Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-10

to the Pacific and from the great lakes
to the gulf of Mexico.
Ship Subsidy Gold Brick.
Forninst the Hanna-Payne ship sub
gidy bill and the much vaunted benefits
which it would bring to the agricul-
tural classes the Philadelphia Times
very sagely remarks;
No class Of the community has been lie easy
recipig. - ore legislative geld bricks than the
american issisE, but he will be more than usual
5ly gullible he can M iSIsssllasea that the ship
subsidy scheme is in bis interest Easasnble
OF the bill starts of with the statement fha4 fls
profitable enlpl@ymsnt OF the surplus iroancti..o
power of the farms, factories mines forests and
fisheries OF the United States iinparativelv do
mands the increase Of foreign commerce. So II
does, aud foreign commerce answers TO the d.
mand.
Whenever ii is nroHtah.e sSpers the surplus
products Of the farms, etc, they are export ID.
They have been exported in recent years in very
large amounts. This is to the advantage Of the
farmer, but unless the farmer is himself inter
ested in some shipping venture it makes differ
ence to him whether his grain is carried in Amer
lean OF in foreign ships, provided the ocean
freights are sufficiently low that American grain
be delivered abroad in competition with the
grain from other countries. 1t is for the general
advantage that these freights should be earned by
Americans rather than by foreigners, but it is of
no special advantage to the farmer such or to
any particular class except those in the shipping
business.
The Illinois Senatorship.
The senatorial race In Illinois is much
discussed in the house cloakrooms
and in other places where representa-
tives do congregate, chiefly because
two Illinois congressmen-at least two
-"Uncle Joe7 Cannon, chairman of the
committee on appropriations, and Hon.
r. r. Hit, chairman of the committee
on foreign affairs, have a hankering
after 'Uncle Shelby" NJ. Culloms sena-
torial toga. OF course representatives
always like to see one of their number
go up higher, and going from house to
senate is usually counted as a promo
ton. Representative like it, because in
their eyes it is setting a good example,
don't you know. Brother Hit hasn't
an enemy in the house. / don't see
how he could have, for he is one of the
most courteous and amiable of mortals
Everybody is his friend. Uncle Joe"
has many friends, but his aggressive
ness has made him some enemies He
is fighter from the head waters of
Bitter creek, high up on the right side.
For man who possesses no shining
talents and is not aided by the glamour
of military renown, 'Uncle Shelby"
Cullom has had a wonderful career.
Thrice a member Of the Illinois legis-
lature and twice speaker thereof, 10
years a representative in congress,
twice governor of Illinois, and 1S years
a senator of the United States, ''Uncle
Shelby" is full of years of honors SO
'Uncle Joe'' and Brother Hit and
Governor John Riley Tanner think it
is high time for Uncle Shelby" to
retire on his laurels, but "Uncle Shell
by" wants more laurels. Like Oliver
Twist he cries for more. 1t will be q
pretty fight. If the Illinois legislature
did not have such q beastly Republic
an majority, we might pull a Demo-
cratic senator in--but / guess that is
beyond hope. Therefore may the best
man win.
Enlarging the white House.
The fight as to building or enlarging
the White House is growing decidedly
warm, not to say hot, among the deni-
zens of this delectable city. Some,
notably Mrs General John B. Hender-
son, want a brand new palace built
for the residence of the president, re-
tanning the present White House for
his official purposes. Others, notably
Colonel Bingham, desire to enlarge the
White House on an extensive scale.
The trouble with his plan appears to
be that the alterations would so change
the appearance of the present building
that it could not be recognized as the
same, and the historic associations
would be lost The trouble with the
plan to build new and splendid pal
ace is that such a scheme would pre-
cipitate a tremendous war among real
estate owners and real estate agents,
for the location of the palace would
inevitably enhance the value of land
amazingly in any particular neighbor-
hood To own a residence in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the presidential
palace would fill the heart of a nou-
yeau richie with most delightful thrill.
The chances are that betwixt the adj
vocates of enlargement and those Of a
new palace nothing will be done, and
future presidents will have to worry
along with residence which was CON