Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
NUMBER 6

therefore, could be more appropriate
than the vice presidential candidacy OF
Colonel WaIbridgel
Don't.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow somewhat resembles not in
personal appearance, but in actions
the COW which gives a bucket of good
milk and then proceeds to kick it over.
In prosecuting the Republican thieves
and grafters in the post Office depart
ment he rendered the country good
service, which rendered him justly pop
ular in the country and which caused
many of his admiring fellow citizens to
couple his name with the vice presiden-
tial nomination. But Joseph, SO the
Washington dispatches say, is evolving
out of his inner consciousness a scheme
to restrict the establishment of rural
free delivery mail routes. In the Ian
guage of Mr. Puck, "Don'tr You are
liable to get lynched, Joseph if you do
that and then venture into the remote
districts. So "Don'tr'
Vanderbilt Children.
The New York Evening World thus
philosophers:
The arrival of a new Vanderbilt grand
child points again to the prolific record of
this dynasty of great wealth. With the
Vanderbilts at least there is no hint of
the race suicide charged generally against
the rich. 1t is a family notable for early
and fruitful marriages.
COTnnoCdOra Cornelius Vanderbilt who
died in 1877, left twelve children His
eldest son, William H., dying in 1885, left
eight, and the eldest grandson, Cornelius,
who died in 1899, six The old commodore
has had forty great-grandchildren and
twenty-three great-great- -gran ndchildren.
They form genealogical exhibit which
may be compared for fecundity with that
of the early Dutch and Puritan colonists.
whose large broods furnish frequent texts
for homilies on race degeneration
This newcomer, an Elliot F. Shepard
granddaughter is born to a double her
itage of wealth and brains. her mother
having gained fame as the prize essayist
of the woman's law class of the Univer-
sity of New York. Is there any Wander
bilt child who is not born to at least mod
crate wealth? A casual examination of
the family tree shows none. 1t is rare
distinction for family of such size.
Father and Son.
eOnce in awhile really good anec-
dote is found in a political paper
Here is one from the New York
Times:
President Jacob Gould Schurman of
Cornell university tells this story on him.
self One Fourth of July few years ago
the presidents eldest son Robert had
exploded all of the firecrackers that he
had provided for the occasion much be-
fore dark. The youngster and his little
friends were very anxious for more cele-
braton, so young Bob sought out his
father and asked for more money where
with to buy fireerackers. Papa, will you
please give me some more money? My
frecrackers are all gone. and it isn't
O'Clock yet
81 will, my son, if you can tell me what
you are celebrating with all of these fire.
works replied Mr.. Schurman. who, by
the way, was born in Nova Scotia. while
the boy was born in New York state.
81 can do that easy enough. pop" said
the boy This is the anniversary of the
day we licked you fellows"
The money was at once forthcoming.
Heartless.
Surely the government of Honduras
is the most i'll hammered and conscience
less on top of ground. It has seized,
confscated and converted to its own
use a railroad belonging rehieay tn-that
illustrious senator, inexhaustible ora
tor and prince of humorists, Chauncey
Mitchell Depew Evidently that gov
ernment deserves the execration of
mankind. If it had seized a railroad
belonging to ]. Pierpont Morgan,
James J. Hill, John w. Gates or George
Gould nobody would have cared a rap,
but to rob the New York optlmist of
his little railroad has tendency to
throw the entire world into gloom.
President Roosevelt should order the
restoration of that railroad to Chaun-
cey instanter.
Badly Frightened.
There is no question but that the Re-
publicans are badly shaken up by the
revelations in the postal service From
high authority there comes the hint
that Representative Burton, one of the
ablest Republicans in the house, is TO
be made chairman of the post Office
committee of the house next winter in
order that he may try to bring order
out of chaos It's big lob