Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-14
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Pniladetphla Will mold Hs muHiciPai
election tomorrow, and Is usual there
will be a big majority for the lords OF
Philadelphia gets nothing but
kicks and cuffs from Its political mas
tiers, and 1t is constantly RECALLED with
gross scandals of local government.
It's affairs are III by q contractors
combine. and it's a is an impudent
charlatan who has degraded the ONCE
ne occupies. But Philadelphia will vote
to continue this kind of government.
It always does. Civic spirit In Phila-
delphia is ever the under dog in the
fight, and there is not much fight LETT
In 1t now.
Burlington town doesn't relish h dis
bandment of the inefficient National
Guard company recruited in the town,
but the fact lie not to be wondered al.
The average townsman has a vague
idea OF what a military company ought
to be. The generally accepted idea Is
that. If 1t doesn't cost the tow any
thing. 1t Is a very good thing for oil
day occasions and serves well for club
purposes. Local criticism of the action
OF the State military authorities In dis
banding the company should therefore
be taken with a great deal of reserva-
ton.
The state Naval Reserve can learn
nothing by practise in the obsolete ship.
the Portsmouth. The Reserve needs a
modern warship, and the Federal gov.
eminent win furnish one, if the State
will provide for its maintenance. An
appropriation is needed. When that Is
forthcoming the New Jersey Naval Re-
serve will not have to wait long to have
the Portsmouth exchanged for an up
to-date vessel. But why should there
be any objection at Trenton to voting
the appropriation?
The veteran editor, Tom Fitzgerald,
of Trenton, is best known in the State
by the annual legislative manual whtca
bears his name. F~itzgerald's manual Is
a State institution. The public works
of the State may decay and be lost like
the ancient architecture of Egypt,
Greece and Rome. but the manual will
live as long as New Jersey has q Legis-
lature to make it's laws, and IL will bear
the name Of Fitzgerald for ages after
its founder shall have been gathered to
his fathers.
The Lee bill introduced In the Legis-
lature giving to governing boards the
power to grant limited franchises for
short stretches OF street railroad track
to make connections necessary for re
lieving the congestion of travel In q
city Is on its face a measure for the
general public welfare, and therefore
ark especially needs IN act of this
kind and needs 1t badly.
Why anybody should be interested
i'll importing English sparrows does
not appear, as there arc sparrows
galore In this country. But the govern
ment has issued orders to collectors of
customs that all such importations
must be destroyed and none admitted
to the country. In good faith, too, the
country has had enough of these feath-
cred pests.
President Taft's explanation of it is
in these words: THE reason In the rise
of the cost of the necessities can easily
be traced to the increase in our meas
ure of values, prices of metal gold. and
possibly in some cases to the combina-
tions in restraint of trade" Particular
attention should be given to the use
of the words possibly in some cases"
Shouts for Roosevelt for the next
Pre- sident interrupted the proceedings
of the Indiana Lincoln League conven
ton at Columbus on Saturday. Roose-
Welt was not ~eulogized at the Wall
Street banquet, and there were no
shouts.
St. Valentines Day brings its usual
{ congestion Of the mails and imposes
extra labor upon carriers and clerks,
but the observance is really one that
we could hardly afford to abandon.
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