Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-10-04


who declines to debate with Mark, but
goes after higher game, proposing to
debate with Mckinley, thing greatly
desired by all good Democrats.
Trouble In Iovvn.
Some weeks ago in one of these let
ters I stated that in my judgment the
Democrats of Iowa would redeem two
congressional districts this fall At
once sundry Republican papers jump
cd on me and said / was talking
through my hat 1t would appear aft
er all that had some reason for that
declaration and that the aforesaid Re-
publican editors were engaged in
speaking through their tiles when they
were bullyragging me. Hon. Fl. O.
Weaver, chairman of the Iowa Rcpa5-
lican state committee, is sending out to
all Republican postmasters a letter
which he marks s.very important" and
which runs as fellows:
/ forward to you today paassage Of literature
which is the first installnent Of casa1assTn doeu-
ments that viii be sent you from now sntir sss e
day Of election. trust you will place them In
AaaA1S VI l]dt[4SS NhS&G tHcN VIII W VIZ tlffot
good.
also desire to call your attention to the mat
ter Of your voluntary contribution to the cam
paign fund, as observe from the records that you
have not as yet responded TO my request for aid
in the work being done. You can see from the
documents that pass through your Office the char
acter Of the work being done and which can be
completed only by increased work. energy and ex-
pense. The Democrats are flooding the state with
literature and speakers and have raised a cam
paisn fund much larger than we can hope for.
They are mapping out campaign in Iowa which
has alarmed our congressional nominees in the
districts which they deemed comparatively safe.
Upon you and your associates rests the serious
personal responsibility OF insslring your congress
sional nominee a reelection Don't throw this
aside, but answer at once.
Claiming Everything.
Republican leaders are following
Zach Chandler's plan when be was fix
ing to steal the presidency for Hayes
i. e., they are claiming everything.
They are even idiots enough to claim
Missouri. They have about as much
chance to carry Missouri as Democrats
have to carry Pennsylvania. / have
frequently referred to the Washington
Post as the most ably edited independ-
ent paper in America. Here is Its de-
Hberate Judgment Oh the situation:
Il the Republicans read the signs OF the times
Alright, if they fully appreciate the Importance Of
recent political developments, they must begin
to recognize the fact that the coming presidential
election viii be no one sided affair and that Mr..
McKinley's triumph in November is anything but
a foregone conclusion. There is q warning TO the
party In the Republican losses and Democratic
gains in Vermont. 4 similar increase in the
Democratic vote throughout tie country win give
several doubtful states to Mr.. Bryan. But more
significant than the election in Vermont is the re-
turn to the Democratic party OF such men as ex-
Secretary of State Olney and ex-Postmaster Cen
eral Wilson, two Of the abIest and most eonspicu-
GUS members Of Mr.. Cleyeland's last cabinet, who
now openly espouse Mr. Bryan With such exam
plies as these in high quarters the Republicans
may as well prepare to lose the Cleyelana vote
which was so largely recorded for sound money ih
1896. Prominent exceptions are to be found, 81
course, but it is nevertheless an obvious truth
that the great majority Of gold Denocrats-iaffu-
entiaI men who supported Palmer and Buekner Or
voted for 8lr. Mckinley four years ago-are now
in line with their party. Possibly they taking
this step chiefly because OF desire to see their
party rehabilitated for 1904 and without any CON
fdence in immediate success, but whatever the
motives that prompt them, whatever their hopes
in November against the party in power
me caInslaisE tigHssh ssos fairly under way. has
already demonstrated that our Philippine policy
is to be a big il not the overshadowing issue Of
this campaign. The. Republicans must meet 1t
uneyasiyely. They cannot dodge it if they would.
Moreover the labor situation promises to make
the vote OF the workingman much more uncertain
and less easily controlled than it was in 1896
Eight years ago. at this stage Of the presidential
campaign. the outlook for Republican success was
every bit as auspicious as it is today, but Mr..
Harrison, whose administration was a model in
all respects and who was and is of the great
est Americans OF his day, went down to defeat the
worst beaten Republican candidate Of modern
times.
The Republican managers cannot afford to over
look this lesson OF history at the opening Of the
present fight
Fnvors "a Monarchy.
While most of the imperiaIists beat
about the bush and haven't the cour-
age to draw the inevitable conclusion
deducible from their premises. 1t Is re-
freshing to find one of the piratical
gang who has the courage of his con-
yictions and who honestly declares in
favor of monarchy. Mr.. K. Chavan-
ness, editor of the Des Moines Globe,
a most ardent supporter of Mckinley
and Roosevelt. was recently interview
ed by staff correspondent of the
Omaha World Herald with this as
founding result
EDO you really favor a constitutional mon
,srchy as the government for this country, Ar.
Ghavanness7"
81 most assuredly do. Why, what is the differ.
and he
kind OF a government We have nowf Who IS pay
ing any attention to the constitution We are
governing Porto Rico outside Of the constitution,
governing the Philippines outside OF the eonstitu
ton and what's the matter with governing the
whole thing the same way-that is, outside Of the
written constitution
EDO you think The tendency Of the administra
tions policy Is in tie direction Of the government
you advceate3'
'aTo be sure it is. Government, my dear sir. /:
founded on property and commerce. We can boast
of civil rights and all that, but government sftel
all is founded upon property. Men acquire prop
erty and then demand government that viii
protect them in their properly rights. A eonsti
tutional monarchy does This and at the same time
enables mer to acquire property without send
mental interference"
'sDo you advocate the election Of Mckinley and
Roosevelt
81 do earnestly and honestly
"Do yon advocate their election because you
believe that their success is step In the direction
OF achieving what you believe to be the proper
thing in government
81 do. Why should Republicans be afraid to
admit it? They may deceive themselves, bat they
deceive no one else when, they pooh-pooh at i'm
perialism. am Republican, and The Globe is
a Republican newspaper"
An open confession being good for
the soul, suppose this Des Moines
Republican feels much better for hav-
ing declared himself openly.
1t will he remembered by those in
terested in politics that four years ago
the Republicans were suspected and
accused cf desiring the single gold
standard They declared it to be a
false and monstrous charge, maintain
ing that they were bimetallists- the
only true birnetallists- fact, they
were the real thing and we the base
imitation Then they passed a law
placing us upon the single gold stand
ard. Now, in this matter of suspected
monarchial bee buzzing in the bonnet
of William the Uncertain, we, in the
language Of Patrick Henry, have ''no
light by which our feet are guided save
by the lamp Of experience" But In
this matter of the kingly aspirations of
our own Imperial Bib" the majority
of Republicans deny the soft ilnpeaeh-
ment in bur a half hearted way. while
some, like this Des Moines editor. de-