Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
NUMBER 40

Declaration OF independence, the adop-
tion of the constitution and Washing
toms Inauguration.
AS the mighty Frederick said of his
lllustrious ancestor, the Great EIector.
so 1t may be said Of Dewey with equal
truth, ''This man did great things
From the hour he fired his first gun
in Manila bay to the present hour
Dewey has done nothing but win gold
en- opinions on every hand. His last
act adds to the loving esteem and per-
feet admiration in which all men hold
him. When his friends or those as
suming to be his friends proposed to
raise funds TO buy or build him fine
home in Washington, with the good
sense for which he is proverbial, he
declined the splendid gift and asked
the originators of the scheme to use
the fund to establish a hospital for dis
abled seamen. Such disinterestednes
as his Is much rarer than the courage
which he displayed at Manila and ap-
peals with irresistible force not only to
the heart, but to the good sense Of the
American people. Others who have
sprung into temporary fame and no
toriety will soon be forgotten, but
Dewey win become a larger figure CON
stantly as the years steal into the cen
turtles
Democratic Creed.
When Rev. Sam Small was contem-
plating starting a Democratic paper
in Washington, which he did not start,
he asked me to give in the fewest
words possible an answer to the ques-
ton, why 1 am Democrat" which
I did as follows:
Il am Democrat because.
"The principles of Democracy con-
stitute the essence of government Of
the people, by the people and for the
people;
Democracy is the only hope of con-
stitutional government on this conti-
nent and throughout the world;
Democracy means the least quanti-
ty of government compatible with the
maintenance, well being and progress
Of society;
Democracy means return to the
simplicity of the fathers in official sta
ton;
Democracy is the only firm and con-
sistent foe of socialism. paternalism,
anarchy and class legislation;
Democracy means the political
equality of all men and that one set OF
our citizens shall not be enriched by
legislation to the impoverishment Of
all others;
Democracy means perfect honesty
and strict economy in the public serY-
ice-Iess taxes and more money-to the
end that the condition of the toilers of
the land may be bettered;
Democracy means Jefferson's wise
and successful foreign policy-peace.
commerce and honest friendship with
all nations, entangling alliances with
none;
Democracy means restoration OF
the American flag to the rich empire Of
the high seas. from which ii has been
banished by the greed, stupidity and
maladministration of the enemies OF
Democracy;
Democracy means freedom Of con
science, freedom of speech, freedom
of the press and freedom of the ballot
and holds as among the highest crimes
any interference with or coercement of
the suffrages of the people;
Democracy means an enlargement
and enforcement of the Monroe doc
trine until it shall become an irresisti-
Bile power among all the nations of the
earth;
Democracy means that all govern
ments must respect our flag and the
inviolability of our citizens wherever
shey may sojourn or whithersoever
they may travel until the sentence. I
am an American, shall become a safer
passport than was the far famed sRo-