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

ssR a y HON the gods would de-
AfAA str0y they first make
" " mad" is an old and true
saying. Yea, verify. And
it is peculiarly applicable to the Repub-
lican majority in the present congress,
which, drunk with victory and with
power, imagines that the people will
tamely submit to any outrage. Conse-
quently they are concocting another
force bill, forgetful of the fact that the
Lodge force bill was one of the main
factors in making the country Dem
ocratic once before. Like the Bour-
bons, the Republicans learn nothing.
The probabilities are that they are
bringing forward a new force bill at
the warning factions on the Cuban tar
if bill. After holding five general eau
cuses and divers smaller confabs they
have by majority vote agreed to the
! 20 per cent cut, but there is much
soreness and new salve is needed for
their wounds; hence the force bill,
which Democrats welcome as an issue,
knowing full well that South Carolina is
no greater sinner than Massachusetts
against universal suffrage.
DeIarey.
A new hero has taken his place in the
worlds pantheon Of fame.
Forever and forever,
AS long as the river flows,
As long as the heart has passions,
la,, 60 4,
Delarey will be a name to conjure with
wherever men are struggling for free
dom. He now belongs to the goodly
company of liberty's worthless such as
Leonidas, Washington, Sam Houston
and Davy Crockett. In an hour he
leaped from the depths of obscurity to
a pinnacle of glory. One day he was
not known outside the little republics
of South Africa The next day his
name was the resounding theme of ev-
cry tongue in the wide, wide world.
Sudden as a tiger from his lair he
sprang upon his prey, tearing and rend-
ing, destroying the flower of the British
army, taking many guns, more prison
ers and much munition of war; but,
best and most important of all, he cap
tured the English commander, Lieuten-
ant General Lord Methuen, whom, with
rare generosity, he afterward released.
1t is curious coincidence that just
about the time President Roosevelt
was turning the Boer commissioners
away from the White House General
Delarey was winning imperishable re-
nown by striking a blow for his ma
tive land which resounded round the
globe and which will be lauded by
generations yet unborn. Verify the
race is not always to the swift or the
battle to the strong! Justice may sleep,
but never dies. The hope is not too
wild for entertainment that in their
righteous cause the Beers will yet tri-
umph. For them new friends will rise
up by reason of Delarey's amazing VIC
tory.
He is freedoms now and fame's,
One of the few, the immortal, names
That were not born to die.
A Leader.
1t is we'll known fact that Demo-
Gratis resemble Collins famous ram in
being men of their own heads. In a
large measure it is every fellow for
himself, even if not the devil for the
hindmost. Still, there is one man, Hon.
James d. Richardson of Tennessee,
who is always spoken of as the Demo
cratic leader of the house because he
has twice been the nominee for speak
er. There is another leader, however,
who was never nominated for speaker.
That is w. G. Adamson of Georgia,
universally called Charlie by his
friends, and all who know him are his
friends. His name stands first on the
house roll of Democrats. AS the house
Is usually in an uprOar, and as mem
bers have a multiplicity of things to
do, it frequently happens that many
members have no idea what the roll
call is about until they inquire. Ad
amson, who is always at his post, saves
them the trouble of inquiring en- all po-
litical questions, for he keeps posted
ms to what is going on, and he is known
to be as faithful as the needle to the
pole in political matters. Consequent
ly when his clear tenor sounds "Ayew
or Nor everybody knows how the
vast majority Of Democrats will vote.
Adamson is our Democratic bellweth-
er, to use a common western phrase.
He is capable man, genial southern
gentleman who wears his heart upon
his sleeve. He is an able debater,
knows what he wants to say and says
1t without circumlocution. He is pop
ular ON both sides of the house, but
the fact that he stands the first Demo
crat on the roll forces him to be un-
usually vigilant. It's a post of honor,
but hard berth to fill
The Brooklyn Eagle tells the follow
ing story of Adamson:
Congressman Adamson of Georgia lives
at the Hotel Varnum when he is In Wash
ington, and there, too, lives Congressman
Lloyd of Missouri who tells this story at
the expense of his colleague:
eff there's a congressman who loves
children, 1t is Adamson, and while at the
Varnum he spends much of his time play
ing with the youngsters with whom he Is
a general favorite. One morning, just as
Adamson was starting for the capitol
nV6-yedF-Oiu BlTl Wdlheu up " Hill diiO
asked him to let her ride on his back.
The child's mother objected, saying, Why,
Mabel, you shouldn't make horse of the
gentleman
"'Oh, mamma answered the child, he
isn't a gentleman; he's a congressman.
.The cbnds remark .anaaslcd. to Mr..
Adamson with peculiar force, and the de-
sired ride was freely given"
Big Grab.
So far as the senate is concerned, the
ship subsidy grab is disposed of. 1t Is
most inexcusable raid upon the treas
ury There is nowhere on earth sin
gle fact to justify it. Nevertheless, in
obedience to Mark Hanna's fat, an OBJ
sequious senate passed it; but the fact
that Senators Allison and Dolliver of
Iowa voted against 1t and the further
fact that they are being praised in
Iowa for so doing may cause it to have
rough shedding in the house.
Useful Even In Death.
William Shakespeare or Lord Bacon
or whoever wrote Hamlet" says:
Imperial Cesar, dead and turned to clay,
Oh, that that earth, which kept the world
in awe,
Should patch wall to expel the winters
flaw!
Therein the noble bard was lament
ing the base uses to which great man
NAV hn mt after ho is in fhe grave