Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-07-10

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To use it like a giant"
And l submit to him that it is unfair to
shut the gates of mercy on mankind. I
have believed in God myself, in a humble
way, ever since l can recollect, but l de-
cline to accept the gentleman from Indi-
ana either as his prophet or his inter-
prefer to US feebler mortals. challenge
his credentials when he undertakes to
pose as the mouthpiece of God on this
floor. I would rather take Jesus Christ
as the exponent of God, and he enunci-
ated the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as
you would have others do unto you,'
which we most assuredy are not doing
to the Filipinos. 1t is written, 'Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor.
Any man who asserts that the Demo-
Gratis have attacked the American army is
either uncandid or misinformed. That is
as strong as l can draw it here and keep
within parliamentary lines. Elsewhere
would make it decidedly more emphatic
and take the consequences. 1t is aston
ishing what men will do when they are
in a hole and trying to fight out. For
instance, the other day when the gentle
man from Alabama [Mr. Clayton] and
some others were opposing the PROPOSE
ton to give the president some more ca
diets to appoint, the distinguished gentle
man from Pittsburg Mr.. Dalzell] shouted,
Down with the army!'' And the gentle
man from Indiana lGovernor Steele] like
great poll parrot, repeated, Down with
the army!" I have no doubt if the other
member of the SiameSe tripletS on the
ways and means committee [Mr. Payne
of New York; had been in his place that
he would have yelled, Down with the
army!"
1t would not be surprising for a tough.
a hoodlum or sans culotte to do a thing
bat hlif the Oanflpm9n from Penn
sylvania GMr. Dalzell] degrades his great
intellect and imperils his high standing
by SO doing.
1 have not said anything about the
army, good, bad or Indifferent. As it
happens, 1 have not talked about it, and
therefore I can say freely and without
trying to shield myself that no man, do
not care how ingenious he is, can bring
evidence to show that the Democrats
have attacked the army, and to say they
attack the army because certain Demo-
Gratis critieise certain sporadic cases of
the conduct of certain soldiers which
seem improper-and some of them have
been court martiaied-and to say that
thereby they are criticising the army
would be just as truthful as to say that
the grand jury which indicts, that the
petit jury which tries, the prosecuting
attorney who prosecutes and the judge
who presides at the trial are making war
time prosecuted persons who 1nfracted
the law.
But this false cry about abusing the
army reached the reductio ad absurdum
here the other day, the extreme of the
preposterouS when the chairman OF the
committee on military affairs of this
house INF. Hull. the president of the
Philippine Hardwood company, said that
because some members were opposing
an amendment which the senate had
tackled on an appropriation bill they We're
fighting the army, when the truth is that
we simply followed the lead of the chair
man of the committee on appropriations,
the Hon. Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois,
one of the ablest Republicans in the land.
Because we cannot get the economy that
we desire so much on this side of the
house the Democrats, being in the minor
ity, frequently follow the lead of Mr.
Cannon Sometimes 'Uncle Joe'S" white
plume leads to victory as did the white
plume of Henry of Navarro; sometimes
to defeat, and sometimes to a dog fall as
it did in the contest with the chairman
of the committee on military affairs.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, l would like to
have made this speech, or one like it, the
other day, dunn opus fervet. when the
thing was hot, but the gentleman from
Indiana dragged my name in, made state
ments that were not true and then, when
I wanted to reply, said Get time on your
own side,' when he knew full well that all
the time on the Democratic side of the
house had been already parceled out and
allotted to other Democrats. He has per-
haps learned by this time that he made
nothing by his discourtesy. 1 couldn't get
at him then, but l have got at him now.
He laughs best who laughs last. Evil
IDENTIFY the Republicans think, or they
would not keep at it, that this talk about
the Democrats being opposed to the Amer
lean army will win some votes. 1t may
do it. for all the fools are not dead yet.
1t may be "a good enough Morgan until
after the election but the cry is false,
and it is founded on Voltaires dictum,
Keep on lying, and some of it will
stick"
The fight was between Mr.. Lands
and myself, but Hon. Charles e. Lit
tlefield rushed into a combat with
and took up the cudgel for Lands, pre-
Sumably because he did not deem Ian
dis equal to the occasion.
LittlefieId Attacks SchIey.
In pranced Littlefield of Maine, one
of the Republican big Injuns, with
great flourish of tomahawk, and in
less time than it takes to tell it he had
fallen, la the late unfortunate Mr..
Me,iinty, to the bottom of the coal
hole This mighty man from Maine
proceeded to jump on that great naval
hero, Admiral Schley, who won the as
founding victory of Santiago. Little
field said inter ALA, "And it does not
answer to say that Winfield Scott
SchIau olthn11n1, hn 10 lon.a nd
escaped danger, fought in the war and
acquired glory" The Democrats on
the floor and the people in the gallery
were in a rage and hissed Littlefeld
SO vigorously as to drown out even his
stentorian voice. Most of the Repub-
lican members were in their Sc. s, and
as not one of them opened his auth
in defense of Schley it must b &C.
cepted that they one and all indOrsed
Littlefeld's characterization of Schley
as a coward. What put it into Little
fields head and heart to join in the
persecution of Schley which has been
conducted by Long, Crowninshield,
Lemly, Potts and the unspeakable Ma
clay passes all understanding 1t can
be accounted for only on the ground
that Schley is a Democrat and that
they are afraid of him as political
factor. Schley's sin is that, being a
Democrat, he won glorious victory
and achieved imperishable renown.
1t is estimated by good judges that
LittlefelRs bad break will cost the Re
publicans dozen seats in the house.
He fell into pit of his own digging;
he smote. his party under the fifth rib
in his ilf advised effort to help it out
of holes he was hoist on his own pc
tard. When Democratic speaker
calls Democratic house to order at
high noon ON the first Monday in De-
cember, 1903, Mr.. Littlefeld will have
right to say, Il contributed largely to
the Democratic majority in this house,
but did it unbeknownst to myself"
| am fully aware that the above de-
scribed performance of Mr.. Littlefeld
will appear incredible in man of his
prominence, but the greater his promi-
nence the more amazing is it that he
would commit faux pas so damaging
to his party Most assuredly when he
opened his capacious mouth on that
occasion he put his foot in it. On June
27 the Washington Times. Qndepend-
ent) said: