Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-06-20

have to fall out of third story win
dow in order to get his name into a
newspaper. Nearly FIVE years have
elapsed since that idiotic and malicious
prediction was given to the world, and
yet the editor Of The GID. would not
consider any issue of that paper COM
plete without one or more mentions of
the mighty Nebraskan.
Barring Mr.. Mckinley alone, there is
no Republican statesman who can draw
an SS45 audience in any town in the
United States of the size of Cameron,
Mo-, not even Marcus A. Hanna, who
is undoubtedly the leading Republican
presidential candidate. If The CD.
believes he can, let him try it.
Much Depends.
Some time before long l intend to
hunt up one of Nebraskas old b..le
backed spoilers and transplant from it
into The Congressional Record the
story to the effect that much depends
on whose OK is gored 1t contains
much wisdom, and the rising genera
tion should be made familiar with it.
savage and scurrilous manner in which
Republican organ grinders are jump
ing on Bryan for his structures on the
supreme courts preposterous decision
in the Porto Rican caSe-i. e., the de-
cision which turns over the Porto
Ricans to the tender mercies of con-
gress, unrestrained by the limitations
Of
Journal has very commendable habit
Of printing the title of each daily issue
in a faring red line across the face of
the front page. One day recently it
had: porto Rico should take a rain
check. William J. Bryan reverses the
supreme court" That was not only in
teresting, but mystifying. What rain
checks have to do with Bryan, Porto
Rico and the supreme court, like the
peace of God, passeth all understand
| ing. But, waiying that, why should not
Bryan reverse the supreme court? Ey-
] cry lawyer in America knows that the
decision is utterly ridiculous and mis-
chievous, and every lawyer Of any in
! dependence of character has said so, is
saying so or will say so. OF course
! there is a class of sycophants and lick
| spittles who will indorse it because
| they want office or desire to stand well
at court. There is another class who
indorse it, well knowing that it shames
common sense and law learning, be-
cause they honestly believe that an i'm
/ perial policy is best.
! That great constitutional lawyer,
General Wesley Merritt, who learned
his law while fighting Indians, voiced
the sentiments of that class when he
delivered the opinion of the court in
this curt, succinct, comprehensive and
straightforward fashion: "The consti-
tuition is played out. There is no use
to discuss it." People would have had
more respect for Mr.. Justice Brown
and his decision if he had simply an
nounced, This court hereby affirms
the decision Of Major General Wesley
Merritt and declares the constitution
dead as the men who lived before the
flood" instead of wasting much ink
and paper to write an opinion which
means the same thing and which by its
limping logic has tendency to bring
the supreme court and our whole judi
cial system into contempt.
The Journal and others Of that ilk
need not try to write down the men
who condemn that opinion. To write
them down would be to write down the
brains and conscience Of the country.
Very much depends on whose OK is
gored. The love and reverence of Re
publicans for the supreme court are
comparatively new. They made a po-
| litical issue of the Dred Scott decision
and enlarged and packed the supreme
court to reverse the first legal tender
decision. and, although they pretend to
worship the supreme court now, if it
dared to render a decision not in accord
with their political ideas they would
remodel it or enlarge it or abolish it,
| just as the exigencies of the political
| situation might demand. So they should
| go very slow about abusing men who
have the sense and courage to denounce
| this outrageous and un-American deci-
| sion. Folks who live in glass houses
| should be economical in the rock throw
ing business.
A Pretty Fight as 1T Stands.
Lovers of truth and right and justice
| o1o,.,,x,boro aro roioiood nv, rooson of
49, 10 az ~ .0"oon VI
the internecine fight now raging in the
| Republican party on the tariff question.
| The Washington Post, as l have re-
| peatedly stated, is an able high tariff
| advocate, but it recently contained the
| following editorial under the title
ssDanoerous Tactics.,'
Abuse OF Representative Babcock by those Re-
publican organs that have gone daft on protection
VIII not drive that sturdy champion OF Repub-
mean principles ana pohcles out oI the Repub-
mean party. Inc man VINO, IN four successive
congressional elections, has led his party en- to
victory Will not be dlsmayed because he encoun-
ters scurrlous attacks Tor having pointed the way
| TO continuance OF the series OF victories. The
leader whose hdelty to the cause OF protection
pss 'mpelled him, in the interest OF his party, to
protest against the most fragrant abuses of pro.
| lection is on safer ground than is occupied by
any of the politicians in or out of congress who
demand adherence to tariff schedules that are
! plundering the public for the enrichment Of mo.
nopolistic combinations
Mr.. Babcock has inquired seWhat answer can
| we make when we are asked why we maintain d,i.
ties on products that our manufacturers are sell.
ing all over E,rope at lower priees than thev ash
for them at their factory doors?s To this INQUIRY
the only reply of the daft organs is calumny.
The American Economist referring to Mr.. Bah.
cocks bill to abolish obsolete dthies ON certain
steel products, says that 'sas matter of fact he