Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-06-27
CHAMP qARK'S LETTER
Words Fifty Spoken by
President Mckinley.
REJOICE HIS TRUE FRIENDS.
Follows Precedent Set by the
Immortal Washington.
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REJOICE HIS TRUE FRIENDS.
SETTLES THIRD TERM IDI0oY.

SETTLES THIRD TERM IDI00Y.
Squelches the Sycophants Who Sheer
at Constitutional Liberty - Depew
and Grosvcnor RebulSed = PIow
Preparing the Way Tor Chinese
Coolies-Wage Farmers In Danger.
Concerning the Loyalty of the
South = Senator Fairbanks Presi-
Dental Boom-Uncle Sam Plumber
ed by His Servants.
Especial Washington letter.
Far and away the most important ut
terance of any public man this year,
perhaps in this generation, is that of
President Mckinley touching the third
term matter. words fifty spoken" !"
gold in pictures of silver" That Mr..
McKinley's were fifty spoken there can
be no question. 81 say now, once for
all, expressing a long settled convic-
ton, that / not only am not and will
not be candidate for third term. but
would not accept a nomination for 1t if
it were rendered me-" That sentence
opportunely published confounds his
enemies, rejoices his true friends, per-
sonal and POLITICAL; relieves many gen
uine patriots of a great fear and in
creases vastly his stature as an Ameri-
can statesman 1t does more than all
this. 1t adds the weight of another il
lustrious name to the precedent set by
Washington and confirmed by Jeffer-
son, Madison, Monroe and Jackson.
Mckinley. Personally l entertain a
high regard for him, and both for his
own sake and the sake of constitution
al liberty | rejoice with exceeding great
joy that he has settled the third term
idiocy for another generation at least.
can say with some pride, 81 told you
so," for never doubted that his COM
mon sense would in due time put an
effectual stopper on those sycophants
who were endeavoring to lure him into
a course which would have jeopardized
his popularity and would perhaps have
ended in ignominious defeat a sad end
ing to such triumphant career.
Standing today on the topmost pin
nacle Of human power, having sounded
all the shoals and depths of honor, he
can render his country at least one
more signal blessing, and that is to
4ol- Il Of hi t,.o,s in.
fuence to secure an amendment to the
constitution limiting the presidency to
one term of six years and making the
incumbent forever after ineligible to
that great cffice-the greatest which
earth has to bestow. If he can do this,
future generations will call him bless
ed.
Depew and GrosveROr.
Mr.. AIcKinley's performance reminds
me of a story. Out in Pike county,
Mo-, there once lived a great wag nam
ed Sid Shaw, who occasionally bearded
and bucked the tiger in his lair. Early
one morning friend found Sid leaning
against lamppost in st. Louis, look
ing exceedingly disconsolate. He kind
ly inquired, ''Sid, what's the troubleY'
Sid replied with fearful voice, 81 play
ed faro all night, lost my last cent and
feel that have been acting the fool
with nothing to show for itv' 1t seems
that Senator Chauncey Mitchell Depew
and General Charles Henry Grosvenor
must feel much as did Sid Shaw. De
pew may get out Of his predicament by
declaring that it was all huge joke,
but General Grosvenor cannot escape
so easily from the well merited derision
Of mankind which he has brought upon
himself by advocating an un-American
proposition, at variance with our whole
history and with the genius Of our in
stitutions. General Grosyenor very
rarely jokes. When he does, his jokes
burn more than they tickle. He was in
deadly earnest. whatever Depew may
have been. The most charitable view
that can be taken of his performance
is that his affection for the president
outran his discretion.
BE Thankful.
The item Of news recently sent out
from Chicago that the expected has
happened again and the manufacturers
of plows have formed a combine must
fill the farmers who voted the Repub-
lican ticket last year with gratitude
and enthusiasm. The published pur-
pose is to reduce the cost of production
and the price to the users. The effect
will be to reduce the cost and to raise
the price to the users. 1t is always
thus, and the plow combine will form
no exception to the rule.
Perhaps Mr.. Babcock of Wisconsin
may find in this some encouragement
to carry on his somewhat belated cru
sade against the trusts. Hitherto the
most reliable body of voters for the Re-
publicans, bar none, have been the
farmers of the great west and north
west. More than once they have saved
that party from utter rout, il not from
annihilation. None are so blind as
those who will not see, and they have
been among the blindest. Others might
flop, but as a body they have remain
ed faithful to the Republican party and
policies even unto death. 1t may be
that the plow combine will open their
eyes to their own interests. Nous ver-
rons.
why Is 1t Thus!
When divers and sundry palpitating
brand new fact and declared boldly
and with great good sense that the
country had been thoroughly reunited
for generation, certain newspapers
represented that my other brilliant and
eloquent friend, Judge James NJ. Griggs
of Georgia, had hoped on to Carmack,
claiming that the latter had plagiarized
from him the idea at least. whereupon
I preferred my claim of priority over
both, setting forth that | made similar
antecedent declarations in my speech
On Frank Blair Feb. A. 1880. The whole
thing turns out to have been a comedy
Of errors. Judge Griggs never jumped
on Senator Carmack, and | never pre-
ceded Judge Griggs ID enunciating the
same idea. AS matter of fact, he an
tedated me by precisely two hours. II
was close shave. He won by nose.
When / wrote my article. | did not
know it, but it is the truth. and the
honor undoubtedly belongs to Judge
Gn hereby make the amende
honorable to him. wrote before with
out all the data at hand. Now / am