Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-03


this Aoor or III respectable newspaper Or
in any stump speech made by any Repub-
lioan having any reputation TO lose In this
country that the fact is otherwise.
set out the above in full 50 that
Democratic stump speakers who read
these letters may have all Tie facts
about the deficiency without having 10
dig around for them next summer.
Senator Fioar vs. John Quincy Adams.
Those Who are at all conversant with
the history Of our country will remem-
Der that John Quincy Adams, after
quitting the White House, served near
II eighteen years in the house of repre-
sentatives and made more reputation
therein than he had made as minister
abroad, III the senate, ID the cabinet
and as president. The towering repu-
tation which he built up in the house
and which made him really great
historic parsonage is bottomed ON the
long, sable, fierce and successful fight
for the sacred right of petition, going
50 far as to introduce a petition from
certain persons for d dissolution of the
Union, though he was himself most
ardent Union man. Recalling his ca
reer people were amazed not long since
when Senator G e0rgs Erisbie Hoar OBJ
jected to the filing Of petitions of divers
and sundry persons touching the case
of Reed Snoot, the Mormon apostle.
now senator Of the United States
from Utah Senator Fred f Dubois
of Idaho and Senator Hoar had quite
tilt over it, Dubois taking the i'm
pregnable ground occupied by John
Quincy Adams when fighting his bat
tie royal
It appears that Senator SInoot, who
is a Republican, is not to repose on a
bed of roses The ministers of the Cos
pei generally and those of Utah in par
ticular are reaching out for his scalp,
not ON the ground that he is himself a
polygamist. but because he considers
his oath of fealty to the Mormon church
paramount to his oath as a senator of
the United States Whether they can
prove their charge remains to be seen
The women of the land are also against
him. Republicans appear disinclined
to discuss the matter because Smoot is
one of them, but the Democrats seem
determined to give the preachers and
the women chance to be heard In
the meantime the American Federation
of Labor, while not insisting that
Smoot shall be unseated, are opposing
his assignment to the committee on
immigration. upon which he is said to
have set his heart, on the ground that
Senator SInoot, as a Mormon apostle,
was a member of a committee which a
number of years ago visited Europe in
order to enlist aliens to come to this
country and become members of the
Mormon faith So. on the whole. Mr..
Snoot is liable to lead strenuous life.
for awhile at least.
The State of Cuba.
1.-The early bird catches the worm Z
At least Senator Francis G. Newlands
Of Nevada believes in that philosophy
and is ambitious to be at the head Of
the procession in adding Cuba to the
Union He has introduced a resolution
inviting her to become 4 state, with
Porto Rico as a county or province
thereof. 1t viii be remembered that
while a member of the house Mr..
NeWlands introduced the resolution by
which the Sandwich Islands were an
nexed.
That Cuba will one day be a part of
our great republic is as. certain as any
thing in the future 1t was the dream
of Jefferson. The desire to have her
with us was quickened by the Ostend
manifesto The events of and subse-
quent to the Spanish war have increas-
ed it. Cuba is only sixty miles from
the southerfInost point Of Florida.
Good judges say that she can support
population of ten or twelve millions.
Her annexation would be better for
her and solve many difficult problems
for us. Her present population is about
one and half millions, which, added
to that of Porto Rico, would run it up
to about two millions and half, which
would entitle her to twelve representa-
tives in congress and to fourteen votes
in the electoral college In ten years
her population will be doubled by the
influx of our people. Perhaps Senator
Newlands' resolution is premature, but
it or a similar resolution will be adopt
ed some day
Cheerful Prospects.
It will be dismal news to the mil
lions of American citizens who are
compelled to use kerosene oil or to sit
in darkness to know that the oil trust
has marked up the price of crude oil
cents barrel The Pittsburg Ca
zette, champion Of the trusts, makes
these cheerful editorial comments
Another advance of 5 cents barrel
in the price Of crude oil is glad news
to producers and landowners through
out the oil regions Of four states. It
means increased income for them, and
in the old small well territory the re-
cent advances represent the difference