Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-07-03

Ia ayr IndC all Ine quarrel ana
fight in the Republican party
on Cuban reciprocity, the canal routes,
ETC., are outgrowths of the factional
fight betwixt Roosevelt and Hanna for
the nomination for president is per-
fectly plain, and the probabilities are
that the party will be much weakened
thereby. In the meantime such sapi-
ent statesmen as Fairbanks and Spoon
er, like Br'er Rabbit are lying low.
They are willing perfectly willing
for Hanna and Roosevelt to wool each
other to their hearts content. In the
meantime Democratic prospects of
electing the next congress and the
next president are increasing daily.
Thurber's evidence as to uses made by
himself and General Wood of Cuban
funds ought to set the American peo-
pie to thinking that thorough over
hauling of the books generally would
be good thing and that the only way
to receive that is to turn the Repub-
licans out neck and crop and to put
the Democrats in.
Juggling the Figures.
1t is absolutely amazing how utterly
reckless a Republican organ grinder
becomes when it undertakes an attack
upon Democrats. 1t remained for the
GIobe-Democrat to misstate the num-
Der of judges on the supreme bench of
Missouri in order to make point. Ev-
cry schoolboy in Missouri knows that
the state supreme court is composed
of seven judges-Burgess, Brace, Sher-
wood, CAN'T, Valiant, Marshall and
Robinson-yet for purposes Of its own
the CD. states the number at six, for
in it's issue of June 10 it says, "Three
state supreme judges are to be chosen
three judges, of whom one is Re-
publican holdover" There you are.
Three and three make six according to
the arithmetic. Which of the seven
judges the CD. made away with this
deponent saith not because he knoweth
not, but he does know that the state
has seven supreme judges. The CD.
then goes ON to argue in favor of a
nonpartisan court, which it would Sc
cure by having a majority of the court
Republicans! When we remember the
to commission and how it swindled
Samuel j. Tilden of the presidency by
ley, we can readily understand pre-
cisely how nonpartisan a supreme court
would be which is composed of four
Republicans and three Democrats! The
CD. should propose something rea-
sonable.
The idea of the Globe Democrat de-
string anything nonpartisan is the most
preposterous one sprung upon an un-
suspecting public during this century.
For it to abuse anybody for being par
tisan is certainly case of the pot call
ing the kettle black. The state of Mis-
souri, had a Republican supreme court
foisted upon it once when a large por
ton of the voters were disfranchised,
and the people of that magnificent
commonwealth will never forget that
sore aff1iction. Its political decisions
stand as monument to partisan zeal
and partisan malice. Inter ALA, it up
held the brutal test oath of the Drake
SOuSllLutIOll, Which oCpuUIlCdu gu
preme court of the United States de-
clared void as being in contrayention
of the federal constitution and con-
trary to the genius of our institutions.
Yet the CD. prates about the partisan
decisions of Democratic supreme
court!
Yes, three supreme judges are to be
chosen" this fall. That far the CD.
is correct, and the people of Missouri
will choose three Republican supreme
court judges in a bunch when they
are bereft of the power of memory,
and not before. "A burnt child breads
the fire. and ''a scalded cat fears cold
water" The dog may return to his
yomit and the sow to her wallow, but
the people of Missouri will not again
subject themselves to Republican mis-
rule. When the returns are in, it will
be found that Missouri is Democratic
by 10000 majority perhaps more.
Hayes-Tilden.
Two or three years ago in delivering
a speech in the house I incidentally
referred to Rutherford B. Hayes as
pseudo president" whereupon Hon.
Seth Brown of Ohio paved up the
ground at a great rate, veXed the Cir
cumambient atmosphere with his in
dignant bellowings and tore passion
all to tatters. By the way, what has
become of the Hon. Seth? He has dis
appeared from congress, and somebody
else will have to defend "Rutherfraud,"
as Roscoe Conkling dubbed Mr. Hayes
When Hon. Seth lifted up his voice
and hOwled about my using the very
mild term pseudo" all the Republican
editorial postmasters howled at me
also. In fact, they danced a war jig
on my PROSTATE cOrporosity. Now they
will have to do some more bowling,
but not at me; some more jumping on,
but not upon yours truly. They win
have to howl at and jump on the
Washington Post this time, which,
mirabile dictu! was one of the papers
which howled at and jumped on me
upon the memorable occasion above re-
ferred to. 1t lambasted me good and
strong for assailing the memory of
dead man, but change has come over
the spirit Of it's dream, which proves
the truth of the old adage that 'swise
men sometimes change their opinions,
but fools never do"
If the Hon. Seth Brown of Ohio is
still living-and I hope he is, for, bar
ring his halIucination as to Hayes, he
was an admirable character-if the
Hon. Seth is still living, he would do
well to glue Lis optics on this pregnant
paragraph from the Washington Post:
The proposition to erect a statue of
Samuel J. Tilden in this city will not
make much progress. People who are
cheated and imposed upon soon pass out
Of the mind Of the tickle public, no matter
how indignant it may be at the time the
wrong is inflicted.
Now, submit that If the Hon. Seth
is still in the land Of the living he can
not afford not to take the Post through
course of sprouts for that truthful
and caustic paragraph. True, Hayes
name does not appear therein, but the
entire paragraph is aimed at the man
who robbed Tilden Of the presidency.
1t would also appear to be the duty of
the Post to make the amende honora-
BILE to me since it has come around to
my platform as to Rutherford. The
Post likes IN he in fha Swim and frq-