Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
NUMBER %
toward the administration. The Post
quoted The CD. and commented as
follows:

toward the administration. The Post
quoted The CD. and commented as
follows:
''It Is always the darkest just before dawn
'sIts long road that has no turn" zone ex-
treme follows another" These old saws do NOT
need any fling to make them cut into and clear
through that "reminiscences of 1872 Our contem-
porary will be able to recall the fact that A. D.
1872 was the fourteenth year of continuous DEM
ocratic disaster. When that campaign ended the
Democratic situation seemed hopeless. Grant had
been elected Tor second term, together With an
overwhelming majority in congress The war had
been over fer more than seven years and It
seemed il the country had decided that it could
never eondone Deinoeraey's qgar record, but i1
the very next congressional campaign, that Of
1874, the Democratic party swept tAe country.
carrying the house by an immense majority, its
arst victory in six.eesn years And in 1876 the
Democracy again carried the congressional eieo-
lions ands IN the almost universal opinion, elect
ed-4s presidential candidate.
There Is no other chapter in our political an
nails so i'll adapted to The Globe Democrats pur-
pose as the story Of the Greeley folly and its dis
astrous effect upon the Democracy. The party
which survived that eliminating calamity OF q
long series OF merciless disasters and was able in
Two years to get itself in shape for the signal VIC
tory of 1874 need not despair because Of the at
1letions mentioned by Representative Burleson
and SO touehingly bewailed by our ST. Louis Re-
publican contemporary
The record Of parties since 1872 and the present
conditions OF both the great organizations afford
ground for the impression entertained by some Of
the most sagacious Republicans in congress that
their party, which has the last four contests
for the control OF the house, has not hopeful
outlook for fifth consecutive victory Existing
differences among Republicans upon some Of the
great and pressing questions render it highly prob
otNlo 41n4 H. 1rI "a Al. -rr
hnd the Democrats equipped with SO large a sup
ply of effective political ammunition that they
will control the next house. "The darkest day,
live till tomorrow, will have passed away
The Ship Subsidy Bill.
That old steal that certain Republic
an senators tried to push through the
last congress-the Hanna-Payne ship
subsidy bills again in the senate.
This time Senator Frye brought it in,
with a few changes of so slight ma
ture that it is question whether it is
now greater steal or slightly lesser
one. The chances are that it is great
er, for the whole tendency is In that
direction when a Republican congress
is In the saddle. They seem determin-
ed to mulct the treasury for few mil
lions every year through this iniqui-
tous steal, which seems to be done for
the purpose of lining up all the steam
ship owners alongside the tariff barons
in support of the Republican party in
order that it may continue in power.
Hanna's Love of Organized Labor.
In discussing the recent conference
of leaders of labor and capital, held in
New York, Senator Hanna said: 81
would want no greater monument than
to have the world remember that did
something to end wars between Amer
lean labor and American capital" Han
ma is now a politician and is making
googoo eyes at the labor vote, but
when he destroyed the lake seamen's
union he probably was not thinking of
running for Office OF course Mark
would like to end these uprisings of Ia
Dor against the continual and unneces-
sary wage reductions practiced by
some Of the richest corporations in
America. but he would prefer to do it
by crushing all the labor organizations.
Perhaps Hanna thinks he had better
make his googoo eyes while he can, for
Foraker bids fair to perfe4EaRsab asbi ssrf rf4agSs 4S
ton that will remove tb<
Marks optics