Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-11-24

and by majority Of more than a
quarter Of million Of the popular
vote
Unhappy Buckeyes.
Toa mere locker ON in Vienna it would
appear that there is happiness enough
over the recent victory to go around
among TIE Republican statesmen, as
Admiral schley said Of the glory of his
great sea fight. but nevertheless and
Notwithstanding there are two Buck
eye statesmen who are in an ugly
frame of mind, meditating revenge,
utterly oblivious Of the copioIis streams
of bliss now exhiIarating the masses of
the &. Q. T. These two unhappy men
are no less personages than Governor
Myron r. Herrick and United States
Senator Joseph Benson Foraker They
have blood in their eyes and political
| murder in their hearts Both want 10
be president in the sweet by and by
All Ohio statesmen Of all parties in
duige and luxuriate in that gorgeous
dream
But Herrick in order to have even
d ghost of a show TO reach the White
House, must be reelected governor,
thing which Joseph Benson does not
propose shall happen-not if he can
prevent it. and ne thinks he can. Con-
seguently be has sci up Lieutenant
Governor Harding as a rival to Gov
ernor Herrick a performance which
the latter naturally ana bitterly re-
sents. His followers. or more properly
speaking. his retniners, in Ohio, espe-
cially in his home city OF cleveland,
are so incenseG by the senator's oppo-
sition to their chief that just before
the campaign closed when Foraker I'M
dertook TO speak at II great open air
meeting in Cleveland they put him
down and ont by shouting, yelling,
blowing horns and other unseemly ca
Ders, to the utter disgust of Foraker
and the Forakerites. So it is war, bit
ter war, war to the death. between
them. More power to their armsl In
the meantime Hon. Charles Dick, jun
ior United States senator and major
general of the Buckeye national gusl,d,
has lined up against his colleague in
the senate and in favor Of Governor
Her1ick II will be remembered that
Dick inherited Marcus a. Hanna sen
atoria toga and that lie aud Herrick
are supposed TO be the residualy Legal
tees Of Uncle Marks political estate
No doubt he is jealous of Foraker and
would not only like to keep him out OF
the presidency. but would also be de-
lighted to supplant him in the senate
with a less conspicuous man 1t is not
among the probabilities. however. that
Hon. William II. Taft secretary OF war.
formerly governor general OF the Phil
ippines. viii sit idly by and see an
inconspcuous person 80 to the senate
from Ohio, vice Foraker, and he is not
interested in keeping Foraker in the
limelight as it is generally understood
that he has presidential aspirations of
his own
The chances are. therefore, that the
Herrick-Dicll gang viii be compelled
to make Taft the beneficiary of their
war on Foraker and that Taft viii
gladly accept their succor unless, in
deed, it turns out that President Roose-
welt intends to appoint Taft chief jus
tice of the United States upon the re-
tirement Of Melville w. Fuller who
has served long enough and is old
enough to retire on full pay OF all the
Republicans General Taft seems to
play in greatest luck Everything APP
pears to be creased for him. He was 4
federal circuit judge, d nice, comfort
able, honorable life office, when he was
drafted into the Philippine governor
generalship. because it is an open Sc
cret that he had to be persuaded to go
to the orient Now he is secretary Of
war, with the chief justiceship or the
presidency in the vista. Personally he
is universally popular. He is man OF
superb capacity. His presence is COM
manding and his manners gracious. He
is not past his prime He is ambitious.
as who is not? Altogether his chances
Of one day sitting in the White House
are as good as any Republicans III the
land, provided he declines the chief
iusticeship of the United States. Clear
| ~ Governor Taft's lines have been cast
in pleasant places. IL he aequits him
self as well III his Panama mission as
| he did in Asia he will increase his pres
| tige greatly, for everybody knows that
the venture in which he is now embark
ed on the istllmus is matter of much
delicacy. 1t was proof positive of the