Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-28

will be heard to inquire who William
J. Bryan is? | guess the captain viii
refuse to affirm.
What sorry figure General Zachary
Taylor, "Old Rough and Ready, the
hero Of Buena Vista, and General Win
field Scott, "Old Fuss and Feathers, .
cut in history compared with William
j. Bryan when qualifications are con
sidered | would not detract in the
estimation of hair from the just fame
of these American heroes, but viii
Captain King asseverate that their
equipment for the presidency exceeded
nihilg | guess not Yet both were set
up by great party as presidential can
didates. Taylor was elected, and Scott
went a la Mr. McGinty to the bottom
Of the sea. Truth to tell, the Wing
party in its entire career never nomi-
mated but one man fit to be mentioned
the same week with Bryan, and that
was Henry Clay, the great common
er.'
Indeed, General Lewis Cass, nomi
mated by the Democrats in 1S46; Frank
lin Pierce, nominated and elected by
them in 1852 James buchanan, nom
mated and elected by them in 1856;
Horatio Seymour, nominated in 1868
Samuel J. Tilden, nominated and elect
ed IN 1876; General Hancock, nominat-
ed in 1880, and Grover Cleveland, nom
mated and elected in 1884 not one of
these possessed half the fame of Bryan
and only one OF two anything like his
capacity. Samuel J. Tilden was the
only one Of the lot so well equipped for
the highest Office known among men.
Will Captain King go on record as stat
ing that any man in that list had so
great a reputation as BryanY guess
not
Now, let us catecirise the good cap
tain as to Republican candidates.
Republican Candidates.
Who was John Charles Fremont, first
Republican candidate for the presi-
dency What had he ever done to prove
his craftsmanship except making ex-
plorations to the Pacific coast Don I
you know, Captain King, that Fremont
was a rank failure in every field of hu-
man endeayor, as soldier, statesman
and finaneier? Was he equal to Bryan
in fame or in capacity You dare not
so affirm.
Even that great captain, Ulysses
Simpson Grant, in whose presence the
| whole world stood uncovered, had pre-
cious little equipment for the presi-
dency. It's unfortunate for his fame
that he ever was president In the
course of time his mistakes in that
great Office will be forgotten, and be
will be remembered by posterity only
as an invincible soldier, who, when the
war was over, uttered the noblest words
that ever fell from martial lips, LET
us have peace.
Take the rest of the Republican can
| didates, and Lincoln and Blaine alone
possessed regulations equal to Bryan $
when they were nominated, and only
Lincoln, Blaine and Garfield had an
equal equipment for the presidency.
The younger Harrison grew wonderful
| ly while in Office and ranks high among
the presidents, but when he was nom
| mated his fame was not to be compared
with chat enjoyed by Bryan.
Rutherford B. Hayes was the OBJ
scurest and smallest Republican ever
nominated for the chief magistracy of
the republic and committed grand lar
ceny to get the Office. He enjoys no
| fame He sleeps beneath a mountain of
infamy. Upon his tombstone should be
inscribed these words ''This man com
mitted the colossal crime of all the ages
against human liberty.
On the whole, after much reflection
and observation ON the subject | long
since concluded that public men, even
those of the opposing party, deserve to
| be fairly treated. So in my Topeka ban
| quet speech March 80, a speech which
was sent out by the Associated Press, /
stated that 'Mr. Mckinley is a gra-
cious. graceful, taetful, agreeable gen
/ tleman | am glad to repeat it now.
| Why should abuse him because we do
not agree on political questions No;
the goldbug organs simply succeed IN
degrading themselves by their constant
abuse and efforts to behttle the great
Democratic leader, the predestined
president of the United States.
Not long since, in a private converse
tion which | had with him, Governor
Lon v. Stephens uttered this sage re-
mark: eItreally appears that govern
| or of Missouri must die in order to be
appreciated He might have extended
| the scope of his remark so as to embrace
| American statesmen generally.
Hanna's Incredible Yarn.
Marcus A. Hanna presumes largely
ON the credulity of the American peo-
pie in asking them to believe that Gen
eral Aguinaldo desires to sell his inter
est in the Philippine war for the beg
CARLY sum of $500, 900 when everybody
knows that Mark and his partners in
the philanthropic work of benevolent
assimilation would jump at the chance
of closing deal with Aggie at ten
times thatnmaunt l have never been
the defender of Aguinaldo or his eulo-
gist. l take little stock in him or in
any Of his breed But it must be CON
ceded that he is not like sSut Luyin-
goods daddy "a natural born durn
fool So Marks tale is incredible.
utterly So Why, $500, 600 is just about
what this war costs in one day, and
Aggie, if he is ssout for the stuff, as
the expansionists insist, would be a
bigger fool than Thompson colt, which
swan the Mississippi to get drink
were he to settle with Mark at $500, coo
when he could just as easily get ten
times that sum. To borrow an express
sion from our New England scholars.
81 guess Mark got up that canard for
consumption among his Ohio constitu-
ents, who are showing signs of rafting
to John r. Mclean
When Silver Dick" Bland died, a
great many orators of more or less ca
pacity and renown took turn at en-
balming his virtues in the liquid amber
of their eloquence TO borrow phrase
from Hon Thomas Bracket Reed. So
far as l know, only one, Hon Robert
w. Morrow Of Jefferson City, has in
voked the muse in order to do honor to
Missouri S great eommoner Here are
his verses, which he entities "A Mon
ody' and which appear to me. who a.n
no poet, to deserve a wider circulation
than they have obtained
groan is heard. No more Missouri sleeps,
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