Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-30
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odd years prevented two men from be-
coming secretaries of the treasury, A.
T. Stewart of New York and Governor
Crane of Massachusetts,. Grant actual
ly nominated Stewart, not knowing
that there is law which prohibits an
importing merchant from being secre-
tary of the treasury. When the law
was called to his attention, he wanted
congress to repeal it, which it would
not do. It was the dream of Stewards s
life, his chief ambition, to be secretary
of the treasury, and in order to cir
cumvent the law he proposed that the
profits of his vast business should go
to charity while he was secretary of
the treasury, but without avail, as it
was ruled that that was mere subter-
fuge. So he didn't get the place for
which he yearned, very much to the
chagrin of both himself and General
Grant. He probably went to his grave
bitterly disappointed by reason of his
failure to secure that high and impor-
tant station. The trouble in Governor
Cranes case was that a corporation in
which he is largely interested manu-
factures and sells to the government
all the paper on which paper money is
printed: also most of the stationery
used by the government. No doubt the
profits are large, for the governor pre-
ferred to hang on to the paper mills
rather than give them up and accept
the treasury portfolio. Perhaps he was
wise in his day and generation. 1t is a
fact not generally known that our gov
ernment prints the paper money for
the South and Central American re-
publics.
Seeking the Unattainable.
Once upon a time man in crossing
Boston common found little boy dig
ging a hole in the ground. "Why dig
gest thou?" queried the man. 81 am
seeking the unattainable," quoth the
urchin. That's precisely what my es-
teemed contemporary, the New York
World, is doing in striving to organize
sort of journalistic peace society. 1t
will fail just as all other efforts of the
kind have failed before. The World
has first and last led many laudable
reforms and has unquestionably ac-
complished much good, but in an era
when James J. Jeffries, bruiser para
mount, can make more money in half
an hour in the square circle" than
any lawyer, preacher, doctor or artisan
can make in year of honest toll, peace
societies, journalistic or otherwise, arc
at discount.
After 1000 years Of Christian en-
deavor humanity has not been suffi-
i ciehtly purged of the old Adam to obey
| the Injunction contained in the SER
mon on the mount, Whoever shall
smite thee on the right cheek turn to
| him the other Also" On the contrary,
we are prone to smite the smiter. We
have not yet reached the pacific status
foretold by the Prince Of Peace when
swords are beaten into plowshares and
spears into pruning hooks, and with
every nation in Europe sustaining ar
maments which have brought them to
the verge Of bankruptcy and straining
every nerve to increase them, while
many Americans are shouting for a
great standing army and a navy equal
to the best, that delectable era is out Of
sight in the distant future. Truth to
tell, men love to fight, and the chances
are that when Gabriel sounds his trum-
pet it will interrupt innumerable drill
sergeants giving word of command to
awkward squads in divers countries
and in sundry tongues.
The Kaiser's Friendship.
One thing dead sure pop, and that is
If the Anglomaniacs of this country
succeed in getting the United States
into a rumpus with Germany, Kaiser
Wilhelm will not be to blame. He
gives abundant evidence that he de-
sires friendly relations to exist be-
| tween the German empire and this
yacht built in this country, but he in
vited the presidents daughter to chris
ten her. What's more is that he
has sent his sailor brother Prince
Henry, to represent him at the chris
tening. All these things prove beyond
all cavil that the kaiser entertains the
| friendliest feelings for us.
Getting Sick.
After three long, bloody, disastrous
years of war the body of the English
people are growing weary of the Grim
lnal attempt Of the British government
| to murder the brave little republics of
| South Africa. This is demonstrated
! beyond all question by the fact that
the English youth has ceased to volun-
teer for service in that beastly warfare
| whose atrocities put to blush those
| practiced by Butcher Weyler on the
! people of Cuba and that the English
| government is compelled to resort to
conscription to fill the gaps made IN
her regiments in South Africa by dis
ease and by the unerring rifles Of the
Boer farmers. That the United States
| government will soon have to resort to
conscription to get soldiers for the con-
| quest of the Philippines is altogether
probable. The glamour Of the service
in that faraway and accursed land has
worn off, and only the hideous features
remain, all of which discourages volun-
| teering.
/ The Popular Verdict.
| The effort of the administration te
prevent Admiral Winfield Scott Schley
from ranking among our popular he
roes is about as futile as the attempt tc
dam the Nile with bulrushes or Mrs
Partingtons endeavor to sweep back
the waves of the Atlantic with hei
/ scrub broom. Henry Ward Beecher once
declined the honorary degree of d. d
proffered by some college on the ground
| that he didn't need it, as the people hao
| already dubbed him doctor. So witt
! Schley. No matter what the findings oil
the court of inquiry were or what Pres
| ident Roosevelt may do with his appea
the great body Of the people know thai
Schley gained the battle of Santiago
and they have acclaimed him a hero
The people in the long run can always
1 be trusted to be just and wise. They
have given him place with Lord Mel