New-York tribune., 1900-07-12
NEW-JERSEY NEWS.

AS an example OF satire with none Of the sba-,
edges worn down. the following from the Demo-
cratic Jersey City News is entitled to a pIaca
among the gems OF its kind:
MI Bryan has at least three stanch supporters
IN hudson County. Congressman Dalv MavoT
va+7a,,a 800 anu TX TX Ihonas McEwan- These three
. NeI.leILleh % are credited with being the three
most popular individuals on the top Of the earth
JUST now far they can transfer their popularity
70 the idol OF their worship remains to be seen.
but at any rate. Mr.. Bryan is sure OF al least
three votes here.
II the eye Of Mr.. Bryan should happen to light
on the above extract. he will have to rub himself
hard to learn If he is awake and If he is AT all
acquainted with Hudson County politics he viii
conclude that it is the eneuy's country sure
enough win an emphasis that would be hard
TO pronounce in four syllabIes
Newspapers that think the present political
campaign is TO be won by arming imperiaIistlc
scarecrows with corporation broomsticks and
setting them up in the highways and byways
where wheat is Is cents a busheI and silver is
worth an eighth less than it was four years ago
will pro' ably not be compelled to keep their first
pages open late on election night to announce
the majorites for Bryan in New-Jersey
There are so many political hornets nests in
south Jersey that it is one Of the easiest things
IN the world to stir one up This is the reason
Why, when the North Jersey Democratic Pluto
Gratis said 20 the South Jersey Democratic Popo-
Gratis, "S-h-h-h, don't touch the silver issue;
just 60 in and kick the bottom out OF imperial
tsU-that's the stuff" the South Jersey Demo-
cratic POpocrats replied; What in hundred
and twenty degrees in the shade do you take US
for?' or words TO that effect. The natural infer
ence is that the buIbous craniums OF the South
Jersey Popocrats were hot and that they did
mt int TO
ism, with more holes in it than there are in an
old fashioned skinner, to overshadow their be-
loved free coinage Of silver-not by a Is 10 I
sight. That's the way the Popocrats down that
way talk when they think their political pre-
negatives are being usurped by either the Re
publican octupus the Democratic cuttIehsh
Honestly, there is trouble in South Jersey and
it is said that Clarence Atkinson. he Of the
supple pen; John J. CrandaH he OF the stem
tOrian tones and a recent arrival in Burlington
County from Washington, who aspired 10 dele
gate hOnors at Kansas City. and who is also an
accredited protege OF William J. Bryan, are get
ting ready to make the North Jersey Democratic
Plutocrats recant OF eat crow.
Up to Il o'clock midnight. when the Planetary
Headquarters for Political Nightmares closed
up, there were two booms dinly visible the
outskirts Of a nearly full moon for Colonel Will
lam j. BarbOur-Oue for member or congress
from the With New-Jersey District and one for
Governor of that State But up to the same
hour Colonel Barbour who knows a political
hawk from a bird Of freedom, had not sent out
inquiries for his mental equilibrium or gone
away for the summer to escape accepting a
nomination for either place. Seriously, Colonel
Barbour is a level headed wide awake gentle
man. who can measure the difference between
pursuit and possession as accurately as any Re
publican in the State, and doesn't need TO be
told when it is time to begin OF to quit