Gloucester County Democrat., 1901-08-01
CHAMP QARE'S LETTER
The Expected Happens
In South Carolina.
WOE AMONG REPUBLICANS.
President Distributes Pie to
Renegade Democrats.
M'LAURIN's FRIENDS ARE HAPPY.

M'LAURIN'S FRIENDS ARE HAPPY.
Meanwhile the Palmetto Contingent
of the G. o. p. Is TncOnsOIable.
Cuban PostofEce Looter Still Un-
punished-Mack and Mark and the
Treaty Ought to De Abrognted.
Hoodooed by the New York Sun.
Praise More Deadly Than Abuse.
Strikes Prove That Trusts Are q
BIessing-Press Censorship.
Especial Washington Letter.l
One of the most frequently quoted
mots ever uttered or written in this
world is that of the Frenchman who
said, at is always the unexpected that
happens" 1t, like most other wise
saws, is only half truth. Frequently
it is the expected that happens, to say
nothing of the inevitable. The expect
ed has just happened or, more properly
speaking. is now happening in South
Carolina, and that is that the long time
Republicans in the old Palmetto State
are kicking vigorously because the
president is dispensing pie in large
pieces tc the renegade Democrats who
are following Senator McLaurin, to the
exclusion of the men who have been
Republicans for, 10, these many years.
In kicking they are only acting after
their kind. In the dog days of 1900 at
Chicago Hon. Web Flanagan of Texas
voiced the sentiments of all Republic
ans, particularly of all southern Re
publicans, when he exclaimed with
great feeling and consuming fervor, IF
we are not here for the Offices, what in
hell are we here for?" a far resounding
question which has never been answer
ed to this day, Republicans are al
ways hungry for pic, and when they
see it going to somebody else they do a
large stunt of cursing. With all his
acumen and experience with ravenous
Republicans, President Mckinley ought
to have known that much. Senator Me-
Laurin perhaps may plead ignorance
as to the real character of Republicans.
Nicely still Untried.
Why has not that colossal Republican
thief NeeIy been tried and sent to the
penitentiary, where he belongs? 1t is
to be hoped that the above query may
be propounded, to the powers that be
without the one who asks the question
becoming guilty of leze majesty. 1t
will be remembered that just prior to
the election a great show of prosecut-
ing. extraditing and disposing of Neely
was made by Republican officials. Since
that he has dropped out of sight as
suddenly and completely as did the
late Mr.. McGinty. 1t is stated that the
enormous sum of $4,000 has been
spent in preparing the case" and it is
also stated that when asked whether
Neely is to be prosecuted government
officials simply "shrug their shoulders"
merely that and nothing more.
If Neely is not prosecuted, there can
be but one reason, and that is that he
knows too much and If prosecuted
would make such disclosures about
those in high places as would shake
the Republican party to pieces. This
is q sorrowful conclusion to come to,
but it Is the inevitable conclusion to
which sensible men will come unless
this petted thief is brought to eondign
punishment.
The Crop Failure.
In 1897 there were fine crops in the
United States and q failure of crops in
the rest of the world. This naturally
and inevitably put up the prices of
American farm products higher than
they had been for many years. 1t was
perfectly natural transaction, one
very fortunate for us. 1t brought a
large measure Of prosperity to the
American farmer and incidentally to
all other Americans. No man or no
set of men was responsible for it. 1t
was the work of Providence, but the
Republican organ grinders all over the
United States with one accord assert
ed. iterated and reiterated that this
prosperity, which was due solely to the
Almighty, should be credited to Will
liam Mckinley and Mark Hanna. They
claimed the glory with an impiety that
was shocking as well as amazing. This
was one Of the large and valuable as
sets of the Republican party in the
elections Of 1898 and 1900. OF course,
this claim on their part was q mon
strous and preposterous lie.
The best Republican campaign speech
that l heard in 1000, Notwithstanding
The fact that had twenty odd debates
with such illustrious Republicans as
Senator Jonathan P. Dolliyer, General
Charles Henry Grosvenor and the Hon.
c. B. Lands, was made by Demo
cratic friend CT mine and made in one
sentence. He never voted anything
but the Democratic ticket in his life
and never expects to. but while was
making q speech lambasting the Re
publicans for oyerthrowing the consti-
tuition and disregarding the Declara-
ton of Independence he injected into
my speech this single remark: II guess
we can stand 1t as long as beef cattle
is 5 cents a pound on foot" Uncon-
sciously he had uttered the entire Re-
publican argument which carried the
middle west for Mckinley and Repub-
hcanism.
Now. If Mack and Mark made 1t sea-
sonable in the United States In 1891
and unreasonable everywhere else
they control the clements unquestion-
ably. If that be true, then it may NOT
be impertinent to inquire why they
have permitted the most remarkable
drought in all history to devastate the
entire Mississippi valley this year; NO
water, no grass, no hay, no corn, nc
oats, no vegetation nothing except 9
good crop of wheat. If Mark and Mack
are to be praised for beef cattle being
cents pound on foot In 1900, why
are Mark and Mack not to be blamed
for beef cattle selling In the heart OF
the Mississippi valley at 2 cents o
pound on foot in the summer Of 1901.
Brazen Impostors.
| do not believe, nor does any other
man who has any sense, that Mark and
Mack are responsible for this drought
No more were they responsible for the
splendid crops Of 1897, while nobody
else on the face of the earth had any