Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-03
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The Press dispatches continue: 'sSen-
ator Gallinger, trembling with rage,
dared Senator Chandler to repeat the
statement outside the room. Chandler,
ever quick to resent an insult advanced
toward Senator Gallinger with clinched
fists. Gallinger was equally aggressive,
and just as blows were about to be ex-
changed, each of the senators was
caught by friends and then ensued a
struggle to prevent them from coming
together in fist fight Could any
thing be more astounding or more-de-
hcious2 What sense is there in Tom
O ROurke securing all creation TO find
bruisers who viii draw a paying house
in prizefght when here are two SEN
ators of the United States from New
Hampshire struggling to punch each
others noses2. Tom should at once
eschew James J. Jeffries, James J. Cor
bett. Thomas Sharkey, Robert Fitzsim-
mons, Peter Maher, Kid Mccoy, George
Dixon and all the rest of the common
pugs and at once add to his stable Of
fighters these illustrious conscript fa-
theirs from New Hampshire. They
would draw such house as was never
seen or heard off at ringside since the
pugilistic art was first invented The
bard of Avon says:
There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which. taken at the food, leads on to fortune.
Such a tide now comes to Tom
O'Rourke in the chance to exhibit two
senators of the United States in the
squared circle. If he is such an ass as
to neglect this golden opportunity for
wealth beyond the dreams Of avarice, 1
shall shed no tears if he dies in the
poorhouse.
In this great mill advise both SEN
ator Chandler and Senator Gallinger to
solicit the prayers Of that other illus
trious New Englander, John L. Sulli-
van.
AIger Forced out.
At last after sore travail President
Mckinley is about to rid himself of Mr..
Secretary of War General Russell A.
Alger. Now, if he could get up nerve
enough to hire somebody to kidnap
Marcus A. Hanna, the president would
deserve the hearty congratulations Of
the American people, most Of whom
wish him well individually
1t appears from the press dispatches
that General Alger was not forced out
Of his fat and responsible Office on ac-
count of the wretched and seandalous
manner in which the war department
has been conducted, but because he
formed political alliance offensive and
defensive, with Governor Hazen S. Pin
gree, who, like Collins celebrated ram,
is man of his own head and therefore
persona non grata to the powers that be.
So poor Alger shares the fate Of Old
Dog Tray. He is tipped because he was
in what the administration considers
bad company. I wonder if he ever read
Byron lines on sweetness, in which
the noble lord declares inter ala,
''Sweet is revenge If General Alger
should take it into his pate TO even up
tsiings with the administration and
should pass the hat around as success
fully for Pirgree as he did for McKin-
ley, he might make d formidable presi-
dential candidate of the gubernatorial
Michigander. AS the French say, Nous
verrons. Yes, we shall see what we
see. But if Alger should take that tack
what woeful plight it would put poor
old John Sherman in He would like to
even up with Hanna for squeezing him
out. But, then, he put it in his book
that Alger stole, bought and carried off
his colored delegates at Chicago in 1888.
In such an emergency John would have
to flee to the woods and take it out in
plain, old fashioned cussing. Swearing
is undoubtedly bad, wicked habit,
but it is great relief sometimes, a.
John S illustrious brother, General VIII
liam Teeumseh, understood full well