Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-07-17

which they reveI let them proceed. and
by and by my friends. we will learn what
the American people say about 1t.
Democratic Day In the House.
The debate spoken of in my last let
ter and in this occurred on Thursday.
June 26, A. d. 1902. which the his
torian of our times will describe as
Democratic day In the house.
Richer than anything mentioned in
my previous letter or in this-rich and
racy as they were-was the complete
flooring of Mr.. Littlefeld by John
Wesley Gaines. the hard hitter who
SO ably represents the old Hermitage
district" of Tennessee. where Andrew
Jackson sleeps the sleep of the brave
and just. Gaines comes from Nash
vile and in his three terms in con-
gress has become national figure.
Late In the afternoon of June 26 he
obtained the floor for five minutes and
started in to make few remarks
about trusts. What he intended to say
may never be known. for he had hard
ly started when Mr.. Littlefield inter-
kuRlCO WI tuNnAJ AOt LIZ : CA4-
nesseean. very unfortunately for the
man from Maine John Wesley drop
ped the trust question to answer Lit
tlefield and amid tumutuous applause
declared that I.ittletield had sought his
advice and counsel in preparing the
Littlefield antitrust bill and had cab
baged the Gaines antitrust bill. which
antedated the Littlefield bill, and in
cOrpOrated most Of 1t In the latter.
Littlefield tried TO explain. but John
Wesley kept reiterating his charge and
the house kept applauding him until
I.ittlefield dropped into his chair, dis
comfted utterly. and the hammer fell
with Gaines muster of the field and
OF Littie6eld.
A Rising Statesman.
No man in the house grew faster In
the last session of congress than W. w.
Kitchin of North Carolina Under his
leadership the Democrats won great
victory and forced congress to author
lie the building of one first class bat
tleship in the government navy yard,
a proposition bitterly and persistently
fought by leading Republicans, notably
by Mr.. Foss OF Illinois, chairman of
the committee ON naval affairs, and by
Mr.. Dayton OF West Virginia. 1t was
q long fight tO get that provision into
the bill and keep II there. Kitchin led
in the fight OH the floor of the house,
and he bundled himself and his theme
and the opposition with commanding
ability. He is a lusty. handsome.
courageous, able and studious young
man In the very flower OF his years,
with q brilliant career before him.
Keep your eye on W. w Kitchin and
watch him grow
In Illinois.
Over in Republican Illinois strange
things are happening. In the northern
part of the state the other night they
had train robbery. which recalls those
days of the long ago when Jesse james
was on the road and when every Re-
publican hypocrite in the land who
made stump speech or edited a news
paper swore that train robbery could
take place only IN Democratic state.
Isn't Illinois Republican? And did not
the train robbery occur? Therefore the
Republican slanderers OF Democrats in
general and of Democratic Missouri in
particular. ought to go down on their
marrow bones and exclaim: "Peccavi!
have sinned! But they'll do no such
thing; they'll start new SANDER and
work it for all that 1t is worth.