Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-17
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
NUMBER Q

rreasufy. me eoneesor Iouowed rnis up Dy re-
questing audience with the secretary and re.
ceived an invitation to call today
Being asked for explanation the collector
proceeded to define bis position. He told Secre-
tary Gage thss he did not think an examination
at this time would necessarily demonstrate the
fitness Of the officials to perform their duties
They had been employed in the customs service
nearly Il months and had thoroughly mastered
the details Of their work, and unless the secre-
tsry advised a compliance with the order he
would direct the special deputy and cashier not
TO pay any heed to the commission.
After listening to the collector the secretary
anquaiihedly indorsed his course. 1t appears
that Secretary Gage had not been consulted in
the matter, and the information conveyed BY Mr.
Stone news to him. The collector returned
to Baltimore and instructed the oficials to inform
the civil service commissioners that they would
refuse to submit to examination. A similar
notice was sent Collector Tzwes, at Cristeld, who
was also affected by the order.
Bad Penny Returns
II is an old saying That "a bad penny
always returns" and the Hon J. Ed
ward Addieks, popularity known as
"Gas Addicks,7 has crawIed out of his
hole In Delaware and once more i'm
pinged upon human vision. 1t was
fervently hoped by most people that
we had seen and heard the last Of Ad-
dicks, for next to Mark Hanna he is
perhaps the corruptest politician on
the face of the earth. According to
the Washington Post, Addicks claim
ed the senatorship from Delaware
open and above board on the ground
that he had purchased it. First and
last, no doubt a good many other SEN
ators have held seats by right OF pur-
chase, but they had too much respect
for the opinions of mankind to say so.
Mr.. Gas Addieks had no such deceney
and bluntly stated what he had in
mind The following dispatch will
show that he proposes to try his hand
at buying senatorship in the extreme
west as well as the extreme east:
Dover, Del, July 29.-The purchase Of L 200, 600
acres Of farming land in Arizona was consum-
mated today By J. Edward Addicks Of Delaware.
Mr.. Addicks bought the land from the Atchisou,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad people
Addieks must think that Arizona Is
going to be admitted into the Union as
a state, and he proposes to get in on
the ground floor. 1t would be a great
pity to have him go to Arizona and
demoralize the Digger Indians by his
crude ideas of morality. The govern
ment ought to squelch him or he win
bring it into disrepute
Patriotic people everywhere were
much grieved recently by the news
that the Hon Carl Schurz came near
dying from ptomaine poisoning TAX
en- all in all. Carl Schurz deserves well
of the American people. He is a good
deal of statesman, something of q
philosopher and a great deal of an
orator. He is perhaps the most dis
tinguished of all German American
citizens He has filed many high po-
sitions and filed them all with eclat
He was a major general in the army.
minister to Madrid, a senator of the
United States from Missouri and sec
retary of the interior under Hayes
Missourians remember him most kind
ly because he was one of the patriotic
men who helped break the yoke one
Charles D. Drake fastened on the neck
of the people. OF late years he has
been editor of Harper's Weekly and
has devoted all his time to literature.
He speaks the best book English of
any man in America. and it is hoped
that he has many years of life and use
fulness before him.