Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-12-07
CHAMP CLARK LETTERS


results in grub ana service. Whether
that be true or not. the postoftices
of house and senate are fixed facts.
! immovable and reliable. while the pri
vate residence is transitory, evanes
/ cent, changeable. uncertain. s. An APP
pIicant for a pension in writing to
| senator or representative ought al
ways to give in every letter or postal
/ card the number of his or her claim
AS there are about 100000 claims
pending in the pension office. no re-
| quest. either verbal or in writing. will
/ be considered 10y the pension office
unless mum Der Of claim is given. The
applicant by giving number of claim
/ in every letter or postal TO representa-
| tive or senator insures prompt action
and saves the representative or sena
| tor the time and trouble to write back
| TO applicant for number of claim and
saves applicant the time and trouble
and expense of answering such letter
of inquiry. | repeat that every news
paper in the United States ought TO
copy the foregoing paragraph. not be
cause of its elegance or brilliancy and
not because of love for me. but be-
cause il will save all concerned time.
trouble and money. All senators and
senators clerks representatives, and
representatives clerks and all persons
who have any correspondence with
senators or Representatives. especially
on subject of pensions. ought to rise
up and call me blessed for writing the
aforesaid paragraph.
In former letter stated that this
session was certain TO last till dog
days. perhaps till Jack Frost puts in
bis appearance next fall.
The Money BILL
Governments of some sort must be
provided for Porto Rico. Guam and
Hawaii unless congress intends TO alb
solutely and pusIlanilnously abdicate
its constitutional functions. | take it
that no considerable number of our
people are in favor of a military sa-
trapy except perhaps the satraps and
their clientele; also we must in the very
nature of things prepare a government
tai machine for the Philippine Islands
if we intend holding on to them. All
these will be measures of most serious
import to the American people. They
will both deserve and receive thorough
debate. e., unless the gag is applied
by the committee on rules and cut
and dried programme is railroaded
through as was done SO often in the
Fifty fifth congress do not how
ever, believe that such caper can be
cut this time for the Republican ma
jority is too small. being only 10. They
may have the disposition. but not the
power
In addition 10 all the aforementioned
extra work there will he the Atlantic
City money bin for consideration.
against whose passage Hon. John NJ.
Thurston of Nebraska and Hon. Will
liam e. Chandler lift up their clarion
voices in warning. but for whose pite-
Gus pleadings the Hugh H. Hanna
gang care nothing-absoluteIy nothing
That it will precipitate an acrimonious
and long drawn out debate there can
be no question unless the committee on
rules uses its despotic power to stifie
free speech in the house. but in this
instance the house may summon up
enough courage to defy ''the five cars.
as it did in the Fifty-third congress on
the memorable occasion when the com
mittee on rules undertook to force con
sideration of the Carlisle bond bill
Surely there must be few Republican
representatives from the west who
will not be willing to be led to the
slaughter. as they will be if they vote
for that bill Enough of them to de
feat consideration may have courage
enough to defy the machinery of the
house and TO give us the victory.
Democrats will welcome discussion
of the Atlantic City bill. for it broad
ems the financial issue of which the
free and unlimited coinage of Silver
has never been more than a part-an
important part, IT is true. but only a
part nevertheless places il upon
the high plane on which Andrew Jack
son fought and won his decisive battle
with the old Bank of the United States
The chances are that on this bill Dem
ocrats can get together and present a
solid front TO the cohorts of Mammon
If they do victory will perch upon
their banner both in congress and at
the elections in 1900
1t may be. also. that some conscien.
tious and enthusiastic civil service re-
former will introduce resolution look.
ing to an investigation of the gross and
tiagrant violation Of those rules In or
der to furnish Mark Hanna the Doodle
with which TO buy the Ohio election.
1t appears TO me that a resolution to in.
yestigate the civil service commission
ers themselves for derelietion of duty
would be proper caper for tribute
was levied upon government employees
right under the noses of the commits
sion in broad daylight Notwithstand-
ing President MeKinley's fall from
grace on the civil service question,
there must be some genuine, honest,
courageous reformers left If so. ii is
high time they were making the fact
manifest. 1t may be that the commits
sion will go through with the condemn
ed performance of locking the barn
after the horse is stolen by getting on
their ear now and raising a row after
Hanna's agents levied enough black
mail to purchase the Ohio elections. A
civil service reform debate 10 the house
In the near future would most certain
ly contribute largely to the gayety of
nations