Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-19


and Of his record as Governor General Of
Cuba Serious charges have. been made
against him, especially BY Major Rath.
borne. the friend of Senator Hanna, who
was convicted Of postal frauds, while serv:
irg as Director General Of posts in Cuba,
Wood was largely instrumental in procur.
/ ing Rathbornes conviction The Cuban
postal scandals will be aired again at the
hearing, and General Wood, through his
friends. will have to show that he was moi
responsible for, or implicated in, the loose
administrations Of Cuba while he was Gov.
ernoF of the Island.
There has been a lively debate in the
Senate on the numerous petitions from all
over the country sent to that body, pro,
testing against the seating Of Reed smoot,
4 the Mormon Senator from Utah. Senator
Hoar claimed that the petitions were out Of
order as the question was judicial one
for the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
lions, and it was wrong to petition that
committee as it was to petition the Supreme
Court of the United States. Senator Du-
bois, of Idaho took issue with this state
ment and declared that the petitions were
entitled to the serious consideration Of the
Senate as they represented the moral
thought of the country. AS there is little
hope of proving Senator Smoot polyga-
mist. the petitions declare that he is wholly
Ineligible to a seat in the Senate, because
he is an apostle of the Norman Church.
which claims authority to control its MEM
bers in civil as well as religious affairs, and
that be shou be expelled for giving his
highest allegiance to government other
than that Of the Republic Of the United
States The petitions are signed princi-
pally by woman's and religious organiza-
TONS The Daughters Of the American
Revolution and the w. g. T. U. are es-
pecialIy active in opposition to the Mormon
Senator. Ex-Secretary Carlisle is counsel
for the petitioners, and will make the lead
ing argument before the Senate Committee
on Privileges and Elections. There is moi
the slightest chance of the Senator being
forced to give up his seat
There are many indications chat the Re
puhlioans intend to keep the race question
prominent as political issue, and members
Of Congress will have plenty Of opportunity
to express their opinions on the principles
involved in pc mitting the negro TO exer
sise political power. For the third time
President Roosevelt has sent the nomina
lion of w D. Crum to the Senate, a though
that body twice refrained from taking ac-
ion on the appointment Of negro to b,
collector of the port Of Charleston, as such
lction was strongly condemned by the tw
senators from South Carolina, and the
white people Of the city. The Presidenl
named Crum as a recess appointment, and
he has been serving several months. 1t il
believed that the Committee on Commercs
TO which the appointment has been referred
will report favorably on it, but Senator
Gilman will fight the confirmation in the
executive session, and threatens a fiIlibustel
which may arouse prolonged debate on
the negro question In the House, Repre-.
sentative Crumpacker, Of Indiana, has re-
introduced his favorite resolution providing
or the appointment Of committee to ex-
anime the suffrage conditions in the diffe :
mt States. with the evident intention Of
bringing about reduction Of the represen
eahion in Congress Of the Southern States
Representative Dick, of Ohio, will supper
a similar resolution, and Senator McComas
las introduced a bill in the Senate calling
for an investigation Of the condition OF til,
olored race The Nationa Sociological So
eietY, committee Of which has just bee,
cordially received by the President,i is goiDs
10 appeal to Attorney General Knox, t.
protect the negro by defending the Fifteenth
Amendment.