Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-10-03
POLITICAL
President Back In Harness.

President Roosevelt returned to the
executive mansion in Washington
from his summer home at Oyster Bay
on Sept. 25. accompanied by his fam
| lily. His Oyster Bay neighbors gave
him the customary friendly sendoff
He went to work on routine business
preparatory to his speechmaking trip
down the Mississippi, which is to be
followed by bear hunt and camping
| out excursion in the Louisiana cane
brakes.
Gompers VIII Oppose Taft.
In leading editorial for the current
Federationist President Gompers of
| the American Federation of Labor de-
scribes Secretary Taft as "the injunc-
| ton standard bearer" and takes the
| position that no one can compel a la
| boring man to buy where he does not
want to buy. He says that Taft's con-
tention in regard to the boycott would
lead to the dispersion and forcible
| breaking up by court orders of every
| assemblage of workingmen, however
innocent or lawful their purpose, and
to the notification of all their agree
ments.
Murphy Holds Tammany Fort.
| The contest between the Mcclellan
and Murphy factions for the control
| of the Tammany organization in New
York city resulted in decisive victory
for Murphy. the present Tammany
leader, in the primaries. Only two Nc
Clellan men carried their districts.
Lands Not Candidate.
Judge K NJ Lands when told that
there was a movement on foot to Sc
cure for him the Democratic presiden-
| tial nomination said ITO assume that
| I would accept political preferment as
| a reward for anything / might do on
the bench is TO impeach my integrity
as a man and my honor as a Judge
No, sir, won't dignity the rumor by
discussing it..
Regulation Of Regulation"
Before the American Bankers asso-
citation at Atlantic City Charles Emory
Smith, former postmaster general, COM
mended the efforts of President Roose-
velt to put the big combinations of
capital under control of the laws, but
said that some of the so called awaken
ing of the public and the anticorpora
ton agitation was "a wild and hys-
terical crusade against all colossal en-
terprises and all corporate activity"
He thought there was call for sober
| judgment and that it was senseless to
decry all combinations. He concluded
that regulation itself might need to be
regulated and that the craze for fam
tastic interference in some states
would in due time run its course. The
captains of Industry must administer
their great trusts in obedience to law.
in the spirit of justice, in the interest
OF the stockholders and of the public ii
they would preserve prosperity and
put a check on the present agitation
and outcry, which, unless retarded BIZ
proper means. would result in ''lawless
socialism"
Root Off to Meet Diaz.
Secretary of State Root, accompanied
by his family and suit, left Washing
ton Sept. % on his long expected trip
to Mexico, where he is to be the guest
OF President Diaz and prepare for the
coming conference of the Central
American republics at Washington.
This visit is expected to supplement
the work of pan-Americanism begun
by Secretary Roots South American
journey. Never before has an Arneri-
can secretary of state been the person
al guest of all the principal countries
of the western hemisphere.
jamestown Policy Depiored.
Chancellor AfacCracken in opening the
New York university for the year Sc
verely criticised the government for its
attitude toward the jamestown exposi-
ton, which he described as "a national
exposition with the nation conspicu-
ously absent" He argued that this
should have been sentimental DEM
onstration with only some fitting pro-
vision for receiving and entertaining
bodies of pilgrims to the historic spot,
but without all the expenditure for the
display of merchandise and military
ornaments.
Nebraska Endorses Taft.
The Republican state convention at
Lincoln, Neb., formally recognized IN
Secretary Taft the logical candidate
to perpetuate the policies of President
Roosevelt. On the same day the Demo-
cratic state convention Endorsed Bryan
for president and johnson for vice
president.
Ol<iahoma May Come In.
President Roosevelt has put an end
to the talk about keeping Oklahoma
out Of the Union BY making It known
that be world adopt the constitution
adopted By the new state, although be