Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-05-22

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TT really looks as though all the
Democrats have to do to win a
victory in November is to stand
still and see the salvation of the
Lord. The Republicans are now
busily engaged in winning Democrat
ic victory. Since Brother Serene E.
Payne and his cohorts were routed
horse, foot and dragons on the Cuban
reciprocity bill they have been roosting
very low. They evidently believe that
silence is golden and have not taken
the initiative since that catastrophe.
The New York Press, which assumes
to be Republican organ, is continual
ly furnishing Democrats with ammuni-
tion and with hope. 1t is not at all
mealy mouthed in it's remarks as to Re-
publican statesmen. For example, it
says, "What embarrassment and trou-
BILE have come to Republicanism in the
last six months have been due to the
actions of this congress, which is dis
tinguished as few of our sessions of the
national legislature have been for
Grass incompetency and dunderhead
subservience to un-American inter
ests." That's elegant, but caustic. OF
course, as the Republicans have forty
three majority in the house and sixteen
majority in the senate, the incompe
tents and dunderheads above referred
to by the irate Press are Republican in
competents and dunderheads. But
there's more to follow, for The Press
continues bitterly, mo encouragement
could come to the party from pro-
traction of the deliberations of this de-
moralized and demoralizing body be-
yond the first opportunity to get rid of
its mischief making by adjournment
That has reference to the proposed ex-
ira session of congress. Then The
Press proceeds to take fall out of
Colonel Roosevelt, as follows: ''The ex-
ira session would visit more harm to
the party left in such splendid estate
by William Mckinley, for every day
that it's work continues there are added
new dissatisfaction and fresh disgusts
to the record already humiliating and
dangerous" Surely The Press ought
to be arrested for cruelty to animals.
But the foregoing excerpts from The
Press are mild when compared with
the following from the same super
heated Republican source: '"The work
before the Republican party is not an
enlargement of the folly Of congress,
but it's suppression. The implement
which will best serve it's purpose of
clearing the Uttered field on which it
stands is not the speakers gavel. 1t is
the dungfork.'
That is simply awful. The idea Of
such Republican chieftains as Hon. Sc
reno e. Payne, Hon. John Dalze]l, Hon.
Charles Henry Grosvenor, "Uncle Joe"
Cannon and Colonel Pete Hepburn be-
ing carried out on dungfOrk is alb
solutely preposterous even if recog-
nized and powerful organ of the Re-
publican party does suggest it. Moth
ing could be more humiliating than
such shabby treatment of the distin-
guished dead. They ought at least to
be given decent interment. Verify, ver-
lily the Republican party is now hap
py family!
Three New States.
The old song hath it:
Little drops of water, little grains of sand
Make the mighty ocean and the beauteous
land.
Little things show the utter mean
ness of some people, even of certain
ones in high places. For example, not
long since the house passed the omni-
bus bill admitting Arizona, New Mex
leo and Oklahoma into the Union as
states, whereupon the Philadelphia In
quirer, which should be above such
petty performances, says editorially,
1.-THE house has followed the platform
of the last national Republican conyen-
tion and proposes to guarantee state
hood to New Mexico, Arizona and Ok
lahoma." That is one of those con-
demned half truths which in essence
are lies. The Inquirer knew that both
the Democratic and Republican nation
al platforms declared in favor of state
hood for those territories. Why, then,
did it not say so, if it mentioned plat
forms at all? Simply because it want
ed to deceive its readers and by de-
ceiving make a little capital for it's
party. The Inquirer knew full well that
all the opposition to the omnibus bill
came from the Republican side of the
house and was led by that redoubtable
Republican warhorse, General Charles
Henry Grosvenor Of Ohio. The In
quirer further remarks, "The senate
has yet to deal with the question, and
the final fate of the bill Is problematic-
al, though it is believed to have the
presidents support" 1t did not, how
ever, vouchsafe to an anxious world
why it's fate is problematical in the SEN
ate, though it knew the why perfectly
well. The why is that Republican SEN
ators may oppose the admission of
these states, not from a sense of JUS
tice. but for political reasons.
When the debate was going on in the
house I ran across Messrs. Payne and
Dalzell, Republican big Injuns, on the
street and said to them, sYou gentle
men do not appear to be very busy in
making new states just now," where
upon Mr. Payne, with smile that was
childlike and bland, replied. 81 never
help make Democratic United States
senators when | know it,
Notwithstanding the foregoing facts
The Inquirer has the unspeakable gall
to undertake to give the honor of the
performance to the Republicans! That's
peanut politics with vengeance The
Democratic party has always stood Tor
home rule and still stands for it. That's
why the Democrats in the house lined
up for the admission of those terrific