Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-03

measure upon the good will of high Of
ficials in the government.
Specific instances are cited in the
cases of William II. AIealy, a rich
American miner, and a Dr.. Scott Mea-
ly was arrested in Monterey on
trumped UP charge Of contempt of
court and sent to filthy jail, although
the offense is not punishable with i'm
prisoamcnt under the Mexican consti-
tuition. Mexican officials are charged
with taking from DR.. Scott $4,000 in
defiance of law.
Both of these outrages were the out
come of disputes between mining com
panies, and appeals to ambassador
Clayton are said to have fallen on deaf
ears"
The surface indications are that the
last of the carpetbaggers is up against it
hard. Few decent people will regret to
see him retired to the shades of private
life whether he is fitted to adorn them
or not
"AlIee Sannee Mclean Man."
When Senator McLaurin called Sen
ator Tillman a liar on the floor of the
senate and was swatted for so doing.
English writer's held Up their hands in
holy horror and solemnly exclaimed!
80 mores! 0 Temporal They threw
many gorgeous bouquets to themselves
on that occasion. What viii these pious
souls say now since Hon. John Dillon
III the house of commons not only call
ed the Hon. Joseph Jingo Chamberlain
liar" but "a ID liar?" The
| chances are ten to one that Dillon was
telling the truth, but surely the British
ers are in no situation to make mouths
at us now. Quite otherwise. Tillman re-
sented McLaurin's characterization then
and there, and lingo Joe remained
mute under Dillon's insult All this
raises a question as to the correctness
of the rudng of the Kentucky judge
who held that giving the ID lie'' is
the first blow.
HaWkshaW, the Detective.
Mr.. Secretary of the Treasury Les
lie NJ. Shaw Of Iowa appears to be ami
mated by the laudable desire to make
himself useful as well as ornamental
In the effort to do so he has turned de-
| tective. Perhaps he will never rival
| Vidocq or Pinkerton in that role, but
nevertheless he may attain high rank
among the sleuths. AS long as he can
maintain his incognito he will succeed
measurably. AS soon as his face be
comes familiar to his subalterns his
career as detective will come to
sudden end
Mr.. Shaw began his new career by
visiting the piers in New York to see
with his own eyes how the inspectors
tousle peoples baggage in an effort
to prevent smuggling among the Four
Hundred, and he saw-that is, until
somebody tipped the inspectors to the
effect that they were actually in the
presence of the secretary of the treas
ury, their official superior. Then they
struck another gait, laid aside their
rudeness and became models of Off
cial department. What the result of
the secretary's visit will be no man
knows.
| 1t is to be hoped, however, that his
personal endeavors to prevent unnec-
essary baggage tousling will excite
emulation in the breasts of railroad
! managers to such an extent that they
will do little inspecting on their own
| nook to prevent baggage smashing, one
Of the most provoking nuisances to the
travelling world.
1t is said that no man has genius
| enough to invent a safe which cannot
pe "burgled" 1t also appears that no
man is possessed of sufficient mechan-
| lcal ingenuity to invent a trunk, va
lise or satchei which cannot be smash
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