Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-08-04
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, July so, 1904.

\ ions TO be comprehensive, complete and
unanswearable. Democrats, on the other
hand, consider it the first speech of the
! kind ever delivered by an American presi-
dent-that is, the first speech of accept
ance devoted, in every paragraph, to eulog-
Izing his own party and denouncing the
opposition. In it the President says 1--WE
are striving to do our work in the spirit
with which Lincoln approached his" but
Senator Daniel, who was in the city yester-
day, calls attention to the fact that Lin
coins acceptance of his second nomination,
like Washington's, was carefully nonparti-
san; and that even McKinley's address of
acceptance spoke of his opponents with re-
spect and INDUCED in no such rancor as is
heard in the utteranee Of the Rough Rider
of Oyster Bay. Concerning the rash surgi-
cal operation whereby the Panama vermi-
form appendix was slashed from the vitals
of Colombia he says SWe conducted the
negotiations with the incest and most
scrupulous honor, 2 which is certainly the
whose deicacy has seldom been equaled
Grover Cleveland is making creditable
effort to solve the conundrum, 'sWhat shall
we do with our ex-Presidents II has
been suggested that every man who has
been president ought thereafter to be ex-
officio member Of the Senate, but objec-
tions to that transfer have been raised
which are difficult to overcome. Washing
ton went back to his farming and fox
back to HE old estate; Jefferson wrestled
with his detractors and his debts; Monroe
kept himself alive by travelling as book
agent; John Quincy Adams greatly en-
larged his flames by becoming member of
the House of Representatives; Grant lived
precariously and imperiled his good name
by getting tangled up IN Wall Street.
Cleveland is the first of ex-Presidents to
enhance and magnify his fame by becoming
literature and publieist-by officiating as
University lecturer and enlightning the
public as a contributor to magazines and
controverted matters of national concern.
This is a highly honorable position; no
service could be more useful; and it is
work to which most presidents are compe-
tent. Every ex-president has an enormous
clientele enabling him to win large
revenue from colleges aud periodicals. and
at the same time confer lasting benefit
upon the whole people of the country. Mr..
Cleveland is entitled to gratitude for haying
courageously helped to solve difficult
problem.
The unanimous election of Thomas Tag
CART of Indiana as chairman OF Democratic
National Committee helps to clear cloudy
sky As Parker earned his first money as
janitor and Davis as brakeman, there is
a certain propriety in selecting as their
manager real Irishman who earned his
first quarter of dollar behind the lunch
counter. Is seems TO complete the Demo-
cratic triumvirate. From dissectine sand
wiches Taggart has risen to the proprietor
ship of several large hotels, and besides
being rich is immensely popular He is a
blonde blue eyed athlete and he shakes
hands as if you were his long-lost brother.
He is gifted with the same pan-Indiana
smile which Schuyler Colfax had, and he
vigorously embraces every acquaintance
with "Good morning, brotherp' He has
an immense outfit down at the French
Lick, the Monte Carlo of the West, which
spouts geyser-the Pluto that congested
Kentuckians quaff to get rid of their super
fiuous mountain dew by turning thensel-
yes inside out. Taggart has twisted
indianapolis round his finger good many
times, and if he shows the same ability to
handle Indiana, he can go into the Cabinet
or be minister to Ireland if he prefers it.
On Toms broad shoulders vast responsible
ity is laid.
Senator German was in the city to-day
and expressed himself as very anxious
about Indiana. He expects to carry Mary
land and looks to Mr.. Davis to hand over
West Virginia. Hemenway's district in
Indiana was formerly Democratic, but has
recently gone Republican by small ma
jority. Taggart is expected to wipe out
that majority and send into exile the pres
ent chairman of the Appropriations Com
mittee Senator German laughs derisively
at the suggestion that Kentucky may go
Republican. He says well, suppose
Texas may
Some prominent Eastern Democrats re-
gard Illinois as not beyond the possibility
of capture. The big Chicago Strike with
probability of indefinite continuance, win
accentuate Republican troubles in the
Western campaign If Chicago goes Demo-
cratic by only fifteen or twenty thousand,
the state will probably be safe for Roose-