Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-09-08

the frozen north we have to pinch our
awake or dreaming. The movement
has become so widespread and alarm
ing as to cause universal comment in
the great newspapers of the land 1t
is said that an investigation has been
set on foot to ascertain the reason of this
reversal of the process of 400 years.
1t requires no investigation. The cause
Is not far to seek. The reason is that
certain schedules of the Dingley bill
bear so heavily and unjustly on the
farmers that many of them have made
up their minds to leave their native
land and to become British subjects
rather than endure these burdens lon
ger. They go in order to secure those
homes for their children in a foreign
land which t.-cg are unable to secure
here 1t is not Il I'll pilgrimage. It
must be a El9 III performance to
an American to s.s.t tie shelter of the
stars and stripes under which his ia
theirs fought at Trenton, Monmouth and
the Brandywine. at Kings Mountain,
the Cowpens and Yorktown, at Sarato
go and New Orleans, and live under the
union jack Of England But that it is
being done is patent to all who having
eyes see and having ears hear. To
this complexion has it come at last I'M
der Republican maladministration. The
disagreeable fact cannot be blinked, de-
MED or belittled. For some years many
persons in congress and out have been
busy in the endeavor to devise ways
and means to shut out immigrants.
Now the best thought of the country
must be turned to the work of devising
ways and means to prevent our own
citizens from emigrating. This is a
new and unfamiliar problem worthy Of
profoundest consideration.
At least two presidential nominees
are authors of books Roosevelt and
Watson. The former has generally tax
en- Americans and American achieve
ments for his themes, while the latter
has devoted most of his literary work
to France and Frenchmen. 1t is safe
to say that, no matter what the result
of the election, the nominations will
be a first rate advertisement for their
books Many English and French
statesmen write books. It is only of
late that American statesmen have
thus employed themselves. 1t is a
healthy sign of the times In Justice
to them it ought to be stated that
Messrs. Roosevelt and Watson's books
make interesting reading.
1t appears that Hon. Elihu Root is
determined not to be coaxed into the
New York gubernatorial race. In this
conclusion no doubt Elihu is wise-as
the chances are largely in favor of the
Democrats carrying the state A de-
feat for the governorship now would
not help his presidential boom in 1908.
Perhaps in this emergency Governor
Odell might be induced to make a fur
ther sacrifice of himself on the altar
of his country by accepting a third
term-that is, if he is not too busy
with his sensational suit against the
defunct shipbuilding trust
The Republicans are getting mad as
they realize that they are doomed to
defeat. Otherwise their editors would
not descend to the low trick of en-
deavoring to fire the northern heart by
personal abuse of southern public men.
1t is a disreputable practice long since
discarded by all decent persons.
ssThe early bird catches the worm"
so it is said And it is also said that
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie NJ.
Shaw takes that adage so seriously to
heart that in his swing around the
circle this fall he will put in most of
his time laying wires by which to cap
ture the Republican presidential nomi-
nation in 1903. I have forewarned him
and all other aspiring Republican
statesman that if Colonel Roosevelt
is elected this time he is dead certain
to be a candidate in 1908 and that if
Judge Parker is elected he will give
the country such a splendid admins
tration that the Republican nomination
in 1908 will not be worth seeking In
either event Governor Shaw is vast
ing his time and energy.
The much Wanted Republican Har-
mony always spelled with big, big
H-had a fine illustration recently
when two Republican candidates for
congress Were nominated by two in
furiated Republican factions in the
district now represented by Mr..
Gaines, a Republican. The G. o. H.
grand old humbug) appears to be in
the throes of dissolution in West Vir-
ginia. The octogenarian candidate for
the vice presidency seems to have
things coming his way at home.
Walter Wellman, the famous news
paper man, places Rhode Island in s.the
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