Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-03
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time by the foreIocko and that "the
early bird catches the worm," for on
Saturday, Aug. Is, 1903, he was nomi-
mated as a representative In the Fifty
ninth congress, which does not begin
to exist even technically until March
4, 1905, and whose first session will
most probably not begin till the first
Monday in December. 1905. I asked
the general what he meant by such an
unusual procedure, and he replied, "Oh,
/ just wanted to get that matter off my
mind" He does not seem to fear the
fate of David Bennett Hill, who was
roundly denounced by Democratic pa
pers in 1892 for holding "snap con-
vention" on the 22d of February. Gen
eral Grosvenor raises David at his own
game. Hill took nothing by his motion,
but as General Grosvenor's district con-
tains beastly Republican majority he
will most likely pull under the string a
winner
Secretary shaw's Opportunity.
The Omaha Bee is authority for the
statement that Secretary of the Treas
ury Governor Leslie NJ. Shaw Is to adj
dress the American mining congress,
which is to be held in Deadwood, S. D.,
from Sept. l. to Sept II, both inclusive.
Governor Shaw is a sleight of hand
artist in the use of words. 1t will be
great opportunity to explain what the
Iowa Republicans really meant when
as part of their last platform they
adopted and promulgated that amaz-
ing sentence written by Senator Alli-
son, Tariff rates which are too high
should be lowered, and those which are
too low should be raised If the secre-
tary should really devise an expIana-
ton that explains, he would prevent
much profanity and an epidemic of in
sanity He should not let the oppor-
tunity slip by unimproved, for ''the mill
can never grind with the water that
has passed"
While he is at it Mr.. Secretary Shaw
might increase his reputation by going
further and explaining and proving a
preposterous assertion that he Is fond
of making to the effect that the panic
which began in May, 1898, was Dem
ocratic panic caused by the Wilson
German tariff bill, which was passed
fifteen months later and became a law
in August, 1894 He might illustrate
his argument by showing that the
Spanish war of 1898 caused the civil
war of 1S61-65. One statement is as
true as the other. Nor should the secre-
10 in, e G,I
lacy that there is always prosperity
under a Republican administration and
adversely under a Democratic admins
tration, fail to prove that the Demo-
Gratis produced the panic of 1873, when
Grant was president and when both
house and senate were and for years
had been Overwhelmingly Republican.
Miles Advice.
As he was being retired from the ac-
tive service in the army General Nell
son A. Miles delivered himself of some
very sage remarks as to a general plan
of disarmament to be put in operation
by all the great powers, insisting that
the United States should lead in this
great international reform. The gen
eral is correct, and his pacific utter
ances, coming from veteran soldier,
place him in most favorable light and
should have great weight. OF course
there is nothing novel about them ex-
cept that they were spoken by fighter
of approved capacity. Gar Nicholas
proposed the same scheme some time
ago, but it does not seem to have met
with great favor or any favor at all.
The day has not yet arrived when men
are ready to beat swords into pruning
hooks and spears into plowshares. Kill
ers of their brothers are still the fa-
vorites with historians, the women and
nearly everybody else except "the
peace society" Jeffries received over
$4,000 for walloping Corbett, and the
latter received $4,000 Ten thousand
for being soundly thrashedl