Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25

In his card Tawney insists, mirabile
dictu, that he supports the presidents
Cuban reciprocity scheme. though he
differs with his Republican brethren on
the ways and means committee as to
the features of the bill. Oh, my soul,
what a whopper! Tawney's black
plume was in the very forefront of the
insurgents in their fight against Ted
dy's Cuban reciprocity scheme. Taw-
ney is one of the ablest and most per-
sistent among the young Republicans,
and he must be scared within an inch
OF his life as to his nomination to pub
lish card like that. But the CD.
must do its duty and denounce Taw-
ney as free trader. 1t must not per-
nit trifie like the worlds fair to de-
ter it from doing its plain duty.
Voluntarily Retire.
Those pessmists who imagine that
:, the only inducement to public life is
the official salary ought to put on their
| thinking caps. Thomas b. Reed Of
Maine and John NJ. Allen of AIississip-
! pi, after long and distinguished serv-
ice in the house, voluntarily retired in
order to earn money enough to live
on in their old age. At least four men,
| berS of the present congress have re-
fused to stand for reelection, all liv-
! ing in safe" districts, one having been
already renominated. They are Wheel
er of Kentucky, Tayler of Ohio, Nor
ris of Minnesota and Woods of Cali
! fornia. Perhaps there are others. The
truth is that the salary is by no means
| the greatest inducement to congress
sional life. Ambition, noble love of
fame, desire to help mold mighty
nations DEGREES, to shape its destiny,
are the main inducements. 1t may
well be doubted if the average con-
gresham can earn as much as the con-
gressional salary in his profession or
business, but that he can save more
is beyond all cavil Senator Bailey ut
tered q noble sentiment in the senate
when in discussing the proposition to
increase the salary of federal judges
he declared that he hoped the time
would never come when men would
seek high office chiefly or wholly for
the pay. Most public officials. am
fain to believe, look at the matter
somewhat in the same light. OF course
officials ought to be well paid. Sound
public policy demands that, but honor
is still better than money.
A very pleasant and unusual thing
| happened when the Democratic con-
vention met at Paducah to nominate
successor to Wheeler His admiring
| constituents presented him with q
handsome silver service, and the pres
entation speech was made by the man
nominated to succeed him, Hon. Ollie
James! That was what General Gar
field would have denomlnated as zone
of the roses Of politics" Wheeler's
friends claim that, while he yolunta-
rily quits congress, his public career is
by no means closed and predict that
he will return to public life before
many years as Il senator of the United
States. He is u brilliant young man
in the very flower of his years. a typ
| ical Kentuckian, tall, slender, sinewy,
active. handsome. courageous. and his
friends may be correct in their prog
nostications. Joe Blackburn is among
! Cle veterans, so Is GONCfuOf JuueS
Bennett McCreary. who succeeds De-
Doe in the senate ON the 4th of March.
Either of them is easily old enough to
be Wheeler's father. If he have pa
tience. he can win toga by playing
waiting game.
A Pleasing Picture.
President Roosevelt appeared in
pleasing guise when acting as godfa-
ther recently. When the babies are in
volved, we can all be agreeable. and.
truth to tell, Colonel Roosevelt Is a
more charming parsonage when he is
doing harmless things like that than
when he is prancng about making un-
reasonable political speeches. He un-
derstands babies, as he has children of
his own-plenty of them. active ones,
ranging all the way from grown up
daughter to little tot-and all who
know anything about it agree that he
Is a tiptop. good father and presuma-
bly, discharged his duties as godfa-
ther with grace and dignity.