Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-07-23

plying. L lie latest anu IQOSt
convincing proof of its coming
is that an Ohio congressman has re-
signed-not to accept better office, as
frequently happens, but to give up the
officeholding habit and to return to pri-
vate life. Gill is this unique Buckeye
statesman's name, and it should be
remembered. He's one out of about
100000. As Republican statesmen
go, Brother Gill was all right. He has
bought newspaper to be run as rec
reation. l hope he will be successful.
Contemplating Mr.. Gills resignation,
who can say that the Boston boy who
declared he was seeking the unattain-
able was so very far out of the way?
Acquiescent.
Congressman Maynard of Virginia is
reported to have spoken as follows re-
Gently concerning the Democratic pres
idential nomination: Name any man
you choose with whom you believe the
party has good chance to win, and
we Of the south will accept him and
deliver him our electoral votes" That
has been the position of the south ever
since the close of the civil war Wheth-
er it is a healthy position may we'll be
doubted. Missouri is partly southern
and partly western. She has a habit
of taking an active part in nominating
Democratic candidates for the presi-
dency, and she will have somewhat to
say about it this time The man nomi-
mated must be a Democrat in fact as
well as in name. We do not have any
desire to buy pig in a poke. That
sometimes turns out well, but gener-
ally is a most unsatisfactory perform
ance. There are abundant good Demo-
Gratis, real Democrats, Democrats from
principle, from whom to choose, and
one of these must be chosen. OF course
the mass Of politicians would vote for
any sort OF candidate provided he is
labeled Democratic" but the lone
gallus" Democrats who want no office
and expect none, demand genuine
Democrat. Missouri Democrats must
be shown the real article
The Situation In iowa.
I was up III Iowa recently on a lee
ture tour and while among the Hawk
eyes / talked with all sorts and condi-
tions of men, without regard to polit-
ical affiliations, in order to form If pos
sible a correct idea and opinion as to
how things political In that state are
drifting talked with Republicans
of both the stand patters" and Iowa
idea" persuasions and to Democrats Of
all shades. My conclusion is that De-
mocracy is on the up grade in Iowa and
that the Democrats are getting to-
gether, while the Republicans are on
the toboggan and are really worse split
up than before they held their recent
harmony convention"-the chief fea-
ture of which was the grand spectacu-
lar kicking performance of Congress
men Cousins and Lacey.
Folks out in Iowa do not seem to
have any clear understanding of the
situation in that state Somehow or
somehow else the impression has been
created generally that the Democrats
have been constantly losing in numbers
at each succeeding election since 1892.
This is not true. Last year the Demo
Gratis gained on the previous vote by 10
per cent. which was doing fairly we'll
1t was not a landslide, but it was
healthy growth. Last year also they
won something over 100 county Offices
formerly held by Republicans per-
formance not to be sneezed atone
which Il1e,fo or1ff foI -
growth. They also elected one con-
gressman-a thing they had not done
since 1892. If they could in any way
secure fair apportionment they could
easily elect two or three congressman
and stand fine show of electing a leg
islature to elect a senator of the United
States.
This year the most conservative Dem
ocrats of Iowa confidently calculate to
reverse the Republican majority. at
least to such an extent as to render the
state doubtful and TO gobbe another
hundred county offices now held by the
Republicans. while the more sanguine
Democrats hope to carry the state this
fall. They have nominated what they
say is a strong ticket. and Hon Jerry
Sullivan. their nominee for governor,
who is rated as a tiptop stumper. has
promised to deliver at least one speech
in each of the ninety nine counties of
the state-a big job. If Hon. Jere does
that he is liable to duplicate the
Horace Boies performance and to end
the Cummins and anti-Cummins feud
in the Republican party by retiring
Governor Cummins to private life.
Those Republican ignoramuses who are
lauding the Iowa Republicans for their
Harmony with big, big H and who
are prating about Democratic dissen-
sions among Iowa Democrats ought to
glue their optics to the following sug-
gestive editorial from the Cedar Rap
ids Daily Republican. which l give en-
tire. and ought to let it percolate
through their brains as rapidly as pos
sible
1t wad frae monte a, blunder free them
And foolish notion.
Here is the Cedar Rapids editorial,
which most earnestly commend to Re-
puDllCdu DeiebSTS III INetuDllCdn udf-
mony:
Surprise has been expressed that the
Republican should not accept the Repub-
lican platform adopted last Wednesday
with entire good grace
Is there to be no harmony7
Yes, there will be plenty Of harmony
in Iowa. Both parties have been har-
monized within week of each other.
We accept the spirit of harmony within
the Republican party. But this paper
was at no time to be bound by any agree
ments entered into by so called Repub-
lican leaders. When its editors were ap-
preached on that subject they answered
that they proposed to go ahead advocat-
ing what they believed to be Republican,
ism whether it was in the platform not.
AS the platform last year was lie. so
this year it Is a piece of trucking. We
are aware that it was the best that could
be made but we are not advocating the
best: we are advocating what we be-
lieve to be the right the right In Repub-
licanism. The platform this year is es-
sentially correct. but 1t is characteris-
tically cowardiy at the same time.
This paper will support the whole ticket,
and it believes that it will be elected by