The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-17
Fol- The RECORD.
TOWN AFFAIRS.


Councilmen, have witnessed one day
last week the circus antics of His
Honor the Mayor, in laudable effort
to quell an incipient riot on Bridge
street, we feel sure they would, at the
next regular meeting of Council IF not
sooner, re-create the office of day po-
lice, and that the Mayor would avail
himself of the opportunity of appoint
ing one. No one who witnessed the
Mayors effort in behalf of the main
tenance of the peace can for mo-
ment doubt this. The incident was
laughable, or rather, it would have
been if one could divest himself of re-
spoct for the dignity of the Office of
Mayor Two DRINKS, in noisy,
boisterous and peace-destroying man.
ner, were endeavoring to break each
others face, which incidentally con-
stitutes the breaking of the law. At
about the height Of the melee tie
Mayor came suddenly upon the scene.
His Honor seemed somewhat emhAr-
rassed, bnt for a moment only. His
duty was plain he was sworn 10 main
tain the majesty Of the Law and Il
Council would not furnish the physi-
cal force necessary therefor. he would
depend upon his personal efforts He
then threw his herculean form between
the combatants and for a brief time the
air seemed full OF arms. legs anu I'M
brellas. The contest was short. sharp
and decisive; but His Honor came ont
victorious, with feathers someWhatra f-
! fled, his umbrella a wreck and holding
one of the peace destroyeFs by the neck.
Jack Cleary, who had come along while
the battle ragged, pluckily went 70 tie
assistance Of the Mayor and he soon
had the other peace-destroyer safely
under his wing. The Mayor then pro-
ceeded to lecture the boys en- the error
of their ways, after which all hands
took a sneak. We submit tia; the
Council should at least pay for the
Mayor umbrella.
We notice that some of our Demo
cratic friends throughout the county
and city are feeling very sad since the
organization of the Board of Freehold
ers. Cheer up, gentlemen the tax
payers of the county are satisfied. Ii
is only another case of when thieves
fall ont honest men get chance. We
are proud of that little band of Repub-
lican Freeholders, few in number, but
mighty in execution. They stand for
good officers and honest government,
and not for the purpose OF sustaining
tho prestige of would-be new Demo
cratic County Boss, whose entry into
the arena of Democratic county poll
ties was only successful because of dis
honest primaries in Lambertville.
We noticed n new policeman on the
force last Saturday night, n special,
appointed by the Mayor, we believe.
Keep your eyes ON that game, you
| First Ward Councilmen. The first
thing you nre aware of will be an en-
tire new police force, day and night,
and none of them will hail from the
First Ward, either Freebooter VOL
| finger, Councilman LARSON ct. al have
| decroed it thus.
Speaking of Freebooter Wolfinger,
he's piece of that broken county slate.
When he entered the larger field of
county politics he found "there were
othera' In ,Geasa4tslffseas w thassai ~
has lately been wearing Il Fefy'd8jaot
edappearance. On the contrary, Free
holder Treftz is full of fight and some
body has got to suffer for breaking the
slate but Henry will leone off of
| that. Being Chairman of the import
ant Committee ON Discharged Prison
ers, he will find his time fully occu-
pied. And there's x-Councilman
Tommy Callan, always happy when
scrapping tpolitically)-he waded
right into the thick of the organiza-
ton fight at Pennington the other day,
and we thought he was "goner"
when we saw him tackle the big ex-
Freebooter of Delaware township, but
Tommy came out of it all right. When
spoken to about the encounter, later in
the day, "Prall said he never mind
ed little ching" like that, anyhow.
| This, we presume, accounts for the
fact that Tommy got away whole.
"E Pluribus Unum will not apply
to the condition of the Democratic
party of the city or county to-day.
Let the good work go on.
Yours, &c,
| MoRE L. Follow.