Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-10-15
II II II II il II = = II II II II II II
: Champ Clark =
- Frightened
~AA Some Remarks Uni
4 fl Al formity a Pro
TF 1/N~ IIAI
Il # II i II il II r = r r = r +


the presidency. but Czolgosz's bullet
ended that dream by shooting Colonel
Roosevelt to the front. Mayor Low
now perhaps realizes that there is
many slip 'twixt the cup and lip"
Let In the Light.
Republican leaders are in a quandary
as to what to do as to the multitudinous
and multifarious scandals now attach
ing to the various departments of the
government. especially the post Office
department. They are afraid to start
congressional investigation them
selves, and they are afraid if they do
not that the Democrats will. On the
whole. they are rather inclined to think
that these Investigations ought to be
made by the friends of the accused
officials. just as it is claimed that the
tariff ought to be revised by its
friends" No doubt criminals generally
would like to have their misdeeds in
vestigated by their friends. 1t would
be decidedly pleasant-to the criminals.
don't you know. But the people. the
taxpayers of the land, demand that
light be let in on these official Repub-
lican rascals. and they will tolerate no
whitewashing That is precisely what
Republican congressional leaders fear.
They are between the devil and the
deep blue sea. 1t is intimated broadly
in certain quarters that certain of the
indicted ones may squeal and bring
more exalted and august post office Off
Gals into the lime light. which. of
course. would not be good for the G.
o. P, and the good of the G. O. P.
is much more carefully and prayerful-
~ considered by the Republican big
Injuns than is the good of the country.
Let in the light! 1t can do no harm-to
the people or to representative gov
eminent. 1t may ruin few Repub-
lican pap suckers. but what of that?
The late Phineas T. Barnum might
very well have amended his famous
mot "A sucker is born every minute
so as to read. "A pap sucker is born
every minuter No danger of the breed
running out So let i'll the light. On
with the dance. Turn the rascals out!
AS to Uniformity.
In sounding the keynote of the Buck
eye Republicans at Chillicothe. o.. the
other day Hon Joseph Benson Fora
ker. who in his younger days won the
sobriquet of Fire Alarm grew ZACH
rymose in bewailing the lack of uni
formity in Democratic opinion and the
Of
islation." Now. it is really Il pity-a
crying shame. in fact-that the Demo
Gratis of Ohio, or of the whole country,
do not satisfy the warnings in their
behalf of Senator Foraker. who per-
sonally is a delightful companion and
who is my personal friend. Will the
senator lay his right hand on his pal
pitating heart and solemnly asseverate
that any programme labeled Demo
cratic would please him? Does he
honestly desire uniformity in Demo
cratic opinion? OF course not. Then.
to borrow a far resounding question
from Artemus Ward. why those
weeps?" The senator was shedding
crocodile tears at Chillicothe because
the Democrats are not in fighting trim.
There is no trouble about uniformity
in Republican opinion" in Ohio. One
man does the thinking for Foraker and
his bette noire. Hanna and Herrick and
all the rest. and his name is George B.
Cox-"Coxy. old boy''-the hoodlum
chief of Ohio Republicans. His word
is law. Neither need the Ohio Repub-
licans worry about "a sincere pro-
gramme of legislation" '.Coxy. old
boy" is now arranging that. and all
the marionette Republican statesmen
in Ohio will follow Georges programme
to the letter. It's dead easy to play
Republican politics in Ohio All the
player has to do is to run down to Gin
cinnati. see "CoXy. old boy" take his
orders and obey them to the letter-or
off goes his head 1t is absolutely
safe to say that no Republican can be
nominated for or elected to high Of
fee in Ohio except with the consent of
Hon. George B. Cox. He is monarch
of all he surveys" Ohio Repub-
Leans.
Senator Foraker has heard. that "a
man who lives in glass house should
not throw stones While under Hon.
George B. Cox's leadership there is
wonderful unanimity in both Republic
an opinion and programme" in Ohio
Cox's influence does not extend beyond
the states lines. and outside of Ohio
there is a wonderful lack of unaniln-
ity in Republican opinion" and mar
velous "lack of any sincere programme
of legislation.
A Picture of the c. o. p.
The Washington Post. independent
and capable. in favor of the gold stand
ard and high tariff and edited and
owned by an Ohio ex-congressman.
very pertinently comments on Senator
Foraker's declaration as follows:
It is undoubtedly desirable. although not
absolutely indispensa bic. to successful