New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-02
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What a noble large minded. puDnc-spn''eu
.s.vor Uoboken has He IL a marvel OF on'c'a
.ool Not properly recognizing the TACT 'ha'
tIohoken has money TO burn and exists on'y ~,
tho heneft of Mayor Pagan and his frienos anu
their allied enterprises. an electric hsh' oo,'
many dared to dispute the monopoly Oh '"e
STANLEY syndicate and had the ASTOUNDING I'M
audience to offer to light the city Tree Oh cost ,o
seven months, and to save the city Soo'ooV' Inc
righteous soul OF Lawrence Pagan was s'hieu
with Indignation at this. Hoookens repu'"'''~
Of burning money whenever 1t got the chahce
was not to be endangered by any such hisea'o
Nv economy as this. The base citizen VINO oa'eu
% sugge,t such an ignominious thing had TO be
,augbt a lesson SO the Mayor. his bosom swell
ing with honest pride. shouldered his axe ana
went forth to cut of the official head OF the
branding president Of the new electric hght
company and with one fell swoop he deprived
him OF the superintendency OF the police teie-
rraph system. Now II Is presumed that 'he
Mayor doughty vindicator OF Hobokens prooi-
ca,,tv that he u.s. Is sharpening his axe to cut OH
Mr.. Bonta's other official head ana deprive HI"
of the care Of the fire alarm system.
=. 49,. p.rrhucans az this State will all take
long null and strong pull and pull all toge.ne,,
they will elect Republican Legislature re"'o"
Evening Times.
rho, ,s ust what the Republicans will do
fractional disputes. where they exist are oe'"e
settIsd now before the campaign has begun
and an the fall the Republicans OF every county
from Cape May to Sussex will be found working
together in harmony
T, "a because OF the unpleasant truth or Judge
Forts charge of treason against those VINO
are firing in the rear at our boys in the front
that THE Newark Advertiser" is so concerned
about his Memorial Day Grafton at orange ana
uniustly calls It a "blundering attempt 70 per-
suade other nations that we have minority
among US offering aid and comfort TO the enc
mics of our flag" Judge Fort could not aoo
to the notoriety OF that shrill-voiced hihoiNS
which with The Newark Advertiser ana other
Democratic papers. disputes the wisdom ana
no,,cv of the Government in selling and hold
ing by force the Eastern archipelago ms
dads "The Advertiser" rs a fair subject for
discussion" Judge Forts point was well taken
that the policy of America having been de-
clared. and the Nation being at war, that pohcy
IL no longer a subject for discussion, such dis
cussion tending to give comfort and aid TO the
Nations enemies.
That the report Of the Ethics Committee OF
tho 1awvers Club OF Newark is unfavorable to
Major Lentz is sincerely regretted by many
Renubicans. who realize the deep obligations OF
the party to the Essex County chairman for his
zeal and answering loyalty In the campaign
last fall 1t is an open secret that sufficient
money to have cleared the Major OF all obliga-
tions and to have left plenty for him to jingle
in his pockets would have been placed In his
hands If he would have betrayed the party by
simply mismanaging the campaign In Essex
But he withstood the temptation. fought with
all his skill and energy, saved the ticket in
spite Of the treachery Of the Hudson County
leaders. making Voorhees, Governor OF New
Jersey and keeping the Legislature strongly
Republican Then came the attack which de-
prived the Major OF the Prosecutorship and has
eliminated In yesterdays report