Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06

I stealing hog, an Office or a govern
/ ment. Why there should be any differ
! ence in the way these two sorts Of
| thieves are regarded, ike the peace of
! God, passeth all understanding. Really,
/ il there is any graduation of the CON.
| tempt in which various kinds of thieves
are regarded, the purloiner of offices
/ should be held as more contemplate
/ and Ieathsome object than Che thief
who fakes, steals and carries away
personal property, perhaps Of small
value. Nobody except myself and my
/ heirs-at-Iaw is Interested in the fact
that my horse is or is not stolen, but
every citizen Of the republic is interest
ed in fair, honest and even honorable
elections.
During the recent campaign. WHOM
Democrats truthfully asserted that the
Republicans intended. if successful, to
largely increase the standing army To-
| the 100000 limit, Mr.. Secretary Root
denounced the statement with consid-
erable heat and intimated that the
/ chances were that the army would be
reduced to its former size of 81. GOO men
after July 1, 1901, unless there was
further legislation"
A Big Standing Army.
Now that the election is over all that
sort of talk has played out. and the
| false pretense of The Republicans in
using it is fully illustrated by the fol
lowing extract from the New York
Tribune, edited by Ayhitelaw Reid,
which is one Of the most ultra, thick
and thin, rabid too utterly utter Re
( publican sheets in the land. The Trib-
! une says that it is almost certain that
the regular army win consist Of at
least 100000 enlisted men and $500
| officers, making a total Of 1e3,5 800, and
4 then it adds:
Some enthusiasts will press for a
regular army of 10000 or 100000
men, though the chances are that the
weight of opinion will prevail and
/ compel a compromise on about 100000.
But the unexpected may happen. Those
in favor of big army make some
I strong points in it's favor. They argue
that the country on a square issue has
indorsed expansion by large majori-
ty and with all the concurrent respon-
sibiIities and dangers. and. such being
the case, an army OF 100000 men IS
no more commensurate TO our proba-
bic immediate future needs than were
25,000 prior to the Spanish war
4 That lets the cat out OF the bag
There being no more voters to be hood
Winked by lying, The Tribune eonde-
seends to tell the truth.
Again, we were assured By many
men, in many ways. on many stumps.
that Prosperity, spelled with a big, big
p, was universal and emnipresent. ~
friend and fellow lecturer, Hon.
| Charles B. Lands, was particularly
fond of asserting that in our joint lee
lures, and when he did SO ell the Re
publicans present, many Of them wear
ing half soled pantaloons. made. the
welkin ring with the approving yells.
4 He aIsc. assesrrated repeatedly with
great uaction and emphasis th.d under
the benign reign of>Marcus the riE
/ every man III sif- this hsoa6 land who
wanted work could get it and that two
contractors were tugging at the coat
tails of every laborer. I knew it was
! all fairy tale and said so.
Reduction of Wages.
l am really afraid that our Repub-
Iican friends in their feeling of abso-
/ lutte certainty of having an unbreak
able grip on the throat CT the country
are overriding the thing and sowing
the wind only to reap the whirlwind
hereafter Before the election their
editors and spelibindeTs solemnly and
yociferously and frequently assured q
confding people that Bryans election
meant reduction Of wages, whereas
if Mckinley were reelected everything
would be lovely and the goose would
hang high. Wages would be raised un-
til the wage earners would live in
! clover. That was the gorgeous prom
ise Unfortunately the people BY some
thing like 100000 majority took them
at their word and reelected William
of Canton. But promises, ike advice,
are cheap. No sooner is the election
over than the steel trust demands that
it's employees shall accept a 33 per
cent reduction of wages. No doubt
other trusts will follow suit. aud con-
sequently the millennium, which was to
follow Immediately on the heels of Nc
Kinley's election, has been postponed to
a more convenient season-namely, the
next presidential campaign. 1t is too
bad. 1t is cruel. It IS damnable.
Sometimes, not to say frequently, a
real gem appears in country newspa-
per. which, if it appeared in a great
metropolitan daily, would be widely
copied and elaborately praised and
would bring fame to its author Here
is one from the Missouri Sharpshooter,
published by my old friend Dr. j. l..
Miller at Rolla Mo:
"Well, now the election is ever you
wood haulers who were whooping it up
for Mckinley can have the bosom of
your pants upholstered and go back to
your wood hauling, enly il viii take
two cords of your wood to buy trust
goods now where one cord would have
bought them before. You see, the trusts
have to get their money back that they
put up for McKinley's election, and
you win have to stand yeur share of
the expense. So just wire UP your
harness and go TO work and enjoy Nc
Kinley prosperity fer four years more.
/ 'Hooray for McKinleyr"
Senator Cushman *. Davis.
! Part Of the object of these letters Is
to record the exit of public men as well
as their entrance. Senator Cushman
X. Davis of Minnesota was chairman
of the great senate committee on fer
eign affairs. am second Democrat on
the house committee on foreign affairs.
I knew Senator Davis well and could
justly class him among my friends.
The Washington Post says of him:
.'In the death Of Cushman X. Davis
Minnesota loses her ablest citizen, the
United States senate is deprived Of the
foremost student of diplomacy and in
ternational law, and the country suffers
the loss of a man whose name is synon-
ymous with all that stands for patriot
ism and progress.
1T is remarkable life which has
just closed. From a farm boy to the
governor Of his state. from penniless