Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-03

capacity Of the men they select. But
within my knowledge none of these
men has failed, and 1t is a remarkable
history, given by the gentleman from
New York, that in these successive
representatives Philadelphia has had
the honor to have upon the floor Of this
house that parsonage distinguished by
the friendly but important and conspic.
uous name Of father of the house. =
E General Grosvenors remarks cannot
puted 70 a desire to stay in con
.res.aslnself. as II s;,nderstood that
sMill voluntarily retire be7ohSe many
years.
General l,t Fl ,ati.Sy bingham, also Of Phil
adelphia, is now "the father of the
house
Enter MIR. McDermott.
l hereby chronicle tie appearance in
congress of a stroDs young Democrat,
Mr.. McDermott of New Jersey, sue
cessor to Judge DAILY, lately gone to
join the great majority. MeDermott
had not been in the house week till
he won his spurs in debate OIL the army
bill, was instantly recognized as
strong man and was most heartily ap-
plauded and welcomed by his Demo-
cratic colleagues. He is large, hand
some man, evidently knows what he
wants to say and how to say it, as wit
ness. the following clear, terse and for
chile passage from his five minutes
speech:
"But this proposition of reorganizing
the army of the United States finds its
base and support when presented to
the people of this country upon the
ground that we must of necessity pro-
tect our possessions IN Asia. Having
grown from being the United States of
America to be the United States of
America and Asia, popular glamour,
created by words Of war, by reference
to armed troops and generals and cap
tains and lieutenants and the rank and
file, that glamour may for the moment
deceive the public so that temporary
applause will be given to the passage
of this bill. But, Mr.. Chairman, this
bill does not mean the mere suppress
sion of riots in the Philippines. 1t
means the undemocratic and un-Amer-
lean creation of standing army for all
time. If your excuse is the existing
condition in the Philippine Islands,
then limit your bill to an army of 100,-
600 men for two years. II you cannof
suppress the instruction in the Pliiffp-
pine Islands within those two<years.
sAen It viii proper poiicy for the
UnffeU States of America to do what
Spain did after she had held those is
lands for three centuries to- find some
other nation that wants to buy gold
brick In Asia and sell those islands TO
her. [Laughter.1
"That excuse, Mr.. Chairman, is the
only one that has been given to the
is 25,000 greater in number than the
troops called for by President Lincoln
in 1861. There is no necessity for such
an army. If there is a temporary ne
cessity, let there be limitation. If in
two years 100000 men cannot quell
riot in islands populated by 100000
of Malay Indians and Cfinese-po -popu-
lated by 100000 of people, only 5000
of whom are of Castilian blood and
pure whites If you cannot make Amer
ican citizens of those people in two
years, you cannot do it at all"
There is great deal comprised in
those two paragraphs. 1t is the earnest
Of greater things to come. | predict
/ for Brother McDermott splendid ca
reer in the house. New Jersey is natu-
rally Democratic, and such men as Nc
Dermott will do much to swing her
back into the Democratic column,
consummation deyoutly to be wished.
Sublime Gall.
The gall of the Philadelphia Press is
lecture the south in general and the At
lanta Constitution in particular about
the suppression of the negro vote. In
any Philadelphia paper such per-
formance is enough to make person
doubt the evidence of his own senses,
for it is a notorious fact established by
cloud of witnesses that nowhere in
America are elections so corrupt as in
Philadelphia.
Experience is hard school. but one
picks up much information therein.
Hon Henry G. Smith of Michigan
knows good deal more than he did.
OF course be is Republican. Person
ally Henry G. is all right During the
debate on the bill to reduce the war
taxes Henry g. offered the following
amendment:
Strike out in line IL page Is, all after the word
freight to and including line 13 on page 10
and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Express and Freight Fl shall be the duty Of
every railroad Or steamboat company carrier, ex-