Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-19

having government pension roll es-
tablished from the civil walks Of life,
it will perhaps go through; otherwise
it is doomed to ignominious failure,
for there is no reason why the people
should be taxed to pension a civil en-
ployee Of the government that would
not apply with greater force to those
persons who labor, but not for Uncle
Sam. He pays the highest wages in
the land.
GrOsvenor's Hat.
There never was q finer illustration
than the recent conduct of General
Charles Henry Grosvenor of the truth
of Pope's famous quatrain:
Vice is monster of such frightful nlien
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
But seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
According to the story of Congress
man Charles E. Joy, Republican con-
gressman at that, the doughty general
was caught fagrante delicto buying a
hat in London from ''the halter to the
king" That is simply awful The
general has crossed the sea once too
often. If he tarries in the modern
Babylon much longer, he will be ko-
towing to King Edward VII. Perhaps
the fascinations of royalty may so
completely inthrall him that he will ex-
patriate himself a la William Waldorf
Astor, thereby depriving the admins
tration of its stanchest supporter on
the floor of the house.
Pennsylvania Politics.
Under the head "a Horrible Exam
pie" The Christian Evangelist of st.
Louis, which is nonpartisan in politics,
rises to make the following somewhat
vigorous remarks:
Tho Pennsylvania Republican convention, which
performed all its functions from organization to
adjournment, including the adoption of a plat
fern and the nomination of candidates, in the
phenomenal and record breaking time of one hour
and thirty minutes, Is a horrible example of the
extent to which corruption go in the hands
of experts who can manage for their private
ends the party organization of great state. The
Democratic convention, which we recently COM
mented upon wisely confined itself to state is
sues. The Republican convention criticised this
action ana made q futile attempC TO QlVerL Lne
public mind from the state issue Of honesty versus
theft to the national questions Of protection and
expansion. 1t calls upon the people OF Pennsyl-
yaIa to forget the virtual theft OF millions from
the city of Philadelphia by the authority OF a
Republican legislature and city council and to
support the Quay -Ashbridge machine out Of
plment to the federal administration and because
of the general prosperity which has prevailed
since 1896. 1t enarges upon the glories of the
Republican party its past achievements, its pres
ent success and its hopeful future and, passing
lightly over the we'll proved charges which are
made against the Quay ring as a matter to be
looked upon with amusement rather than con-
eern,'' 1t asks the people to commit the affairs OF
the state TO clique which has ever been dis
grace to its party. We have called this futile
attempt, but it remains to be seen how futile it
will really be. 1t is at least foolish, but it
mains for the citizens of Pennsylvania to show in
the autumn election whether they love honesty
more than party whether they consider them
selves under bond to line up when the party
whistle blows. There is no other issue than that
In Pennsylvania this year. A fusion of all the
anti-Quay forces is being organized to overcome
the normal Republican majority in the state.
Concerning Prosperity.
People seem to differ as to what con-
stitutes signs of prosperity. For in
stance the Kansas City Journal prints
the following:
Attorney T. B. Buckner says the country is in
curious condition County banks are blocked
with money, and there is ''nothin' doin'." ''Down
at Mexico, where was,' said Mr.. Buckner, ''the
5000 population has over $50O.OOO on deposit. At
Auxvasse the 500 population has glutted the bank
with S10000o on deposit. That means that every
man with a shirt his back and steady job
is worth 81 500 real money over and above his
real estate. The depostors are buying nothing.
There is nothing for them to buy. They sold their
cattle because OF the drought and now sitting
thinking. l the beat of it,
Whereupon the Mexico Mo) Ledger
takes up the discussion and, looking
through differently colored spectacles,
says:
The fact that the banks throughout the country
are full OF money is not evidence of prosperity.
The crop being a partial failure, the farmers
sold their stock at ruinously low prices and put
their money in the banks. The farmers are with
out crops and without stock, and their money is
idle. When times prosperous, the money is
not in the banks, but is in circulation The farm
ers have it invested in hogs, and bay, and it
is kept moving and brings results.
The Schley Conspiracy.
Something better about the Schley-
Sampson controversy than the follow
ing from the Kansas City Independent
may have been printed, but if so it
must have been done very obscurely:
The enemies of schley, somewhat eowed by
public opinion, have given over their open and
violent attacks on him in his official capacity
and are now engaged in the filthy work of soling
his reputation as man. They say that he drinks,
that he frequently INDUCES in Incorporate Ian
guage and that he does not attend church with
true Christian regularity. In consideration OF
these things there comes to mind the following
excerpt from Justin Huntley McCarthy's ''Short
History of the United States.'' in which he pays
beautiful tribute to Washington
'There are those who in their desire to lessen
all greatness delight to think that the man was
not fautless. These would have US believe what
we need not believe, that he was untaithful to
his wife. These harp on his undemocratic rich
ness OF dress and his habit at his receptions OF
holding his hands behind lis back to save him
from shaking hands with his visitors. They are
at pains to remind US that the hero wore false
teeth This Is but labor lost. Washington remains
the hero despite his false teeth, in spite Of the
pear colored waistcoat and the powdered hair, in
e & bis saSn5 Sp Ct CT sae s sty e Il ocae Sa
the scar of Danton, and the squnt OF Wilkes, and
the badness of Cesar-these the patent blem-
ishes that bind the great man to the little man
and make them kin. In the genius there is
kinship, and 1t is the genius we remember when
we honor the illustrious name.'
Republican Views of Babcockery.
Both the ST. Paul Pioneer Press and
the Philadelphia Press are Republican
organs. They have widely divergent
views on the tariff question. The
Pioneer Press says, ITO stubbornly
oppose revision of the tariff is to in
vite a political revolution" The Wash
ington Post quotes that sentence and
adds that many other Republican pa
pers back up the sentiment. On the
other hand, the Philadelphia Press of
Aug. 26 jumps on to the Babcock bill
with both feet, calling it a ridiculous
bill and accusing the Pioneer Press Of
giving vent to foolish talk. The Wash
| ington Post, able independent organ,
| then takes heavy fall out of the
| Philadelphia Press and expresses the
firm belief that the present tariff
schedules will be revised in the Fifty
seventh congress, which meets in De-
cember. The Post has leaning to-