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

English interference any rational human
being ask for proof than this? Is not this
solemn acknowledgment of Englands sovereignty
In South Africa fitting elimination of our mis-
i guided abasement?
/ We think it is, and in our opinion the American
people share that view.
The Post can place it sesterces upon
the proposition that "the American
people share that view," but what are
The Post and the American people GO
ing to do about it? What can they do?
They deliberately continued the admin
istration in power knowing its Anglo
mania. The Post is playing the old
and condemned game of locking the
barn after the horse is gone.
A NnuseOus Dose.
OF the Sc congresses of the United
| States none was SO thoroughly under
the domination of the president as was
the Fifty-sixth. When it passed the
army bill with the Philippine and Gu
ban riders, it gave Mr.. Mckinley all
the powers of an emperor even If it
failed to make an appropriation for a
crown and scepter. 1t bestowed the
substance if not the outward signs.
The dose was so nauseous that occa-
sionally Republican could not stom-
ach it and squealed lusty squeal much
after the manner of an unfortunate pig
with his head caught in the crack of
an inconvenient fence. Senator George
Frisbie Hoar squealed, likewise Hon.
Charles E. Littlefield of Maine. Inter
ALA the latter said:
This bill, as the house is compelled to act upon
| it, is striking illustration OF a most vicious and
| iniquitous practice in national legislation. An
army bill, which must be passed in order to pro-
| vide for absolutely necessary expenditures comes
! down from the senate with a large number of
/ amendments which originated in the senate, and
in order to pass the bill under the rule just adopt
| ed compelled to vote for all of the amend
| ments whether they do do not meet approval.
| This is method invariably adopted for securing
| the passage of obnoxious measures which other
| wise would not meet with the approval of the
| house.
If Hoar and Littlefield believed what
they say, they ought to have the cour-
age of their convictions and break
away from the imperialists and join
the Democrats. the genuine friends of
| freedom.
/ A Useful Diplomat.
The vast majority of ambassadors,
i ministers plenipotentiary and ENJOYS
Not one in so of the diplomatic corps
at Washington is of any service to his
own country or to anybody else. Curl
| ously enough, the exception is a hea-
then Chinee, Hon. WI Ting Fang, who
is smart as whip. busy as bee and
cheerful as Mark Tapley. Hon. WI is
useful to his country by making him
self persona grata to all with whom he
comes in contact. thereby causing the
"Melican man" to think better of the
Chinese in general All the galloping
] about, speechmaking and newspaper
writing now being done by him have
| a serious purpose-to remove the an
tipathy which Americans entertain for
! his race, and, as Mr. WI understands
the philosophy of catching more flies
with molasses than with vinegar, he
! spreads or pourS the saccharine stuff
over everybody that he comes in con-
tact with. OF course. Lord Pauncefote
is the dean of the diplomatic corps. or,
to use plain. everyday term. its bell
| wether. Unless he leads the procession
he won't play Tho cnrns-is is also hon
ored by the presence of soldiers and
statesmen, but nevertheless and not
| withstanding Mr.. WI is far and away
the most popular diplomat in Washing
ton. He is social lion and as an after
dinner speaker has made brilliant hits
repeatedly. He carries his speeches in
his boot leg, just as other people carry
their bowie knives or razors. Mr. WI
has undertaken tough job-that of
rendering his countrymen acceptable
to Americans-but most certainly he is
to be commended for his good inten-
tions.
Too Coy.
"The lady doth protest too much!"
In this case the lady is Senator Marcus
A. Hanna. The cause of his overpro-
testation is the talk about Mark as the
next presidential standard bearer
While am neither prophet nor the
son of prophet, l make bold to pre-
dict that it will prove to be another
case Of swearing she would ne'er con-
sent, consented" There was never In
this country man who would refuse
presidential nomination at the bands
Of party which has the ghost Of q
show of eleeting it's nominee. Nay,
more, there never was an American
possessed Of one chance out OF mil
lion to become president who did not
strive for it with might and main. If
Senator Hanna lives till 1901 he will
be the nominee ulless things take on
such shape that the Republicans
must needs turn to anti-McKinley Re-
publicans to secure q candidate pos
sessed of ray of hope Of success. It
may come to that. All this talk of
Hanna's shutting UP Republican head
quarters in order that one candidate
may not get ahead OF another is all
rubbish. He closes up the headQuar
ters because he knows that lie Las the
nomination dead to rights If he de-
sires it. What use has he For nominal
headquarters when he has the real
article at the White House, the treas
ury building and all the other depart
ments? That would simply be wan
ton waste of raw material, a caper
which Marcus will not cut, for the
more money he spends before the NOM
ination the less he will have for cam
paign expenses after the nomination,
and Mark frequently ponders, no
doubt, the important question, "What
will it profit man to gain the nomina-
tion and to lose the election" Mark s
nomination and election are necessities
to the Republican jobbers. Their
plans of public plunder stretch through
many years, or till time when 'the
picking" ceases to be good. They do
not propose to chance it with any un-
derstudy of Marks. They want to be
dead sure of their man. Therefore
they will nominate Marcus with a
whOop.
How Are the Mighty FaIIenI
There is one Ohio Republican states
man whose present plight would move
a heart of stone, and that Is Senator
Joseph Benson Foraker. He is brill
liant, gallant, amiable man. He was
once the fair rose and expectancy of
Buckeye Republicans. Multiplied thou
sands expected to see him the Repub-
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