Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-06-13
CHAMP QARK'$ LETTER
Democratic Idea Declines
Under Mckinley.
REFUSAL TO AID THE BOERS.

REFUSAL TO AID THE BOERS.
Administration Connived at MUIR
der Of the Republics.
PARTY TO FOUL AND BLOODY DEED
Republicans Busy Suggesting Plans
For Reorganization of the Demo-
cratic Party-Hats OH to BENJAMIN
r. TilIman, Patriot and Statesman.
Fearless Leader Challenges His
Enemies-Little Doubt of His Final
Triumph--He Stands Tor Genuine
Democracy = Astounding Decision
of the Supreme Court In the Porto
Rico Case-Growth of Militarism.
Especial Washington letter.
When the historian comes to write
the story of our times, one of the mysti-
flying phenomena he will be compelled
to wrestle with will be the conduct of
the Mckinley administration and the
Fifty-sixth congress touching the Eng
Iish-Boer war. The American people
have hitherto been considered the prop
agandists in chief of the Democratic
idea-the idea of human liberty-and it
is inexplicable that this government
should have refused to lift it's finger in
aid Of the Beers, who have made the
bravest fight for freedom ever made by
any people since the world began. In
fact, it is generally believed that the
administration has connived at the
murder of the little South African re-
publics by Great Britain, and it stands
before the world as particeps criminis
in that foul, heartless and bloody deed.
The battle Of Vlakfontein serves once
more to arouse interest in those heroic
defenders Of their homes and native
land. 1t was gallantly done, but is only
the f1ickering light of the expiring cam
die, for without aid and assistance
from outside the result has been known
from the beginning. The odds were
too great for the South African heroes.
They have won immortal glory, and
the Mckinley gang have earned un-
dying infamy.
Gratuitous Advice.
The solicitude of the Republican Or
gan grinders for the welfare Of the
Democratic party is the most pathetic
thing that has happened since that
mournful and memorable occasion
when that great Missourian, Mark
Twain, shed copious tears on the grave
of Adam. Every day they suggest
some new plan for reorganizing the
Democratic party, when it needs no
reorganization and when the death of
Democracy is the one object nearest
their hearts. The utter hypocrisy of
the entire performance is palpable to
all who having eyes see and ears hear.
To them there is applicable an old
Latin dictum, "Timeo Danaos ct dona
ferentes'' CT fear the Greeks even
when they bring gifts'0. But these Re
publican advisers of Democrats do not
even bring gifts. They give advice
where it is not wanted and which is
both insincere and idiotic. Advice is
proverbially cheap, particularly the
advice of ones enemies.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat leads
the van in the number and ridiculous
ness of its suggestions. Some of them
are SO preposterouS as to be amusing.
1t cannot comprehend the fact that the
Democratic party is fully organized.
Not only is it organized, but it is Or
ganized by men who were faithful in
1896, 1898 and 1900-in the times that
tried mems souls. 1t is organized ma
tionally, by states, by counties. by
townships. by precincts. II The GID.
and it's fellows who are running free
advice agency think for one moment
that the men who have been freely
elected to places Of responsibility by the
almost unanimous voice of the party
are going to step down and out in order
that an organization of the Democratic
party may be effected which viii make
it O mere tender or tail for the Repub-
lican party, they are vastly mistaken
as much mistaken as the man who fills
himself upon toadstools thinking he is
eating mushrooms.
The Democratic party is satisfied
with Senator James K. Jones and his
fellows OH the national committee. If
The CD. ct al do not like Jones q Co.,
they can lump it. The boys in the
trenches are busy with their crops and
other labors. They do not read these
Republican papers to a large extent,
would not believe them il they did read
them, think little about reorganization
and know full well that they are the
power which makes and unmakes poll
ticians and statesmen. They demand
fidelity in their representatives in com
mittees as elsewhere, and when they
have any reason to suspect the fidelity
of the present set they will promptly
nnmake them and put another set on
guard. The Kansas City platform Is
the latest authoritative expression of
the creed. The boys in the trenches
believe in it and will adhere to 1T, SO
that the Republican organ grinders
may as well conserve their energies.
An Extraordinary Performance.
All hats off to Benjamin r. Tillman
patriot. statesman. leader, hero of South
Carolina, as he passes by! He has per
formed feat of which men will speak
for centuries. He possesses the cour.
age Of his convictions, an unwaverine
faith in the people of the Palmetto
State and an honest scorn of power and
pelf which stamp him as most re-
markable character. His entire politi
cal career has been strenuous, sensa-
tional, dynamic and successful. He
was Just beginning a six year term in
the senate-his second term-and vol
UNFAIRLY gave it up to settle the ques-
tion whether q Democrat is Democrat
or whether q Democrat is only gal
vanized Republican. No man in all the
broad confines Of the republic Is better
| fitted for his self imposed task than is
Senator Tillman. He is rough sur
geon, but the case needs rough surgery
He has no squeamishness about per-
forming the operation. Most men
would have held on to that six years
senatorship while fighting for suprem
acy, but Tillman boldly burned his
bridges behind him, took his political
| life in his hands and CHALLENGED his en-