Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-09-04
NUMBER 5

CANT one that ever legislated for the
American people. It's appropriations
were wicked and wanton waste. Its
motto appeared to be ''after us the
deluge," and the chances are that it
will be deluge indeed. Personally I
like Governor Shaw He is an able
and amiable man. If he has the cour-
age to act on old Ben Franklin's mot,
"a penny saved is penny earned"
and to insist that the expenses of the
government shall be retrenched, as he
knows they ought to be, he will pass
into history as a great financier along
with Gallatin, Walker and Chase, and
as a great public benefactor, whether
he gets to be president or not A mere
petty squabble with Lyman J. Gage
as to which created the deficit in the
revenues will not avail Governor Shaw
in his quest of the presidency. The
public memory is short. He is in Of
fee. If he has to issue bonds to raise
the money to run the government, he
will stand no more chance of reaching
the White House than he has of be-
coming autocrat of all the Russias.
Utopian.
1t is really refreshing to run across
somebody who believes in Utopia and
| the political millennium. The Mime
apolis Journal proposes, apparently in
good faith, to realize both by reyiying
the old scheme, the utterly exploded
theory of permanent tariff commits
sion as the solution of the ills that the
| Se,I |, 70. for.
| When will the day come when our gov
| ernment will be ready to adopt the plan
which is quite generally regarded as cali
culated to protect the country in large
degree from that disturbance of business
which periodical agitation of tariff re-
vision as a political issue is likely to
f! produce? 1t is to be hoped that some day
we shall refer this matter of the tariff,
which should be purely a business affair
and never allowed to become political
| issue, to a strong commission in which
| business men of all political faiths would
have confidence and which should be nom
partisan in character. Recommendations
of such a commission made from time to
time would commend themselves to the
I judgment of the country as a basis or
congressional legislation, the notifications
| of the tariff being not general and sweep
| ing as the result of long agitation, with
| consequent hesitation and Generalization
| of business, but gradual and incidental,
/ affecting but few articles at time and
| justified always by thorough investiga-
ton.
Such an administration of our protec-
| tive principle and revenue policy by
permanent commission and the conse-
| quent greater or less elimination of the
| subject from the field of practical politics
is consummation most devoutly to be
| wished. 1t has received the commenda-
ton of public men and students of public
| affairs and the Endorsement of political
conventions, but it has yet to be actual
lied in legislation and intrusted with the
discharge of a service of great impor-
tance to the commercial and Industrial
interests of the country.
Certainly nothing more guileless than
that has ever been printed since Faust
invented movable type. Fancy the
conclusions of a commission made up
of such eminent business men as Tom
johnson, Charles NJ. Schwab, Mr..
Cramp, Mr.. Serene e. Payne and Sem
ator Aldrich! Bah!
A Missouri Humorist.
Tom Lloyd, the young son of Con-
gressman Lloyd of Missouri, bids fair
to rival Mark Twain as a humorist.
\ Not long since he wrote his father as
foll'ows:
June 2S, 1902.
Hon 1anees t. Lloyd. shelbyyi1le, Mo-:
Dear SirAlJ- world like for you to look
up my pension claim and if possible nave
| my check sent to me Immediately. I
have served for about one week in the
First volunteer corps of the Lloyd House,
cleaning brigade, commanded by Lieuten-
ant General H. H. Duckie (mamma). My
back is nearly broken, and my hands are
| covered with blisters so that 1 am unfit
for any more active service. My number
is 432, lie, ,9S4 1876, 9S2. Trusting that you will
have the check forwarded me, I remain,
respectfully, THOMAS L. LLOYD.
Private in Rear Rank.
A Hot FactionaI Fight.
The latest news from Nebraska is to
the effect that Hon. Edward Rosewa-
ter, editor of the Omaha Bee, is hot
foot after the iossy scalp lock Of Da-
vid H. Mercer, present congressman.
Both are Republicans, and unfortunate
ly SO is the district.