Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-28
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Worthy the name, first champion in the field.
When others in the cause failed, wavered, reeled,
His was the tireless arm, the dauntless eye,
mistaken faith, exhaustless energy,
The tongue that never sounded the retreat,
The courage bold that never knew defeat
Which dared the powers Of Mammon and Of men
And flung the banner high again, again,
While nations wondered, senates sat dismayed
And all the lowiy ones their homage paid.
Let gratitude, then, from the spacious scene
OF his activities his merits CLEAN
And, the relics Of 4 work sublime,
Inurn them gainst the rayages OF time,
And let the stately, graceful column rise
High Ger the place where the lost leader lies.
Though needs not he the ehiseI's Vaunting praise
Or testimony Of stone witnesses
To shield his name from dark oblivion.
Justice still lives, and Fame will guard her own.
Sure is his guerdon, solid his reward,
Reserved for him posterity's regard,
Lose name is written on the human heart,
Whose deeds remain his monuments. part
OF his own country's proudest history,
To be rehearsed and emulated aye
And one who knew him well nor loved him less
Than those who greater reverence profess
There's who'd weave little ehaplet here
OF laures, nloistened with affections tear,
And lay it offering Of the heart
Or protest gainst the mockeries Of a.
And affeetation, on the sepulcher
OF him whose aim was high and purpose pure
Democrats Preparing For 1900.
Democrats everywhere seem to be
girding up their loins for the great bat
tie of 1900. In my last letter gave an
account of the two days tristate camp
meeting at Palmyra. Mo. The papers
are now full of advance notices Of the
national Democratic carnival to be held
at Dallas, Tex, ON the I'd and Sd of
October, to which just about all of the
Democratic big guns in the land are in
vited If one-half of the orators who
have been invited attend and speak, it
win be the greatest carnival of eratory
that the world ever saw.
The Globe-Democrat which is not
very good authority ON Democratic sub
jects, declares that under the manage
ment of Hon. Sam B. Cook Of Missouri
the ways and means committee Of the
national committee has already accu-
mulated a fund of $500, 900 and that
by the time the campaign opens it will
amount to 81 600, 600 This is certainly
good news, if true, for the campaign of
1896 was made almost entirely without
money. In that great campaign the
Democrats didn't have money enough
to send ont literature or to pay the
campaign expenses of speakers who
were too poor to pay their own ex-
penses. In this day and generation a
good deal of money can be used legiti-
mately in campaign. The sending out
of literature, the organization of clubs,
the taking of polls Of the voters. purg
ing of the registration lists, the con-
Quoting Of stumping campaigns, all
cost money and are all legitimate. 1t
win be great satisfaction to know
that we have money enough to do these
things and to do them well, but / am
rather inclined to believe that The
Globe-Democrat' 8 estimate is too large.
When it comes to raising money, the
Democrats are not in it with the Re
publicans 1t was estimated that Mark
Hanna had a campaign fund of $10,-
900, 900 in 1896. The Republicans go to
the large manufacturers, bankers, con-
tractors and benefciaries of the trusts
and fry the fat out of them in large
gobs, whereas the fund for the DEM
ocratic campaign which Colonel Cook
is raising comes in in small dribs, the
free viii Offering of the rank and file Of
the party Most people are asked to
contribute only 81 per month for -
months A few, such as representatives,
and senators in congress and other Off
cials, contribute somewhat more. Occa-
sionally Democrat is found who Is
able to contribute 500 or more and a
few, very few, $1,000, though doubt
exceedingly if any one person has con-
tributed as much as the last named
sum. But every little helps, so let the
vood work go on.