Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-03-28

larry elected president every four
years. 1t is no wonder that tine Mexi-
cans, who have so long leaned on his
strong arm for protection against riot,
anarchy and revolution and who under
his regime have for the first time en-
ernment, should be filed with appre-
hension at the prospect of his early
death. The same is true Of all who
are interested in the perpetuity of the
republic. So long as he is at the helm all
men know that peace and stability will
be the order of things beyond the Rio
Grande. They are not so certain what
will happen among that turbulent peo-
pie when his masterful personality no
longer dominates. There may be others
worthy to carry on his great work.
Let us hope there
Next!
Z Senator Marcus A. Hanna possesses
one great yirtue-he is not fool. When
lot of Cheap John politicians began
to whoop it up for President Mckinley
for third term, hoping. no doubt,
thereby to gobble a luscious slice of
pie, Senator Hanna at once and with
energy denounced the idiotic gable
as "stuff and nonsense" and said that
president Mckinley is too good a pol
itician to make the mistake of suppos-
ing that he could overcome the unwrit
ten law and succeed himself" On
that proposition at least Senator Han
mas head is entirely level 1t is no de-
traction from Mr.. Mckinley to say that
what was good enough for Washing
ton, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and
Jackson is good enough for him and
that an honor which the American peo-
pie refused to General Grant when the
great captain was fresh from his tri-
vouchsafed to any man of this genera
tion. Mr.. Mckinley is far too wise to
jeopardize his vast popularity by seek
ing the unattainable. So that matter
may as well be dismissed at once and
for all.
But the next question on which Sena-
tor Hanna was catechiSed is far more
important, and upon that he was not
so frank by one-half or ninety-nine-
hundredths. That question was, "Who
will be the next Republican nominee
for the presidencyY Perhaps inherent
and incorrigible modesty prevented the
senator from blurting out what must
have been in his mind. Had he spoken
unreservedly he would have taken the
reporters breath away by saying with
out any hedging or parlez-vousing:
"Ecce honor (Behold the many 1t is
safe to say that such bold declaration
would have thrilled the bread and but
ter brigade from the humblest private
in the rear rank to the most epauleted
man Jack of them all. Such an an
nouncement would, in my judgment,
have settled the nomination four years
in advance and saved divers aspiring
statesmen world of worry and an
ocean of sweat.
That's what | would have advised
Senator Hanna to do, but as he has
never called me to be his legal or polit-
ical adviser he will find himself in a
sea of troubles. Instead of boldly an
nouncing his candidacy he made GER
tain suggestions which will cause Sen
ators Fairbanks, Beveridge, Spooner
and Lodge to raise their presidential
lightning rods. And there are others.
If that quartet goes into the fight. there
is no reason that l wot of why Uncle
Joe" Cannon. Colonel William Peters
Hepburn. Senator Jonathan Prentiss
Dolliver, Charles E. I.ittlefield. Gov
ernor Dick Yates. Governor Odell and
a host of others should not shy their
castors into the ring. Nor are Teddy,
Senator William P Frye. Joseph Ben
son Foraker. Julius Caesar Burroughs
or George Frisbie Hoar to be sneezed
at. 1t hath also been whispered about
that ex-senator William Eaton Chan
dler would be willin Barkis. True,
he received an awful jolt recently. but
Mr.. Mckinley has been a good Samari-
tan to him and placed him in soft.
downy berth. with $4,000 per-"
Er. Hanna's Chances.
But, Notwithstanding this shining ar
ray of possibilities. had Senator Hanna
seized opportunity by the forelock he
ought not TO have experienced any
trouble in knocking the persimmon.
Even after his inopportune bashfulness
has thrown cold water on the enthu-
siasm of the bread and butter brigade
his chances are the best. He is the
logical candidate. He is no worse than
his party. In very truth he could not
be-. The thing is an impossibility in
nature. He has not whipped The devil
about the stump: that's all Others
spout patriotism and emit cant. Mark
openly made the boys shell out and
placed the ducats where they would do
the most good for his party. He did
the work-the dirty Work-and the 9th