Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-11-07

named City Of Brotherly Love is still
coming out, but let no man think that
it is all out yet. 1t is so foul that even
the religious papers are commenting on
1t. The St. Louis Christian Evangelist,
a nonpartlsan weekly of wide circula-
ton and immense influence, says:
A representative of the Quay-Ashbridge Repub-
ican machine in Philadelphia has given this in
genuous and succinct exposition Of the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth concerning
the workings Of practical politics in the City of
Brotherly Love and municipal jobbery. He frank
ly says: "The cohesive power Of the organization
is the Offices. There 700 of them at the dis
posal of the organization. The Poles. Hungarians,
Italians and other foreigners vote with because
we control the offices. They want favors and
know that they cannot get them unless they
stand in with the organization That is why they
vote with Tammany in New York" This is the
naked truth, stripped of all veneer of political
sophistry and pretense. 1t is not question Of
public welfare or private honor, but just matter
of jobs. Public Office is no longer public trust.
It finds a higher. usefulness in furnishing ''the
cohesive power OF the organization"
The Missionary Business.
The abduction of missionaries seems
to threaten to become as profitable to
Turkey and Bulgaria as the eating Of
missionaries once was in the Sandwich
Islands. 1t will be remembered that all
the good that could be found in the
character of the late "King Calico" was
traced to the number of missionaries
eaten by his ancestors, this on the prin-
ciple probably that child's education
should begin 100 years before he is
born.
Many thousands of Americans would
like to see the ransom paid, Miss Stone
safely landed in Boston and the fight
ing Admiral Schley recalled to the ac-
tive list long enough to take his place
on the bridge of the Brooklyn and
again give that famous go for themp'
order. 1t is probable that even the mis-
sionary society would be willing to is
sue permit for him to use one or two
mild cuss words. This use of vigorous
English seems to have been the basis
of one of the most serious charges
trumped up by the navy gang against
Schley. Have the culture and astheti-
cism of Boston SO permeated the navy
that a well executed damn" in the
heat of battle offsets victory won? I
wonder if John Paul Jones didn't make
the cordage smoke when the crazy
Lands fred into him in that memora-
BILE fight against odds? Does any man
think that Farragut didn't forsake his
drawing room manners when the sui
tan of Turkey sent him word that
"only princes of the blood royal were
permitted to anchor their ships in the
inner harbor at the Golden Horn? Good
sailors, like good fighters, from those
famous troops that 'swore terribly in
Flanders" down to the present day are
apt to use foreible English at times.
Possibly the kidnaper and brigand
peoples of the eastern Mediterranean
have received the impression that hero
ism is at discount in this country and
that to win a battle means to invite
criticism and an investigation. 1t
would seem that the man who would
avoid these evils must be at Siboney
or equally distant from the bursting
shells and the hurtling shot.