Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
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From our Regular Correspondent

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From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov, II, 1900.
Democratic Senators and Representatives
who have been in Washington since the
election have not been disposed to talk for
publication on the result not because they
are discouraged or that they consider the
future Of the Democratic party in either
doubt Or danger, but on the general prin-
eiple that it is always good policy for the
defeated party to let the other fellows do
the talking for awhile, just as they will
have to do the legislating and administrat-
ing Of the country for awhile For the
same reason they think the talk about re-
organizing the Democratic party, which has
been INDUCED in to limited extent since
the election, premature at this time. The
best policy for the Democrats to adopt for
awhile is to keep a careful watch on the
Republicans, show up every blunder they
make, and do. whole lot OF thinking. 1t
will be two years before there is another
Congressional election, and until then the
Democrats will have no opportunity to get
control of any branch Of the National Gov
eminent The gentlemen who are talking
about holding conventions, etc., for a re-
organization Of the party at this time are
doubtless perfectly honest and wholly I'M
selfish in their wishes for the future welfare
of the party, but if they persist they will
surely be suspected by many Of being more
anxious to get the party reins in their hands
than of really helping the party. Party
re-organizations, so far as leaders and prin-
ciples are concerned, are things which gem
orally take care of themselves, as has been
demonstrated more than once in the history
of the Democratic party, and doubtless will
be again. Party upheavels, which are
genuine, usually start from the bottom
the rank and file of any party know how to
change leaders when they consider it desir-
able or necessary to do so.
Secretary Root has gone to Cuba, and for
two reasons his going has caused much
gossip in Washington, where it is believed
to be connected with matters of Importance
relating to the future of Cuba. The first
of these reasons is that the Cuban Constitu-
tionaI Convention is now in session in
Havana, and the second is that this is con-
sidered the unhealthy season in Cuba
Mr.. Roots health has not been robust since
he had that operation performed on him a
month or two ago, and he would hardly
have chosen this season for his visit to
Cuba, unless his going was important.
Just $100,000 more Of good American
money will be invested in the Philippines
If the Senate ratifes tie treaty signed by
Secretary Hay and the Spanish Minister,
which binds this country to pay Spain that
amount for three small islands located just
outside of the boundaries set by the treaty
which ceded the Philippine Islands to the
United States
The orders sent to Gen. Macarthur, from
Washington, to take the field in person in
the new campaign that is to be waged
against the Philippine insurgents as soon as
the rainy season ends over there, show that
the Administration takes no serious stock
in the statement constantly made during
the campaign that the reelection Of Mr..
Mckinley would be followed by the col
lapse of the revolution. That was good
enough talk for campaign purposes, but
now the orders are to fight it to a finish.
In ordering Gen. Macarthur to take the
field in person, Gen. Otis, who was so gem
orally criticised for not doing so, is indi-
rectly given side swipe
Gossip has mortgaged several Cabinet
portfolios in the second Mckinley Admins
tration. AS told in Washington, these
stories make Mr. w. w. Gibbs, Of Philadel-
phia, who helped Hanna squeeze the rich
men and corporations Of that town, just as
St. John Wanamaker did previous to his
entrance Of the Harrison Cabinet, the holder
of one Of these mortgages, and some 90 so
far as to say that Mr. Gibbs is to become
Secretary Of the Treasury If he does, it
will be an awful throw-down for Secretary
Gage, who had understood that he was to
remain at the head of the Treasury, or he
would not have fathered those freak inter
views given cat during the campaign to
alarm the business interests of the country
1t is now practically admitted by Repub-
licans that the talk previous TO the election
of repeal of the war taxes was nothing
more than a campaign bluff. A call for the
Ways and Means Committee OF the House,
TO meet on the Doth inst, has been issued
The bill the committee will prepare will
merely revise the war taxes-solne campaign
obligations are to be paid that way-and
will not repeal all Of them The Republic
cans know very we'll that with the total
appropriated by the last session of Congress
of 1914, 600, 900 and the probability that
larger sum will be appropriated by the
coming session, all or nearly all Of the
money produced by the war taxes will be
needed. The bill prepared by the commit
tee will probably reduce the war taxes in
the interests of favored classes, something
like $4,000, 900 or $40, 100000 year, but
the bulk Of those taxes will have to be paid
by the people for an indefinite period
The royalist Republicans, if such term
be allowable, are already talking about
making Mr.. McKinley's second inaugura-
ton an event Of regal splendor and magnif-
cence. Mr.. L. P. Kitchener, of Indiana,
who practices law in Washington in part
nership with Gen. w. w. Dudley, is franker
than many of them He said in a public
interview about the Inauguration: We
should strive to excel in the glory of that
day the splendor Of the jubilee Of England's
Queen.