Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-02-06


renege. Wise mep change their minds;
fools never do and Uncle Joe" is not
Q fool, whatever else he may be. So
there is hope for him.
un-American.
The appointment Of a special en-
bassy to attend the coronation of King
Edward VII. is distinctively un-
American performance. We went out
Of the coronation business July 4, 1916.
and should not enter into it again. So
far as l am concerned ! will never
vote one cent of the peoples money to
pay the expenses of anybody to help
crown any king in England or else
where. This embassy is superfluous
piece of fiunkyism We are already
represented at the court of St. James
by our ambassador, Hon. Joseph H.
Choate popularly named Joe Choate,
who is vaunted by his friends and ad-
mirers as one of the most brilliant of
mortais and who for some three or
four years has been swinging the cen
ser under the nose of British royalty
by advocating an alliance betwixt the
United States and Great Britain. If it
was absolutely necessary that we stul-
tify ourselves by having some Ameri-
can aid in holding up the train of Ed
ward VII, why not let Mr.. Choate per-
form that un-American function? Did
we send any special embassy to help
crown George w.? Not any One
James Monroe was president then. He
was a disciple and bosom friend of
the immortal Jefferson, who hated
kingcraft as the devil hates holy wa
ter. Did we send any special embassy
to help crown William w, the sailor
king? Not much. One Andrew jack
son was in the White House then,
whose chief glory was that at New
Orleans he had trounced the British
army in most astounding fashion. Did
we send Americans to kotow before
royalty at the coronation of Queen
Victoria? Not that anybody has heard
of. Martin Van Buren, "Old Hickory's"
favorite pupil, was at the helm then,
and we were not then engaged in the
un-American caper of aping royalty
and aristocracy. We are progressing
after the manner of the crab-back-
ward-growing like cows tail-down-
ward.
1t is all right to welcome and enter
tain Prince Henry-"Unser Heinrich"
of Hohenzollern. He is our guest,
and American hospitality demands
that we receive him cordially and that
we foot the bills. Another reason is
that for long time.a little coterie of
anglomaniacs in this country have
been endeayoring to commit us to an
English alliance and to get us into
row with Germany. Our kindly recep-
tion Of Prince Henry will demonstrate
that we are not the enemy of Germa-
ny, but desire to be on good terms
, with her.
The entertainment of Prince Henry
and the sending of special embassy
to King Edwards coronation are cases
which are not on 'all fours," as the
lawyers say. They are in no way sim
liar. The American people will be glad
to entertain the German prince, but
they will not indorse the special en-
bassy to London.
The Execution of Scheepers.
By ruthlessly hanging Scheepers Lord
Kitchener has succeeded in doing two
things first. .damning himself to
everlasting fame;" second, making a
martyr. Since the bloody Britishers
hanged General Hayne of South Caro-
lima no more beastly or idiotic per-
formance has been done by any mill
tary commander than the murder of
Scheepers, for that is precisely what
his execution was-a dastardly mur-
der. Think of it-a sick man, drag
ged out of bed in hospital, tried for
his life by a drumhead court martial,
convicted and summarily executed for
the crime of fighting for liberty, home,
wife, children and native land! Some
years ago was at Charleston, and the
house in which General Hayne was
confined and from which he was led
forth to die on the gallows was pointed
out to me as "a shrine of freedom"
Hayne is among the American mortals.
mortals of South Africa.
Even the best Englishmen condemn
the South African war Of conquest,
and some of them predict that the re-
suit will be disastrous to the British.
Among the latter is Professor Bryce,
NJ. p, and author of 1.-THE American
Commonwealth and other valuable
works. Upon being asked recently to
aid in raising revenue to endow a
chair of history in South African col
lege he made this caustic reply:
It seems almost mockery in the fright
full state of things in South Africa, with
martial law everywhere, all interest in
education paralyzed, the people unable to
move from place to place, an intensity of
passion aroused which threatens bitter
ness for generations to come and the
probable loss of South Africa to Britain to
go on the platform with smooth generali-
ties about history-a history which has
not saved Us from repeating the blunders
of 1775-and the dulcet notes of peace
where there is no peace.
Not Generally Known, but Very Rich.
The morning after the New Jersey
legislature elected Mr.. Dryden to the
senate of the United States the Wash
ington Post headed its account of the
proceedings with the suggestive COL
location of words mot Generally
Known, but Very Rich," descriptio
persona which might be properly ap-
piled to most of the senators elected
by Republicans in these later days.
Somebody = perhaps it was Colonel
Robert G. Ingersoll-dubbed the SEN
ate "the millionaires' club" a name
likely to stick. Mr.. Dryden may be a
most estimable gentleman. Most like
| ly he is. He certainly has made a
great success of his business of con-
Quoting the Prudential Insurance COM
| pany, but no doubt ex-Attorney Gen
eral John w. Griggs would have been
elected but for Dryden's millions.
New Democratic Whip.
That handsome, faithful, able and in
defatigable Missourian, James Tighl-
man Lloyd, has achieved new and
onerous position, that of Democratic
whip in the house. 1t is a place of ex-
treme difficulty. great labor and vast
| Importance. Few men are willing to
assume it's multifarious responsibilities
and fewer still are fit to discharge its
duties. He must know not only the
Washington residence, but also the