Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-17


a time card put on the letter box by
graft The mail carrier who took up the
letter, If he lived in the east, perhaps
paid a bride to get his job or to get an
increase of salary The postman placed
the letter in pouch suspended from a
shoulder strap, both of which were sold
TO the government by fraud and carried
it to the postohice, where. perhaps, some
favored or mulcted clerk cancelled the
stamp with ink and xa machine fraudu-
iently foisted upon the post department
The letter was then bundled UP with other
mail matter tied together with a piece
of Irvine or leather thong which the gov
eminent was swindIed into buying and
thereupon thrown into a railroad mail
bag, and this bag. its fastener, Its lock.
Its key became public property by three
distinct and separate gratis. Finally the.
laden bag was sent off to the train, ac-
cording to the time told out by PEE
culiar clock. during every tick of which
Uncle Sam was being outrageousiy robbed
and swindled
This, in brief, is the substance Of Gem
eral Bristow's report of the infamous
post scandal which, so far. has caused
the resignation of four officers the re-
noval of thirteen others and the finding
of f0rty-four Indictments. involving thir-
Tyrone persons, many of whom have been
attached to the p0stoffice as reputable and
trusted employees for period dating
from the time Of President Lincoln down
to the present But the whole has not
yet been told Ex-oficials, congressman
senators and business men, who, on ac-
count of the statute of limitations cans
not be proceeded against ef{ninally. are
implicated in this prodia iaas mass of
fraud and crime. while sew e1ce. as
Mr.. Bristow declares. IA So 16Efilse to
light and showing the nscesxs W fllrs
Old Proposition Revaaipe 4 s.
That the G o. r needs SAD nez;iS
Regeneration will not be sefia}l&I
MED by any well Informed peIS6sl
That it has greatly degenerated frp5n
the plane ON which Abraham Lincoln
and his coadjutors placed it must also
be admitted by all candid folks, But
that its regeneration should come from
Rhode Island was hardly to be expect
ed. Nevertheless and Notwithstanding
General Charles R. Brayton, the Rhode
tee, comes forward with a revolution
airy and reformatory proposition for
the g. o. p which will cause weeping.
wailings gnashing of teeth and great
deal Of GUESSING in several states of our
glorious Union General Brayton's
proposition is not new It has been
sprung upon the public before, but has
hitherto always been dropped like a
hot potato. ii has been considered as
heavily loaded and liable yea, likely
TIC explode at the wrong end. But, as is
well known, General Brayton generally
carries his nerve with him, and he may
be more successful than former exper-
imenters in the same line. His propo-
sition is this: Each state, territory
and the District Of Columbia shall be
entitled to four delegates at large Ito a
national Republican convention) and
one for each 10000 voters or majority
fraction thereof casting their ballots
for the Republican electors in the pre-
ceding presidential election" In other
words, he proposes to reduce southern
representation in Republican conven-
tions. His proposition will do one
thing, thing about which the general
is not thinking 1t will unite the Lily
Whites and the Black and Tans into
the most harmonious body in America
They may fight each other on other
questions, such as patronage for in
stance. but they will be one as the sea
when it comes to fighting General
Brayton and his proposition. Where
fore? Because the average southern
Republican considers the Republican
national convention as his harvest, and
be endeavors, usually with success, to
make hay while the sun shines. Con
sequently he will never agree to Gen
eral BFayton's plan never Nor will
divers and sundry very rich Republic.
an statesmen who have their eovetous
eyes fixed on the White House, whose
chief source of power and popularity is
their wealth and who expect to ssde
business with southern delegates
whether Lily White or Black and Tan
"Free Speech Victory IN the South
IT is really refreshing to find north.
ern Republican paper saying anything
good about the white. people Of the
south Consequently many persons viii
read with pleasure mingled with
amazement the following editorial
which recently appeared in the Phila-
delphia Inquirer under the above cap
ton:
It Is much to the honor of the south
that the most conspicuous example in
this country OF upholding the right OF