Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-03
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role Of ostrich and, hiding their head
in the sand, they have shifted discus
sion as to that question, they are reck-
oning without their host They viii
have to debate that question, never fear,
and to explain the presidents change OF
mind and heart and Mr.. Chairman
Serene 3. Payne's lofty somersault and
the mental acrobatic feats Of certain
other Republican statesmen
Great Acrobaties.
1t was. however, when they struck
the trust question that the Ohio plat
form builders achieved their greatest
success In aerobatics. / don't know
whether to give General Grosvenor
credit for this. as the press reports say
It was added to the platform brought
from Washington" However that may
be, regard it as gem. Here 1t is:
The Republican party Of Ohio stands committed
to legislative and executive opposition to the
threatening combinations Of capital that seek to
restrict competition and stide independent pro-
ducers- We invite within our borders the capital
istic investments that are material to the indus-
trial development Of the state and the largest en-
ployment Of labor, but we insist that injurious
trusts shall be regulated from time to time and
be 50 restricted TO guarantee immunity from hurt
ful monopoly and assure fair treatment and pro-
lection to all competing industries.
I defy any mortal man to tell what
It means 1t appears to be an attempt
to be all things to all men, thereby
hoping to win some. 1t makes one diz-
~ to try TO fathom it. People not I'M
mune TO the vertigo and apoplexy win
leave 1t severely alone.
Self Nominated Boss.
There is one thing about the recent
Ohio Republican convention to which
/ wish to particularly call the pro-
found. prolonged and prayerful atten-
ton of Hon. William Eaton Chandler.
senior senator from New Hampshire.
as well as adviser in general to the
universe and to the Republican party
in particular 1t is the miraculous
manner in which Hon. Marcus A. Han
na "effaced" himself. It win be re-
membered that some months ago Sem
ator Chandler informed Senator Han
ma by an open letter, public interview
or some such document that the best
way to insure success for the Republic
an party was for the former to -Aeffaee
himself" At that time | pointed out
to the Granite Mountain statesman
and philosopher that he was seeking
the unattainable" after the manner Of
Boston transcendentalists; that invent
ing perpetual motion, extracting noon
beams from green cucumbers, binding
its odor to the lily or the sea to slum-
Der stilly-all this was dead easy
easy as falling off log, and slippery
log at that-compared to the job he
had undertaken of inducing Senator
Hanna to "efface himself" The task
Of Sisyphus and the labors of Hercules
were holiday performances when
brought into competition with the
work Of effacing Mark or Of inducing
that illustrious patriot to "efface him
self" Now, am in position to say to
Senator Chandler, 81 told you So"
Mark did some "effacing" at CoIum-
bus. but by what must appear a strange
process to Senator Chandler it was the
other fellow Mark teffaced" and not
himself. Mark doesn't object to doing
political murder. but he draws the
line at political suicide. It isn't re-
corded that Marks great prototype,
the Old Man of the Sea. destroyed him
self. Au contraire. as our Gallo friends
would say. Sindbad gave him the coup
de grace. guess Senator Chandler
has read that entrancing story.
Mark challenges admiration by the
open manner in which he practices in
the last year Of the nineteenth cen
tury-if not the fist of the twentieth
that some men-lnost men-are born
into this world to be ridden and 9TH
ers-very few-are born, booted and
spurred, to ride the many Mark is
the self nominated boss rider.