Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
NUMBER 80

three men or twice for one man and
once for another or one and half
times for each of two men. That plan
or something similar would insure rep
resentation to the minority. Any party
will gerrymander so long as it is pos
sible, just as Tom L. Johnson declared
ON the floor of the house that he was
monopolist and would continue to be
one so long as the law permitted mo-
nopolies to exist Gerrymanders and
monopolies will never cease until the
law renders them impossible.
1t is given out in the public prints
that Jerry Simpson, yclept "The Sage
of Medicine Lodge" has realized a
large stake in the cattle business, fact
on which he is to be most heartily con-
graduated, and that he is going to re-
turn to congress, fact on which the
country is to be congratulated, for few
men of this generation, if any, are bet
ter equipped for service in that large
and tumultuous body than is Jerry
Simpson. What district Jerry proposes
to represent is not known to the writer
at this time, for the newspapers have
given it out that he had abandoned the
big Seventh, now represented by Hon.
Chester /. Long, and had moved to the
Kansas City CKan.) district. 1t may
be that Jerry still holds his residence
at Medicine Lodge notwithstanding he
does business at X. c., X. A rather
strange coincidence happened at Wich-
ita recently when and where Hon.
James D. Richardson of Tennessee,
ranking Mason of the world, was hold
ing some sort of exalted Masonic pow
WOW, and that was that Jerry and
Chester were both inducted into the
mysteries of the Scottish Rite Masons.
But it is safe to say that those two IL
lustrious political Thomas cats did not
on that occasion or any other have
buried the political tomahawk. They
may hobnob as Masons, but as to hob
nobbing as politicans-that's another
story. 1t will be noticed that neither is
herein denominated a statesman, be-
cause. neither being dead, neither is eli
gible to that title under Hon. Thomas
Bracket Reeds far famed definition.
Dictator Lentz.
Evolution is a law of nature-So said
Charles Robert Darwin Political evo-
luton produces some queer results.
Since the November election Republic
an organ grinders have been announc-
ing with ghoulish glee that John Jacob
Lentz of Columbus, o., was dead-dead
as smelt, dead as julius Caesar, dead
as a doornail. In the kindness of my
heart | have from time to time warned
them that their jubilations were pre-
mature and that Lentz, like truth,
would rise again, and they will bear
me witness-not cheerful witness, but
witness nevertheless = that l was a
prophet Lentzs candidate for mayor
Of Columbus overturned a Republican
majority of nearly 5000 and was elect
ed Now those same Republican pa
pers which announced the demise of
Lentz denounce him as dictator"
Verify the world moves! I'm not much
in favor of dietators, but if there must
be one 1 am glad Lentz has achieved
the position. If one Is needed any
where, it is in Ohio. Indeed that boss
ridden commonwealth cannot get along
without a few dictators and certainly
John j. Lentz. Democratic dictator,
who uses his brains as his means of Sc
curing ascendeney, is preferable to Die
tator Marcus 4. Hanna, Dictator Gen
eral Charles Dick and Dictator Dicta-
forum George B. Cox, the hoodlum
chief of Cincinnati, whose means of Sc
curing power is Doodle. l am sure that
Lentz will make an intelligent, cour-
9geous and lenient dictator. At any
,ate, he is not dead; quite the contrary.