Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-11-28

er Henderson to Leave Him Oh
Ways and Means Committee - So
Much For Bucking the Trusts.
Degradation of Delaware = Phila-
deIphia Election Frauds-Rooseveit
as a Humorist-Hanna In a New
Role The Tariff Commission.
Banker CaldweII's Luck--A Tale of
Self Control.
Especial Washington Letter.
That is a great linguistic war which
is now waging between Governor Beck
ham Of Kentucky and Governor Dur
bin of Indiana. While what they say
is redhot stuff, none of their sizzling
remarks will survive so long as that
famous one made by the governor Of
South Carolina to the governor Of
North Carolina touching the length of
time betwixt drinks Macaulay says
that George II. of England, the most
irascible of monarchs, wanted to
challenge Frederick the Great to NOR
tai combat. The great historian rather
regrets that that performance did
not take place. Some such thoughts
occur to me when reading the Beck
ham Durbin correspondence. That
the Kentuckian is right there can be
no question. Governor Taylor and
Secretary of State Finley were prop
erly and regularly indicted by Ken
lucky grand jury for having hand in
the Goebel murder, and Governor
Beckham is entirely within his rights
in demanding that they be extradited,
while Governor Durbin, notwithstand-
ing his high sounding claims to vir-
tue, renders himself, as Governor Beck
ham truly says, an accessory after the
fact to the Goebel murder by shield
ing and protecting them. The chances
are also in favor of the proposition
that Beckham is correct when he
charges that Durbin is cutting his fan
tastic capers before high heaven in
hopes Of electing himself to the SEN
ate-a base purpose surely.
The Expected.
The French saYant who declared that
it is frequently the unexpected that
happens only covered part of the
ground, for frequently it is the expect
ed that happens-and that is about to
happen to the beloved Babcock.
told Bah some time ago that the
Republican party is no place for re-
former and that If he wished to do any
good reforming the trusts and the tariff
he must come out of that Sodom and
Gomorrah, hut he would not hearken
to my friendly voice.
Now the Washington dispatches in
form us that certain leading Repub-
lican statesmen are urging Speaker
Henderson to reorganiZe the ways and
means committee and to degrade Bah
cock by leaving him off that COM
mittee. Wherefore? Because Babcock
is in favor of trying to curtail the
trusts. Wonder what has become of
the celebrated Littlefield antitrust bill
and Rays bogus constitutional amend
ment, by which bill and amendment
those illustrious statesmen proposed to
smash all the trusts into smithereens.
Why were not those reformers dis
eiplined as it is now proposed to dis
cipline poor Babcock? Bah appears
to be the victim of circumstances. He
took Republican antitrust talk seri-
ously, introduced bill that contained
some meat and is to be spanked and
reduced 10 rank. Poor Bah.
Awful.
IL anybody wants to know to what
unspeakable degradation unrestrained
Pepublicanism will bring community.
let him read in the November Forum
an amazing article by Willard Sauls-
bury of Delaware, entitled "Preserv-
ing a States Honor" 1t shows what
one man can do who has abundant
Doodle and who is willing to use it
is strange and sickening contrast to
the Delaware of the Rodneys. the Clay
tons, the Bayards and the Saulshurys.
And one man. one Republican. dragged
her from her high estate and made her
hiss and byword among the states.
known as "Gas" Addicks. 1t is due to
his money that Delaware has no Unit
ed States senators.
Corruption.
1t is said that Postmaster General
Smiths paper has declared for a con-
test in the recent Philadelphia cleo
tions on the grounds of gross and pal
pable frauds. If the postmaster gen
eral is really back of the contest. it
may amount to something If he sue
ceeds In cleansing the Augean stables
In the City of Brotherly Love, lie will
deserve fame equal to that of Her
cules. 1t is hot certain but that
Charles Emorys ought to be greater,
for it is to be doubted whether all of
the twelve labors or Hercules rolled
Into one equaled in difficulty the labor
of purifying the Republican politics of
Philadelphia. Whatever the result. de-
cent people without reference to polit-
ical affiliations will wish the postmas-
ter general well in his fight for purer
elections.
Public Opinion.
If William Penn patronizes a clip
ping bureau, he has no cause to vannt
himself by reason of the condition of
politics and morals in the great com
monwealth which he founded and to
which he gave his name. Quite the
contrary.
As rule, the public press, even the
Democratic public press, is rather con-
gratulatory in it's remarks when speak
ing of how Father Knickerbocker
shook Tammany. But the public press,
even the Republican public press, is
rather censorious in speaking of the
continued and unbroken grip of Mat
thew Stanley upon his bailiwick Of
Quaysylvania. The editorial fraterni-
ty. except the most sodden Republicans,
seems to regard Pennsylvania as given
over to reprobacy of spirit and hard
ness of heart.
For instance, The Public Ledger,
founded by that illustrious patriot and
philanthropist, George W. Childs, and
edited by that distinguished gentle
man. George W. Childs Drexel. in an
editorial on the charleston Exposition
and Philadelphia" says:
Philadelphia's exhibit at the exposition will be
important, and the city is officially represented
by Philadelphia building properly enough. Last
week the joint special committee Of councils on
Charleston exposition approved the second pay
ment on the building, which is to cost about $23,