Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-04

Sudll nave Ut least Olle llOuf ~ uu Wuit
he pIeases with If he desires, he may
place any bill on any calendar upon its
passage or, if he prefers lie may con-
sumo, his hour in speechmaking, but
the hour shall be absolutely at his dis
posal, which gives even the humblest
somewhat of chance to have the will
of his constituents made known and
enacted into law
Individually have no right to COM
plain of any lack of recognition, and
am not writing SO much for my own
benefit as for the benefit of others who
do not enjoy such facilities of reaching
the public as these letters afford.
A Most Radical Suggestion.
My esteemed contemporary. the st.
Louis Republic, is in such utter despair
by reason of municipal rottenness that
as remedy it suggests the abolish
ment of the house of delegates. That is
certainly heroic treatment for a most
serious disease, but is it necessary?
That municipal reform is one of the
crying needs of the age goes without
saying. but that doing away with
representative government is necessary
to its attainment l do not for one mo-
ment believe If necessary in city, it
is necessary in state; if necessary in
state, it is necessary i'll nation. TO ad-
nit such 4 proposition is to confess that
our whole theory of representative gov
ernment is a fiat failure, which is mad
missible. Suppose that instead of abol-
ishing the house of delegates the Re
public should stir up the .'better ele-
ment'' to discharge its duty to the pub
lie. Then what? The result would be
that the hoo.lluni would be in Othello's
condition. for his occupation would be
gone" Individually l have never had
any sympathy with the cry that the
hoodlums run the large cities. because
there is not large city or a small one
within the broad confines of the repub-
lie in which the hoodlums constitute the
majority. That they do run many large
cities aud some small ones is true, but
they are enabled to do so because those
who arrogatc to themselves the high
resounding and fiattering title of ''the
better element" abdicate their political
functions in favor of the hoodlums,
who attend strictly to business, and of
the two claSses-that is to say. the hood
lums and those who deem themselves
too good to discharge their political du-
ties-the hoodlums are the better citi- q
fzens 70 participate in public affairs
is not only a high privilege. but sol
emn duty.
The Shaw Button and the Shaw Policy.
A report. apparently authentic, comes
from Iowa that ''the Shaw vice presi-
Dental button has appeared" Nothing
unreasonable about that except as H.
lustrating how the secretary of the
treasury has outgrown all his Iowa
contemporaries. He was still Il coun
try banker, little known outside his
town and county. when the names of
Henderson. Hepburn, Dollver and 9th
er Hawkeye worthless not only filled
but choked the trump of fame But
Shaw's growing reputation is the mar
vel of the day. As Aaron's rod swal
lowed all the little rods so does Shaw's
fame swallow the fame OF all the rest.
Another news item about the secre
tary shows how lie recently rushed
large sum of government money from
San Francisco to New York to relieve
the strained money market" OF course,
of course. and that action probably ell
hances the value of his vice presiden
tial button.
Not only did Mr.. Secretary Shaw
rush a large sum clear across the con-
tinent to help out the New York gang.
but lie has done many other things for
It. A treasury official thus enumerates
q few of them:
The secretary stimulated circulation by
urging banks to increase their circulating
medium. taking advantage more fully of
The provisions of the law in this connec-
tion and the privileges it gave them. He
anticipated government interest, pur
chased the SIS of 1904 anticipated interest
for the fiscal year subject to a slight re-
bate; increased deposits to banks having
free bonds, increased deposits to banks
which could borrow bonds increased de-
posits to banks willing to take out further
circulation. released reserve held against
government deposits accepted municipal
and state bonds as security for public
money under certain conditions, purchased
long 4e, anticipated November interest
without rebate and a second time in
creased deposits.
Those things ought to convert the
Shaw button into valuable political
asset when it comes to a showdown on
the vice presidential question. If they
do not, then it must be clear that New
York financiers as well as republics,
are ungrateful. They ought to hel.
Leslie NJ. OH the principle that one
good turn deserves another.
An Example of Purity and Light.
That the Democrats elected major
ity of the Colorado legislature on joint
ballot is beyond all question, and elect
ed it principally for the purpose of re-
electing Hon. Henry NJ. Teller to the
senate of the United States. The fur
ther fact that the Republicans elected
the state ticket merely emphasizes
Senator Teller's popularity and strength
with the Colorado people. Neverthe-
less and Notwithstanding, the Repub- |
licans, who prate of sweetness and |
purity, are preparing to steal the legis- |
lature, or, failing that, to set up bo- |
gus legislature of their own-as great |
crime as was ever committed by |
Boss Tweed or any other political ras-
cal of any party. Teller is great his |
toric parsonage, has been senator for |
many years, was once secretary of the |
interior and has been a presidential |
possibility. Whatever people may think !
of his views on the money question, it |
will not be denied by any person who
is both honest and intelligent that he |
is the most distinguished man yet sent |
to the national councils by the Cen
tennial State. Nobody ever doubted
either his ability, integrity, sincerity |
or patriotism. For years he was the
glory of the state, when such men as
Tabor were making it ridiculous and
such as Bowen bringing it into disre
pute. There may have been time serv-
ers and self seekers connected with the
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