Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, June 4, 1904.

headquarters this morning to spy out 1.-THE
lay of the land !" Senator Jones has gone
TO Arkansas for fortnight, leaving Repre-
sentative Cowherd, of Missouri, in COM
mand. Senator German steps over every
day OR two from Maryland. Representa-
tive Vandiver was here Wednesday, but he
had to hurry to look after his particular
protege, Folk, whose enthusiastic approval
by the people of Missouri is the talk of the
day. Culbertson, of Texas, is here quite
unafraid of any. hurricane in his State.
Houston, the single member from Della
ware, elected because of Republican
split, is also at headquarters. Fitzgerald,
of Brooklyn, has just been here, and
Broussard, of Louisiana.
Cowherd says there are forty close dis
tricts this year, estimating as close" any
district which would be changed by the
transfer of a thousand votes. Seven of
these are in Missouri It is believed that
Folks run for governor will pull through
all imperriled Democrats and give US at
IeatEone more member from the State.
Some three of four of the doubtfuls are in
Illinois, but the Republican scrimmage
there will be likely to settle them.
I met Martin Emerich, Democratic repre-
sentative from Chicago yesterday. His is a
close district, but he very likely will get in
again, for he is Sublime Past Master,
Worshipful Grand Mogul, and Royal High
Priest of more fraternal societies than any
other man in America. He said with a
laugh, 81 am not terrified at the state of
things in Springfield one bit. l shall not
weep if they keep it up. Isn't it funny,
though, about Cannon? Republicans think
that if they could make him run for Vice
President, Senator, Governor, and Speaker,
they would carry the State
At headquarters your correspondent ran
against Colonel Herbert, President Cleve-
lands Secretary of the Navy. asked him
what it looked like He said "Parker this
morning, and he evidently measures up to
she position" l have no doubt, however,
that Cleveland would be elected if he were
nominated-though there is no reason on
earth why he should want it. A tariff so
high as to be robbery has iebauched the
entire country. Look at the Republican
clamor for ship subsidies. One would
think that Jim Hills dismal experience as
confessed by himself would be enough to
put stop to it. Haven't the farmers of the
United States right to send their crops to
foreign markets by the cheapest possible
mode of conveyance ? Are they criminals
that they should be held up and plundered
and punished?
Secretary Shaw in his annual report to
Congress last December announced that
there would be a surplus of 81, 10000 600 in
the Treasury on July 1. It is now obvious
that the Secretary was dreaming about
what ought to be, instead Of declaring what
would be. At any rate, he got within
sixty-six million dollars of it, for it seems
certain that the deficit will be ffty-two
million dollars. The receipts have fallen
off seventeen million dollars in a year, and
the expenditures for ordinary purposes have
increased about twenty-five million dollars.
Including the Panama and st. Louis ex-
penditures, the disbursements are seventy
five million dollars more than year ago
In other words, the nation is heavily in
debt, and is going down hill at smart
pace. When the Democrats inaugurate
their President next March the outset
party will of course shout, 1--WE have hand
ed to you an OVERLOOKING treasury and now
you are squandering the nations wealth
and bringing on hard times y If every
voter will stick this paragraph in his hat, he
will be able to show in moment which
party it is that under the bewildering boast
of Prosperity has dragged the nation to
the brink of bankruptcy.
A Panama Canal is an expensive luxury.
The plates are now being prepared at the
Printing and Engraving Bureau Of the
Treasury Department for the issue of Pana-
ma Canal bonds amounting to $13O. 600, 900
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the portrait of the late Senator Hanna in
grateful recognition of his service in getting
the canal treaty through, and of his method
Of getting into the Senate. When Congress
meets again the Secretary will ask that they
berendered untaxable and be called ''con-
solsp-this last, of course, being delicate
to adyism refined incense at the foot Of
Che British throne. These bonds are not to
be issued Immediately; the Secretary only
wants the plates ready to pass when it is
necessary to take up the collection.
just before the Supreme Court dissolved
for the Summer it decided the case of Dorr
and O'Brien of Manila. They were con-
gicted and sentenced for libel and were de-