Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-10


~ EMOCRATIC prospects grow
brighter day by day Every
body here in Washington rec
ognizes that fact. Republic
ans say so privately. while for publica-
ton they claim cineh, Claim every
thing, was the command of James
Gillespie Blaine when 1t began to dawn
upon him that he was defeated; but
claiming everything did him no good.
as all the world knows. Among Demo-
Gratis there is disposition to get to-
gether, while among Republicans the
tendency is the other way. The Demo-
Gratis in the house are working more
tremendously than at any time in eley-
en- years, while the most bitter speech
delivered in that stretch of time by
one Republican about other Republic
ans was the speech of Mr.. F0rdney of
Michigan on the Cuban reciprocity bill
1t was composed largely of aqua FORTS
md burned many of his political breth-
rem to the bone Safe to say that his
rations at the pie counter will be much
reduced in future The Wood Rath-
bone feud is likely to make rent in
the G. o. p wide as barn door,
for it is becoming more and more
fight between President Roosevelt and
Senator Marcus A. Hanna. Roosevelt
is determined that his old colonel shall
be major general in esse and lieu
tenant general in posse. while Senator
Hanna is bent on preventing the pro-
motion of the ex-doctor Republicans
are lining up ON each side, and it prom
3ses to be battle royal and to the
death. To mere locker on in Vienna
there appears to be no ground on which
the belligerents can compromise their
differences and that it must in the
very nature of things be a war of ex-
termination No doubt President Roose-
welt thinks Wood worthy and well
qualified More than that, Wood is his
personal friend. They soldiered to-
gether On the other hand. Major
Rathbone is Senator Hanna's friend
and constituent Rathbone asseverates
solemnly and frequently that Wood
prosecuted him in Cuba and was the
cause of his conviction, while guilty Of
high crimes and nisdemeanors himself.
Hanna believes Rathbone; hence The
row. Evidently the fuel for great
fire is there in abundance. a fire which
may consume many regulations. scorch
many statesmen and burn a great hole
in the G. @. r
The acquittal of Miller and Johns,
postoffice officials at Cincinnati, is am
other element of discord among the
Republicans All of Colonel Roose-
velt's enemies in his own party are re-
joicing at the result, vociferating that
it is a slap in the presidents face, while
his friends believe they were acquitted
in order to aggravate him. La the
meantime all the indicted officials have
plucked up courage and are expecting
a triumphant yindication.
All these things help the Democrats.
A few more miscarriages eff Justice in
the postofffce cases, and the rank and
file will conclude that there never was
any serious intention of Furnishing any
body and that all the investigation and
hnllabaloo were waste Of labor and
breath another case of parturiunt
montes nascetur ridiculus mus ''fhe
mountains are in labor; ridiculous
mouse will be brought forth') The in
evitable conclusion among rational PEG
pie will be that the only way TO ascer-
tain the truth is to put the Republicans
&1,r Tao... :, <.,.s, 10
AS remarked in a previous letter, the
fact that SO many men are considered
and groomed for the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination is proof positive
that the wiseacres believe Democratic
chances to be good and to be increas-
ing Men do not deliberately seek a
nomination where defeat at the polls
is a foregone conclusion. Mr. Cleve
lands declination somewhat clarifies
the atmosphere Mr. Bryan has re-
peatedly stated that he is not a candi-
date; but, barring Cleveland and Bryan,
nearly every man in the party supposed
to be of presidential stature is being
pressed by friends upon public aften-
ton CoclSrell, German. Olney, VIII
Iiams, Parker, Hearst. Hill. Garvin.
Tom Johnson Harrison. Miles, McClel-
Ian and Towne all have their advo-
Gates. Lately the Commoner, Mr.
Bryan's paper, has placed Hon. John
w Boolzwalter of Ohio in the list. Any
genuine Democrat will stand fair
show Of being elected