Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-07-25

tains, backed up by all the Republican
members and lot of renegade Demo
Gratis, forced on Johnson a tariff on
steel rails which he solemnly asseverat-
ed was not needed by the steel rail
manufacturers It is easy to denounce
Tom as demagogue and a mounte-
bank; but, SO far as l know, he is the
only man living or dead who ever
fought tariff of which he was one Of
the principal beneficiaries. If The Post
knows of any other, would be de-
lighted to have his name, for all such
names ought to be immortalized. So
far Toms name, like Abou Ben Adj
hem's, leads all the rest. Another quail
ity which / admire is frankness, which
Tom possesses to an unusual degree.
In that same debate he said: 81 am a
monopolist and will continue to be one
so long as the law permits monopo-
lists. What oppose Is law which
makes it possible for any man to be
monopolist," or words to that effect.
But | submit to The Post that 1t
ought to quit swatting Tom. for it Is
now engaged in exploiting Toms the
ory piecemeal. l am glad to welcome
The Post into the goodly company of
those who are In favor OF taking Off
the tariff on articles controlled by a
trust or on products which are sold
cheaper to Europeans, South Ameri-
cans and Australasians than they arc
sold to Americans at the factory doors.
In this matter The Post, which is able,
brilliant and piquant, is rendering yeo-
man service. but it should never forget
that in so doing it is following In the
footsteps Of Tom Johnson, whom it de-
lights to wallop.
Gone Wrong.
The most sensible prayer ever prof.
fered at the throne of grace Is this:
LEAD us not into temptation" All of
our officers in the Philippines should
offer up that petition morning, noon
and night and add to 1t the other, de
liver us from evil" II. Phelps Whit
marsh, governor of Benguet, has been
cited to appear before his superiors
for using his Office to force contracts
out of the natives whereby he may en-
rich himself. Why should anybody be
surprised at this conduct on the part
of Governor Whitmarsh? He was only
doing after his kind, for the history of
proconsular government is the history
Of official oppression and robbery since
the world began, and it will con-
tinue to be SO as long as the earth re-
wolves upon its axis or slides down the
ecliptic Dishonesty is inherent in the
system. The only way to cure the dis
honesty is to abolish the system.
The Giobe-Democrat says:
BY the purchase of Louisiana territory the Unit
ed States helped Napoleon and France when mon
ey needed Why could not the school children
of France raise money for Napoleon statue Just
as the children Of this country did for the Lafs.
yette monument
That is beautiful scheme indeed
to levy a contribution upon the school
children of France to erect In free
! America a monument to ''the last Of
| the Cmsars," who filed the earth with
| human bones and strangled liberty In
| France. l have always been glad that
Is a member of the house foreign af-
fairs committee forced Ferdinand
| Peck to give up his great raid upon the
| school children of America. couldn't
kill his bill entirely, but did rob it of
its feature of enforced contribution, on
! the ground that oil such collections
from school children are outrages, plae-
ing the poor children in an undesirable
position. for, while they are unable to
contribute. the children of the well to
do eau. The more have heard of Mr..
Peck the gladder am that curtailed
his bill.