Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-07-02
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ago, he celebrated it, not with hoII-
day, but by doing very. hard days
work. Judge Harlan is undoubtedly a
great man.
Seventy is the age at which a justice
of the supreme court may retire, but
Judge Harlan declared on that day his
intention to continue in active service,
most wise and Iaudable decision
When a man ''retiresv nature usually
just takes his word for it and let's him
quit for good, for he rusts out in short
order after he ceases his activity. Bet
ter to work and
Die with the harness on,
The broad sword Ieaping,
than to sit about and nurse ''the lean
and slippered shank until from mac
tion great brain dwin6les into bab-
bling state of senile debility. The pol
icy of continued activity, so much fol-
lowed by the buster men of the world
in this day, is lengthening both human
life and human usefulness. As well
think of becoming strong without work
as to think of continuing strong with
out continued work Nothing is truer
than that work is for the worker
that is, the one who does the work is
the chief beneficiary thereof
The law permitting retirement at
seventy was not intended for those in
the full possession of their faculties,
though many have taken advantage of
1t, but for those whose health should
fail. One (Mr. Justice Field remained
on the bench during years of feeble
ness, but his chief reasons were these:
First, he wanted to serve longer than
any other justice, and, second, he want
ed to serve until Cleveland's term
should expire so that Democrat could
not be appointed in his stead.
AS to College Professors.
What is getting to be the matter with
college professors anyhow? Hath much
learning made the whole tribe mad?
1t will be remembered that not long
since one professor i'll Chicago univer-
sity placed Rockefeller above Shake
speare as literary character, which
was such preposterous piece of as
ininity that Rockefeller flew into a
passion and issued ukase to the effect
that none of the professors should
mention his name in public, which
showed that his common sense is in
better condition than his literary abil-
ity.
Another Chicago university professor
distinguished himself by declaring that
all religious hymns are mere doggerel
He brought upon himself universal
ridicule, and deservedly, too, for some
of the greatest poets who ever lived
have written hymns that have brought
peace and consolation to millions of
hearts.
Now comes an Ann Arbor professor
who seeks to distinguish himself by
raising the idiotic cid question, Can a
politician be honest!" There ought to-
be issued for him writ de lunatico in
quirendo instanter. He is not fit to
teach morals to blind pig. OF course
there are dishonest politicians, as there
are dishonest college professors, but
vast majority of both are honest. There
is no necessity for a man to play the
role of Diogenes in this age and coun-
try to find an honest man in any pro-
fession. To this Ann Arbor professor
and all others who think there are no
honest men but themselves applies the
motto, "Honi soft qui NAL y pense."
Thomas B. Reed received $1,000
year during the twenty-five years he
was in congress, and during the two
years he was speaker he received an
additional $500 per year for presid-
ing. He was one of the most distin-
guished men in public life in the last
quarter of century. When he re-
signed in order to make something on
which to live in his old age he was so
poor he could hardly pay his way to
New York. He died worth nearly half
a million, made in less than four years,
which is conclusive answer to the
question of the professor at Ann Arbor.
Suppose he had stayed out of congress
and devoted his energies to money
making. He would undoubtedly have
ranked among the great captains of In
dustry of this age.
NegIectfuI.
1t would appear that that distin-
guished humanitarian, Judge Crum-
packer of Indiana, is sleeping OH his
watch, negleetful of his duty, letting
the world slip from his shoulders. Illi-
I nois is one of the leading Republican
states in the Union In 1896 it gave
Mckinley something like 10000 ma
iority and in 1900 gave him plenty.
st. Clair county, in which are located
BeIleville, East st. Louis, Granite City,
Venice, etc, is one of the leading Re-
publican counties in the state. The
delectable city of Belleville is the capi-
tai of the county of st. Clair. There
was a colored brother there, minister
Of the gospel, who took it into his nod
die that the civil rights bill really
means somethinga grave mistake on
the part of the parson; SO he walked
into barber shop and ordered the
barber to shave him and ''the boots"
to black his boots. These artists, white
men, refused to perform their func-
tions when ordered SO peremptorily
that the parsons nervous system was
terribly shocked. He sued for $780,
and in due time he had his day in
court. A Republican jury decided
promptly, unanimously and with great
enthusiasm that he was not entitled to
a red cent While the people were still
gaping at the verdict colored teacher
in that county decided that he wanted
q certificate to teach school, which was
denied him, whereupon he shot the
official who refused it. The st. Clair
Suckers, thinking the aforesaid Off
ciaI was about to die, killed the appli-
cant for the certificate, and the man
who refused the certificate is getting
well. Now, these things were not done
In corner, but openly, and Illinois is
| not down in the Yazoo country, but ad-
| joins the great state of Indiana, where
Judge Crumpacker has his habitat.
| The Judge should undoubtedly inves-
| tigate these matters at once. OF course
he can't bring the dead brother back
to life, but he might do something for
the parson.
Wisdom.
Up in Brooklyn there is a sprig of