Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-12
NUMBER 6

his optic peeled or something dreadful
is likely to happen to him.
Both the sultan of Turkey and the
president of the French republic are
losing q great chance of success by not
employing General Charles Henry
Grosyenor, who is now recreating in
Europe, to settle their differences. He
has a way of decapitating great men
that is refreshing. The way he dis
posed of ex-President Benjamin Harrl-
son when that illustrious Republican
kicked out of the traces on imperial
ism terrorized all the rest of the kick
ers into silence which was audible as
well as painful.
Consistency n Jewel.
The vice presidency has usually been
taken and accepted as the direct road
to oblivion. Colonel Theodore Roose-
yelt is fighting valiantly to prevent the
Lethal waters from rolling above his
laureled head. He is active as a candi-
date for constable in a close township,
is speaking on all sorts of subjects on
all sorts of occasions and saying nice
things about all sorts of people. He
comes as near being perpetual motion
these days as it is given to mortals to
be. Republicans were wont to poke a
good deal of fun at Colonel Bryan for
seeking to drum up votes for the pres
idency. His capers were declared TO
be in wretched taste, violating all the
proprieties, reversing all the prece-
dents. Now that their colonel is imi-
tating our colonel, what will our Re-
publican carpers say? 1t was indeed
wise man who wrote the famous par
able about a great deal depending on
whose OK was gored. What was a sin
in Bryan is a virtue in Roosevelt. Con-
sistency is a jewel and no mistake.
A Presidential Factor.
One of the strange features of the
Republican presidential situation is
that SO little is said about Senator
John G. Spooner of Wisconsin, who is
one of the strongest speakers and ablest
lawyers in the Republican party. 1t is
exceedingly doubtful if Spooner has an
equal In brain power on the Republican
side of the senate. In addition to all
that he is a gentleman of most engag-
ing manners. If any credit is due to
anybody for the newfangled colonial
policy, it belongs to the Wisconsin SEN
ator more than to any other man. 1t
was his clear head which gave birth
to the scheme which pulled the Repub-
Leans out of chaos and saved them
from the hazards of an extra session.
Nevertheless while the altitudinous
Fairbanks is perambulating the coun-
try, while Colonel Roosevelt is wearing
out his throat. while the soulful Bever-
idge is instructing Tolstoi. while Mark
Hanna is laying presidential pipe,
while Governor Shaw is incubating q
boom, while all their names are con-
stantly in the newspapers and their
smallest movements duly chronicled,
John G. Spooner's name is conspicuous
only by its absence. Yet, in my judg-
ment, he stands rafting good show
of the presidential nomination, for it
must never be forgotten that the feud
now on in the Republican party of
Wisconsin renders it a doubtful state.
When the others have worn themselves
out in praneing about and cavorting
around, the great Wisconsin senator is
liable to enter the race and beat them
all on the homestretch.
The sultan of Turkey is mere cum
berer of the ground. All Americans are
on the side of France in the pending
quarrel, although they may not know
what it is all about. Sooner or later
Europeans will administer upon "'the
Sick Mans estate-the sooner the
better, as Turkey in Europe is both an
anachronism and nuisance.