Queer, Isn't It?

New York, 1895

Assembly Vacheron tried (?) last year to pass a bill to make the transient rate of fare on the Long Island railroad two cents a mile, but the bill failed to pass. Mr. Vacheron said he would try again in the Legislature of 1895, if the people re-elected him. Mr. Vacheron has not kept his promise. The other day, when a bill came up in the Assembly to reduce the rate of fare on the Thirty-fourth street ferry to one cent between the hours of 5 and 7 o'clock, morning and evening, and two cents the rest of the day, Mr. Vacheron spoke and voted against the bill, and it was defeated. The ferry is owned by the Line Island railroad company.

Queer, isn't it?

— Editorial in Long Island Democrat.


The Duplicity of Youngs

If more reasons than those which have already been given were needed to convince honest Republicans, who care anything for the welfare of their party, that William J. Youngs is not a fit person to represent Queens County in the State Committee or to hold the position of Chairman of the County Committee, the statement of his perfidy (which is taken from the LONG ISLAND FARMER and is confirmed by Supervisor Koehler) ought to be sufficient to convince those who are willing to give him the benefit of every doubt. — Long Island City Herald, Republican.

—Both articles reprinted and taken from The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 5.

Note: The question mark in parentheses is original to the published newspaper article.