Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-24

from any competition and that we are
inspiring a very deep fear in others.
There are few problems of infant in
dustries left to be solved now, while
the problem of simplifying the revenue
laws is a pressing one.
Cuba, as The Record Herald has sug-
gested, would find her shortest road to
free trade through annexation, for
there is undoubtedly a powerful COM
bination at work against even lower
duties on sugar and tobacco. OF
course, this same combination might
fight annexation also, but it would
have harder battle then because our
own people would take naturally to
annexation. Finally absolute free
trade under the flag is popular cry,
and it is likely to sweep the country
like whirlwind when the "colonists"
reiterate their appeals for equal laws
and thus invoke the national pride of
all Americans.
Roosevelt and the South.
Notwithstanding President Roose-
velt's much quoted declaration that his
great desire is to carry out Presi-
dent McKinley's policy without break,
there are signs which seem to indicate
that Mr.. Roosevelt has a policy of his
own, especially as to southern ap-
pointees. When he made a federal
judge of Ex-Governor Jones of Ala
bama, he was appointing not a rene
gade Democrat, but a genuine Demo-
crat of high character-a Democrat
whose whole life appeals to the best
sentiment of the country and is a
sufficient guarantee that his duties will
be thoroughly and intelligently and
patriotically performed. Mr.. Roose-
velts action will not be popular with
Republican bosses.
Our Chauncey.
"All the world loves a lover" so it
is said, and Senator Chauncey Mitchell
Depew's way of taking all his coun-
trymen and countrywomen into the
secrets of his love affairs would ap-
pear to indicate that lover loves all
the world. The junior senator from
New York has as many things as the
next one to make him happy-health,
wealth, honors, troops of friends, an
acquaintanceship with just about all
whom he would wish to know, wit,
humor, learning, now new wife-in-
deed, Chauncey, while no longer young,
can congratulate himself in his fine,
large way as being one Of the luckiest
of human beings. Chauncey succeeds
better as lover than as prophet.
Useless Slaughter of Americans.
1t will be remembered by the curious
that on the 4th day of last July the
pacifcation of the Philippines was de-
clared to be complete and civil gov
ernments were almost everywhere es-
tablished.
Congressman Hull Of Iowa, chairman
of the house committee on military af
fairs, was in the Philippines at the
time, and gave it as his opinion that
such establishments of civil govern
ment were premature. 1t turns out
that Hull knew what he was talking
about-most of the civil governments
having toppled to the ground, and the
slaughter Of our soldiers proceeds.
What a pity that young white Amer
leans should be so sacrificed.
For SaIe9
1t is intimated from London that Mr..
William Waldorf Astor, who recently
expatriated himself, expects to be
given a title by King Edward on the
occasion of his coronation provided the
ofo 0E00-
600 in charities, $4,000 of which he has
already expended. We are by no
means certain but that is the best use
to which an English title or Astor's
money can be placed. What title he is
to receive is not stated. but it may be-
safely affirmed that if King Edward is
selling titles to rich Americans he can
do land Office business, as there are
many who are title hungry, though it
hasn't been long since they were bread
hungry. Astor ought to lift an earl
dom for $500,000.
Republican Recruits In the South.
"Hope springs eternal in the human
breast" So said Alexander Pope, the
greatest epigrammatist that ever lived.
So says the esteemed Globe-Democrat;
at least, the following quotation from
that interesting Republican organ
grinder means the same thing:
There is general feeling among Democrats and
Republicans that the Republican party In the
south Is going to receive strong re-enforcements
from the Democrats Of that section in the next
few years.
1t requires neither prophet nor the
son of prophet TO foretell with some-
thing approximating certainty the
number of re-enforcements the Repub-
licans will receive In that quarter.
They may be able to buy some poor,
worthless Democrat with an office, but
just as soon as the offices are exhaust
ed the recruiting stops.
Utterly Demora9ized.
The utter decentralization of the regu-.
lar army under Republican auspices
was completely demonstrated the other
day when Major Hawkes. denounced
Colonel Heistand as liar while on the
witness stand with as perfect sang
froid as though he had been asking
him to accept a cigar or to buy an
other block of stock in the great and
crly Philippine Hemp company. How
can 1t be expected that subalterns will
have respect for authority when gen.
erals, colonels, majors and captains
handy the lie about like lot of black
guards in some nameless cesspooi of
iniquity? Hawkes. squealed as to the
hemp ring steal; hence this uproar.