Gloucester County Democrat., 1903-05-07

into po.1ing BOOTS 10 see that III
voter stays bought"
Respectable and intelligent citizens rec
ognized the shame and danger of this Leg
islative aid to system of debauchery and
crime, and the legislature at the recent
session, after the strongest appeals had
been made by good citizens, passed the
repeater which the governor has just null
lifted A hearing was granted by the gov
ernor ten days ago, and representatives Of
all classes in the community urged the
governor to make the act a law. Minis
ters of the gospel, business men, repre-
sentatives of practically all the labor un-
ions in the state, all sorts and conditions
of men who have the interests of the state
at heart, urged the governor not to with
hold his approval. A delegation Of the
Addicks contingent opposed the repeater,
but they made nothing that can be called
argument. The sentiment in favor of this
debasing law is best summed up in the
speech made in the legislature by State
Senator Conner of the Addieks party, who
had the effrontery to say:
Now, we have been accused of buying
votes under the operation of this law.
am not going to revive the history of vote
buying in Delaware for fear that it would
make my fellow members of the other
side of the house look like 80 cents. There
have been rumorS in the air of vote
buying in Delaware ever since any of US
can remember, and happen to know that
Delaware is not the only state where
votes are bought and money is spent at
elections The voters assistant system
again comes in and commends itself for
fairness. 1t insures delivery of the goods.
When I buy a horse l want my horse.
When a Democrat buys vote, he wants
his vote. So you see that there is, as
contend, no politics in it, for Mr.. Demo-
crat has thus an opportunity to buy his
vote instead Of being cheated out of it, as
he has been so many times in this state
The governor of commonwealth of the
Union has yielded to the appeal that the
sale of the votes of his state to the high
est bidder shall be free and unobstructed.
and he has turned his back on the moral
sentiment and the patriotism of his state.
Was a governor of the state of Delaware
or any governor in any state as far as
history records ever placed in so bad a
light before the country?
Here and There.
1t would really appear that the tear
full interest in the reelection to the
senate of Marcus A. Hanna by his col
league, Joseph Benton Foraker, re-
Gently manifested, was superluous.
Uncle Mark still retains his primacy
among the Buckeye Republicans. The
only way to defeat him is to elect
Democrat No Republican can perform
that feat. He has just demonstrated
his power in most unusual manner.
The Ohio Republican state committee
set the date of its convention for
June 8 and 10, but accidentally Miss
Ruth Hanna, the senator's daughter,
set her wedding for June 10. Uncle
Mark desired to attend both functions,
so he changed the date of the conven-
ton Most senators similarly situated
would have changed the date of the
wedding.
Proconsular government has been
corrupt and unjust since the world be-
gan, and it will continue SO to be until
the earth melts with fervent heat 1t
matters not whether the proeonsuls are
Greeks, Romans, Spaniards, English
men or Americans The vice inheres
in the system. The truth of the fore
going sentences is once more illustrated
by the smuggling scandal now being
investigated in the Philippines. An ar
my officer is being tried for carrying on
an illicit trade in silks, eurios, etc. The
way to abolish scandals of that sort is
to abolish proconsular government.
What's the matter with Hanna? He
that is, Marcus Alonzo-stated not
long since to the students of the Ohio
university that he would hire girl ste
nographers every time in preference to
men and, If it were not for his wife,
would fill his office with them, because"
he said, "they are more Industrious,
more efficient and a good deal safer;
besides, I admire them" Yes. indeed,
an honest confession is good for the
soul. Since Reed Smoot, apostle, ETC.,
broke into the senate Mrs. Hanna does
well to object to girl stenographers.
Ditto all the rest of senator's wives.
The lower house of the Illinois legis-
lature is giving u startling illustration
Of the purity and sweetness which now
characterize the Republican party.
Riots in legislative bodies in the year
OF our Lord and Master 1908 are not
the best exemplifications OF the bless
ings of free government.
The post Office departmental scandals
at Washington have been pronounced
by one of the greatest dailies in the
land to be equal to the star route scan
dals, which were so foul as to cause
decent people of all parties everywhere
to hold their noses. 1t is pleasant to
Democrats to know that only Repub-
liconS ara rnixod mn in II