Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-08-30
CHAMP CLARK LETTER
McKiniey's Moses Arises
In New Hampshire.
GREENE IS HIS APT NAME.
alexander, Caesar, Napoleon
and Mckinley"
GREENE IS HIS APT NAME.
IMPERIALISM SWALLOWED WHOLE.

IMPERIALISM SWALLOWED WHOLE
Position Of the Democratic PART,
Regarding the supreme Coart
Facts Established by Natural HIS
tory-Bryan's War Becord--why
the Democratic Candidate Dtd MOI
Go to Cuba.
Especial Washington letter.
All Bible readers are aware of the
fact that at least as long ago as the
Sayiour's birth there were wise men In
the east Indeed. back Of that was
| King Solomon, famous for his wisdom.
Others, both before him and since.
might be mentioned, but 1t would be a
work of supererogation But new
wise man has arisen suddenly In New
Hampshire whom wish to Introduce
70 My readers as the real thing. AS the
Republicans in congress are all broken
up and are busily aud angrlly seeking
a Moses to lead them out Of the wilder
ness into which the sugar trust and
! cigar trust led them on the Porto Rican
tariff bill, | volunteer my services "free
gratis for nothing" to announce to
them the glad tidings. "Eurekag t
have found him-their Moses, of whom
they are In such sore need. His name
Is ]. Alonzo Greene; his habitat Moul-
tonboro, In the old Granite State. He
Is a stem winder, and no mistake.
On the Cd day Of February, a. d.
1890, just after William j. Bryan had
finished his New England tour, Mr.
Greene delivered o speech In the city OF
Concord the place where Senators
GaLlingeF aud Chandler had their his
torie quarrel last summer and where
they came near to contributing to the
gayety Of nations and the prestige Of
the God and morality party by a game
Of fsticutfs. Nobody else hankeglng
after the colossal job Of answering
Bryan Mr.. Greene tackled It himself,
for on the front page Of the pamphlet
containing his speech Is this legend,
printed In characters so large that be
who runs may read: Speech OF ].
Alonzo Greene Of Moultopboro, N.
H., In reply to Colonel Wm. ]. Bryan
a Republican Moses.
One day in the glfty-tA congress
Jerry Simpson arose and very gravely
said: Mr.. Speaker there seems to be
some question as to who killed the Car
isle bond bill. Republicans deny doing
it. So do the Democrats. 10 remove all
doubt about Il openly confess Aew
and here that did it. | ass sune the
responsibility"
So with Mr.. Greene. He did it. He
Replied to Bryan. He says SO himself.
He may have had call to do ii, or he
may have thought, as millions of others
think, that the afty odd Republican
United States senators and one hun
dred and ninety odd Republican repre-
septatiyes in congress couldn't do it
So Mr. Greene assumed the patriotic
duty of going forth to do battle against
the redoubtable William Jennings; and
bearing aIeft the star spanglea banner
made Of his wife's sblue handker-
chiefs, red shawl and white pettieoat,"
he stood, like Horatius at the bridge,
Leonldas at Thermopyle, and Dayy
Crockett at the Alamo, aud delivered
his speech. Mr. Greene or somebody
else sent me two copies, for which
am profoundly grateful. 'Tis true that
| read only one, but it afforded me
more amusement than anything have
read since first perused Mark Twain's
side splitting story OF THE Jumping
Frog of Calaveras County" Yes, |
read it. as will more fully appear fur
ther along in this letter. Mr. Greene is
evidently a man of vast information.
Yhis he demonstrates by stating that
Governor AltgeId is frequently men,
toned as a Democratic nominee for
VICE president Now ! do not believe
that anybody ever mentioned Altgeld
for vice president If mentioned at all,
it was by Republicans; but Democrats
are too well informed not to know that
the constitution bars Altgeld from the
vice presidency BY reason Of bis birth
In foreign land.
Not satisfied with furn> @hing US that
chunk of history, Mr.. Greene causes
US to gasp for breath by stating that
jefferson purchased from France in
1893 all that great tract of land west
Of the lower Mississippi and Missouri
rivers" Now. Ii that was all that JEFF
ferson purchased how the deuce did
we get hold of all that large, rich body
Of land west Of the upper Mississippi
most of Missouri. all of Iowa, most of
Minnesota North and South Dakota7
Evidently before Brother Greene again
assumes to know 1t all and proceeds
to make any more replies to Bryan
or anybody else he owes it to suffer
ing world to rub up on the geography
OF his country unless be intends to
have his speeches regarded as works Of
the imagination which they are.
The Supreme Court,
We are further astonIshed by Mr..
Greene's statement that "the combi-
nation party as he denominates the
9pponents OF McHannaism, is in favor
of "a revolution Of the constitution
by the suppression OF the supreme
eourtF' That's an absurd falsehood.
He cannot produce the utterance of 8
representative Democrat. popuIist or
Free Silverite in favor of "suppressing
the supreme court lie can find many
VINO are Ia favor of reorganizing 1t and
not q few who think that Mr.. Justice
shiras disgractd himself and the court
By his sudden and miraculous judicial
somersault on the Income tax case.
A great many good Americans would
like to know, don't you know. why he