Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-24
Especial Washington Letter.

bedfellows. Mr.. President Roosevelt's
| political history is one Of resistance
to the Republican bosses. Neverthe-
less quite recently Hon. Marcus A.
of the sententious remark, president
Roosevelt and | are partners in the Re-
| publican party"-which will be sad
| news to Messrs. Fairbanks, Odell, Bey-
eridge and other Republican aspirants
for the presidency. A long time ago
Thurlow Weed remarked, Seward and
| are onep'-which killed William FL.
| Seward dead as smelt for the presi-
dency, for many people who would
otherwise have been for Seward dis
trusted Weed. So it may turn out that
as Boss Weed killed Seward by his
declaration Boss Hanna may kill
Roosevelt by his declaration.
David WiImot.
Congressman Charles B. Lands of
Indiana and myself delivered our joint
lecture on Imperialism to a crowded
house at Towanda, Pa, the old home
of David Wilmot, who made more rep
utation out of fewer words than any
other man that ever lived betwixt the
Atlantic and Pacific. Hon. Galusha A.
Grow, who succeeded Wilmot in con-
gress, says that Wilmot did not origi-
nate his famous proviso either in
ed by others ana he was asked to offer
it because of his being persona grata
to the southern proslavery Democrats.
No matter as to that; he got the glory
and keeps it. The history of the United
States canret be written or understood
if Wilmot and his proviso are left out.
Landis and made the pilgrimage to
his tomb and thought of many things
and persons-Matthew Stanley Quay
and John Wanamaker, who are now
once more doing the Kilkenny cat act,
this time for the benefit of Hon. Boise
Penrose, who deserves six years more
in the senate. 1t is awful To hear the
two Republican factions of Pennsylva-
MIA cuss each other is to have heard
the bosses in profanity. 1t is really
strange that their intense hatred for
each other does not lead to more blood
shed. 1t looks like they would grow
weary of tongue lashing each other
and go to downright killing.
SchIey.
| I have never seen an audience yet
that is not on the side of Admiral Win
field Scott Schley in bis contest with
Sampson, Long ct al. ran parallel
at Towanda betwixt Schley and Dew
ey, and the audience gave Schley the
lions share of the applause, notwith-
standing the fact that of the 1000 per-
sons who heard Brother Landis and
myself at least three-quarters of them
are Republicans.
History furnishes few examples Of
men being prosecuted for having gain
ed great victory, thereby adding lus-
ter and glory to their country and her
flag. Every patriotic citizen will wish
Admiral Scbley a safe delivery from
the hands Of Long, Sampson & Co.
More Republican Harmony.
Harmony with big, big II appears
to be the chief stock in trade of our
Republican friends. While Quay and
Wanamaker are at each others throats,
while the Schley court of inquiry is
drawing its slow length long, General
Russell A. Alger, aforetime secretary
of war, plumps down his great story
of how the Spanish war was waged,
incidentally taking fall out of Gener-
al Nelson A. Miles. lieutenant general
commanding the American army. Now
be it known that Alger and Miles are
both top notcher Republicans and are
pulling wool for all it is worth. Alger
| hops Miles. and that indignant warrior
responds that Alger's conduct of the
war office was as corrupt as the beef
| slush, etc.
Another Daniel Come to Judgment.
Ex-United States Senator William D.
Washburn of Minnesota. a stanch Re
publican and a man of large business
| interests, favors drastic legislation
against trusts, general revision of the
| tariff providing for lower duties and
| the enlargement of the free list, espe-
cially where protection may be re-
moved from trusts, the increase of rec
| iprocity treaties, free trade with Cuba
and with all the territories now called
colonies. ''No duty" he says, should
ever be levied on any article coming
from any section where our flag
floats"
That is pretty large legislative pro-
| gramme to map out for the coming
winter, but 1t Is fairly representative
| in the main of Republican opinion in
the west It's one weak point is the
suggestion for general antitrust legis-
lation, since the laws, federal and
state, have gone about as far as they
can in that direction, without accom-
/ plishing much. But there is und0ubt-
edly in this part of the country feel
ing of great indignation over the en-
/ joyment by the trusts Of tariff favors
| which enable them to monopolize our
markets at high prices when they are
nnderselling all competitors abroad
/ The demand is general that such
| bounty to those who do not need il
| should be discontinued.
Mr.. Washburn reflects western sen
timent also when, in dealing more
broadly with the tariff question, he
says. eve have, to a large extent, out
i grown the necessity of protection Of
our industries" If the theory Of pro
lection itself is correct, this must be
so, since its central idea is one of pro
gIession to Independent strength, and
the facts of today prove that in oul
present advanced state Of industrial
development, with our unriyaled skill
and ingenuity. we have little to feal