Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
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4 1earueu rnaU rne presldenr mas up-
pointed or IS about to appoint Bynum
to the vacancy on the codifying COM
mission in place Of Judge David
Browning Culberson of Texas, who re-
Gently departed this life. l don't be-
grudge Bynum the 5000 salary. If he
is appointed as Republican, which he
is, all well and good, but if he Is ap-
pointed as a Democrat, which he Is not,
l hope Democratic senators viii pre-
vent his confirmation.
1t is pitiful to think of what Bynum
is, a suppliant for the crumbs falling
from his Republican masters table.
and Of what he might have been, the
proud and beloved leader of the Indi-
ana Democracy, the successor In the
hearts of the Hoosiers of Thomas A.
Hendricks. the Philip Sidney OF the
American Democracy.
What the people of Indiana think OF
Governor Mount / do not know. He
may be to the taste of the Hoosier Re-
publicans as the old saying hath 1t. de
gustibus non est disputandum," which
being translated means. There is no
disputing about tastes" but he can rest
assured that honest men everywhere,
without regard to political affiliations,
believe that he has utterly disgraced
the high position which he holds and
earned the unspeakable contempt of all
decent people by refusing requisition
from Governor Beckham of Kentucky
IN, oil -
Kentucky to answer to an Indictment
as an accessory to the assassination OF
Governor William Goebel. That Beck
ham is governor no man can doubt
The supreme court of Kentucky SO de-
cided, two Republican judges concur
ring in the decision. The supreme
court of the United States so decided,
and there are only three Democrats
among the nine judges Of that high tri-
bunali
A Murderer Shielded.
Yet this man Mount is so keen to
shield an accessory to the foulest mur-
der committed in the last ten years re-
fuses a requisition because the crimi-
nal happens to be Republican. 1t is
inconceivable that baseness and stu
pidity can be carried any farther. And
what a miserable figure Taylor cuts!
A fugitive from justice in that state OF
which he was secretary OF state for
four years and governor de facto sever
al months. If he is innocent, why don't
he go home and demonstrate it? The
courts are open. The people of Ken
lucky love fair dealing and viii see to
1t that he gets a fair trial. Able and
fearless and upright judges are on the
bench. Yet he skulks In Indiana, afraid
to poke his dishonored head within the
confines of his native state. / did not
believe that Kentucky ever nurtured
such a shameless poltroon as that He
actually falls below the low level Of
the carpetbaggers and scalawags OF
the southern states during reeonstruc-
ton days. Ex-Governor Moses of South
Carolina was indicted for grand lar
ceny, but he had manhood enough to
stand trial He was convicted and
served a term in the penitentiary of
South Carolina and another term in
the penitentiary of Massachusetts for
another larceny. Another ex-governor
of South Carolina, also a Republican,
was indicted for murder or mansIaugh-
ter. He stood trial and was acquitted.
Ex-Governor Henry G. Yarmouth Of
Louisiana also killed man, stood trial
and was acquitted, but this poor crea-
lure Taylor, who was the beneficiary
Of Goebers assassination and who is
indicted as an accessory to it, hides in
Indiana and leaves the ignorant noun
taineers who did the deed for his be-
hoof and as it appears with his knowl-
edge and assistance to their ignomini-
Gus fate. But Kentuckians will have
more respect for the dead carcasses OF
his obscure and loyal tools dangling
from the gallows tree than for Taylor
hiding in Indiana.