Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-04-06


ance than Mr. Bailey's speech at the
close Of the Fifty fifth congress propos-
ing a resolution thanking Mr.. Reed
for bis conduct as speaker, which reso-
luton was unanimously passed, being
voted for by many as good Democrats
as ever lived. Mr. Bailey said:
1T is an admirable trait Of the
American character, and it is one which
will contribute much toward the per-
manence of our institutions, that, no
matter how we may contend against
each other over our differences Of opin-
ion, each is always ready to accord to
the other whatever praise may be de-
| served. This commendable spirit has
led some shallow men to criticise us
because they could not comprehend how
we could so strenuously combat the
principles Of our adversaries and still
respect those adversaTies themselves.
These men do not know that large
| majority of the men in every part of
this country believe that a large ma
| jority Of the men in every other party
are sincerely anxious to promote our
country's welfare. And cut of this
broader spirit has grown a custom
which is as old as the house itself that
in the closing hours of every session
there shall be offered resolution like
that which now send to the clerks
desk. .
The Speaker Pro Tempore-The clerk
will report the resolution offered by the
gentleman from Texas
The clerk read as follows:
Resolved, That the thanks Of this house are
rendered TO the Hon. Thomas B. Reed for the
able, impartial and dignifed manner in which
he has presided over its deliberations and per
| formed the ardaous and important duties Of
the chair
Mr.. Bailey-Mr Speaker, we have
not always agreed with the distinguish
ed occupant of the chair, and we have
taken more than one occasion to EN-
phasize our dissent; but, remembering
the momentous questions which have
| confronted us and remembering. too,
the intense excitement which they
aroused throughout the country as well
as in this hall, the wonder is that those
occasions We're so few. and in this hour
of impartial retrospect do not hesitate
to say that he has been as fair tous and
to our side as any one of us, were our
| positions reversed, would have been to
him and to his side. / move the adop-
tion of the resolution which has inst
been read.
Public Economy.
Amy man who undertakes to save the
peoples money is fippantly referred to
| by fin de desieclestatesmena asa s'cheesepar-
ing demagogue. but nevertheless econ
omy in public expenditures lies at the
root of all enduring prosperity There
may be now what the doctors would
denominate sporadic cases of prosperity
in this country. / have no doubt that
| the distinguished statesmen who re
Gently had their rendezvous in Jekyl
island, otherwise known as the recrea-
tion ground of multimillionaires, are
/ prosperous. but that any measure of
/ general prosperity has come TO the great
body of the people is proposition that
/ cannot be maintained.
Printing flaming advertisements in
| metropolitan papers. even in the guise
of editorials. announcing that prosperity
has arrived, fails to prove the truth of
! the statement to the men who, though
toiling industriously in summers heat
and winters cold and eeonomizing to
the utmost, still find themselves sinking
deeper and deeper into debt as the years
go by.
! wish to heaven prosperity, uni
versal and abiding, would come 1 care
not who brings it, so it comes. I would
acclaim it cheerfuIly. Justify and CRATE
fully if brought about by William Nc
Kinley and a Republican congress as 1
would if produced By William Jen
nings Bryan and Democratic congress.
From the bottom cf my heart / wish
President Mckinley well. He is a most
gracious. tactful and pleasant gentle
man; but, unless he and the Fifty-sixth
congress do more to fulfil the multi
farious and gorgeous promises of 1896
than he and the Fifty fifth congress
have done it will become the agreeable
and patriotic duty of President Bryan
and the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth
congresses to induct the country into
an era Of general and enduring prosper
ity. With Bryan in the chair of Wash
ington, Jefferson and jackson and with
a congress in sympathy with him, the
people will come into their own again,
and government of trusts, by trusts and
| for trusts will vanish like an ugly dream
from the American continent forever.
How to Gain Prosperity.
There are two ways of propagating
prosperity among the masses-(t) by
passing laws wise and just 50 that they
may receive more money for their la
Dor; {2) TO cut down the taxes, so that
icss Cf what thy do earn shall be taken
eJm them by the strong arm of the
! government This latter method Of en-
abling people to make buckle aud
tongue meet. e. by economizing-
never seems to commend itself to Re
publicans. They cannot get that Demo
cratic theory through their heads.
Their masters who furnish the Doodle
to debauch the suffrage will not let
them economize, for where they con-
tribute a dollar to Mark Hanna's camp
/ chest they demand thousands of pub
| lie treasure in return The men who
furnish Doodle for Republican cam
pajgns do not do it for love of country
or for their health or for amusement.
With them it is a matter of business
pure and simple. They demand their
pound Of flesh inevitably and re-
morselessly.
If the people are to have economy in
the public service. there is one way, and
only one, to secure it. and that is to
restore Democrats to power in every
branch Of the federal government
a Phrase That Win Live.
The latest manifestation Of Republic
anism is found in the history Of the
Fifty-fifth congress. which has Just
passed into odoriferous history. 1t is
astounding to study the appropriation
bills of the Fifty-fifth congress and to
undertake to comprehend what Demo
cratic member feIicitously termed the
riotous total of expenditures. That's
a phrase which will live in literature
ard in history. It was not only riot
ous total, it was wicked and wanton
waste Of the people money. for let it
never be forgotten that dollar means
hard days labor from the rising of
the sun 10 the going down thereof by
an American citizen somehow, some-