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

as two and two make four one result
of President McKinley's death will be
to increase the number of aspirants for
second place. OF course, any man
would rather be elected to the presi-
dency than to inherit it by death, but
it is better to reach the presidency in
the latter way than not at all, so here
tiful as berries in June. How many
are ambitious to win an honorable
fame by accomplishing something not
able for their countrymen? All, l hope.
How many are carrying concealed
about their persons axes which they
desire to grind? Too many, | fear.
How many upon taking stock at high
noon March 4, 1908, will find that they
have done the country any good or
increased their own fame? None may
tell. Let US hope that all will so find.
Speaks Before Taking Oath.
From the foregoing it will be observ-
ed that the speaker delivers his in
augural address before he takes the
oath of Office, which looks like the old
and condemned performance of put
ting the cart before the horse. Where
fore? | never heard but one explana-
tion for this reversal of what appears
to be the natural order of procedure.
and that was by a cynic, who declared
that by making his speech before he
was sworn the speaker had greater
latitude in making promises. 1t may
be noted in passing that the president
also delivers his inaugural and then
takes the oath. 1t is strange historic
truth that at least two presidents took
the oath of Office privately before be-
Ing sworn in publicly. They were
Hayes and Arthur, Hayes because
Sunday was the 4th and he was not
publicly installed till Monday, the 9th,
and because of the Tilden-Eayes con-
test. General Arthur prudently took
the oath at once privately upon being
notified of Garfeld's death, as his was
the only life between the people and
no government.
Exit the Colored Congressman.
The Fifty-seventh congress Is nota-
bic for the fact that it Is the first con-
gress since reconstruction days in
which no colored man sits in either
house or senate. Last February Mr..
White of North Carolina delivered In
the house what he was pleased to de-
nominate the "valedictory address" of
the colored race and predicted that he
was the last colored man who would
sit in congress for q generation Per-
haps-who knows?-in less time than
that some northern constituency will
send colored representative to con-
gress.
Queer Pacifcntion.
1t is high time that Otis, Macarthur
or some other commanding general is
sue another pronunciamento declaring
for the seyeralth time that the war is
over in the Philippines; otherwise peo-
pie will wonder at the curious order of
General Smith, which makes it neces-
sary for every soldier in the islands of
Samar and Leyte to see to it that he is
never separated from his arms. even at
mealtime. No matter how inconven-
lent it may be, he is to eat breakfast,
dinner. and supper with his gun beside
him and his cartridge belt buckled
about his waist. Queer pacifcation.
thati
Dangerous.
The signs of the times indicate that
the trusts have entered upon a course
of uncalled for and idiotic despotism
which may lead to their undoing-a
consummation devoutly to be wished
and that Is to persistently delay the
filling of orders. The New York Jour-
nal of Commerce says that complaint
on that head is widespread and init
mates that the delay is deliberate pol
icy on the part of the trusts rather
than inability to fill the orders. One
dealer is thus quoted:
/ wish to cali your attention to phase Of the
trust development to which have not as yet seen
any allusion. ! think il you will investigate you
will find that all trusts make policy Of restrict
ing production to a point which keeps them on
an average oycrsod from one to three weeks Be-
fore trusts formed in our business we rarely
ever had delay in filling orders of forty eight
hours any kind of merchandise, but now it
ntetAS iHipOSSlDle 10 nave our ORDERS Oh sugar.
salt. tobacco and certain cereals produced by the
American Cereal company filed with any kind OF
promptness, and during the past year the delays
have been in many instances over three weeks.
causing gr11t deal Of Generalization ! under
stand that the leather men and the steel men are
having the same trouble and consequently de-
moralizaton, because the leather ard steel trusts
are oversold in their products from three weeks
to a month. This delay in filling orders must
cause the general business public serious loss
To a mere locker on iD Vienna 1t
would appear that such copduct-un-
justifable and ruthless would raise
up opposition to them Shakespeare
says something about it being q fine
thing to have a giants strength, but
tyrannous to use it after the condemned
manner of Giant. remark which the
trust magnates would do well to pom
der. Even the worm will turn at last,
as they may discover. to their sorrow.
General Lew Wallace DIsgruntIed.
General Lew Wallace, author Of
"Ben-Hur. 1.-THE Prince of India."
etc, also wants to be vindicated as to
his military career. Unlike Colonel
Russell, however, he does not apply to
the. war department, but to the Society