Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-19

chamber and which has received uni
versal praise. Mr. Sheppard is serving
out the unexpired term of his honored
father. He is also elected a member Of
the Fifty eighth congress. If he lives
up to the golden promise of his youth,
he will rank with those Texas worthless
who have shed imperishable luster on
the Lone Star State.
The promotion of Hon. r. L. Henry
of Texas from the committee on insu-
lar affairs to the committee ON the ju-
dietary is applauded by every one,
Democrat and Republican, who knows
anything about congressional affairs,
for Bob Henry is a prime favorite in
the house. He is a handsome, cour-
ageous, capable young Democrat.
There is no more studious man in pub
lie life than this stalwart young Texan,
who has grown in influence and in
the good graces of his fellow men,
bers ever since he began his congress
sional career. He maintains the best
traditions of the state of old Sam
Houston.
The old adage Better be born lucky
than rich" is illustrated in the case of
Hon. Page Morris of Minnesota. He
declined to run again for congress on
the grounds that he wanted to practice
law to make some money. Now con-
gress creates new circuit judgeship,
and Brother Morris is to be the judge.
He is a good looking, intelligent Vir-
ginian; nothing bad about him except
his politics.
Redhot.
The fight is redhot, and it's to the
finish - the fight betwixt President
ma for the Republican presidential
nomination. All the signs portend
tremendous struggle Until quite re-
Gently the wiseacres thought that Colo
mel Roosevelt had bagged the southern
delegates by dining Booker Washing
ton, by inviting certain more or less
distinguished Afro-Americans to the
White House receptions and by sundry
other things he has said and done as to
the colored man and brother, but Mar
Gus has raised the president at his own
game by introducing bill to pension
the ex-slaves, caper which bids fair
to give the Ohioan all the delegates
south of the Potomac and the Ohio in
bunch. Perhaps there was never
such cheap trick performed before.
| 1t will not cost Senator Hanna or any
body else one penny, for congress has
no mor4 idea of passing such law
/ tilauaessHSas of replacing America under
| the dominion Of King Edward VII. On
reflection / must modify that state
meat, for twill cost ignorant and gull
Hble coIored folks many good dollar,
! for they will be skinned and feeced by
| an army Of swindlers who ought to be
! in the penitentiary; but the colored
| folks will not discover that they are
fieeced until after they have delivered
| the southern delegates to Marcus Alon-
20, and after that he will not care a
baubee what they discover or fail to
discover. Senator Hanna was careful
to introduce his bill "by request" so
that when Republican taxpayers up
north jump him for his proposed ex-
travagance he can explain to them pri-
vately that he is not in favor of it at
all. In this way he can work the cred
ulous negroes down SOUTH where
mouths are watering for pensions, and
at the same time work the economical
taxpayers up north who object to such
wicked and wanton waste.
Another Richmond.
Colonel John A. Knott, editor of the
Hannibal Daily Journal and railroad
/ commissioner of the state of Missouri
does not propose to be left in the mat
ter of Democratic presidential candi-
dates Colonel John has solemnly and
elaborately nominated Governor Alex
ander Monroe Dockery for president
in the editorial columns of the Journal
and he assures the public that be has
taken this important step 'unbe-
knownst' to the governor Whether
his excellency is pleased with Colonel
Knott's action is not known here in
Washington So far he has not fol
lowed the famous example of Caius
julius Caesar in declining the crown
when offered to him three times by
| one Mark Antony. 1t is an ancient
saying that ''silence gives consent y
and unless the governor very soon
seiZes an occasion to decline the high
commission rendered him by Colonel
Knott the public may jump to the con
cIusions that "Barkis is willin'" When
witty son Of the Emerald Isle was
asked if he would imbibe he answered
with the inquiry. ''Wad duck swim y
Governor Dockery is now in the third
/ year of his gubernatorial term and has
therefore somewhat familiarized him
self with executive duties. just as his
/ sixteen years in congress familiarized
him with legislative duties. He is ar
/ ablebodied statesman in the prime OF
! life, and the Globe-Democrat once char
acterized him as "the most pulchritu
dinous member of the Missouri dele
gation.' The public is anxiously await
ing Governor Dockery's acceptance ol
declination of Colonel Knotts nomina
ton.
Astounding.
The Republican greed for seats in
/ COlS iCSo ID dOSOAQtCiJ LAS
fall in the Asheville district of North
Carolina Mr. Gudger, Democrat, de
feated Mr. Moody. Republican, by q
small majority. Mr.. Moody promptly
instituted a contest. He died on Feb
5, and to a reasonable man it would
appear that the contest would have
abated. Not SO, however. The Repub
licans are pressing the contest with al
their might, SO greedy are they fol
seats in the house. OF course they viii
not go so far as to seat dead man
They are determined, however, to have
a new election in the district. e..
those pressing the contest. Let us
hope that the majority will not do q
thing so preposterous.
4 A Poet Statesman.
A rumor has been floating around tt
the effect that the Hon. Eugene r
Ware, pension commissioner, is abou
to resign. 1t may be assumed that th'
aforesaid rumor has no foundation il
fact. for it is anonymous, as all I'll