Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-11-13

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| made manifest the truth of the
old saying "Many men of many minds
on the vexed subject of the trusts.
Every one appeared to have a remedy
which he was anxious for the country
| to try. DIR. Roosevelt made his diagno-
sis and prescribed remedy public
| ity"-which has been much discussed
and much derided Publicity" did
not prove winner.
| Then Dr. John T. Morgan of Ala
bama, veteran physician whose head
/ is blossoming like the almond tree, pre-
scribed for the patient DR.. Morgan's
| remedy is "taxation," a remedy about
whose constitutionality there are grave
| doubts.
DR.. Serene e. Payne's formula is
''Let well enough alone," and DIR. Mar
Gus A. Hanna, raising DR.. Payne at
| his own game, improved or enlarged
the Payne formula into Keep on let
ting well enough alone"
! Dr. Littlefield thinks constitutional
amendment is the sovereign remedy,
and so on to the end of the chapter.
When doctors disagree, what then?
We are told that in a multitude of
counselors there is wisdom, and we are
also informed that too many cooks
spoil the broth. Quien sabe?
Foraker EuIoeizes Hanna.
People will conclude that the day of
miracles is not passed when they learn
| that in speech at Cincinnati Senator
| Joseph Benson Foraker pronounced
| most glowing eulogy ON his arch enc
my, Senator Marcus A. Hanna. Most
assuredly Marcus ought to set up as a
lion tanner if he has conquered Foraker
| and so thoroughly broken the spirit of
the "Fire Alarm Statesman" as to ex-
| tract an encomium from him. How
have the mighty fallen! Fifteen years
| ago, before Hanna was heard of out
side his own state, Foraker not only
but constituted the whole show. His
word was law with the Buckeye Re-
publicans, and he ruled them with
rod Of iron. At that time if any one
| had been called on to predict what
| Ohio Republican would reach the pres
he would have picked Joseph Benson
as the winner, for he was the darling
of the young Republicans, the Prince
| Rupert of every campaign. But VIII
liam Mckinley grew apace, outstripped
the fiery Foraker and secured the
| Ivy fad fnvsE IyoY
had the empty honor of placing his
| great rival in nomination. Mckinley Is
| in his grave after life's fitful fever
he sleeps we'll" and his faithful friend,
Senator Hanna, who climbed into
prominence solely because he was Nc
Kinley's sworn friend, apparently
stands better show Of capturing the
Republican presidential nomination
| than does Senator Foraker. When the
latter, brilliant though he is and prom
| inent, thinks of what is and then of
| what might have been he must of all
men most thoroughly realize what
| shadows we are and what shadows we
| pursue.
| A Good Riddance.
All decent and self respecting Ameri-
cans will be delighted to learn that WI
Ting Fang, for many years Chinese min
lister to this country, has been recalled.
They will also be glad that the edict
recalling him is peremptory. He is di-
rected to return to China at as early
date as possible, the earlier the better,
for he is the greatest nuisance, bar
none, that has infested and afflicted
this country within the memory of the
oldest inhabitant He has been lion
| lied and petted by society people be-
cause he talks pigeon English and wears
| his shirt outside his pantaloons just as
one of the Four Hundred recently gave
swell dinner to a drunken chimpanzee
] at fashionable watering place. Just
why WI has not been given his pass
ports and ordered out of the country
long ago is mystery, which, like the
peace of God, passeth all understand
+, ing. He has violated every rule ap-
plicable to foreign ministers. He has
gone about the country attending ban
| quets and delivering harangues on
every conceivable subject. He has lee
| tured our women on how to rear chill
dren, congress as to what laws it should
| enact, preachers on what they should
say from their sacred desks and has
assumed a swagger of omniscience ut
teriy disgusting to people of common
sense. Mayor Phelan of San Francisco
really rendered Caucasian civilization
| service when he gave Wus cue sew
eral vigorous jerks at the Waldorf-As-
| toria. Poor old Sackville-West was
hurried cut Of the country sans cere-
/ monte because he had little enough
sense to write private letter to man
| in California advising him how to vote.
| Dupuy de LONE would have been
| mobbed for writing his idiotic and mali
cious letter about President Mckinley
if the American people could have
i caught him. Even the stately and
| placid Washington ordered Citizen
] Genet out of the country for haranguing
| the populace on political subjects, but
these were white men and for that rea-
son were not good "show properties
for the blase managers of society. They
were not petted and feted and were per-
mitted to go their way. WI, however,
being off color, keeping his hat OH
where decent white men uncover, lee
turing everybody about everything,
asking respectable women impertinent
questions as to the number of their
children, has been petted darling Of
fho high rollers "Fsyprv dog has his
day." saith William Shakespeare. WI
has had his, and for one | am heartily
glad that it is drawing to close.
Queer.
There is no accounting for popular
whims, fancies, fads and tastes. The
same public sentiment which condemns
and taboos boxing and dancing as
athletic sports tolerates mot only toll
crates, but encourages football. Per
haps there is not an authentic case on
record where dancing produced q
death. and perhaps no healthy man
was ever killed in a prizefght, certain
ly not in boxing bout for points, but
fatalisms in football are not unusual.
Just why punching fellow mortal
| with a padded glove is a mortal sin
and kicking him to death a justifable
! pastime it would be difficult to ex-