Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-02-20

was also once the home of Allen G.
Thurman, the Old Roman" worthy to
have been the chief magistrate of the
republic. 1t is the present home of
Hon. Lawrence T. Neal-Larry Neal
who is known from sea to sea as a
man of capacity and fidelity to prin-
ciple, a Democrat who is not afraid.
So when in Chillicothe l felt that sit
was good to be there"
| once heard that brilliant Democrat
Henry st. George Tucker of Lexing-
ton, Va, say loosely that in his state
the graves of presidents are so numer-
Gus that person can hardly take
stroll without stumbling over one. 1t
is good deal the same way with gov
ernors' graves at Chillicothe. Five of
Ohio's chief magistrates sleep there
Allen, Tiffin, Worthington, Macarthur
and Massie.
A gentleman told me that some years
ago when Mr.. Van Meter was a candi-
date for governor a little girl naively
remarked: Il do hope Mr.. Van Meter
will be elected. Then we will have six
SONtIHOIS up OH l0G I'LL - up OH luG
hill' meaning in the graveyard.
1t is astonishing to think how many
big men-Democrats, Wings and Re-
Dublicans = Ohio has produced, and
they are not all ''up on the hill.' Some
of them are still tabernacling the flesh.
Senatorial Dignity.
The naughty manner in which sena-
tors are behaving and the way in
which they hrrl epithets at each 9th
er's head must give great pain to a ver-
bal precisian like Senator George Fris-
bic H0ar. The capers they are cutting
and the language trey are using would
lead blind man to think he was in
the house instead of the senate. Henry
Cabot Lodge pronounced one of Sena-
tor Teller's statements as silly" Sen
ator Money in open senate exclaimed,
LET the Philippines go to the devilw
Senator Teller complained that Sena-
tor Beveridge had accused him of ly-
ing. Now comes Senator Tillman and
calls Beveridge a will O. the wisp.
But the worst break was when Sena-
tor Foraker intimated that were it
not for Senator Tillman's senatorial
privilege his words would endanger
his neck by hanging for treason, where
upon the venerable and cherubic Sen
ator George F'risbie Hoar logged For
aker's memory about certain treaSona-
BILE language which he had once used
and which would have jeopardized his
neck had the law been strictly con-
strued, all of which, l suppose, demon
strates that the senate is the most dig
nified body on earth! The house rare
ly acts in such an unseemly manner.
President Roosevelt's pronunciamen-
to to the effect that no government en-
ployee shall directly or indirectly ap-
ply for increase of salary has created
q great uproar in and about Washing
ton, where employees most do congre-
gate. They claim that it denies to
them the right of petition, and they
are not at all mealy mouthed about
hurting out what they think. Teddy
viii probably find that it is easier to
issue an order Of that sort than to en-
force it unless he proceeds resolutely
to firing the recalcitrants There is a
vast army of them, constantly and rap
idly growing vaster. They now num-
ber about 100000 These, with their
kith, kin and hangers on, swell the
numbers affected into the millions,
many of them women. who will talk.
The president has tackled a big job