Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-07-16
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ion Of "a Ted and Tom Ticket = he

biOH VI lea ana I0m Ticket he
says:
1t Is my judgment that both ends Of
the Republican ticket for 1904 met in ST.
Louis at the dedicatory services of the
Worlds fair. Therefore take the lib
erty to formally place In nomination as
the Republican candidates Theodore
Roosevelt of New York for president and
Thomas H. Carter of Montana for vice
president. Ted and Toni What names
to conjure with If the Republicans will
search the four corners of the United
States over and back again they will fail
to find a ticket which so entirely meets
their needs as the one l have Just had
the honor of nominating. There is OF
course. no doubt about Mr.. Roosevelt
being named by the convention for
first place, and now that the New Yorker
has mentioned 1t there should be no
further question as to the identity of
the man for the second place. Uncle Tom
Carter Is the man This ticket is geo.
graphically perfect, Ted from the east
and Tom from the west. 1t balances to a
nicely There are no flies on it. Rally,
ye Republicans, for Ted and Tom, your
two strongest men that could be COM
bined on the national ticket.
A Case of Mutual Interest.
If any gentleman is harboring the
delusion that there is nothing in the
movement to have the federal gov
ernment go into the business of build
ing good roads he should patronize a
''clipping bureau" Here is a sample
from the Country Gentleman:
The three days national good roads
convention held in st. Louis was one of
the most noted gatherings ever held in
the western country. The problem OF
making good roads is one that has been
before the people In its manifold forms
for many years. All who are interested
in this subject will be pleased to see that
this convention struck the keynote of the
situation, and that there is a moral GER
tainty of a marked result The difficulty
in the past has been In an attempt to put
a tax on the farmer for making good
roads. It was well said at the meeting
that if the farmers pay the taxes for
building government buildings In the city
the residents of the city should not object
to paying taxes to build good roads for
the farmer In the country, as the interest
in both cases would be mutual
The Ethics of Lying.
Some folks believe that there are
such things as white lies9 Others
maintain stubbornly that lie is lie.
Burns says:
Some books are lies from end to end,
And some great lies were never penned.
Harper's Magazine thus philosophers
on 'sThe Ethics of Lying"
Often the question as to truth telling
concerns matters of vital significance in
themselves, There are facts the knowl-
edge of which is the property Of a single
person. wholly at his disposal. No moral
element is involved In the facts; no moral
obligation compels their disclosure In
quisition regarding them is an imperti-
nence, and sometimes 1t resembles the
demand of a highwayman, as in the in
quiry pressed upon Walter Scott whether
he was the author of the Waverley nov
els In this case to evade or decline a
reply amounted to a confession of the
duthorShip-the secret became the prey
Of the highwayman. Scotts prompt de-
NAL was dictated by common sense alsl
the instinct of self protection. No O.
could attach a moral quality to his denial
except such as might be associated with
his personal rights, Could the oppro-
brious epithet of liar be applied to him
when all thet .terests of truth which
We're involved Hwere those protected by
| his denial?
But suppose Sir Walter to have In the
first place concealed his authorship be-
cause of his feeling that the literary pro-
fession-and especially that of novel writ
ing-was beneath the dignity of a gem
tleman. Then a moral element would
have entered; he was doing something
that. If known, he would be ashamed of.
In that case his personal right to tho
exclusive knowledge of his authorship
would have remained, but the denial
would have had the same moral quality
as attached to the concealment. of which
it was a continuation and confirmation.
Long Range Philanthropy.
'Tis distance lends enchantment to the
view 4f
And robes the mountains in their azure
hue.
So sang the poet Campbell. and so
thinks Governor Richard Yates II. Of
Illinois. From far away Berlin he IS
sues by cable a blood and thunder pro-
nuneiamento about what should be
done with the lynchers of St Clair
county, ILL.,. who killed colored school
teacher because he had shot the man
who refused to give him school GER
tificate but Lieutenant Governor
Northcutt, acting governor, who is
within three hours run of the scene Of
the lynching, cooes mildly as a sucking
dove. Long range philanthropy is
cheap. Hu gag