Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-18

Democratic president, and it looks as If
Harrison can carry the state. His
name is already familiar to the ears of
| every newspaper reader in America,
and he has demonstrated his winning
qualities beyond all cavil. The estima-
tion in which mans home folks hold
him is the very best and most reliable
| verdict upon his merits and his stand
ing, particularly when that verdict is
three times repeated, and upon no man
| in America has a more flattering home
verdict been pronounced than upon
| young Carter Harrison. Senator Jo-
seph Weldon Bailey of Texas is 4
/, statesman with an unusually level
head, and here is what he says:
Carter Harrisons sweeping victory for mayor Of
Chicago, / believe, will result in his nomination
for the vice presidency in 1904 l sincerely hope
He is the strongest Democrat in Illinois, and
if he is named for second place the rational
ticket the Democracy will be inyincible in that
state in 1904. Atgeld has sunk into political OBJ
livion for all time. Harrison is the greatest vote
getter in Illinois.
These utterances of Mr.. Bailey are
regarded as significant Many Demo
Gratis believe he desires to be president.
and some of his closest political
friends are enthusiastically talking of
Bailey and Harrison as the next presi-
Dental ticket of the Democrats.
Mr.. Chairman Jones.
Senator James *. Jones of Arkansas,
a1,o Of In
committee, is to be congratulated on
the personal victory he won by having
his friend and constituent, e. D. Scott,
appointed as one of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition commissioners. 1
haven't the pleasure of a personal ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Scott, but l will
risk my head on the proposition that
he is a good man. Otherwise Senator
Jones would not have made fight for
him. But am not talking about Scott.
Senator Jones and his victory consti-
tute my theme. No purer man and few
ADLER live than Senator Jones. He has
rendered his party and therefore his
country great service under very hard
conditions and onerous circumstances.
1900, but the probabilities all favor the
proposition that they would have lost
under any chairman and that Senator
Jones was the best possible selection
in both campaigns. He is honest as
the day is long, true to his friends and
to his principles as is the needle to the
| pole, of handsome presence. of good
u nd Of NfIo INF 10ylf
He is an honor to the American senate
and to American manhood. Neverthe-
less he has been pursued by many Re-
publican papers and, alas, sad to relate,
by some SO called Democratic papers,
with a rancor that is amazing Notable
among his prosecutors is The Globe
Democrat, and its performances touch
ing Senator Jones and the Scott ap-
pointment do it no honor whatever.
In order to prevent the appointment by
the president of Mr.. Scott The CD.
and others misrepresented speech
which Senator Jones delivered before
the Arkansas legislature. published gar
bled extracts of it and made malicious
comments on the same. They also re-
vived the ancient and odoriferous lie
that Senator Jones is one of the chief
manipulators, owners and beneficiaries
| of trust, the round cotton bale trust;
| but their malice did Senator Jones no
harm in the mind of President McKin-
| ley or any other fair and candid per-
son. Mr. Scott was duly appointed be-
cause Senator Jones pressed his name,
| which, in the face of the antics of The
! Globe-Democrat and other preposter-
| GUS malcontents, is great and well
| deserved victory for the senior senator
from Arkansas. The truth is that Ar
| kansas has splendid delegation in
both house and senate.
Trust the People.
| More and more state legislators are
| realizing that the most certain method
! of securing pure and capable public
| officials is to see to it that nominations
are made in the fairest manner possible
consistent with the ineradicable imper-
| fections of human nature Experience
hath shown that the primary election
is the best plan and reduces evil infu-
ences and INSCRIPTIONS manipulation
to the minimum, while mass meetings
and conventions furnish the greatest
opportunity for crooked work. The
primary brings the great duty of max
ing good nominations home to every cit
izen and gives each a chance to cxer-
else his best influence in a perfectly
legitimate way. Consequently for sew
eral years the primary has more and
more come into vogue for the nomina-
tion of district, county, township and
municipal positions. South Carolina
has law compelling all nominations,
including that for United States sena-
tor, to be made by primary ON a day
! fixed by statute and under the general
election law If no one receives ma
jority of the votes cast then two weeks
later secondary primary is held to Sc
lect nominee from the two candidates
who received the highest vote at the
first primary. Nothing could be fairer,
and it works like a charm in the Pal
Eetto State. Arkansas has a law much
the same, and it works well in that
state. Now comes Wisconsin and joins
the procession by what will be known
as the La Toilette primary election
law, because it was championed and
forced through the legislature by the
governor of that name. Minnesota has
just enacted a law providing that con-
gressional, district, county, township
and municipal nominations shall be
made by primaries-in fact, all officers
except state officers and senators of the
United States. These undoubtedly will
follow later. The primary idea will
spread until it becomes universal, for it
narrowly concerns the people that the
best nominations possible shall be made
for all public positions by all political
parties, because, blink it as we may,
this is essentially and necessarily a
government by party. The ultra con-
servatiye oppose primaries honestly,
but not wisely, simply because they are
innovations. Corruptionists oppose
them because when primaries rigidly
guarded by law are the rule they will
be like Othello, for their occupation
will be gone.
Sweet Is Revenge.
Colonel John A. Joyce, poet laureate
of Washington, D. c., is incubating