Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-02-27
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to their surprise. that there Is no ce-
mand for their services. They haunt
the employment offices day after day
and week after week, but they would
be wiser to try some other line of work
if they are not too old to make the
change"
Now it is generally conceded that
anything seen in a Boston paper is
true. The foregoing editorial not only
states the unpalatable fact that the
number of applicants for clerical posi-
tions is immensely in excess of the
number of positions, but gives the rea-
son = consolidation of business con-
Germs; in other words, trusts : which
furnishes much food for reflection.
Look Out, Cummins!
Governor A. B. Cummins of Iowa is
a brilliant aggressive and ambitious
young man, but if he does not look out
he will be blacklisted and turned out
of the Republican party. He is follow
ing the dangerous example of the par
rot whose neck was wrung for talking
too much. He has been swinging
around the circle" la Andrew John
son. At Kansas City, Mo-, he said
some very unorthodox things when
viewed from Republican standpoint.
For instance, he declares against du-
ties on articles manufactured by a
monopoly! Why, bless my soul, that's
fiat heresy, Democratic heresy! Sure
ly that will cause strained relations
between him and the Iowa delegation
in congress, who are whole hog tariff
shouters and advocates. Cummins
thinks congress should reduce the tar
iff on Cuban sugar and ratify the reci-
procity with France. Evidently he
has not heard of the White House con-
fab between President Roosevelt, Mr..
Speaker Henderson, "Uncle Joe" Can
non, Senator Allison, General Charles
Henry Grosvenor and other Republican
big Injuns, iii which it was solemnly
decided after two hours of parleyvous-
ing that there should be no reciprocity
and no favors shown to Cuba, which
confab is likely to become famous and
from which the downfall of the Re-
publican party may be dated by the
historian of the times in which we
live. Governor Cummins should wake
up, or he will be counted among the
Babcock recalcitrants and be marked
for slaughter.
What a deceptive old humbug the
Republican party is anyway! All their
papers and orators eulogize Blaine as
brilliant leader and Mckinley as an
infallible guide and then go and do
precisely what Blaine and Mckinley
condemned, and vice 'Fersa.
Open Door For Chinese.
Not the least of the stupendous evils
of the Philippine propaganda is this:
1t has increased the difficulties of our
attitude toward Chinese exclusion
many fold. When we annexed the Ha-
waiian Islands, we took to our palpi-
tating bosoms about $4,000 Chinese
coolies at one time. When we bought
1,750000 more Chinese. Unfortunate
ly in 1897 the supreme court of the
United States rendered a decision de-
claring a Chinese child born of Chinese
parents domiciled in this country for
any other than diplomatic purposes to
be an American citizen. Any one can
see with half an eye how the plot
thickens. If the court finally decides
that the inhabitants of our insular pos
sessions are citizens, then congress can
not pass a law that will hold water
restraining or curtailing the power of
free locomotion. Consequently the la
boring people of America are decidedly
uneasy as to the Chinese situation, as
well they may be.
Sees the Handwriting on the Wall.
Homer sometimes mods. Ditto The
Globe-Democrat. 1t thinks that the
next congress will have 357 represent
atives, the same number as the pres
ent congress. The CD. should wake
up. BY the new apportionment law
passed last year the next house will
contain 3SS representatives. So The
CD. missed it only by thirty-one.
That, however, is a small matter A
long editorial in which the mistake oc-
ours contains much more important
statements. 1t sounds the alarm that
the Republicans will not have as easy
in carrying the congressional
elections in 1902 as they had in 1898,
when they had majority of only thir-
teen. Evidently The CD. sees the
handwriting on the wall. 1t, however,
fails to give the Interpretation, which
is that '4the Republican party has been
weighed in the balance and found
wanting" sadly wanting.
A General Orders Exceptions.
Evidently Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge believes that there is no use in
being the favorite courtier at the
White House without securing favors
for his family. This is demonstrated
by the fact that he has prevented his
sailor brother-in-law, Captain Charles
H. Davis, from being sent to sea. Sen
ator Lodge succeeded in that caper the
very day that President Roosevelt is
sued his drastic order declaring that no
influence shall be exerted by any Off
cial of the government for the benefit
of any person serving under the gov
ernment. Clearly sometimes Teddy's
words are to be construed in a Pick
wickian sense.
Nobody can blame Henry Cabot for
helping his brother-in-law to snug
and soft berth on land. 1t is so much
more unpleasant and unsafe to go to
sea, don't you know But Lodges sue
cess in breaking through the presiden-
tial order will embolden other senators
with kinfolk to attempt the same per-
formance.
Practical Statesmanship.
The Democratic minority in the SEN
ate is making a splendid and aggres-
sive fight on the Philippine question,
stringing it on the Philippine tariff
bill.
The Washington Post, Independent
and ably edited, recognizes that on the
Philippine tariff bill the Democrats
stand to enliststhe sympathy of Amer
lean voters, for it begins an elaborate
editorial on Practical Craftsmanship"
with this suggestive sentence: ''The
division of Republican sentiment in