Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-19

are twin measures of Republican poll
cy and go hand in hand" Oh, yes,
consistency be d-dp' That's a con-
elusive answer, if not very elegant.
May Repeat Himself.
ITO bolt or not TO bolt?" may soon be
the question uppermost in the mind of
Hon. Knute Nelson, senior senator
from Minnesota. A horse that has
once run away is always liable to do
it again; also man who bolts once
is always liable to bolt again. 1t will
be remembered that in 1890 Knute
bolted on the Mckinley bill, and if he
holds steadfast to the opinions which
he processes he will be compelled to
part company once more with his Re-
publican brethren on the tariff ques-
ton
He is in favor Of reciprocity, and he
scornfully scouts the idea that ''the
border farmers" would be injured by
free trade with Canada.
1--WE want the privilege of sending
products cf the northwest to Mani
toba?' shouts Senator Knute. "There
are certain natural reasons why we
do not fear their Wheatfieldsp ex-
claims this level headed Norwegian.
Now the radical chiefs will sit on
Knute ponderously. What will he do?
Bolt again? II he bolts again, what
will the Republicans do? Read him
out of the party? Not very much.
When he kicked out of the traces be-
fore, instead of Furnishing him they
were actually compelled to reward
him by making him governor and
United States senator. They did not
want to do it, but it was ground hog
case, and they had to do it to keep
him from taking Minnesota over into
the Democratic camp.
Newspaper slander.
King Solomon says, ga good name Is
rather to be chosen than great riches"
Shakespeare hath it:
Good name in man or woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of the soul
Who steals my purse steals trash; tits his,
Twas mine and has been the slave to thousands;
But who fehes from me my good name
Robs me Of that which not enriches him,
But makes me poor indeed.
/. So here we have the wisest man and
the greatest dramatic poet agreeing as
to what is the most valuable human
possession = or, as still another poet
puts it, "the richest treasure mortal
life affords is spotless reputation
Nevertheless and Notwithstanding,
slander-the effort to rob one of good
name-is the most frequently commit
ted and the most seldom punished
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Jurisprudence.
Nobody can overestimate the value
of free speech and of free press
Even Thomas jefferson did not over
estimate it when he declared that he
would rather live in country without
government and with a free press than
in country with a government, but
without free press.
But the freedom of the press is one
thing and the license of the press is an
other and altogether different thing.
Disagreeable Features of Public Life.
One of the most disagreeable and
discouraging features of public life in
America today is that from the mo-
ment man becomes a candidate till
al SOLAc lliuG aLleI-ue QutLS
the public stage forever every Internal
scoundrel in the land appears to think
that he has carte blanche to lie about
him either by word of mouth or in cold
type, and the public man is practically
powerless. If he horsewhips his tra-
ducer or pommels him or shoots or
stabs him, everybody yells "BullyP'
If he sues him, he is laughed at for
his pains. On the subject of slander
public opinion in this country Is In
very unsatisfactory state of transition.
1t has progressed enough to condemn
the duello, but not far enough to give
the injured party a substantial fnan-
cial recompense.
Therefore people will watch with
great interest the suits wherein golden
haired Billie Lorimer, ex-congressman,
has sued two Chicago newspapers for
100000 each for calling him boodler
and wherein Mayor Carter III. Harrison
is suing three Chicago newspapers for
100000 each for charging that he sells
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