Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-26

Ia ed harmony or which W.
heard SO much in Noyemhel
has vanished like dream, and Fora
ker, Hanna. Kurtz, Cox and company
are clawing, yawling and caterWaulins
in most vigorous fashion. Genera
Charles Dick has phenomenal luck il
getting himself mentioned for big
places. Six weeks ago he appeared te
be easily in the lead for the governor
ship. Here lately his particular friends
are booming him quietly for United
States senator, though it is hardly pos
sible that he could oust the erstwhile
fiery Foraker, and he would hardly
desire to oust Mark, as the Cleveland
boss has made General Dick what he
is, or largely so.
But, really, Hanna. Foraker. DICK
Kurtz and all the rest of the bosses
and leaders big and little have to take
back seats when George B. Cox OF Cln-
cinnati goes on the warpath. He is
really the biggest Republican in Ohio
He is very Warwick and they all
make obeisance to him. Those who
know him well say that he possesses
many good qualities, and he must have
lots Of brains to hold the primacy
among Ohio Republicans as he has
done now for several years. It's a
wonder that he does not have himself
elected governor or senator of the
United States. In this day of COM
mercial politics he would be strictly
in the swim.
Democrats In Harmony.
In the meantime, while the Ohio
Republicans are ut each others throat
and pulling each others hair, the Buck
eve Democrats appear to be working
in greater harmony than usual Tom
Johnson and John r. Mclean appear
to have buried the Ratchet, and let 1t
be hoped that they did not leave the
handle sticking out. If johnson ana
Mel can would really form an alliance,
offensive and defensive, there IS no
reason why they might not be govern
ors, senators, vice presidents, cablnet
ministers or even presidents. Stranger
things have happened in this world
and stranger things will happen again.
They are two strong men intellectual
ly and in the very flower of their
years. By pulling together they could
accomplish much.
Hon. John Jacob Lentz, who is wag-
ing a contest for a seat in the house or
representatives from the capital dis
trEoawaf Ohio, is surely possessed OF
faith x1at mytlld nioye mountains. II
he succeeds in his contest, be will be
one of the wondeS's Of the world.
Moody's Class House.
Mr.. Moody Of Massachusetts, in bis
pious and patriotic effort to deprive
the state of Louisiana Of representa-
ton in the house does not seem to have
considered that he lives in a political
glass house himself. They have in the
old Bay State certain educational quail
ifications on suffrage very similar to
those recently adopted by Louisiana
and other southern states.
Senator Mel aurin Out of 1t.
Senator JOHN T.. McLaurin of South
Carolina is one of the most amiable of
mortals; but, having made his pollt-
ical bed, he should be content to lie in
it. Just why he should expect to de-
sire to participate in Democratic eau
Gus it would be hard to tell. He ap-
pears to advocate all the things held
dear by Republicans and by so doing
takes himself out of the Democratic
party and into the Republican. If
man lies down with dogs, he may ex-
pect to get up with feas. The McLau-
rim movement in South Carolina never
did amount to much, and when Presi-
dent Roosevelt dined Booker Washing
ton it was dead as the men who lived
before the flood, for NEGRO Suprenla-
cy' is the one thing that can always
be relied on to unity the white people
of the old Palmetto State.
Cot Their Names In the Paners.
1t is strange how small a thing will
get a mans name printed in every
newspaper in the United States. Be
fore congress convened it was heralded
far and wide that the minor parties
had disc ppeared and only the two old
regulars, the Republican and Demo
cratic, held the forts, but on the I'd of
December Judge Neville of Nebrp ska,
to the surprise of everybody, bobbed
up serenely and nominated Judge
Stark of Nebraska for speaker and vot-
ed for him solus. This got both New
ille's name and Stark's into just about
every paper in America, although Judge
Neville had no such purpose in nomi-
mating Judge Stark. AS Hon. James
d. Richardson of Tennessee was too
bashful to vote for himself for speak
er, he voted for that splendid gentle
man, Amos I. Cummings. which got
Amos name into the papers. Major
Mcdowell, clerk of the house. recog-
niZing the humor of the situation. ap-
pointed Richardson, Stark and Cum
mings a committee to escort General
Henderson to the stand. so that by
having a sense of humor Mcdowell got
his name into the papers. Taken all in
all. 1t was q great day for ads" for
several clever and aspiring statesmen.
Nobody begrudges them anything good
in this life.
The kaise~ and Castro.
If It were not for the Mouroe doc
trine and the puissant republic back OF
it, what Kaiser Wilhelm would do t,
President Castro would be a-plenty
This Castro appears to be crapulous
i'll hammered upstart, going about witt
chip on his shoulder and relying OF
us to support the Monroe doctrine. HI
is very much inclined to cut such fan
tastic capers as are calculated to max,
the angels weep. Really, while W,
are dead stuck on the Monroe doctrine
if the young kaiser could catch Castro
off his reservation and give him {
sound whaling we would think Billie
had done very good thing.
New York Bosses.
A rumor very much in need of con
frmatioD comes from Gotham to tht
effect that Senator Thomas Collier
Platt. the .easy boss" is about to retire
from the leadership of the New Yorl
Republicans. Somehow New Yorl
bosses, either Democratic or Republic
an, do not retire until they are com
PEELED to, and Mr.. Platt is no exception
to the rule He will retire when his
coffin lid is screwed down good ant