Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-08-23
NUMBER 8

geroas to our Institutions and woald Inevitably
involve Us in endless complications. eusrrels and
wars We cannot afford to jeopardize cur own
liberty in any such Wild, reckless and wicked
manner.
Now, that is a very rational state
ment notwithstanding Colonel Council.
iy's structures on it. / undertake TO
say that it is a great deal easier to call
me names because Of the above than to
show NE wherein lies what he is pleas
ed TO cali It's blatant idioey." The
colonel also seems angered because I
said, 4 don't care bauble about
Aguinaldo and the FIipinos. Ses,.
what the deuce is the matter with the
colonel I can't tell.
Wolf In Disguise.
The real thing sticking in the eraw
Of The Commercials Appeal is that I
am Democrat and It is not though
it claims to be. Colonel Connolly is
very able man. but if he is a Democrat
he ought to quit editing that paper if
he is a Republican, he ought to quit
calling the sheet a Democratic news
paper. Perhaps a liver regulator would
do him good Another thing-he
should rub up on his geography, as he
seems sadly deficient. Somehow he
has got 1t into his noddle that live In
the Ozark mountains. While that Is
delightful place to live. and while
am firmly persuaded that the capitol
Of the United States should be moved to
the Ozarks, l do not reside within 200
miles of them, but live in the great
Mesopotamian country between the
Mississippi and the Missouri and rep
resent perhaps the finest agricultural
region en- the face Of the earth.
wish to suggest as gently Is may
be to The Commercial appeal tia. gem
uine Democrats don't care CORNER
what Il thinks aboUt any subject under
the shining sun By calling itself a
Democratic paper II Is playing the ssois
In sleeps eiethiag aHd could be c0a-
victed IN any court OF justice IS L
rank fraud I class it with other Re-
publican papers aud consider It's abuse
as positive praise. & paper which
drove Ed Carmaek from its editorial
chair because he was honest and d
silver man surely cannot have much
influence with Democrats down south.
Germans Fox Bryan.
The two most iIlustrious Gernansstn
America are Carl Schurz and Or. Emil
Preetorius Of the weStiiche Pest
Schurz is openly supporting Bryan ana
DR.. Preetorius Is saying things which
are helping him greatly. For Instance,
not long since he said eaitoriaily:
Any one who has even superficial knowledge
Of history knows the rnenacing danger fdroaenda
Gefahr) which miiitarisEn carries to the free til
stitutions Of a country especially Of republic.
France ot today should serve as horrfbse ex-
ample {abacaFecksudes BeispIen
Il anybody has ever had eood word
20 say sc 4, .a,-s aSs 4 :sgs.
outrageous and nhel5as speech at ST.
Paul, have not heard Of it. So far as
] hase been able to observe II has been
received by the public press with sui
len silence, defensive remarks or open
denuneiation. 1t perhaps did the Re-
publicans more harm than anything
else that has happened this sumner
John Peter Altgeld, once a Missouri
s-xA
ed on Teedy at Toledo aud danced a
war jig on him. John Peter grew sar-
castle and alliterative and said, "Re-
Gently a gentleman in New York who
had became famous for being alone In
Cuba, a gentleman who has adopted as
his life motto or coat Of arms two 'p's'
and double S. which four letters sig
Nifty pompous posing and strenuous
strutting. left the capital Of New York
and went to St Paul and delivered a
speech. etc. and then for about an
hour John Peter proceeded to cut the
''pompous poser and strenuous strut
ter into ribbons. to borrow a phrase
from the pugilistic fraternity That
John Peter did the job well goes witEs
out SAVING