Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-08-27
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idential nominee. will now furnish two
! hand running.
Hearst.
The name of William Randolph
Hearst as a presidential possibility
bobs up serenely and with increasing
frequency these days. The chief re-
lance of his friends is on the vote and
influence of organized labor. That vote
and that influence will elect him If he
is nominated, and it will not be at all
surprise to careful observers If that
vote and thai influence nominate him.
Quite recently the National Building
Trades Council, in session at Denver,
indorsed Mr.. Hearst for the presiden-
tial nomination. Hearst has, ever since
he reached manhood's status, stood the
friend of organized labor, and it ap-
pears now that his bread cast upon the
waters is returning after many days.
He is now representative in congress,
which position will enable him still
further to advocate his theories, not
only for the betterment of the condi-
ton of the wage earners of the coun-
try, but for the amelioration of the
condition of the vast masses of the
American people 1t Is 10 to / shot
that his services in the house will i'm
prove his presidential prospects His
father, Senator George Hearst, left be-
hind him fine record as a national
legislator. He was one of the leading
Democrats of his day-the leading one
on the Pacific coast-and the son seems
to be following in the footsteps of his
honored sire and to be worthy of him.
Indeed the position of Hearst fils is
more advantageous than that of Hearst
pere, because the son has three great
metropolitan dailies in which to exploit
his views-a power possessed by no
other man in the land From that
coign of vantage he commands a view
of the whole political field and wields
a tremendous influence.
Filipino Troubles.
Whatever else we annexed by the
treaty of Paris, we undoubtedly an
nexed "a sea of troubles to borrow an
expression from the Bard of Avon
full view from the beginning. while
others are Just beginning to unfold
themselves. For instance it has grown
to be a custom for American officers to
bring in Filipino and Japanese servants
on government transports. 1t had
grown to be such a nuisance that it
had to be checked by the quartermas-
ter's department. Many of us have
contended patriotically from the begin
ming that the Philippines would be
made the breeding ground for the pau
per labor not of Europe, but. what is
far worse, for the cheaper pauper labor
of Asia. The foregoing facts indicate
that we We're right in our contention.
It's high time that American laborers
were waking up to the imminent dead
ly peril in which our possession of the
Philippines places them.
That Tired Feeling.
When James j. Jeffries gave James
J. Corbett those two awful wallops in
the stomach the pompadour must have
experienced the same tired feeling
which afflicted Senator Marcus Alonzo
Hanna at the late Ohio Republican
convention when Fire Alarm Senator
Jusepn DehsuH rUraKer; as reader of
the Roosevelt cohorts, knocked him
clear over the ropes in the first round.
That was the occasion when Senator
Hanna exclaimed, For Gods sake,
keep on letting well enough aloneT'
Corbett and Hanna can sympathize
with each other