Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-11
CHAMP CLARK s LETTER
Paul Kruger's Proposed
Visit to America.
PLACES HE SHOULD AVOID.
Will Do Well to Keep Away
From the White House.
LIKEWISE TIE sTATEDEPARTMENT

LIKEWISE TIE STATE DEPARTMENT T
! There He VIII Be Informed That the
| United States Has Declared t;le
! South African Republics to BE
English Provinces-Aguin@ld and
General Funston-Tribute to Mar
riott Brosius-The Senatorial Strug-
| Thurston-NIystery of His Political
| Disappearance = Arthur Pue Cor
man Re-enters-Luck Better Than
neutrality-suspicious. Frauds.
Especial Washington letter.
Milford w. Howard, quondam repre-
sentative in congress from Alabama, a
few years ago achieved for himself a
vast notoriety and some money by
writing a book with the fetching title
'If Christ Came to Congress- book
which, whatever its literary merits,
caused considerable ruction in Wash
| ington. William L. Stead of England
also wrote a book entitled IF Christ
Came to Chicagor' and raked in many
| Of the dollars of the daddies thereby.
| Christ himself declared that he came
| to call not the righteous, but sinners,
! to repentance. He certainly would find
rich, large field for his labors in Chi
cago and would not be wholly without
| material to work on should he come to
| congress. However that may be, it is
| positively announced that Dom Paul
| Kruger is coming TO America. The
| people of this country-all true Ameri-
| cans who believe in the great Declara-
| tion and in the spirit and men of 11I6-
| will welcome him with open arms to
! loving hearts. But Dom Paul will do
we'll to avoid the White House and the
departments at Washington. There he
will receive the cold shoulder, the mar
BILE heart, the icy hand. the CONCEALED
| stare He will find this amazing para
dox-that while genuine America is
redhot for him official America is dead
against him and all his works. He
may be astonished, but nevertheless
he cannot change the facts. They are
| bIuUUOIu CopSNidiiy tAC AoNN
that this administration is en- rapport
with j. B. Indeed If Dom Paul will
apply to Colonel John Hay. secretary
| Of state, he will be furnished with n
neat little pamphlet issued by the state
department. of the United States of
America-God save the mark-whieh
announces officially and somewhat pre-
| ~ ~. 4 4,.f<,
republics are dead and that they are
now provinces of England.
| A Diseraceful Document.
That pamphlet is the most disgrace
| full document ever issued from an Amer
lean brain Of an American press. but It
| should be ample warning to the brave
| old Boer that he must keep off the pres
! idential grass and that he is not want
ed In and about official Washington
| official Washington. mark you-for If
he will stay away from the White
| House and departments and associate
with the plain people of Washington
he will find tender hearts and true who
| sympathize with him and with his
cause, just as he will find them in ev-
cry corner of this great republic. for
the plain people God bless them-are
still true to the principles Of the Reyo-
luton. Only official Washington is
false Dom Paul will find as hearty
reception by Lord Paunccfote at the
| English legation itself rs he will in any
official place in Washington. 1t is the
strangest tale in the entire history of
the country that John Bull should lay
such q spell on our state department
! as to cause it to negotiate and sign
the Hay -Paunecfote treaty, a complete
surrender of American principles and
| Of American rights. The only dsfense
for that disgrace is TO say tlSt our dip
lomats were overreached = in other
words. to plead incompetency. As to
the official toadying to the English on
the Boer question. there is no defense.
1t is untterly indefensible.
Historic Pair.
| When General Fred Funston and
General Aguinaldo faced each other,
captor and prisoner the two most re-
markable characters developed by the
| Philippine war were within the range
| Of vision. OF course this does not in
clude those who. though fighting in
the Philippines. achieved ilnpct.slia5.c
renown during the Spanish war. Fun
ston is one of those men who do things
| IL he had served under the eye OF Ma
| poleon, he would have been rewarded
with the grand cross of the Legion Of
Honor. perhaps with the baton of q
marshal of France. 1t is well that the
president has duly rewarded Funston
and paid no attention TO the bowls.
| scowls, intrgues and jealousies of the
I West Point contingent. Funston per-
formed brilliant coup and deserves
well at the hands of the country. No
matter whether the Philippine war is
right or wrong, Funston's business was
not to philosophize about the righteous
ness or unriglteousness of the war. but,
being in ii as an American soldier, to
/ do all possible to bring it to an end fa-
yorable to the American contention.
Tennyson. in his famous ballad ''The
| Charge of the Light Brigade" thus
| tersely and truly defines the duties Of
soldiers:
Theirs not to make reply;
Theirs not to reason why;
Theirs but TO do and die.
And General Fred Funston. volun.
teer, appears to have done notable
historic thing in the most approved
fashion. General Aguinaldo has most
certainly demonstrated that, whatever
else he may be, he is remarkable
character. His surrender is so far
the greatest event of the century.
Henceforth Funston and Aguinaldo
are linked together in history.
Hon. Marriott Brosius.
Hitherto 1 have referred to the aston
ishing mortality among the $50 repre-
sentatiyes elected to the Fifty-sixth
congress. Fifteen out of the 800, or
exactly one out of "a, died during the
life of that congress, which ended at
high noon March a. Since then Hon.
Marriott Brosius of Lancaster, Pa,
has been called to his reward, suddenly,
unexpectedly. Mr.. Brosius was one of
the most radical and one of the most
honest of the Republican chieftains.
possessed Of large capacity, varied
learning and intense patriotism. Per-
sonalIy he was charming man, gentle