Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03

must be UUAC III c-T421-,1
poor Bah for setting the time rrema-
turely; but evidently The Economist is
weakening in the face of the enemy.
The Gored Ok.
The man who invented the fable to
illustrate the proposition that much
depends on whose OK is gored'' had an
unusually good headpiece. The truth
of his homely fable finds yerification
every day in the small and everyday
affairs of life. For instance, General
Frederick d. Grant is bowling high
protectionist, or thinks he Is, which
amounts to the same thing-that is, he
did think so, but his OK was gored re-
Gently, and he kicked-not only kicked,
but kicked vigorously. Two or three
more doses of the same sort of medi-
cine may cure General Frederick Dent
completely and make rip roaring
free trader out of him. His baggage
was searched by one of our custom Off
GERS, and he was forced to cough up
the tariff duties, whereupon he relieved
his mind as follows:
During all the time l have been away my bag
gage has never been examined. Not that / OBJ
jected to that SO much the fact that after max
ing me declare everything which l had brought
and swear to the truth of my statement they
should Immediately search my trunks and turn
them upside down to see whether | was a liar
and smugelcr, which this government presup-
poses all citizens 10 be. | am high tariff man
myself but l do not think the Republican party
has done itself any good by these new regula-
tions.
shone by Reflected Light.
The two men in all this broad land
whose positions are most changed by
President McISinley's death are Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Senator Marcus A.
Hanna. From being Republican uit-
lander, so far as the bosses and their
plans were concerned, Colonel Roose-
velt suddenly has the whip hand, and,
judging the future by the past, he will
use it for all it Is worth. Up to the
time the fatal shot was fired at Buff
falo he had to cultivate the bosses, if
they were ever to be brought into har-
mony with him and to his support.
Now, presto, change, they must come
to him, for he not only has pie and is
sole proprietor OF the pie counter, but
he has pie factory, and boss with
out pie resembles Othello, for his occu-
patton is gone. They are in the sad,
sad condition of
Old Mother Hubbard,
Who went to the cupboard
To get her poor doggy bone,
But when she got there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor doggy got none.
| Neither will the bosses unless they
make their peace with the new presi-
dent on his own terms.
Up to Mr.. McKinley's death Senator
Hanna lived and shone by reflected
glory. That he is a man of ability, Ell
ergy and organizing capacity there cal
be no question, but his machine wa
built up largely on the popularity o
his friend. 1t was easy to make win
ming campaign for Mr.. Mckinley be
cause Mr.. Mckinley didn't need mucl
Of campaign made for him. So Mar
received much praise for what he di'
not do. People at least good man
Of them-came to regard him as sor
of Warwick and were being led to be
lieve that nobody could be nominate
or elected without his consent. The
4 naturally concluded that he woul
nominate himself in 1904. 1t will 500
be patent to even the dullest comprt
hension that he borrowed strengt
from his chief instead of giving 1t
him. His boom will collapse as SUE
denly as toy balloon. If he is reall
good, Mr.. Roosevelt may still perm
him to play at being boss; otherwis
Mark will be deposed, practically if M
, technically.
, PIatt's Nose Out of Joint.
i Another distinguished gentlema
whose nose is sadly out Of joint is Ho