Short Editorials without Headlines

New York, 1895

Senator Childs' splendid success with the normal school bill has demoralized Boss Youngs and Assemblyman Vacheron, the Crusoe and Friday [of this] legislation.

Note: Words in brackets guessed at; piece missing.



The law creating the bureau of tax arrears and defining its duties is printed on page 2 of this paper. Every citizen should read it. Only THE FARMER has the news.



The meeting of the Normal School Commissioners on Saturday was made interesting by Senator Childs and Governor McCormick telling of the efforts that had been made in the Legislature to steal the school from Jamaica and give it to Binghamton. That event will live in history and record the fact that Assemblyman Vacheron seemed to be willing to let the school be stolen, for he took no steps to retard the robber bill in the Assembly and when called to account pleaded ignorance of the bill's existence. Ignorance was no defence at all. The bill had been regularly introduced, printed, reported, advanced to second reading, and was on Mr. Vacheron's desk all the time.



Boss Rule does not go with the board of Supervisors. The Republican county committee had better get a new chairman, and occasionally advise with Governor McCormick.



Ed. Townsend is jollying Billy Youngs, and Billy takes it as a great compliment. Ed. says that Mr. McCormick and Mr. Childs are "jealous" of Billy. This makes them laugh. Billy merely amuses them. Mr. Childs got to be Senator in spite of Billy, and Mr. McCormick got to be Congressman in spite of Billy, and, to go back a little, Mr. Garretson secured two elections as judge in spite of Billy. Mr. Phipps did not get to be County Clerk with Billy's support. And Lucien Knapp did not get to be Senator with Billy's support. Mr. Childs is going to be renominated for Senator in spite of Boss Billy. Put these things in your pipe, Billy, but don't smoke them yet; there'll be more to follow.



But for the Jamaica Savings Bank the $70,000 of school bonds offered for sale by the Board of Education would have gone begging again. It was simply to save the credit of the village that the bank made this second bid for the bonds, its first bid having been rejected by the board out of malice. The inability to sell these bonds is a surprising thing. They are a capital investment. Bonds of smaller communities have sold above par readily, though bearing the same rate of interest as the Jamaica school bonds, and were eagerly sought. Any way, it is creditable to the savings bank managers that they have put an end to a disagreeable farce.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 3, 1895, p. 4.