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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
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to punish. II it was not Morton. the
Roosevelt administration should have en-
deavored to find who il was.
Nothing can be more absurd than to
say that railway can have so violated
the interstate commerce law as to merit
a fine of $4,000 and feel the need OF pay-
ing half a million dollars to injured ship
pers, yet no official of the company be
guilty of any personal offense that the
law can take cognizance of But that is
exactly what Attorney General Moody
declared by the course he pursued in the
Santa Fe case and the interstate COM
merce commission has advertised by Its
unnecessary exoneration of Mr.. Morton.
1t Is we'll that the corporation should
feel the sting of justice when its acts
contravene law but justice that goes no
farther only half accomplishes its pur-
pose. No corporation can be held for
infraction of the interstate commerce
law except under circumstances that in
volve one or more of its officials or en-
ployees in an offense the courts have
power to punish. 1t is a grieyous neglect
of duty therefore, to stop with fine
assessed against the corporation and let
the really guilty individual go free. There
must inevitably be suspicion of favoritism
SO long as this course is followed.
with Republican bank officials in
Chicago stealing millions Of dollars at
clip, with Republican county officials
In Ohio defaulting in sums of hundreds
of thousands, with wheat going down,
with hogs and cattle going down, with
new war breaking out in the Philip
pines. with Bryan's popularity increas-
ing every hour, the G. O. p. is in bad
way
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
Queries

Can a crime be committed without
there being a criminal? Can q crime
be committed without human agency :
If crimes have been committed why
not punish the criminals? Is there any
sort of sense or justice IN spending
time and money IN Furnishing small
criminals while permitting the big
criminals to go scot free2 Does such a
performance have tendency to inspire
respect for law? In fact does It not
have tendency to bring ali law into
disrespeet7 These questions become
pertinent by reason Of the remarkable.
no.. to say astounding pronunciamento
of the interstate commerce commission
In giving Paul Morton an immunity
bath and in passing glowing euiogy
on Attorney General Moody for bis ef-
forts as a trust buster extraordinary
Wonder If the L G. G. believes the PEG
Die are all idiots Speaking on this
subject the st. Louis Republic says
editorially
The Interstate commerce commission
NAV exonerate Mr.. Paul Morton in the
Santa Fe rebate case because Morton was
not the official responsible for the wrong
full acts Of bis company, but there must
have been some individual guilty enough
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
Camden County circuit Court.

In the matter OF the applica-s
tion OF the Trustees OF the
Methodist Episcop Il Church, IN
the Township of Deptford. in
the County OF Gloucester, to
have a mortgage given by Nc
Kendree Richman and Hannah ORDER.
Richman, his wife, to Ann F.
Wood, dated February 18th, A.
d. 1868, OF record in the Office
of the Register OF Deeds of the
County OF Camden in Book J
OF Mortgages, on page 62o, &c,
cancelled OF record.
1t appearing by the petition of The Trustees
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the
Township of Deptford, in the County OF Glou-
cester, duly verified by af1idavts, that there is
certain mortgage upon the land owned by said
petitioner, described in said petition, executed
by McKendree Riehman and wife to Ann F.
Wood remaining uneancelled of record; that
the said petitioner has owned said land for more
than thirty years last past; that the said Ann F.
Wood died after having made and published
her last will and testament wherein and where
by she gave and bequeathed all her estate
to her sister Susannah A. Browning and
appoi lted the said Susannah a. Browning to be
the exeeutrix thereof; that the said Susannah A.
Browning afterwards died resident of the
State of Delaware, after having first duly made
and published her last will and testament,
wherein and whereby she appointed John B.
Martin, of the said State of Delaware, her
executor, who duly proved said last will and
testament in said State and took upon himself
the burthen of the execution thereof; that said
petitioner for more than twenty years last past
has not paid any interest on or any part of the
principal sum named in said mortgage to any
person whomsoever, or has the payment there
OF been demanded of the said petitioner during
said term by any person whomsoever.
1t is, thereupon, on this Dist day OF August, a.
ID, one Thousand nine hundred and six, ordered,
by virtue of an act entitled IAN act providing
for the cancelling of record of mortgages by
order of circuit court law judge OF a
county" approved March 10th, 1891, and the
several supplements thereto that the said John
B. Martin, executor of Susannah A. Browning,
deceased, appear before before me, at the Court
House, in the City of Camden, on Monday. the
9th day OF September next, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, and show cause why the said
mortgage should not be cancelled OF record, IN
pursuance of the provisions of the above en-
titled act; and it is further ordered that this
notice be published in the Camden Democr at
and the Gloucester County Democrat on Ga
week for four weeks successfully, aud q copy
thereof, which need not be certified, mailed to
the said John b Martin at his post Office adj
dress, il the same can be ascertained.
ALLEN B. ENDICOTT,
Jos J. SuMMERILL Attorney. G. Q j.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
m cHANcKRY OF NEW sERsEY

To Eta H. Thomas and Frederick 7homas;-
nv vi.tae OF an order OF the Court OF Chancery
of New Jersey, made on the day OF date hereof,
in cause wherein Edith Bong and Mary Boae
infants etc. by John F Boag their next friend are
c5mplainants, and you and others are defenants,
YOU are required to appear, plead, answer or de-
muir TO the b II OF said complainants, on or be
fore the twenty-fifth day of September next, OF
the said bill will be taken as confessed against
you.
lands ia the Townships of Monroe and Frank
lin. IN the County of Gloucester of which James
Stinson died seized, and you Ella III. Thomas
are made defendant because you are one Of the
tenants in common therein. and you Frederick
Thomas made defendants because you are
Che husband of the said Ella M. Thomas and
claims an interest as tenant by courtesy in 3 id
lands or some part thereof
AUSTIN Fl. SWACkHAMER,
Solicitor for Compiainants,
No 8, Cooper ST., Woodbury.. n. ].
Dated July 24th, 1906 7-2e-06-5f
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30

LECTURERS, DUTIES.
New York state Lecturer siaepar'
Thinks Thefn Largely Supervisory.

New York state Lecturer Shepard
Thinks Them Largely Supervisory.
Especial Correspondence
My conception of the duties Of the
lecturer Of d state grange is that they
consist primarily OF supervision Of the
lecturers department In the oranges
The state; that the state lecturer
keep in close touch with the
subordinate grange lecturers by means
81 quarterly reports from them giving
Ill detail the lecture work carried out
in each grange. In this way the trend
of thought III the subordinate oranges
can become known to the state lecturer
and also the work the oranges are do
ing.
1t has been often said that the rea-
son of the great popularity Of Presi-
dent Mckinley with the people lay in
the fact that he kept in touch with
them, that he kept his ear close to the
ground and learned their wishes SO
quickly that he was enabled to direct
public sentiment IN the right direc-
ton. There should be the closest con-
nection in the lecture work between
the state lecturer and lecturers of the
subordinate oranges. In addition It is
advisable that the state lecturer per-
sonally visit Pomona and subordinate
oranges, picnics and other gatherings
of farmers as his time will permit |
believe that each county Should have a
lecturers association to whose meet
ings the subordinate oranges viii send
their lecturer These meetings usual
IL should be neld on some other date
than that of the Pomona grange. A
full day can be most probably spent
and when possible the state lecturer
should attend these county meetings.
Such visits could not, at the most. be
made at more than one session of the
association each year.
The educational work of the grange
is acknowledged generally as of the
greatest importance. The state lee
turer should be given the responsibility
Of this department of grange work
and be held accountable for it. 1t has
become 50 important that it demands
his entire time in order that best re-
suits may come therefrom.
FRED SHEPARD,
Lecturer New York State Grange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
PROGRESS Of the American Idea.

Government of the people, by the
people and for the people is dis
tinctively American idea. That's what
we stand for in this jangling, wran-
Cling. iostling world. That's our raison
d'etre, as the French would say When
our fathers created this republic it was
the only one on earth except Switzer-
land, and it was by no means certain
that ours would last till Christmas;
but it was a Iusty infant with resonant
voice. and it has not only grown into a
giant, but we are gradually revolu-
tionizing the world. Now there are
two dozen republics, and nearly every
government conducted by people pos
sessing any considerable degree of
civilization is approximating our pat
tern. Recently we saw the people Of
Norway set up government OF their
own. True, they elected king
elected him. mark you! That's the
main thing. The doctrine Of govern
ment by divine right is dead as the
men who lived before the food. The
Russian revolution is slow in gathering
head, but it is a revolution neverthe-
less. What they need in the realm of
the car is a Patrick Henry or Mira
bean, with tongue of fame, to set their
duh hearts on fire. That he will come
no sane man can doubt. When the
idea OF liberty finds a Judgment In
the minds Of a people they will have
liberty sooner or later. The Russians
are muddled lot, sadly muddled. but
somehow, some time, they will achieve
representative government Now
comes the news glad news-that the
shah Of Persia is about to grant his
people a constitution. So it grows. In
fact several of the so called monarchies
are really representative governments
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
GRANGE FIRE INSURANCE.

Facts About 1t In several Counties
In New York state.
The following table, prepared BY ".
II. Wary, chairman of the fire insur-
ance committee of the New York state
grange, shows that such insurance is
the most popular and profitable sort
for the farmer to carry on his property.
The average cost of insurance in these
companies for 1905 was $1.96 per
81, 900. The companies mentioned be
low. with the exception Of Broome,
Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Genesee,
Onondaga, Ontario and Tioga, COM
prise more than one county within
their jurisdiction:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
On the Wane.


My brilliant friend, Mr.. Secretary OF
the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, now be
gins to realize how sharper than a
serpent's tooth is ingratitude. He has
been the most Industrious and per-
sistent promulgator of the rankest
standpatism, to which school the st.
Louis Globe Democrat belongs In
fact, it is only simple truth to state
that Secretary Shaw has been the head
and front of the stand pat crowd, but
he was rolled by the Iowa Republican
state convention a few days since, by
reason of which performance his presi-
Dental stock fell many points. If
there was any man living who should
receive generous treatment at the
hands of the Globe Democrat and those
of its ilk, that man is Leslie Nj. Shaw
Nevertheless when he opened the Re
publican campaign at Springfield. Mo-,
recently the Globe Democrat devoted
only about three fourths of column
to reporting it, whereas when he spoke
at East st. Louis two years ago the
same CD. devoted nearly an entire
page to a verbatim report Of his
speech Does any sane man believe
that Secretary Shaw speaks less inter
estingly in 1906 than he spoke in 1904f
Oh, mol Shaw's oratorical powers are
not on the .wane. The CD. knew he
had been rolled and Kissed at Des
Moines. Hence its brevity.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30

The successful contestants for the
New York state grange scholarships to
the agricultural courses IN Cornell uni
versity are as follows: Wallace Z.
Fits OF Cayuga county. Jessie ".
Stiles Of st Lawrence county, Roy
Shepard Of Genesee county, Frank z.
Grant OF Monroe county. Roy Badger
of st. Lawrence county and b g.
Morse of Greene county.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
Missouri's Versatility.

MOI long since III one OIL THESE letters
/ stated that John G. Bates, lately
lieutenant general of our armies. and
General Arthur Murray, the new chief
of artillery, are both Missourians-in
fact, both born and bred in my con-
gressional distrct-a fact Of which
am proud. In passing it may be in
terestfng to state that Missouri is the
only state in the Union that sent full
quota of soldiers to both the Union and
Confederate armies during the war be-
tween the States, and that, too, with
out draft. The strange truth is that
the Missouri Union and Confederate
soldiers combined outnumbered the
voters in the state in 1860. But ! did
not start towrite about Missouri soldiers
or about soldiers who once lived III Mis-
souri, Peace hath her victories no less
renowned than war, and MissourPs
victories in these piping times of peace
are NUMEROUS and beneficial
Of course everybody that knows
much knows that Missouri produces the
bulk of the worlds zinc and stands
second only as a producer of lead The
fame of her big red apples has extend
ed to the ends of the earth. Last year
she led in corn. producing 200,000,000
bushels. Besides all her citizens could
eat, and no people under the sun
live better, she shipped out live stock
to the value Of $50, 10, 100. She ship
ped out poultry of the value of $37, 474,
TAT Missouri is fast surging to the
front as dairy state, for which she is
peculiarly adapted by reason OF SOIL
climate and abundance Of good water.
Her forest products amounted to $25.-
$4,000, mill products to SIT, 476,000
and cotton raised in Missouri to $2,S51,-
COO Speaking of cotton, few persons
outside the state know that twenty
eight Missouri counties are good cotton
counties, that at the Chicago worlds
fair Missouri not only took the pre-
MUM for the greatest quantity of cot
ton produced to the acre. but also for
the finest quality of cotton. No part Of
| the Union was ever so Systematically
and outrageously lied about as Missouri
has been Even Republican papers in
the state lied about and slandered her
for forty years, but she is coming into
her own at last The census of 1900
gave her 3, 100000 people. 1t is es-
timated by those who keep tab on her
growth that she now has 100000
citizens. while Republican Iowa on the
north. according to her own census, lost
/ 211a per cent of her population from 1900
to 1905 Missouri's splendid climate.
her rich land, her magnificent geograph
ical situation, her low tax rate and her
public school fund-the largest per
capita school fund in the Union-are
bringing in thousands Of desirable cit
liens from such heavily taxed Republi
can states as Iowa and Illinois, Vol
taire said: Keep on lying and some
of it will stick but all the lies told
about Missouri by Republican papers
within and without the state seem to
have spent their force.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
Personal Appearance.

Shakespeare seems to think there's
nothing in name, and the result OF the
senatorial Republican race in Illinois
seems to indicate that there's more
in personal appearance than in a
name Ex-Governor Richard Yates
I'd, who was running on the reputa-
ton of Governor Richard Yates LIST,
and Uncle Shelby NJ. Cullom, who
was running on his physical re,
semblance to Abraham Lincoln, were
pitted against each other for the toga,
and your Uncle Shelby won. Repre-
sentative Cushman of the state Of
Washington should ponder that fact,
for he, TOO looks like Lincoln. Indeed,
men who have seen all three say that
Cushman's resemblance to the great
emancipation is even stronger than
Uncle Shelby's. He rejoices in the
sobriquet of .the Abe Lincoln of the
Pacific Slope" What's more, Cush
man is not unlike Lincoln in wit,
hunor, common sense and the power Of
luminous statement. And what's still
more. he is possessed Of a superb au
dacity which may carry him far: His
assault upon the !. Republican house
machine was as fine an exhibition Of
nerve, gall. courage and daredeviltry
as this generation has witnessed. It
was equal to the charge of the Light
brigade on the Old Guard at Waterloo
Senator Robert Marion La Toilette
has never been persona grata to the
Republican bigwigs. and If he keeps
on the way he is now performing he
will be anathema among them He
carries with him, SO it is said, black
list OF senators who did not vote to
suit him on certain important meas
ures. particularly the railroad rate bill.
and in his Chantauqua lectures takes
the hides of his blacklisted senators
of and hangs them on the nearest
fence to dry IN Indiana the ungodly
Democrats and the wicked antima
chine Republicans tell with ghoulish
glee an amazing story to the effect that
at one Chautauqua IN Hoosierdom the
manager induced Senator James A.
Hemenway to preside and to introduce
Senator La Toilette and that La Fol
lette proceeded to roast all on his black
list. including poor Hemenway That
was simply awful, don't sou know,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
M0TIcE OF sETTLENE MT.

Notice is hereby given that the account o.
Elmer Ashcraft and lizzie ID. AsbcraIss aamln-
ceased, will be audited by the Surrogate and re,
ported for settlement TO the Orphans Court OF
the County of Gloucester, on Friday september
ELMER ASHCRAFT.
LIZZIE d. ASHCRAFT,
Administrators.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30

about the Alaskan seals, and showing
the cloven foot generally. The WASH
ington Post. an enthusiastic pro Jap
paper during the Russo-Jap anese war,
is among the first to get its eyes open.
1t says editorialiy::
It is all very well for the New York
Sun to argue that Japans interests must
needs incline her to tho closest and most
friendly relations with the United States.
No doubt if Japan could be made to see
her interests through our eyes she might
take the Suns view Of the matter The
fact remains. however, that these very
cocky little orienrals are not exhibiting
the smallest anxiety to capture our aft
fections. but, on the contrary. seem to
have embarked IN an enterprise which
savors very strongly of deliberate irrlta-
ton and eneroachment
We pretend to no astonishment on this
score Ever since General Macarthur
captured the papers of the Filipino lead
er. Trias. in 1900 and unearthed indisputa-
bic evidence of japanese cooperation In
the insurrectionary activities of Trias
and his coadjutors, we have been con-
WINGED that the United States could ex-
peet nothing but hostility and treachery
from Japan however loudly the latter
might profess devotion and good faith.
We were quite prepared, therefore, Tor
the trickery through which our CONNER
cial efforts have been baff1ed in Man
thuria and equally SO for the organized
system of piracy in our sealing waters,
which within the past few days has de-
veloped an ugly and formidable clash.
Keeping yigilant account of all these
disclosures and manifestations and find
ing them in significant harmony with the
conclusion forced upon US six years ago.
we naturally recognize in the present at
titude Of the California people toward the
japanese influx a perfectly logical and
sinister development For example. the
San Francisco Chronicle of the 4th in
slant has this TO say:
s.San Francisco needs labor, but it does
not need Japanese labor On the con-
trary. it breads such labor for reasons
which conscientious journalists will not
freely discuss. The Japanese had better
stay away from San Francisco and from
California. And yet they mostly
from Hawaii which is openly used as the
stepping stone from Japan to California
and the whole mainland of the United
States The net Increase of arrivals over
departures at this port has been for the
first quarter of the year 2.166 and for the
second quarter, ended June 3d. 3,606''
In other words, while we maintain a
vast machinery for the exclusion of the
Chinese incidentally insulting and brow
beating hundreds of the best representa-
tives of that race annually. we keep q
door wide open for the indiscriminate adj
mission of the most offensive, undesirable
and mischievous immigrants to be found
in all the world.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
NOTES OF SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the account Of
Isaac Derrickson, deceased will be audited by
the Surrogate and reported for settlement to the
Orphans Court of the County OF Gloucester on
Friday, September 2sth A. D. 1905:
HANCE HELMS,
Administrator.
Dated surrogate,s Office, Aug. 22nd 1906.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30

sW%TT HEN Hon. Samuel Gompers,
NM president of the American
Wv Federation of Labor. shall
have gone to his final re-
ward, it cannot be truly said Of him
that he wasted his ammunition on small
game in this lower world On the con-
trary, he Is hunter of not only big
game, but of the biggest game. His
motto seems to be, whenever head
pops up opposed to organized labor
swat it, and swat it hard" Last spring
he bearded President Roosevelt, Mr..
Speaker Cannon and Hon. William p.
Frye, president pro tenn. of the senate,
in their dens-if the marble halls in
which they have their official habitats
may be called dens-and read the riot
act to those high and mighty func-
tionaries In no uncertain words. His
meaning was clear as crystal. Not
getting from them what he wanted, he
made up a list of senators and repre-
sentatives in congress whom he con-
sidered unfriendly to organized labor
and vowed he would have their politi-
cal scaIps. The first one marked for
slaughter is Hon. Charles E. Little
field of Maine-first because the con-
gressional elections are held In Maine
in September. Lately Mr.. Gompers
has jumped on the managers of the
isthmian canal because they propose
to employ Chinese coolies in building
the canal. In this Mr.. Gompers is
entirely correct. In every American
enterprise the motto should be. NO
Chinese need apply" He Is clearly
right in his contention that employ
ment of Chinese coolies on the canal
is in violation of the Chinese exclusion
act, for the canal zone is to all intents
and purposes American territory, and
the exclusion act shuts them out Of all
American territory. In two speeches
at the last session of congress
I charged that the administration is
endeavoring to weaken the Chinese
exclusion act by nonenforcement of
its provisions. Now the administra-
ton boldly infracts the latter as well
as the spirit of the Chinese exclusion
act. All good and true Americans will
indorse the stand that President
Gompers has taken in favor of Ameri-
can labor and American civilization.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat and
other Republican organ grinders
which represent President Gompers as
cheap demagogue misrepresent the
man. He has as much sense and is
as good a patriot as President Roose-
welt. Uncle Joe, President Pro TEN.
Frye, Charles E. Littlefield, Secretary
Taft, President Shonts or any of the
rest of the Republican bigwigs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-30
OF SETTLEMENT.

flames ". Hughes. executor OF the estate OF
Elizabeth Ham. deceased, will be audited by
the Surrogate and reported for settlement to the
Orphans Court OF the County OF gloucester, on
Friday, September 2sth A. d. 1906
JAMES W. HUGHES,
Executor.
Dated surrogate's ofiee. Aug. 22nd 1905.