Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09

The Post gives as authority no less a
person than Senator Kyle himself, who
freely acknowledges that Pettigrew
will make him hustle for his votes.
Kyle ought to know.
The case of Senator Kyle is the I'M
usual one of a preacher succeeding in
politics. He was elected as Populist
and went over to the Republicans
Pettigrew was elected as Republican
and had such change of heart that he
is now in full and welcome fellowship
in the Democratic camp. They ex
changed places gracefully. All who
know Mr.. Pettigrew-sa and except
Hanna and his gang, who still feel the
sting of many Parthian arrow in the
fiesh-will be glad to learn that he is
bent on staying in public life.
Human Nature Universal.
Mark 1'wEn's remark that human
nature is very strong and that we all
have great deal of it i'll us finds in
Vulnerable combinations, whether we
look to the wild and woolly west or to
the cultured east. Our eastern breth-
ren are fond of lecturing US on our
readiness to shoot on small provocatioE
or no proyocation at all. Tis true, and
pity it's it's true. The wicked and |
wanton sacrifice of human life is ap-
palling; but there are others. For the
second time in the history of vener- |
able Harvard university one of her
professors is on trial for murder, which |
goes to show that he who said, "We
are, aftc, all, only veneered sayages,"
enunciated a great truth. This time
Professor Charles r. Eastman is on
trial for the murder of his brother-in-
law, Richard R. Grogan, Jr.
The other Harvard professor, John
W. Webster, killed DR.. George Park
man in November, 1910, and after one
Of the most sensational trials in the
history of American criminal jurispru-
dence he was convicted and hanged.
Professor Eastman killed his man
with a pistol, and as there was one
eyewitness to the deed and several
others who heard Grogan while dying
charge him with numbering him this
case will not be so celebrated as was
the Webster case. 1t will rank simply |
as an ordinary case of ordinary homi-
eide, except that the prominence of
the parties will give it more notoriety
than usual.
Great Wool Pulling.
At last Senator John L. McLaurin, |
junior senator from South Carolina,
has succeeded by his strange political
capers in stirring up the wrath of his
senior-to wit, Hon Benjamin r. Till |
man, popularity nicknamed "Pitchfork
Tillman," to stir up whom is to stir
up a hornets nest of vast proportions,
as several men before McLaurin have |
found to their sorrow. Personally
regret Senator McLaurin's course, for
he is a most amiable and companion |
able gentleman, with whom l served |
in the house and with whom was and
am on a most friendly footing. For
Senator Tillman I entertain both af-
lection and admiration-affect for !
him because of his kind heart; admira- |
tion for his splendid talents and rug
ged honesty. 1t will require over
whelming evidence to convince me
that Tillman is not right in this fight, |
and, as he is fighter from Bitter
Creek, the battle now on between him |
and McLaurin means the eXtermina- |
tion of one or the other. 1t will be
picturesque and to the death, and the
white people of South Carolina will
41o fhn nit +al, q
fork, for in their judgments Republic
an supremacy in South Carolina means
negro supremacy-a repetition of the
awful and sickening saturnalia of
crime which existed from the close of
the civil war till 1877 and of which
no man can read even at this day with
out shudder. 1 speak of the Nc
Laurin movement, if such it may be
called, as movement to establish Re
publican supremacy, for that's what it
means, whether Senator McLaurin so
wishes or not The case of General
William Malone of Virginia proves
that beyond all controversy. Wien he
began his movement in Virginia, he had
no more idea of joining the Repub
licans than he had of turning Mo-
hammedan. but the result was inevi-
table and-disastrous. Liking Senator
McLaurin personally and regretting
his recent political course, wish
from the bottom of my heart that he
would retrace his steps before it is
everlastingly too late and resume his
place among his friends-for in South
Carolina ''he that is not for US is
against u.s. Tillman in this matter
stands for the integrity and perpetuity
of the white people in the Palmetto
State.
Disintegration.
Evidences multiply that there is to be
selves on the tariff question. For some
years the Hon. John A. Kasson of To-
wa, eX-congressman, eX-minister pleni-
potentiary and ex several other things,
has had a comfortable berth in the
treasury department formulating reci-
procity treaties. Now he has thrown
up his job, or at least renounced his
salary, which is the same thing, be-
cause the senate refused to ratify his
treaties OF course he ought to have
medal for renouncing his salary and
perhaps a monument. neither of which
he will ever get Everybody who
knows anything understands that reci-
procity is simply free trade in spots,
the invention of the Hon. James Gil
lespie Blaine. who was so indignant at
the monstrosities in the Mckinley bill
as Il nrioirallv nassed the house that |