Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-23

= HAT the result of the Hanna.
Foraker fight in Ohio makes
Senator Marcus A. Hanna q
strong candidate for the Repub.
ican presidential nomination
there can be no question. Indeed, at
this writing it looks as though Senator
Hanna and President Roosevelt would
be the chief wrestlers for the incom-
parable prize. They may render the
fight so bitter and so fierce that some
third aspirant, such as Senator Fair
banks of Indiana or Senator Spooner OF
Wisconsin or Uncle Shelby M Cullom
of Illinois, may walk away with the
baggage while Marcus and Theodore
are engaged in the pleasant occupation
Of killing each other off, but the gladi-
ators who will monopolize public atten-
tion until the nomination is actually
made are unquestionably Hanna and
Roosevelt.
The precedents favor the Ohioan. No
vice president who inherited a dead
ident or even nominated by his party
for that high Office, but precedents can
not be relied on implicitly. President
Roosevelt has been precedent smash
er all his life and may be able to break
the one above referred to. He is young,
vigorous, capable, courageous, learned
and many sided. Moreover, he is
young-young enough to be the son of
Senator Hanna-and this youthfulness
will appeal strongly to young Repub-
icanS who are eX necessitate more ac-
tive than their elders.
Senator Hanna has his great national
machine somewhat weakened by Nc
Kinleys death, but still the most pow
erful in the land. President Roosevelt
is building him a machine as rapidly as
possible, and three years hence it may
be as potent as Hanna's. At any rate,
it will be potent enough to put up a
great fight, and it may be safely pre-
dicted that the Hanna Roosevelt fight
will be historic and-ruinous to the Re-
publican party. AS consequence of
that fight we stand to win, consum-
nation devoutly to be wished.
Hanna In New Light.
One thing is absolutely certain, how
ever, and that is that Senator Hanna
is a much larger and more command
ing figure than he was before he lock-
ed horns with Senator Foraker and
got away with most of the spoils. l
know that it is not partiality that in
fuences my opinion. In that contest
i was in the same frame of mind as
was the estimable spouse of the man
engaged in a life and death tussle with
bear when she shouted: go it, hus-
band! Go it, bearr' But it is simple
truth to say that that fight caused
Senator Hanna to grow in public esti-
nation. 1t had been so often asserted
that Hanna shone by reflected light
from President Mckinley and would
now shrink and shrivel to very small
proportions that most men had come
to believe it. 1t is said that an open
confession is good for the soul, and I
believed it myself, but last month Sen
ator Hanna, without any assistance
from the national administration, en-
tered into a fight with Senator Fora
KERN the Foraker year-and more
than held his own. Henceforth it
must be admitted that Hanna had
strength of his own, and all Republic
an statesmen who are nursing presi-
Dental booms and boomlets may as
well take due notice of the fact and
govern themselves accordingly.
Rushing Things.
The manner in which the Republic
ans rush things through the house is
an outrage on common sense and or
binary decency and has a direct tend
ency to degrade the house, to mini
mize it's influence and to exalt the SEN
ate. AS fair example of the unseen
ly haste with which things are rail-
roaded through the house let it not be
forgotten that the Philippine tariff bill
was debated only six hours, bill di-
rectly affecting the happiness and
prosperity of 100000 or 100000 FL
lipinos and indirectly the happiness
and prosperity of 76,000,000 Ameri-
cans. Even so distinguished a debater
as Hon. Charles e. Littlefeld of Maine
was reduced to the necessity of speak
ing one minute and Extending his re-
marks in The Record" 1t may be truly
said that no bill is adequately debated
or considered in the house. Bill after
bill full of crudities is rushed through
and sent over to the senate with all
it's imperfections on its head" OF
course the senate considers and de-
bates these bills and sends them back
to the house greatly disfigured by nu-
merous amendments or entirely trans
mogrified by substitutes, and, as a
rule, the house yields to the senate's
wish. Every time that performance is
repeated the senate gains in both in
| fiuence and Importance, while the
house sinks lower and becomes of less
| consequence.
There is no excuse for such haste
and recklessness. They have the quo
rum counting rule, which greatly expe-
dites business when business needs ex-
pediting, and the previous question
with which to close debate when de
bate ought to be closed. Therefore bills
ought to be adequately debated and
| legislation perfected in the house OF
representatives fresh from the people.
Top Heavy.
To those who observe the happenings
on this mundane sphere signs are moi
wanting to indicate that the trusts arr
becoming top heavy and will fall o.
their own weight So mote it be. Over
capitalization is getting in its deadl.
work. The copper trust and the as
phalt trust are fine illustrations OF this
Copper shares dropped from $130 t
| $50 and asphalt shares from $50 to ~
| with a suddenness that made holders
/ teeth rattle, took away their breah
/ and brought the bankruptcy court int
view. This asphalt concern was a hug
| swindle from the very start, being cap
| italized for five or six times what
| was worth. The suckers bit and Wer
/ caught. It's busted.
FIunkydon.
The funkies and tuft hunters i
Washington have evolved brand neS
idea out of their inner consciousness
It is to have created new office, tha
of amaster of ceremonies" for all stat
occasions and social functions! We ar
i progressing on the royal path OF liz
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