Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-17
CHAMP QARE'S LETTER
Republican Murderers
Protected.
MOST DIsGRACEFUL FACT.
Indiana's Governor Refuses to
Give Up Taylor and Finley.
MOST DIsGRACEFUL FACT,
FOUL CRIME TO 90 UNFINISHED.

FOUL URINE TO 60 UNFINISHED.
the Philippines = History Repeats
Itself-TariR Barons and the Law.
Republicans Anticipating n Land
slide-Pacifcatfon Does Not Seem
to Pacffy-Lemly's Ingratitude to
Schley - RooseveIt's Confederate
Uncles-Oratory and Statesmanship.
Some Humorous Tales of Cam
paigning.
Especial Washington letter.
In large headlines The Globe-Demo-
crat, leading Republican organ grinder
west Of the Mississippi, says, ''Ex-Gov-
ernor Taylor Seems Safe; Governor
Durbin Almost Certain to Dishonor
Kentucky Requisition," thereby an
nouncing the most disgraceful current
fact in American history. While the
whole country is mourning the bastard
ly murder of President Mckinley and
while all good citizens, without regard
to party affiliations, are pestering their
heads to devise ways and means for
stamping out anarchy and anarchists,
this Republican governor of Indiana is
using all his power to prevent Govern
or Bill Taylor and Secretary of State
Finley from being taken back to Ken
lucky to be tried for as foul murder
nc, 80
That they richly deserve hanging no
sane man doubts, but they are protect
ed by Governor Durbin solely because
they are eminent Republicans and be-
cause they were in a conspiracy to as
sassinate Democratic governor. Sup
pose the case reversed and that the red
handed criminals now skulking in In
diana were Democrats charged with
being participes criminis in the murder
of Republican goyernor-does any,
body believe for one fleeting moment
that Governor Durbin would protect
them? Not very much! Suppose Dur
bins plan is universally adopted of re-
fusing acquisitions for fugutives from
justice-what then? The comfy be-
tween the states is gone, and all that
have to do in order to be safe from pun
ishment is to escape out of his own into
another state, which would be most
deplorable condition of affairs, placing
a positive premium upon lynch law.
Czolgosz and Governor Taylor ought to
be electrocuted on the same day. They
are birds of a feather
An Inevitable Result.
Proconsular government has been un-
just and corrupt ever since the world
began and will continue to be so until
the earth shall perish as a scroll. Our
proconsular government in the Philip
pines appears to be no exception to the
rule First we had the Philippine
Hard Wood company, of which Hon.
J. A. L. Hull, Republican congressman
from Dcs Moines, is president and in
which there are supposed to be mil
lions.
Later we have senate committee in
yestigating the affairs Of a company
composed largely of army officers and
war department officials organized for
the purpose of 'cornering Philippine
hemp" thereby raising the price to the
American consumer and feathering the
nests of the members of the company.
1t appears that one of them, Major e.
L. Hawkes., did not receive quantum
sufficit or what he deemed a quantum
meruit Of the swag. SO he squealed, and
by charges against Colonel II. o. S.
Heistand gave the whole snap away.
He also gives the names of the MEM
bers of the company, and. 10, the name
of Hon. George D. Meiklejohn. late as
sistant secretary of war. like that Of
Aban Ben Adhem, leads all the rest.
Loot appears to possess irresistible
fascination for the average Republican
lin office or out.
Democrats Disfranchised.
The ST. Louis Post Dispatch contain
ed telegraphic news from Des Moines
the other day showing the existence Of
a plan to disfranchise $500 Democrat
ic voters in that city. The Republican
party has surely lost all confidence in
its virility when it is brought to the
point of DISTINGUISHING Democrats in
Iowa to make sure that it's capital city
remains Republican! They are surely
anticipating d landslide of such huge
proportions as to threaten Iowa and
even Pennsylvania, where they are still
stuffing the ballot boxes through sun
shine and shadow, through good and
evil report.
Alderman Gibson, Republican, Of Des
Moines is at the head Of the new char
ter movement and frankly confesses
the iniquity as follows:
II we secure the charter, it means an end to
Democratic representation in the council cham
bers That's one OF the things we have In view.
Under the present law Des Moines is governed
by mayor elected by both East and West Des
Moines, the entire city voting for the chief ex-
ecutiye. Next to the mayor comes the city coun-
Gil, composed OF nine members, from each Of
the seven wards Qour in West Des Moines and
three in East Des Moines) and two at large, one
from each side of the dividing Des Moines river.
Taken as whole. the city of Des Moines is
overwhelmingly Republican, the Republicans hav-
ing a plurality of about $780, as a rule. The
council as it now stands consists of seven Repub
lican nembers-Aldermen prunty, Patrick, Dorr,
Brereton, Gibson. Hanger and Loveridge-and two
Democrats-Al Aldermen Hall and Bennett. The
new charter scheme is destined to do away with
even this small Democratic representation and
make Des Moines exclusively Republican despite
the thousands Of Democrats who reside and vote
In this city.
The Filipino war seems intermin-
able. For many weary months we
have heard precious tales from the
government and its partisans as to
how peace is an established fact, but
here on the heels Of 1t comes the rather
contradictory news that a whole COM
pany of brave American soldiers is
practically wiped out in the island of
Samar. Forty-eight killed and eleven
wounded-this out of total strength
of seyenty-two! The Filipinos show
strange evidence of their pacifcation,
their resignation and their growing
love for los Americanos.
And the Associated Press dispatches
chronicle another severe fight near
Candelaria on the same day and add,
Further bad news would not surprise
any one in the war department"
General Corbin recently visited the
island of Samar, and on his return
home recently he said that there he
learned that the island contained only
about $50 scattered insurgents. Gen
eral Hughes told him that he could
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