New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-14
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Colonel Robert G. Smith is guilty Of high trea-
son. BY permission of His Royal HiShness
Robert the Little he is member or the street
and Water Board of Jersey City. In defiance
of the smiling Ruler of Hudson County Colonel
Smith has persistently absented himself from
the meetings OF the Board. and thus has
thwarted the will OF the Ruler. and prevented
the passage OF the Embarrassing ordinance
over Mayor Hoos's buncombe veto. 1t was a
pretty spectacle to see the Democratic ringsters
trying to corral the Colonel and secure his vote
to establish a death trap in Communipaw-ave.
What are lives of citizens to the politicians who
fatten upon public funds and corporation IA
vors? Has Colonel Smith had the courage to
separate himself from the gang"
Instead of driving costly wells to supplement
the water supply of Newark the Board or
Works had better enforce economy In the use
OF water by strictly prohibiting waste, ana en-
forcing the prohibition and by the INTRODUCTION
OF meters. The amount proposed to be ex-
pended I'm driving wells would go far toward
putting in meters Newark can learn lesson
from Camden. where economy in the use OF
water has made the supply ample. as is told In
another column.
The reelection Of Mayor Hoos has made the
ring Democrats anxious lest he should assert
his independence and make appointments with
out consulting the Democratic Boss and TO pre-
vent this and 10 render him plastic and submis-
sive they have started to play the confidence
game. and are tickling his vanity by declaring
that II he will be an obedlent servant and NINA
Davis he will be the next Democratic candidate
for Governor. They have moved promptly as
the Mayor will make his appointments In ten
days.
Some building and loan associations went OUT
OF business upon the passage OF the Bell law
placing such concerns under the supervision Oh
the State Commissioner of Banking and lnsur-
ance Others propose to test the constitutionallty
OF the act and their lawyers are racking tner
brains for pretexts for legal attack upon the
law No honestly conducted association has
anything to fear from State supervision. The
inference as to the concerns which oppose the
Jaw is obvious.
The report from the South OF alleged disorder
ly behavior on the part of the members OF the
4th New Jersey Volunteers on their way home
was promptly discredted and refuted by The
Trbune-the only New-York paper among those
that publish Jersey editions which did not crcu-
late the SANDER, and which defended the honor
or tne volunteers. 1T is SURPRISING tIldl d NUM-
Der of New-Jersey newspapers published the
libel without contradctng 1t, but they are now
Fastening to make amends.
The Trenton True American" incautiously
taunts the Republicans with having failed to
discover any Democratic crookedness when they
came into power in Trenton. The State Ga
zette" replies:
That's so. When the Democrats went out OF the
offices they took about everything with them, i'll
GLIDING important vouchers and other public rec
ords.
But they left deficit in the treasury OF $4,000
that the Republicans have since been taking
Of
He is a stupid thief who leaves behind him
evidences of his guilt. No one accuses public
punderers Of being stupid.
The Hackensack Record is hugng with
prosperity 1t has added column to each page
and is as interesting to its readers as 1t is valu-
able to its advertisers.
Referring to the extreme difficulty Of pleasing