JUS
tce Court industry is kept from languishng.
Allan l.. McDermott promises to have some
fun or to provide it, In the Senate He Is apt
to run up against Senator Ptney. and apropos
of this The Morris County Chronicle" remarks:
"Nr Pitneys knowledge Of parliamentary
practice and his ability a debater are dis
tnct gain to the Senate, and perhaps the angenc
McDermott Of Hudson may be able 10 cOndole
with Sockless Simpson of Kansas before the
end of the session.
Bob" Davis's versatility IS remarkable. AS
Grand duke OF the Principally OF Hudson Coun-
ty he has demonstrated his powers as an organ
izer and political leader of the twenty four-carat
Nex no Napt tint hp
form business. and there's no telling how he
may develop before getting out OF IT. His latest
role. however. is that of a humorist Here's
Exhibit In the case. consisting Of words
dropped warm from the eminent genteman's
vocal organs:
IF the Republican majority OF the Senate
does not make the investigation we demand, the
whole matter will be laid before the Grand Jury
to investigate and the parties who are respon-
sbe for the circulation Of the charges VIII be
indicted unless they prove their utterances,
which know IS impossible as the election was
honest and without the slightest tinge Of fraud"
There will be conference soon OF Republican
leaders TO discuss the proposed investigation Of
the Hudson County Election methods At that
conference testimony will be submitted giving
some facts and figures to the means employed
to roll up the promised ten thousand Democratic
majority in Hudson County. That this testi-
mony justihes investigation is the opinion Of
Franklin Murphy, chairman Of the Republican
State Committee and others who have exam
ined it.
While Grand Jurors on duty they are pop
ularly supposed to be stern instruments OF even
handed justice. incapable OF emotions. That this
view is not always correct appears from an Item
in The BridgetOn News 1t seems that in the
course of It's Investigations the Cumberland
County Grand Jury learned that Milford a.
Dalbow OF Shiloh, had lost the sight OF both
his eyes by an accident, and thus terribly
handicapped in providing for his wife and child.
The Grand Jury promptly came to the rescue by
raising "a purse amounting to ST.. Its gem
crosby raust never be forgotten.