Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-28

otherwise. The anthracite coal trust
is the teacher, and Gothamites, without
respect to politics or religion, the vic
TINS lizard Coal Advances a Dollar"
is frequent newspaper headline. The
coal barons may catch it where the
chicken got it-in the neck.
II the late lamented Phineas T. Bar
mum, "lord mayor of Bridgeport" own
er of "the greatest show on earth, "
ETC.. could revisit the glimpses of the
moon, he would, unless he has lost that
git up and git which made him both
rich and famous, hasten to secure the
services of Mr.. Babcock, congressman
from Wisconsin and chairman of the
Republican congressional campaign
committee, and would advertise him
as ''the greatest living acrobat-the
greatest that ever lived" Bab's capers
on the tariff and trust questions have
never been equaled since the morning
stars sang together for joy. One of two
things is true about Bab-either he Is
a most uncommon somersault turner or
he is ''teched in the head"-hard to tell
which.
Chairman Griggs.
Hon. James NJ Grlggs of Georgia,
chairman of the Democratic congress
sional committee. is winning favor
where it was least expected-in the
east. Judge Griggs is bright. amiable.
patient. enthusiastic, capable, ambi-
tious and industrious. What's more,
he's lucky. In speaking to Griggs of
his election to the Craftsmanship, Hon.
w. NJ. Howard. one Of the ablest young
men in the house, said: "Griggs, be-
lieve now that we will elect the next
house. Your invariable good luck will
enable us to win." Griggs is busy as
a bee in planning the campaign. The
New York Times says:
Mr. Griggs. chairman Of the Democratic
congressional committee. is a man OF
sense. He announces that his committee
proposes to conduct the campaign for con-
gressional candidates this fall chiefly on
the issue of the tariff. He reports an
urgent demand from all parts of the I'm
| ion for literature on that issue.
| If the Democrats are prepared as Mr..
Griggs proposes, to wage the fight this
| fall on the tariff issue and If they will
| put up candidates for the house and for
| the senate who will not regard their elec-
tion as license for peddling their votes to
the tariff beneflciaries. they will deserve
to win. In many districts they will have
| a fair chance to win, and even If they dc
not secure majority in either house they
will lay the basis of an honest and sub
| Stantial political organization that will be
worth working with and for.
Republican Prosperity.
Senator Marcus A. Hanna says that
the Republicans made the present
prosperity. Let's see. One of my con.
stituents, ]. A. Norton, of st. Charles
county, one of the richest agricultural
counties in the world, has just har.
vested 10000 bushels of wheat from
his own farm, the crop averaging
thirty-five bushels to the acre. Did
Republicans cause his prosperity? Die
Mark SOW that wheat, water 1t, make
| the sun shine on it and harvest it? &C
to, Marcus Alonzo, with such rot!
Another of my constituents, W. s
Nelson of Lincoln county, made last
year $S490 net from the milk OF
one Holstein COW. the glory Of which
performance Senator Hanna would
claim for the Republican party. The
chances are that the COW would have
given the same quantum of dulce lac
if there had been Democratic presi
dent and congress in Washington.
Another of my constituents, whose
name have forgotten, but who lives
near New Florence, In Montgomery
county. raised ginseng worth $125 on
about one rod of ground, which, OF
course, is proof positive that Mark
makes it rain.
| All over Missouri the corn is from ten
to twenty feet high. potatoes are big as
ostrich eggs. the earth groans beneath
the weight of most bountiful harvest
Of all cereals, fruits and vegetables
consequently we all ought to go down
on our knees to Mark, provided he
made the rain to fall and the sun to
shine. But, query: If Mark makes
it seasonable this year, why didn't be
make it seasonable last year? Does
he cause it to rain only in election
years? People ought to have informa-
tion on this subject, because it is i'm
portant, don't you know.
Suhserviency to Trusts.
The Washington Post, independent
goldbuggish and high tariff shouter
gives this solar plexus blow to the Re
publicans in this congress for their
subseryiency to the trusts:
1t is not very improbable that the Re
publicans in both houses will be ready
to vote for one or two carefully drawn
antitrust measures when congress con-
venes They are hearing and will con-
| tinue to hear from the people on that sub
| ject. They win know little later, II they
do not alrerdy realize. that there Is wide
! spread and deep dissatisfaction with their
subserviency during the Fifty-sixth and
the long session of the Fifty-seventh con-
| gress to the interests of monopolistic In
| dustrial combinations. Whether they come
| back victorious or defeated. they will
come to face a strong pressure for anti
| trust enactments. And 1t will not be
strange If they yield to this pressure.
AS to craziness.
General Joseph r. Hawley. senior
and senile senator from Connecticut
has declared that Senator George Fris.
bic Hoar, the old man eloquent from
Massachusetts, is crazy" because OF
his attitude on the Philippine question
On Hawley's Characterization of Hoar
the Boston Herald. independent, re
marks,
innate Of Senator Hoar as man who |
| crazy on the subject of the -Philippin
Islands is that the acceptance Of 1t i'm
| plies too many men besides Senator Hoa
/ as in the same category. Mr.. Hoar him
| self may be an enthusiast whose devotio
| to his own ideas sometimes runs ava
with him. but we think the instance wa
| never known before in which they ie
him away from his party. If there wer
any enthusiasm that was to turn hi
| brain. it would be naturally in the re
verse direction. But, to return to tn
| point from which we started, If Mr.. Hoa
| Is crazy here, so was President Harrison
| crazy; so Is Governor Boutwell, crazy: s.
| Is Senator Edmunds, late Of Vermont
| crazy: SO is Speaker Reed crazy. If ther
| can be found any four men in this coun
| try who were less likely to have tn
soundness of their intellect affected b.
| either enthusiasm or brooding than Har
| rison Boutwell,. Edmunds and Reed, w
| should like to know them. This is to leav
| cut of account the author of the mos
magnificent speeches made In the presen
| era of the nations history.
That Herald editorial appears to b.
regular sockdolager on the Nutme;
| statesman. He will have to spit on hi