Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-10-01

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timid Democrats who have been join
/ ing them in that sort Of dolorous pre-
diction would do well to place their
auricular appendages to the ground
and to listen carefully to the Macedo-
MAN cry for help now being sent forth
by the Republicans of Massachusetts.
When the old Bay State becomes
shaky on her Republican base what
state can be named that is certain for
Republicans except Maine. Pennsylva-
MIA and Vermont? Press dispatches
say that the Republican leaders in
Massachusetts are SO thoroughly alarm
ed that the state committee has decid-
ed to cable Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, one of the commissioners to
settle the Alaskan boundary question,
to cut his vacation short in order to
hurry home to aid In keeping Massa-
chusetts out of the hands of the Dem
ocrats. The case must be desperate II
it be necessary for Senator Lodge to
give up hobnobbing with King Edward
and his satellites; but worse is to fol-
low. So scary is the situation that it
is seriously contemplated that Govern
or Bates shall stump the state from
Marthas Vineyard to the New York
line, thus violating the gubernatorial
etiquette which has prevailed since the
landing Of the pilgrims. In order to
induce Governor Bates to thus break
the precedents in such cases made and
provided the frightened Republican
leaders are citing the case Of President
Theodore Roosevelt, who in the inter
est Of his own nomination and election
Swung around the circle" last spring,
speaking at divers places and to sun
dry audiences, and who SO unceremoni-
ously punched your Uncle Mark over
the ropes and into q comatose condi-
ton at the recent Ohio Republican
state convention. do as Roosevelt
has doneg' they shout in his ears, and
he will probably hearken to their adj
vice. Also Senator George Frisbie
Hoar, sometimes fippantly called the
cherubic, and Secretary of the Navy
Moody are to tour the state. Evidently
there is something doing In Massachu
sets.
Not Mealy Mouthed.
The venerable Boston Herald enter
tains certain definite opinions touching
Hon. "Gas" Addicks, which 1t voices In
this vigorous language:
It Is q queer performance, that of the
irrepressible Addicks of Delaware am
nouncing at this time the candidates
whom he will favor for state Offices in
eluding members Of the legislature, in
-ss:sass RINK.
He proclainA. also, that he is still in the
fight for tho United States senatorship
and expects to win. We suspect that he
will. There was q slump last winter on
the part Of those opposed to him, which
led us then to say that he would prob
ably accomplish his aim. The decent Re-
publicans Of Delaware are scarcely able
to hold out longer against the combination
of Roosevelt, Quay, Payne and Addicks.
The president came actively into the con-
spiracy to suppress decent politics in Del
aware when he reappointed poor United
States district attorney, who had resigned
the Office q month or two before for the
sole purpose Of running for congress as an
Addicks man and defeating the anti-Ad-
dicks candidate by making sure the cleo
ton OF Democrat.
"The Deserted Missouri"
Under the above title the st. Louis
Dispatch says editorially of the
idiotic policy of abandoning the second
largest river on the continent:
The two little stern wheel packets. Ken
needy and Grapevine, which have piled be-
tween st. Louis and Hermann, Mo-. have
been withdrawn from the service The
Missouri river is deserted. There Is not as
much traffic left on it as it bore at the
even an Indian canoe vexes its muddy
surface.
It is an unnatural condition which must
be corrected. Here is great natural
highway, inviting the enterprise of BUSH
ness men, costing nothing, demanding no
tolls, open to the freest competition, yet
1t is abandoned and the country's trade Is
forced into the narrow channels Of mo-
uopoly.
An enlightened public policy requires the
reopening of these free routes. The ma
tional government has duty in the mat
ter which 1t cannot shirk. With compare
lively trining expense the great rivers
Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois
can be made fit for competitive enterprise.
II congress actively intervenes in aid Of
such cause all these streams will once
more be crowded with boats carrying
freight and passengers. They will be-
come. as before. the source of profit and
pleasure to millions Of American citizens.
If So, Wherefore7
We have been assured several hun
dred times that peace reigns in the
Philippines" General Otis began some
four or i've years ago to announce "the
complete pacification" of those far
away and accursed islands. He an
nounced a new pacifications about ev-
cry ten days, and all Of his successors
have followed bis example, but If they
are pacified will some palpitating lingo
please inform Us why General Leonard
Wood is calling Justify for reinforce
ments In his Moro bailiwick? pause
for reply.
"All Serene"
The Washington Post. independent
and greatly enamored of President
Roosevelt and his administration, APP
pears to have appointed itself walloper
In general for the Republican papers
Of Missouri. Under the caption "All
Serene 1t recently contained the fol-
lowing editorial admonition to the Kan
sas City Journal:
Republicans are manifesting serene
confidence in the result Of next years
election. But just wait until the Demo-
Gratis can find an issue and candidate
Kansas City Journal (Rep.)
About this time in the year 1891 the Re-
publicans were ''manifesting serene com
hdence in the result Of next years eiec-
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