Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-09-13


lands him and his protege william the
Wabbler outside the breastworks re-
mains to be seen. So in these dog
days, with the thermometer registering
100 degrees in the shade and with ey-
erybody reeking with perspiration.
Mark makes 1t still hotter by cussingl
What will the holy brethren who re-
Gently hissed me at Lakeside for tax.
ing his name in vain think of his pro-
family? / pause for a reply.
1 have valuable contribution to
make TO current history which NAV or
may not explain several things. and
that is that Governor Leslie NJ. Shaw
of Iowa has II toes. In the rotunda
Of the capitol at Washington in the
historical painting, 'gThe Baptism of
Pocahontas,' there is buck Indian
| with II toes. I have never known
| whether that was the license or the ig
norance of the artist, but here we
have a governor with 12 toes hesitat-
ing for six weeks about appointing a
| senator with ten toes-that is. | as
sumo that DolliYer has ten toes.
never counted them. but 1 guess that
| Jonathan has the usual number. What
made Shaw hesitate so long? Was he
| looking for candidate with II toes?
Maybe he was and maybe he was not
What he was really looking for was a
plug candidate who would help Coy
ernor Shaw go to the senate himself.
That he failed to carry out that idea is
owing to public sentiment, and Dolli-
yer went, who is an honor to the state.
Maryland Democratic.
My Maryland! My Marylandp She
is going Democratic this time and no
mistake. Senator George L. yelling
ton is stumping the state for Bryan.
Arthur Pue German is active In man
aging the Democratic campaign. John
Walter Smith, governor of the ancient
commonwealth, is hotfoot after the
senatorial seat of Judge McComas.
So all things work well together for
those who love the Lord and keep his
commandments, and there is weeping
and gnashing of teeth among the Phil
tstines. God grant that the grand old
state Of Maryland may be redeemed
from Republicanism.
Quite recently 1 was up there lectur-
ing at the Mountain Lake Park, Chau-
tauqua, and, while the Chautauquas
are not political meetings, a good deal
of politics Is talked nevertheless. and
the universal belief appeared to be
that nothing short Of a miracle could
keep Maryland from returning to the
Democratic column. If Maryland
comes, Delaware will come and West
Virginia. So that instead of Bryan be-
ing elected by the skin Of his teeth the
chances are that he win have 80 votes
to spare in the electoral college. You
hear my horn!
Twelve months ago two Of the most
distinguished Republicans IN the Unit
ed States were named Henderson. Now
the Republican party is minus one OF
the Hendersons-nam John b., late
of Missouri and now of Washington
General Henderson was brigadief
general in the Union army He helped
create the Republican party in Mis-
souri,, very hazardous performance
in that day. He was for eight years 9
Republican senator, presided over 4hA
convention that nominated Blaine .and
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For 80 years he has been recognized as
one of the greatest living lawyers and
the only man living or dead who ever
refused a seat on the supreme bench
of Missouri. With this splendid rec
| ord behind him this illustrious patriot
could not stomach Mckinley imperial
ism and has come out squarely for
Bryan.
No Longer @ Republic.
Recently he wrote to DR.. W. A Croft
fut as follows:
Our government Is rapidly changing its form
| The United States is no longer a republic. Two
wars are being waeed by the president without
any constitutional sanction. The Russian EN-
peror claims no greater power than that which is
exercised, almost without protest, by American
| president. The with the Philippines is worse
than useless. The islands cannot be occupied by
| Americans. and American law, equally with Amer
| lean prejudice already furbids American citizen
| ship to their inhabitants, and this reduces them
to slavery and ourselves to ferns Of despotism.
! In the OF China, American troops, without
/ pTetense Of law, are to be placed under the
| mand Of the German emperor On the successful
| entry Of the allies into Peking will begin the
struggle OF ravenous beasts over the prey. and if
our people fail to protest at the polls in November
next we shall be Of these beasts.
The other Henderson, who Is still
prominent in Republican councils, is
General David B. of Dubuque, Ia,
speaker of the national house of repre-
sentatives. Recently, in a speech which
| is evidently intended as a keynote
speech, he said "the doctrines of Ham
ilton must be the text word Of the
hour"
The ETamiltontan Theory.
| In his life of Hamilton Senator Hen
ry Cabot Lodge states the Hamilton
theory as follows:
Tbs republic Of Hamilton was to be an aristo-
| cratic as distinguished from q democratic repub-
| lie, and the power Of the separate states to
4 be etfectually crippled. The first object was to
dent and senators, who were to hold office during
| good behavior, to a class Of the community
| qualified to vote by the possession Of a GER
tain amount of real property. The second was
to be secured by giving to the president Of
| the United States the appointment Of the gov
| ernors cs the various states, who were TO
have vato on all state legislation. These proyi-
| sions, as may be seen at glance, involved the
| essential character of the government, and, al
| though purely republican, came much nearer to
| the British model than any other by their recog-
| milton Of classes and OF the political rights Of
| property, while, by the treatment OF the states
| highly centralized national government was to
| supersede entirely the confederate form
A careful pCrusal of this excerpt win
convince a great many Republicans
that their proper place is not In the
Republican party, but in the Demo-
cratic party, where the friends of free
dom are battling for the republic. Some
time ago Senator George Graham Vest
said in an Interview:
Our people must understand that this is the
most important fght that has ever faced the par
ty. There must be an awakening to the fact that
the cry Republic against empire is not mere
campaign slogan, The phrase is all truthful
Plans at Washington. very definitely laid out,
mean to override the constitution. The Republic
an leaders believe Ia the teachings Of Alexander
Hamilton, who said that the government Of Great
Britain was the nearest model OF all the govern
ments ever devised BY the brain OF man The
Hamilton idea lives at Washington today. Nc
i Kinley and Hay believe in 1t. The secret plans
Of the Republican leaders are "a strong govern
ment, without constitutional limitations" This
is the fight. The lines are drawn. There can be