Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-02
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NUMBER 13

Then MARI g1yes IorJn this lugubr1OIIs
howl: ''The Democrats would have yoa
believe that they Chat is, the trusts
are terrible anacondas that viii swaI-
low us all up Which last sentence
Mark evidently intends as solemn
warning to his hearers not to be weaned
from support of the trusts by wicked
Democrats, for Marks heart is forever
bleeding for the poor, imperiled victims
of guileful Democrats. Indeed he some
times in his self assumed role Of uni
versal guardian for the American peo-
pie is compelled to interpose his pow
erful arm and tongue Of fire to shield
certain innocent persons from the wick
ed wiles Of certain ungodIy Republic
ans For example, he publicly and
wrathfully declared that the suggestion
that Admiral Dewey should suffer him
self to become the Republican presiden
tial nominee was an insult to that i'm
mortal hero which he Mark would
punish properly. But the suggestion
that Dewey should be elected governor
of Vermont appears by some strange
concatenation of events to have escaped
Marks Argus eye, for if a suggestion
for the presidency is an insult to Dewey
such as to bring down Marks displeas-
ure upon the defenseless heads of the
suggestors what in heavens name viii
Mark do to the idiots who infiet the
greater insult upon Dewey by suggest
ing him for governor of Vermont
PeonIe f1penIx Deffed
have studied eratory and orators
great deal in my time from Demosthenes
on the crown down to Mckinley swing
ing round the circle. but / do not re-
member to have seen anything equal to
Mark Hanna's Grafton as an open de-
fianee of the people except when the
late William M Tweed propounded his
famous query, What are the people
going to do about it9'' He found out,
and during term in the penitentiary
had ample time to reflect upon his own
dishonesty. impotence and fate. Mark
Hanna, boss extraordinary to the Re
publican party, would do well to con
slider Boss Tweed and be wise.
In the early summer the Ohio Re
publicans in convention assembled de-
clared against the trusts. In October
their great leader declares for them.
There is one rattling good thing about
Marks Cleveland speech-he therein
and thereby makes it clear as crystal
where he and his party stand on the
trust question. Nash, who is the Re-
publican candidate for governor, is
purely Mark s creature, his manservanf.
his catspaw If the people of Ohio elect
him now, they will have nobody 70
blame for it but themselves. They can t
hereafter even have the poor excuse
that they were deceived. Mark has tax
en- that refuge away from them He is
the friend of trusts. He regards them
as step forward He says that they
are ON the increase. and he deems them
a necessity of the future a natural
and healthful result of business evelu
tion.
Do the people anywhere believe any
such tommyrotT I guess not. Do they
believe that Mark would have dared to
make that bald and bold declaration il
favor of trusts were he not absolutely
certain that thai would Is the position
taken by Republicans next year Not
much. as he would not be willing TO
risk Mckinley S presidential scalp By
any silly experimentation IN oraEery
or by running counter 70 the current Of
Republican sentiment.
1t is well for people to remember the
three positions taken by Republicans
this year on trusts first. trusts were
wrong and should be busted; secondly,
some trusts are good. some bad, and the
good should be retained the bad crush
ed; thirdly, Mark says they are all
good.
He serves them on the Scriptural
principle that "the OK knoweth his
owner and the ass his masters crib !"