Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-12-14
CHAMP aARKIS ETIER
Two Hungry and Palpi-
tating Patriots.
BYNUM AND PATTERSON.
They Are Now Numbered With
the Has Beens.
THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAMME.

Adoption of the Reed Rules shows
That Everything win Be Railroad
ed-Republicans DocIIe TO Masters
Lash--BaIIey's Proposed Amend
Prosperity.
Especial Washington letter.
The famous couplet,
Two souls with but single thought.
Two hearts that beat as one,
is descriptive of the condition In which
those two hungry and palpitating pa
triots, Hon. William D. Bynum of In
diana and Hon. Josiah Patterson OF
Tennessee, have found themselves for
the last three years. Their oneness
consisted of u consuming craving to
get seat at the pie counter. AT last
they have both landed on an eligible
seat. Bynum Is to be an appraiser Of
customs in New York, with $500 per
annum, while Josiah must content
himself with being Shiloh park COM
missioner, with s., 600 per annum and
perquisites. This is not treating JOSH
ah fairly, but | guess that he thinks
ANY port is good in a storm" When
he thinks of what be is-a beggar for
the crumbs which fall from his mas
ter's table-and what he was-the
proud representative of a proud con-
stituency-he has ample cause to re-
feet on the cost of cuckooism. Hon.
Ed W. Carmack ought to pick out
beautiful site in Memphis and there
on erect to Josiah's memory a monu-
ment which should bear this legend:
This man laid the broad foundations
OF my fame by contesting my cleo
ton to congress. thereby giving me the
golden opportunity of making the
speech of my life" That's precisely
what Josiah did The speech which
Carmac& made on that occasion at
once gave him front rank in the house.
He might have toiled on for years
without reaching his present splendid
status had it not been for Josiah's mis-
placed confidence In the Republicans
whom he had served so faithfully. Jo-
siah loved the golden calf not wisely,
but too well. so he drops back with a
dull. sickening thud into the swollen
ranks of the has beens." and Carmack
goes bounding along on the shining
pathway to renown.
I Republican Programme.
Railroad eyerythingP' is clearly the
programme Of the Republicans of the
Fifty-sixth congress. That was clearly
demonstrated on the first day Of the
session when, after a few moments
debate, they adopted the Reed rules
by strict party vote for the whole
term, which shows that they are get
ting more docile to the masters lash
as the years go by. for at the begin
ming of the Fifty-hfth congress, with
81 majority over all and with the auto
cratic Reed himself at their head. they
dared only TO adopt the Reed rules
temporarily, with anassurance that this
temporary adoption would last for pc
riod of about 80 days. True, they dilly-
dallied along, never did report a code
of rules and by that course of double
dealing did keep the Reed rules
throughout that congress. have al
ways believed and do now believe that
at the beginning of that congress the
Reed rules could have been modified,
for the opposition to them inside the
Republican majority was bitter. strong
and led by Colonel William Peters Hep
burn of Iowa and Hon. Joseph Henry
Walker Of Massachusetts, two capable
men and hard fighters. have always
believed and do now believe that the
N 4 4,
porarily" to throw sand in the eyes Of
that illustrious pair and that they were
shamefully hornswoggled in the trans
action. Now. openly and aboveboard,
at the beginning of this congress that
same code of Reed rules is passed for
| the whole term without q dissenting
Republican vote. Colonel Hepburn con-
senting and Joseph Henry Walker hav-
ing fallen outside the breastworks in
the melancholy days Of November,
1898. Colonel Hepburn and Speaker
| Henderson are bosom crOnies- Hep
burn is part of the power behind the
| throne, but he bases his action on the
caucus decision But it all goes to
show that "railroading" is to be the
| 0r0ef OF lne gay anu tuAt Il leStsiatiFe
| triumvirate." as Bailey of Texas de
nominates the speaker and his two Re
| publican confreres on the committee
on rules. is TO be supreme unless on
some fateful occasion a handful of Re
publicans summon up enough courage
to break the yoke and declare their in
| dependence. which is not likely to hap
pen, as independence of character is
not the strong point of Republican con-
| gressmen.
Batley'A Protest.
In discussing the adoption of the
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