Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-10-08

4 position III MS party eject majority
/ of the next New York legislature.
which God forbid. But the signs of
the times indicate that that will not
happen. 1t is whispered that Mr.. Sec
rotary of War Elihu Root has fixed
his covetous eye on CAauncey's sen.
atorial toga and chair Too bad. We
are informed that Senator Depew is
in love with the life and experiences
of a senato and, a la Oliver Twist is
crying for more. There are eighty
/ nine other more or less aged and au-
4 gust parsonage in and around Wash
ington in the same frame of mind. No
doubt the senate takes kindly to
Chauncey. for he is the most amiable
and winsome of mortals. 1t is really
a pity that Senator Depew wastes his
/ time in the senate. Mr.. Root and
/ scores of other New Workers would
/ make as good senators as any Repub-
lican can make. but Senator Depew
4 could, if he only would. write the fin
est and most interesting book of remi-
niscences ever printed
Rare DeIicacy.
Hon. John H Clarke, Democratic
candidate for the senate in Ohio, pos
/ sesses rare delicacy and high sense
of responsibility to the people. In the
/ following statement he proposes to do
/ just what John Quincy Adams did
when he was elected to the senate:
promise you that if I am elected to the
senate of the United States before I take
my seat I shall dispose of every share of
stock and of every business interest the
value of which can be affected by my
vote in the senate. This is no mere ante
| election promise but is simply saying
that will adopt the standard of conduct
that was familiar with members of the
United States senate prior to fifty years
ago. before that body had become COM
mercialized and sordid. as we see it SO
largely is today.
Rough on Odel and Root.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger con
tains this article, which is not at all
complimentary to Governor Odel and
EIr. Secretary of War Elihu Root:
Is there any document on earth, except
the Bible, which those who are supposed
to be familiar with know less of than
they do of the constitution of the United
States? A member of the cabinet, sailing
for Europe the other day. in answer to a
| question as to the possibility of his being
candidate for the vice presidency, re-
marked that the constitution forbade the
selection of both president and vice pres
ident from the same state 1t does moth
ing of the kind, and it would seem that
great constitutional lawyer and high fed
eral official like Secretary Root ought to
know it. On Tuesday the governor of
New York, who has peculiar rhetorical
I hIlf has Sad 70 he CIV
on facts, in the course of that remarkable
address at Geneseo observed. sit required
the force and the genius of a Jefferson to
make our constitution" Jefferson was
not a member of the convention which
made the constitution and was not even
| in the country when its discussion was
going on
Small Things.
He who said "Take care Of the pence
and the pounds will take care of them
selves was a wise man. He had in
mind the value of small things. A
poet has exprqA sed the same idea in
these lines:
A pebble in the slreamlet scant
Has turned the course of many a river;
A dewdrop on tho baby plant
Has dwarfed the giant oak forever.
eral Charles Henry Grosvenor he was
charging on the universal prosperity
in 1892 and the consequent happiness
of the people. interrupted him to ask
how it happened, then, that the voters
of the land repudiated General Benja-
min Harrison's administration by such
an overwhelming majority. He replied.
L.
Republicans in 1892" History repeats
itself not only sometimes. but frequent
ly. President Roosevelt is popular, and
yet the Miller incident may do for him
what the Homestead riots did for Pres
ident Harrison. Nous verrons.
Important If True.
Whether the St Louis Globe Demo
crat possesses inside information l
don't know. This CD. Washington
special to the CD. may be properly
classed as important if true:"
Representative Joseph G. Cannon, des-
tined to be the next speaker of the house
of representatives, is in Washington. He
has been consulting with officers of the
administration and having quiet talks
with members who mysteriously hap
pen" to visit Washington at this time.
Several of his conferences have been with
Secretary Shaw. From these it appears
that the prospect of financial legislation
at the coming session of the congress is
exceedingly slim.
1t is a matter of comment that within
the last few weeks the secretary of the
treasury has been going ahead in his own
way in handling the financial situation
and without law or regulation has found
means for accomplishing much which the
proposed legislation would legalize and
which an element in both houses OF the
congress has objected to.
All these things the next speaker Of the
house of representatives has been watch
Ing. and 1t is understood that the ideas Of
Mr.. Cannon and the secretary regarding
the creation of an emergency circulation
under conditions that will make 1t elastic
agree fully. They also agree that the pos
sibility of securing the sort Of legislati ton
they desire and think wise Is very remote.
Under the circumstances they do not be-
lieve that it is good policy to precipitate
the financial question at the short extra