Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-11-03
NEXT TUESDAY.

| Next Tuesday fifteen millions Of Ameri-
can citizens will express at The ballot box
their choice for President of the United
States.
! -Four months ago the various parties
selected their candidates and inaugurated
a campaign of education that has been
waged without cessation, and will continue
until the close of the polls NEXT TUESDAY.
On The part of the Democracy the cam
paign has surely been one of Education.
Every known open avenue has been
employed to reach the people and place
clearly before them the issues and invite
support of their candidates. That the
effort has been successful in unifying the
Democracy as it has not been united in
years is plain to all, and that thousands Of
the best citizens OF our country, in every
State and county and township and city,
who have never before given allegiance 10
Democratic measures will support them
this year is a fact of daily record in the
public press, and OF wide knowledge to all
who take the trouble to inquire.
Rooseveltism is doomed, and will meet
it's Waterloo NEXT TUESDAY, unless all
signs of the times are at fault The great
States of New York and Indiana are prac-
tically assured 70 the Democracy, and
will be joined by New Jersey, Delaware,
Connecticut, West Virginia, and Marland,
while many Western States are to-day in
the balance.
These are the indications to-day, before
the great corruption fund that the agents Of
the Republican machine has gathered from
the Trusts, is poured forth.
Before a great audience in New York
City Monday night, Alton B. Parker laid
fare the program of proposed corruption in
the following burning, through judicial
phrases
Congress creates a new Department of
Commerce and Labor OF that department.
the President OF the United States appoints
Secretary That Secretary was his private
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vision is made for the collection from large
corporations, including the so-called trusts
of information which, it is to be borne IN
mind, is to be submitted to the President
for private or public use as he may direct
By grace of the same Executive this Sec
rotary, through whose department. this in
formation is collected, becomes the Chair
man of the National Republican Com
mittee. His chief duty it has been and
still is TO collect funds for the purpose of
securing the election of the President. And
it Is now notorious that there has resulted
from this organized importantly whatever
may be the precise way in which it is made
effectiye-an overlooking treasury to the
committee, Of which boast is openly and
continually made
Commenting on this utterance the Wortd
said yesterday -
s'This mortgaging of the Presidency for
campaign contributions creates an issue
that transcends party lines The Republic
can and the independent voter feel the stain
it puts upon the national honor They are
part of the jury that has listened to the
evidence and that is now to give an honest
verdict upon the case submitted =
We believe the corruption fund which
Mr.. Cortelyou has wrung from the Trusts
will be inadequate to stem the rising tide
of indignation against Rooseveltism, the
Trusts, militaryism and absolutism, and
the victory now so portentious will be
sealed by an avalanche of unpurchasable
ballots.