Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-11

hfOfSttcht Win tu6 pIeuIctlOu OF
panic greater even than that of 1893
So much for wind bag prosperity.
Let it be remembered that the fore
going jeremiad was not delivered at
free silver banquet in the wee sma
hours of the morning by William Jen-
nings Bryan, whom the thick and thin
ners denounce as mountebsnk and
fakir. or by Allen O. Myers Of Ohio,
whom they denominate as an anarchist,
or by Champ Clark of Missouri, whom
they falsely charge with being calam-
ity bowler No. Tt was written by a
stanch advocate of imperialism, gold
buggery and Dingley tariff. He out
Herods Herod, and not satisfied with
taking gloomy view of the present
situation predicts panic worse than
that Of 1898. which God forfendl |
leave his remarks with my critics and
leave them to fight it out, and / will
take about as much interest in the con-
test as did the old woman who, while
her husband and bear were engaged
in life and death struggle, with amaz-
ing imperturbability and perfect impair
tiality encouraged both TO do their
level best by shouting: ssGo it, husband !
Go it, bear" The Republican editors
who discover universal prosperity be-
cause they are postmasters surely will
not have the cheek to denounce the ed
itor of The United States Investor as
lunatic, anarchist or calamity howler.
Perish the thought
BY Force OF Bayonets.
Being lawyer, / have fallen into the
habit Of marshaling the facts Of the
case. Therefore, in addition TO the
above, I will marshal few more. /
will give them verbatim as they appear
in the press reports, SO that it cannot
be charged that have manipulated OF
mutilated them in any way
PANA, Ills. April 12.-The control of the
military is absolute in This city, all civil au-
thority represented by the local police and
sheriff's office having been relinquished to
Colonel Culver, in command of the Fifth Hi
nois infantry. All three OF the mines resumed
work this morning. There is no prospect OF
moiestation of any kind while the troops are
here. 1t is not possible to predict, however,
that peace will continue upon their with
QIdHdA- - u htt1t Ol OHlCdSOs q Ile1nDcE Ol
the state board of arbitration, has arrived
from Springfield as an emissary of Governor
Tanner. His report of the conditions here may
lead TO action of some sort ON the part ol
Governor Tanner locking to something more
than a temporary restoration of peace between
the locked out union men and Pana operators
This morning at o'clock the funeral Of Xa.
vier Leeoq was held from st. Patrick's Cafho
lie church. The union miners turned out in
full force. Frank Cobuln was buried this aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock.
Query-Is the new brand of prosper
ity a kind which it is necessary tc
maintain by the bayonet If not, why
does the foregoing dispatch from Pana
open with the ominous statement that
1.-THE control of the military is absolute
in this cityf If that is the sort Of
prosperity of which we hear so much, a
patriot should not be maligned for moi
rejoicing at it. The dispatch proceeds
cheerily; There is no prospect of mo-
Iestation of any kind while the troops
are here. 1t is not possible to predict,
however, that peace will continne upon
their withdrawal. 1t appears to me
that the peace at Pana, Ills, is much
Of the same sort as the Poles had when
a Russian general dispatched his gov.
ernment, "Peace reigns in Warsaw.
Yes, peace; but it was the peace OF
death. Now, I humbly submit that il
it requires a regiment of soldiers tC
bring prosperity to every little town in
the United States and keep it there
100, 600 soldiers will not be enough to
accomplish the purpose, and the presi-
dent will be compelled to ask congress
for more authority to enlist men ad
libitum, and even TO draft them. in or
der that they may carry peace and pros
perity to every hamlet in the land and
until the continent shall tremble under
! the tread of armed men.
Free speech Stim Prevails
The trouble with Republican postof1ee
editors is that freedom of speech still
prevails and people will talk For in
stance. my good friend Hon. William Fl.
Hinrichsen, popularity called Buck, .
in speaking of the state of affairs in Il
| linois. which state of affairs grows
largely out of Republican prosperity a;
manifested at Pana, says:
1.-The Democrats will carry Ilinoi:
in the next election by not less thar
100. 600. This will not be as difficult as
it may seem if you take into censidera.
ton the split in the Republican ranks
and the deep rooted animosities from
which it springs.
S.The Republicans in the state are
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Tanner factions and if they do not &c
into the next campaign with united
party they are bound TO lose That
they will never be able to fix up their
differences is well known to all of us
who understand the underlying prinei-
pies of the fight now being waged
against Tanner.
'sCarter Harrison, mayor of Chicago,
will be the Democratic candidate fol
governor. Nothing can stop his nomi-
nation now that Altgeld has been elm
mated in such a manner as to make il
impossible for him to come to the front
either for veal or woe
81 think, in all my experience in Illi-
nois politics. / never saw as pretty a
campaign as this one is shaping itself
to be- 1t is simply a case of the people
doing the work The candidates already
indorsed at the polls will be promoted
or rewarded with another term for their
faithful services, and in politics moth
ing is more gratifying than that. 1t is
good thing. too, for it takes away
from the nominations any semblance of
their having been accomplished by the
politicians
1--WE have gone over the field careful
", and we figure that we have already
wrought change of 100. geo votes in
Chicago alone. With start like this it
will be impossible for the Republicans
to elect their candidates. even if there
were no votes changed in the state. =
Now, it must be confessed that
Buck is silver lunatic. but, then,
it must also be confessed that he knows
as much about Illinois politics as any
man in the state, and, what is more, be
ranks second to General Charles n.
Grosvenor alone as prophet Most as
suredly, if Buck is to be believed. this
newfangled Republican prosperity has
reduced Illinois Republicans to woe
ful plight
Peculiar Good Times.
The following brief dispatch would
seem to Indicate that Mckinley pros