Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-03-27


his party out of a hole deep as a well
and as wide as a barn door" long after
DEATH Indeed, it was by dying that he
unwittingly rendered his most valua-
Bile service to his party. 1t is cheer
ful, not grewsome, story that have
to tell.
After serving two or three terms Hon.
Rousseau o. Crump of Michigan was
elected to the present congress. Nearly
year ago he died, greatly mourned
by those who knew him, for he was
most amiable old gentleman.
1t will be remembered that on Wash
ington's birthday, Feb. %, Senators
Tillman and McLaurin of South Caro-
lima engaged in a game of fisticuffs on
the floor of the senate without any re-
gard to either senatorial courtesy or the
Marquis of Queensberry rules, where
upon the president of the senate, Hon.
William p. Frye of Maine, in violation
of the constitution, ordered their names
struck from the rolls. For that arbi-
trary and unconstitutional performance
Senator Bailey gave the Republican
senators such a tremendous pommeling
that they wanted an adjournment to
gain time in which to consult upon
ways and means for pulling themselves
out of the cavity in which President
Frye had deposited them. Now, that
is precisely where Brother Crump came
from the grave to the rescue of the Re
publican party. A happy idea took
shape in the head of Senator Mcmillan
of Michigan. He had known for nearly
a year that Mr.. Crump was dead, and
SO had all the other senators, but they
had not heard it officially. Consequent
ly on Feb. % about three seconds after
Mr.. Chaplain Milburn said, "Amen,"
Senator Mcmillan arose, looking as sol
ecln as hired mourner at funeral,
and offered the following resolution:
Resolved That the senate has heard
with deep sensibility announcement of the
death of Hon. Rousseau o. Crump, late
representative from the state of Michi-
gan.
Resolved, That as an additional mark of
respect to the memory of the deceased
the senate do now adjourn.
And the senate die adjourn, not so
much out Of respect to Crump as out of
fear of Bailey. What CHASTITY joke
and what a lucky thing for the bewil-
dered Republican senators it was that
they had not officially heard of Mr..
Crumps death before they had press
ing need for an adjournment in order
to collect their wits! How they must
have laughed in their sleeves while go-
ing through that solemn farce! Here
after, to avoid accidents, the Republic
an senator's ought to keep few dead
congressman in soak so as to announce
their death only when it Is necessary
to adjourn in order to shield themselves
from the fatal blows of Bailey or some
other Democrat who knows and reveres
the constitution-the only paper consti-
tuition that ever survived the century
mark, that wonderful document which
William e. Gladstone denominated the
greatest single emanation of the hu
man mind"
What a remarkable triumph for Bal
ley and for justice that the arrogant
Republican majority in the senate
should be compelled to take refuge be-
hind tombstone! He is worthy of
any honor the republic can bestow.
Next!
The cry Of "Nextr' is familiar to the
ears of patrons Of barber shops. Colo
mel John Hay and the remainder of the
Mckinley cabinet must be wondering
who will be the next to go. Post
master General Smith went amid gen
eral regret. Lyman J. Gage took his
departure amid general rejoicing. Now
John D. Long, secretary of the navy,
the prosecutor of the heroic and vic
torious Schley, steps down and out.
And it is well. He is to be succeeded
by Hon. William Henry Moody, repre-
sentative from Massachusetts. That
also is well, for Moody is one of the
ablest men in the house, and, what's
more, he is a growing man. Not yet
fifty, he has achieved eminence in that
arena Of fercest competition where
quarter is neither asked nor given.
Why he is willing to give up an as
sured position in the house for place
in the cabinet is mystery unless the
rumor is true that he is to succeed
Mr.. Justice Gray, another old Bay
State man. upon the supreme court
-. But whatever of good fortune
comes to Brother Moody will be re-
joiced at by those who have served
with him in the house. He is worthy
of all the honors he will receive. l am
fy1oH ~ l,n a, IN hot of co in.
tense Republican as Moody, than
whom no one is more intense. All the
virtue, all the intelligence and all the
patriotism are not monopolized by one
party, and Mr.. Moody is possessed of
his full share of all the elements neces-
sary to a good citizen and a valuable
public official.
OF course President Roosevelt in
making cabinet changes is only doing
what everybody with two ideas above
. Hottentot knew he would do-as soon
IS the funeral baked meats were dis
posed of. The maudlin sentimentalists
who went into ecstasies because it was
given out that he was going to retain
the old cabinet had never read the his
tory of their country and had never
studied human nature. They seemed
to think that there was nobody else in
the republic fit for the cabinet except
the eight men whom Mr.. Mckinley had
selected. AS a matter of fact, there
are hundreds of them, and all good citi-
zens are glad that it is so. Not to go
outside the house of representatives, |
could offhand select a thoroughly Re-
publican cabinet for Colonel Roosevelt
fully as able and as well known as his
present official family, and that is not
intended as any reflection upon his
present advisers For secretary of state
l would name Hit of Illinois; secretary
of the treasury, Cannon of Illinois; sec
retary of war, Bingham of Pennsylya-
mia; secretary of the navy, Moody of
Massachusetts; attorney general, Little
field of Maine; postmaster general,
Lands of Indiana; secretary of the in
terror, Curtis of Kansas; secretary of
agriculture, Wadsworth of New York.
Another Republican cabinet Of men
whose capacity is recognized and whose
names are familiar to the ears of men
might be made up as follows: Secretary
of state, Cousins of Iowa; secretary of
the treasury, Payne Of New York; sec
retary of war, Burleigh of Maine; sec
retary of the navy, FosS of Illinois; at