Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-18

concerned in it into Irresistible and
multifarious temptations.
The following dispatch, let US hope,
makes the situation out worse than
it is:
Scandal In the Philippines.
MANILA. March S1.--Interest in the capture and
fate of Aguinaldo is well nigh overshadowed in
Manila by sessctiena sdeyelopnerts present and
prospective, of frauds in the commissary depart
ment. How widely these extend has not yet been
aseertained, but enough is already known to jus
tify the belief that they are farreachng. Captain
Frederick j. Barrows of the Thirtieth volunteer
infantry, quartermaster of the department OF
southern Luzon, together with seven commissary
sergeants, several civilian clerks, a prominent
government contractor, the assistant manager of
the Hotel 0riente the proprietors of three of the
largest bakeries in Manila, number of store
keepers and ether persons. has been arrested.
The investigation has scarcely begun, but thou
sands of sacks of flour, quantity of bacon and
wagon loads of other goods all bearing govern
ment marks, have been found in the possession OF
unauthorized persons. 1t is alleged that the con-
tractor in question, who has been doing bust
ness approximating 100000 per month. has spent
huge sums in entertaining officers. prominent
commissary officer is accused of leading scan
dalously immoral life. 1t is asserted that large
quantities of stores have been lost or stolen in
transit and also that there is shortage in the
commissary depot. New scandals are developed
daily. Illicit transactions have been traced back
to June, 1907 and it is possible that there are
others of earlier date. The exorbitant tariff on
provisions makes the surreptitious sale of COM
mssary supplies immensely profitable. It is un-
derstood that other United States officers may be
arrested
Condensed Wisdom.
Hon. Thomas Bracket Reed is de-
voting most of his time to practicing
law and making money. but he has
not lost the happy faculty of condens-
ing into q few words as much wisdom
as is found in many long speech.
Not long since he was in Baltimore on
business. A reporter asked him if he
thought the Filipinos capable Of self
government, whereupon he replied: II
think every people is capable of self
government. 1t may not be the kind
we have or want. but it Is the kind that
is satisfactory and sufficient for them -
Thomas large and capacious head is
level He might have added that we
eyoluted through hundreds of years
into our great capacity for self govern
ment That's the only way to attain
to the high position we hold-to eyolute
and revolute. Peoples who now are
striving for self government have one
great advantage which we did not pos
republic. We and those from whom we
sprang in Europe had to 60 it blind. to
grope in darkness, to explore an un-
known world. We made many mis-
takes in our experimentation which
our imitators may escape, but we sue
eeeded, and they can likewise succeed
Il they will exercise energy, vigilance,
courage. icrtitude and above all. mod
GRAFTON and self abnegation.
Tom Johnson's Great Victory.
Individually | feel happy as clam at
high tide over the election to the may
orally of Cleveland of Tom Johnson
not Thomas. mark you. but plain Tom.
My first cause for rejoicing is because l
know Tom. like Tom, believe in Tom.
He Is free trader who has the cour-
age of his convictions and who is not
afraid to speak out in meeting. He is
a disciple of Henry George and was a
bosom friend to that illustrious states
man. philanthropist and philosopher.
In the second place. Cleveland is the
home of Marcus A. Hanna. 1t is good
and pleasant to see Mark under Demo.
cratic rule.
Tom Johnson has great head and
is a great character. He is young and
smart as whip. He did not make the
race for mayor for fun; he is after
bigger game-the goyernorship of Ohio
and a seat in the senate of the United
States. The chances are that he will
get both. Far stranger things have
happened than his election to the
presidency some day. If he could get
his pet theories enacted into law, there
would be a great and deafening rat
Ting of dry bones. Hurrah for Tom!
He is a multimillionaire and looks like
a cherub.
A Rising Stnr.
There can be no question that Car
ter Harrison is a coming man in the
Democratic party. Indeed he has al
ready arrived. His splendid victory in
Chicago turns all eyes upon the bril-
liant young Illinois statesman. Thrice
elected mayor of tae second city of the
continent, he is still a youth. Surely
there are greater h0nors in store for
him. With Illinois we can elect a