Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-09

than presidents. 1t must be dreary
work waiting for another mans shoes.
Usually the waiting is of no avail, but
when the vice president succeeds to the
higher office he generally finds that the
political Jordan is hard row to travel,
as John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, An
drew Johnson and Chester A. Arthur
Rould all testify
Trust Practices.
United States Senator Harris of Kan
sas, who, by tie way, is an Missouri
an, gives the following example Of the
iniquitous practices OF the trusts. "At
Lawrence. Kan. was factory which
made all kinds of barbed wire, employ
ing 250 mon. 1t was merged in the
trust, controlled ly men in another
state, closed up and It's $50 employees
thrown out of work Shortly afterward
its products We're advanced to the con
sumers in Kansas and elsewhere 80
per cent. That was not all the injury
Noht5 liz HAsAE III Ills lsiSldIitE.r liz
assessors attempted to tax the Law
renee plant on something like a
fair valuation The trust sent on it's
representative to protest and finally
dismantled the whole plant, removing
the machinery and practically wiping
the industry out of existence at Law
renee either for production or taxation.
Practically the same course has been
pursued in other lines, such as oil mills
and paper factories
The people of Lawrence, whether
Democrats or Republicans. will hardly
agree with Mark Hanna when he de
clared in his Cleveland speech that a
trust is a natural. result of business
evolution AMI is a step forward Mark
ought to hasten at once to Leayen-
worth and explain his new philosophy.
Charging For Sunshine.
l have always insisted that the Re-
publican extortionists would levy tax
on the sunlight of heaven if they knew
how. In the Dingley bill they managed
to levy a tariff ON imported rainwater
| when found ia iron ore At last fell
low in New York has managed to make
merchandise of sunlight. 1 am willing
to wager my head on the proposition
that he is Republican. The New
York Post says:
Twenty dollars a month for 20
months is TO be paid by the owner of a
business block in Milwaukee for the
privilege of having sunlight in one
window of his building. This is thought
in Milwaukee to be the first case
wherein a property owner is to get a
revenue for permitting the sunlight to
pass unobstructed over his premises for
the benefit of his neighbor. The latter
had rented room in his building on
condition that it be provided with nat
ural light. This was effected by cut
ting a window in the wall overlooking
the property of a neighbor The latter
promptly shut off the light with a tight
wood screen. When demonstrated with,
he took the position that the light was
his and that as he had right to erect
a building on his lot he had a right to
put up any kind of structure permitted
| by law. An inquiry by the attorney
| for the other party developed no flaw
in the position taken by the light pur-
| veyor, and his terms of $50 per month
had to be met. His neighbors, he said
could have nothing belonging to him
without paying for it. He was not
proud of the transaction, however, and
requested the newspapers to say moth
! ing about the Incident
Reeds VaIedictory.
Hon Thomas Brackett Reed rings
down the curtain on his congressional
career in graceful, grateful yaledic-
tory to his old constituents. 1t con
tains somewhat of philosophy, little
pathos anG dash of that caustic
which has made him famous. Happy
the congressman with such faithful
constituency Here is Mr.. Reeds tes.
timony to its fidelity: During three
and twenty years of political life, moi
always peaceful, you have never ques
toned a single public act of mine
Other men had to look after their dis
tricts My district has looked after
me- | have no sort of doubt that thai
last sentence explains to a large ex
tent the secret of his great success
"My district has looked after me" is
proud boast for a man to make, and
to make truly, after quarter of cen
tury of service in the house of repre-
sentatives The eastern people have
settled down to this rule of political
conduct: Having secured a faithful
and capable representative, they keel
him in congress until he is promoted
resigns or dies. In that way they
achieve for their representatives &
larger influence in congress. Such Z
plan leaves the representative free tt
devote all his time and energies to til.
public service instead of squanderins
them in looking after his fences.
The wisdom of this course is prove(
beyond all cavil by the distinction Il
which the Maine delegation arose il
congress. There are some sporadic
cases of this sort in the west, but thel
are few like angels visits. few ant
far between" l am glad, however
to be able to state that the habit |:
growing
believe that Mr. Reed stated the
simple truth when he said, i have
never trimmed a sail to catch the pass
ing breeze or flown a doubtful flag
He is man of conviction, and perhaps
that is the chief reason why he il
quitting congressional life, being ou
of line with the powers that be- HI
could not go to his New York Law
practice without giving the McHanna
ties a parting shot, which he does il
this skilIful fashion: Whatever may
happen, l am sure that the First Maine
district will always be true to the prin
ciples of liberty, self government ane
the rights of man" There is no ques
ton as to what that means. 1t mean:
that. in the opinion of Hon. Thoma!
Bracket Reed, MeHannaism is de
structive of the principles of liberty
self government and the rights of man
do not remember ever to have seei
more philosophy condensed into so few
words as in this. -Offiee as "a ribbon
to stick in your coat is worth nobody
consideration Office as an opportunit,
is worth all consideration.
! Mr.. Reeds yaledictory viii hardl,
rank as a state paper with Washing
tons farewell address, but it is full 0
meat. and. considering its brevity, it /