The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-04

| the tax laws so thai all corporations, IN
| Guiding railroads. shall pay the same rate
| Of taxes and shall be assessed on the
| same basis as private persons, p ali
| property which they own in the State.
The Democracy also demands the abo-
lition of the system Of legislation by conn
mittee. under a reign Of gag-law, Wnlch
4 has become the predominating feature OF
| each wears session at Trenton since tne
| Republican party gained control OF ING
| Senate and Assembly in 1884.
The Republican party has Increased tne
| exnenses of the State from an average OF
| 81. 900. 600 which prevailed during ten years
OF Democratic rule from 1884 to 1884 70
| 81. qss. 900 In the fiscal year which came TO
a close last week. The appropriations Tor
the fiscal year just begun indicate thai
the expenditures by its close will aggrer
gate 100000.
The Republican party. although 1t hypo
4 critically pretended to abolish gambling
IN this State by Incorporating q mere
| police regulation in the Constitution, sun
-nrotects the most perricious forms OF
gambling In the cities of Camden, Newark
and Paterson. and stiil more notably In
| rang Branch. where the notorious Phiia-
/ deyphia Club, conducted by the notorious
! .Philo DAILY. openly Haunted It's nfamles
i, The face Of the public throughout the
mast summer, while the Republican Prose
| cutor of the Pleas. Wilbur A. Heisley,
| was junketting over Europe in open con-
tempt of his sworn duty.
The state prison at Trenton has become
a nest OF corruption under Repuphcan
| control. 1t is proven by sworn testimony
| that since Samuel S. Moore, the Repuo-
| 1fcau keeper, from Elizabeth, was places
in charge, inmates who had social or
nontical pull were accorded luxurious
treatment. They were placed only at
nominal labor. they were permitted 70
have sofas and oil stoves In their ceiis,
and they were permitted to feed upon
dainties. supplied by their friends. II IS
| also On record. on sworn testimony, that
the deputy keepers were allowed to sleep
when on duty in the watch towers, ana
through this abuse, two desperate GRIM
fnaIs broke out and escaped from tne
NILSSON and only one of them has been re-
captured.
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
In Hudson county the experience OF the
people has always been that Democrallc
| ~ofaeials give good, and Republican ofhciais
faulty administration.
The tenure Of office for two years OF ens'
Republican majority in the County BOARD
Of ~Freehoiders resulted in the prac1ieA'
destruction of the Hudson Boulevard. Il
nrod,eed a heart-rending scandal in inc
abuse Of tiny children. h wards or the
people. in the Snake Hill Almshouse' u
left q debt of half a million dollars for
the taxpayers of Hudson to discharge AZ
aar restored Democratic management.
The shrievalty term of John J. Toffey
was characterized by htful, eaprlc1ons
nartssan and ~virulent misdirections OF tns
criminal law. BY which the enemies OF tne
RenubHean machine were prosecuted, ane
nv which a Fictitious sentiment In faVo'
AZ Republicanism was sought to be estap'
iished in a narrow and ~prejudiceo seciloi
Of the community.
In a little over a year that he has peer
Prosecutor, Mr.. James s. Erw1n has mex
more nolIe presses than Charles IL Win
field did In the fifteen years during whlcf
he administered the office. The conouc
az this office is feeble and unsatlsfacter'
10 comparison with its standang uhoe
the Democratic regime.
The record of County Clerk John q
Fisher is thoroughly elucidated In GU
news columns today.
On the other hand, h record OF Demo
Gratis in Hudson is one unbroken record 0
: honor and efficiency. The party point
with pride to such names as JOB H. Lap
7 p~incott. George T.. Werts. sometime judg
, In this circuit, Robert Hudspeth. a. Y
: Garretgon, Charles H. Winfield, jaime
ri. O'NeiI. James T. Lifis, William Heller
? George B. Fielder and a host OF other
who did their duty in the fullest ana com
| p,etest sense of the expression.
In Jersey City, the party has fulhlle
4 its pledges under Mayor Hoos' admins
tratson by reducing the tax rate, by Dui'o
ing schools, by laying out parks, by man
I tanning a fully manned Fire Department
q ana by many other acts of high publ
: utility.
Such are the issues between the parties
II is for the people to decide which recor
they VIII approve. and by how much OF
majority they will endorse the Democrat
which. we know, Is certain to win
BY rolling up ten thousand majority 4
the ticket at the head of this column, the
will not only contribute to a better sta
Of things In the future but they will ais
yindicafe the name of Hudson county I
asserting its overwhelming political COZ