Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-04-16

formed while all the officers and men
watched. Then the oath of allegiance was
administered
The offense which the man had commit
ted was vile abuse of the government,
winding up by calling the flag dirty rag.
CoIored Men on Juries.
Where, oh, where was Judge Crum-
packer of Indiana when Mr.. Justice
Holmes of the supreme court of the
United States, rock ribbed Republic
an. was rendering the opinion referred
to in the following editorial from the
Boston Herald? The Herald says:
Justice Holmes of the United States SUI
preme court handed down a decision on
Monday that has some bearing on the
race question. A convicted murderer
sought new trial on the ground that the
trial, which was in South Carolina, was
invalidated because. although four-fifths
of the population of the community where
the alleged crime was committed were
negroes, he was denied the right of hav-
ing negro on the jury. The decision of
the court was against new trial. 1t was
held that no proof was shown supporting
the claim that the jury was unfair. We
do not see how it could be wise or safe
to declare that jury trying a negro must
have one or more negroes on it. Doubt
less there are sections where such a re-
quirement would mean a certain disagree
ment of the jury. no matter what the
evidence might be. This case appears to
have rested on the claim that colored men
should have been put on the jury because
the accused requested it as right. We
do not understand that a contention that
the verdict was contrary to the evidence
was presented to the court.
The Most Unkindest Cut of All.
Ministers of grace. defend us! How
are the mighty fallen! Is life worth
living? Here comes the Washington
Post and makes the following astound-
ing remarks:
The frequent defalcation of Hawaiian
officials doesn't necessarily mean that
popular government of the islands Is
failure. 1t should be borne in mind that
great many of the officeholders out
there were imported from New England.
and the natives have not had fair
chance to show what they can do in that
line
Now, that pregnant paragraph sug-
gests several things: a. 1t is a broad
insinuation that New Englanders are
more corrupt than the mongrel popu-
lation of Hawaii. which is hard to be-
Iieve. If true, it is most deplorable.
That paragraph could not have been
intended for humor IL so, hereafter
when the Post intends to be facetious
it ought to label its output thus: 'This
is joke" (2) What has become of all
of the virtue and intelligence which
we were assured in the summer of
1898 were possessed by the Hawaiians?
| have distinct recollection that when
my country and my kind by opposing
the annexation of those islands in June,
1898, the Washington papers lambasted
me to the queens taste and declared
that the Hawaiians whom l was trying
to keep out were an extraordinarily fine
lot of citizens. (3) Are they defaulting
"a mild name for stealing-because
the thievish propensity was natural or
because our satraps have taught them
the trick? Our leper colony does not
appear to have been such glorious
acquisition after all.
He's Coming.
Reference is not here made to Presi-
dent Roosevelt but to that other emil
nent, if not illustrious, Republican
statesman, the sultan of Sulu. That
famous Republican potentate is COM
ing to the Louisiana Purchase exposi-
ton He will undoubtedly prove a
drawing card, especially if he is accom-
panied by his 800 wives and his ret
inue of concubinesl And Christian
taxpayers who believe in and practice
monogamy will be called upon to foot
the bills. Polygamous potentates come
high, but we must have them, because
we are a world power, you know.
What commentary upon our boasted
conquest of the east, or was 1t pur-
chase? Was it not that brilliant man
Thomas Bracket Reed who enunciated
the bitter truth that we paid 81 per
head for the yellow bellies in the Phil
ippines, as he irreyerently denominat-
ed our new fellow citizens? How vari-
Gus is our treatment of polygamists!
Poor Roberts, Democrat, was un-
tremendously yanked out for having
three wives. Reed Smoot, Republic
an, is kept in the senate! The sultan
of Sulu, another Republican, is to be
wined and dincd at the public expensel