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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-06-03


"a joy-riding chauffeur who ran
down and killed lad in the streets of
New York and then fed in the ma
chine, was captured in Texas, brought
back to Network, and on Saturday
last, convicted of manslaughter in the
first degree. One of the jurors wanted
to send him to the electric chair. The
evidence in the case warranted the
verdict and the conviction is to be
commended as a much needed ex-
ample of applied justice. The reck-
less running of automobiles should
be recognized as crime and every
casualty where the responsibility is
definitely laid upon the driver of the
machine should call forth adequate
punishment The joy-riding boy
slayer convicted in the New York
court should be given considerable
period behind prison bars to mediate
upon his reckless disregard of the
rights of others and callous indiffer-
ence when he had taken human life. .
The above was clipped from Tues
days Post-Telegram and this paper
subscribes ito every word of the edi-
tors comment.
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had written a Contemptuous and oppro-
bTiOus epithet.
Stockton was furious when he read
what The British officer had written.
Learning that the officer was aboard one
of the English men-Of-war in the bay,
Stockton sent him a challenge. The
Englishman seemed disincIned to fight
except at long range with pistols, but a
duel was finally arranged. Stockton
shot the English officer in his leg. The
Britisher dropped, yelling, I'm hit I'm
hit! Are you satisfied" Stockton said
he was not, but finally agreed to let the
matter drop if the Britisher showed
proper courtesy to all Americans there
after.
,, When the Erie arrived at Gibraltar
the captain of a Boston merchant yes
sci came aboard and complained Of the
treatment to which he had been sub
jected. There was a regulation in Gil
braltar that at night every one should
carry a lantern. The captain did not
know this and walked a hundred feet
or so ashore without a light. For this
I he was arrested and cast into a dun
geon by the British officer in command
also being 1ogged and grievously
abused. He was rescued from the pris-
on by the United States consul, but was
unable to obtain any redress. The cap
tain of the Boston merchantmen then
/ challenged the British officer, but bis
| challenge was received with the con-
! temptuous inquiry whether he was
fool enough to suppose that a British
| officer would fight the captain of q
! damned Yankee merchantmen"
Stockton tried to get redress for the
! Boston captain, but was repealed in a
manner that provoked him to fighting
! pitch. He challenged the Englishman
and when they met put a bullet in him.
The manner in which the British Of
fcer acted on the field led Stockton to
declare that even in the duel he had
shown a cOwaTdly spirit One Of the
| seconds therupOn remarked that il
Stockton did not apologize he would
have to fight all the officers Of the regi-
ment. Stockton said he would be de-
lighted. He said he would assume that
| the seconds remark was a challenge
from all the officers Of the regiment
and that he would accept it. Before
Stockton could shoot UP the whole gar
risOn, the governor Of Gibraltar inter
/ posed. At his suggestion the command
er of the American squadron forbade
the officers Of the Erie to 60 ashore
| This did not end t, however. The
squadron sailed away, but few months
later the Erie returned. Stockton got
after the Englishmen again and received
a message from the British captain
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there must have been a hot spirit, or
else it is hard to understand his char
acter, He was a great admirer Of An
drew Jackson. He got TO look like "Old
Hickory" he got TO act like him, he
got to think like him, and he got to do
like him. Stockton entered the navy as
midshipman Sept. l, 1911, when he was Is
years old, and was ordered to join the
frigate President, which he did Feb. II,
1872. There were all sorts of rumors Of
war in those days. Great Britain and
France had taken men off American
vessels and were impressing them into
their service. The whole coast Of the
United States was patrolled by British
warships. The President cTuised along
the coast until June 1, and then returned
to New York.
On June p, 1912, three days after the
declaration Of war with Great Britain,
Commodore Rodgers sailed from New
York in command Of a squadron consist
ing OF the President, Congress, Hornet
and Argus. For five months the squad
ron ranged the seas, and young Stock
ton saw plenty of action. Rodgers
skiTted the British coast for time. and
got up as much of a scare in Britain
as did Paul Jones in an earlier day.
When the squadron returned after sail
lilE L=1DJU lllltCS8 IL lAclQ CalLuIEu LlGllA
vessels, and the fame of Rodgers was
established.
By reason of his family's position, the
young midshipman was appointed aid
TO the secretary of the navy, and re-
manned in Washington until the capital
was attacked by the British, and con-
gress fled. Then he went back 70 active
! service. He was Commodore Rodgers
aid in the defense Of Baltimore, and con-
Quoted himself so CALAMITY that lie was
promoted lieutenant. Pretty good rec
ord; lieutenant in the navy at IS.
The Algerian Affair.
It was after the close Of the War of
1912 that Stockton got real busy. The
rulers of the Barbary states had beer
pTeying on American commerce and
holding Americans for ransom, and
Commodore Decatur was sent TO the
Mediterranean with a squadron consist
ing OF the Guerrero, Macedonian, Con-
stituuon, Ontario, Epervier, FREELY,
Flambeau, Spark, Spitfre and Torch to
teach a lesson to them.
Stockton sailed as junior lieutenant on
/ the Guerrero, but was transferred soon
after to the Spithre, in which vessel he
acted as first lieutenant. The squadron
had been in the Mediterranean but a
few days when the Guerrero and Spit
fire fell In with the Algerian frigate
MISSOURI, forty-fOur guns. In the chase
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STOCKTON

nations TO obtain possession Of IL by
purchase or by treaty, but without
avail When Stockton reached this ter
ritOry he found it all it had been de-
scribed. The natives were ruled by head
men, and the head Of these head men
was known as King Peter. The natives
made raids into the interior and pTeyed
upon their less warlike neighbOrs, sell
ing them into slavery.
Stockton disguised the real object OF
his mission and began trading with the
head men until he got on good terms
with them. Then he gradually present
ed to them the advantages of having the
country inhabited by civilized negroes,
who would bring commerce, civilization
and comforts to the land. He made so
good an impression by his arguments
that he finally got to a point where a
meeting was arranged between him and
King Peter. but when the day for the
meeting arrived he was told King Peter
had gone to his stronghold, twenty
miles in the interior. The only word
the king left was that Stockton might
follow if he dared.
The only companion Stockton had was
missionary who acted as Interpreter,
but he did not hesitate a minute. The
way to King Peters stronghold lay
through swamp and jungle. Stockton
had all the difficulties Of tropical trav-
cling on the trip, but finally he reached
King Peters fort. The king received
| him harshly, demanding to know why
/ Stockton had followed him. The king
said he considered Stockton had offend
| ed against royal dignity and should be
/ chastised.
In King Peters retinue was a mulattO
/ who had Travelled to the United States
/ and elsewhere, and who was more in
/ telligent than King Peter or any other
Of the head men. He was chief adviser
to the king.
To the announcement Of the king,
/ Stockton answered mildly and diplomat
/ ically. While Stockton was addressing
King Peter through the missionary in
| terpreteT, the mulatto rose and de-
| nounced Stockton as an enemy Of the
| slave trade. Immediately the whole
! party Of head men, one hundred or
more IN number jumped up roaring
! threats to kill Stockton.
There were no six-shooters in those
/ days and no repeating rifles, but Stock
ton acted as calmly as if he was on the
| quarterback Drawing two navy pis-
tolls, he handed one Of the missionary
and said: "ShOOt that villain Of a mu-
latto If he opens his lips again" With
| his other pistol he took aim at King
/ Peters head and sternly instructed the
/ king to sit down and behave himself
until Stockton got through talking with
him or he would be killed instantly.
King Peter and the whole party near
/ " collapsed from fright at this one
/ mans daring.
And then and there, pistol in hand,
Stockton practically dictated the treaty
] by which Liberia was created and that
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w. H T. which tn sinitor said come
firm an unknown admirer. Tn sinitor
was in a happy frame ~ mind today
an permitted siv'ral speeches, indicat-
in with a nod iv his head his fav-rites
Among his callers was Prisidint Taft.
who wore his customary contagious
smile. TIL sinitor was engaged at tn
moment in an important conf renee
with tn prisidint iv tn glue thrust, but
with his customary affability he come
to tn dure an afther shakin' hands
pleasantly with his visitor an givin
him a ticket to tn strangers gallery
iv tn sinit chamber, begged to be ex-
cused. Misther Taft wished TO be in
thrajooced 10 tn gintleman who, as he
said, with a laugh, occupied tn same
position in tn glue business that he did
in tn govermint. But tn great man
was busy at his legislative wurruk Nv
revisin' tn tariff on glue an cud not
be disturbed. Mr.. Taft, still wearfn'
his contagious smile. fingered awhile
couectia' tn autygrafts iv sinitOrs
Among tn priceless gems he secured
were specimens Nv tn handwritin' iv
Sinitors Bivridge. Lorimer an DepOo.
'Sinitor Aldhrieh is wan iv tn most
poplar rulers tn republic has liver had
He is always jainyaI an affable an his
manner is tn same tO'ards tn giniral
manager iv a pow'rful wood plup COM
p'ny an an ordhinry cabinet officer. He
comes to tn sinit chamber in an auty-
clined to use a sedan chair PRESENTED
to him be tn Medieval Furniture Man
nyfacthers iv Grand Rapids in thanks
fr tn jooty iv forty per clint with
which he pro-ticts their infant indus
thry again tn pauper old furniture
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illusthrees men was whin Tiddy Rosen-
felt done somethin' INJURIOUS to him.
It was like gettin' fame by bein'
among those prisint at a boiler explo-
sion. Now, be hivens, Wash'nton is as
fun ~ statesmen as a hotel corrydor
in Allybama. Great leaders iv public
thought can open their mouths without
tn prisidint putin his foot into it. No
longer is a United States sinitor afraid
to do his jooty to tn great inthrests
that have sint him as their riprisinta-
tive in Wash'ntOn. No longer, whin a
message firm tn prisidint is an
nounced does a congressman have to
arise in his seat an say: Misther
Speaker, befure tn message is read !
wisht to say that if there is anything
in it about me stealth a pair fv pants,
it is a base calumy. Tn pants were
given to me be a man in his sleep, who
f'rgot about it No. sir, we have a
prisidiut now who is satisfied to be
prisidint an nawthin' more-prisidint
firm tn Latin wurrud manin' TO sit
down.
'Ye pick up tn pa-aper nowadays
an We read: 'Sinitor Aldhrich shows
none " tn sthrain " worry which tn
responsibilities " governmint has
placed upon his shoulders. TIL aise
with which he dispatches public bust
ness is tn talk Nv tn capitol. Befure
permitin' tn sinit to convene this
mornin' he passed on at Taste a hun
dheTd applications FIR Office, received
tn diplomatic. corps an issued a num-
Der iv important ordhers to tn navy,
Win he entered tn sinit tn sinitors
arose as usual but he babe thin be
seated On his desk was a bunch iv
frget-me-nots bearin' a card marked
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mannyfacthers iv Europe. In tn sinit
his manner is simple an direct. He
says nawthin'. Afther revisin' tn
prayer he seats himsilf among tn
others an a stranger vSud hardly be
able to pick him out. Yet so great is
his power that he has been known to
keep wan ~ tn most prominent man
nyfacthrers iv tenpenny nails waitini
five minyits while he coortously lis
tened TO a speech be wan iv tn hum
blest " Dimmycratic sinitors.
Far dif'rent firm tn scene in tn
sinit chamber is tn doins at tn White
house. Tn fxicutive mansion no long
er resounds with shrieks w pain. Nc
longer is tn passerby startled be cries
iv: 'Ye will, will we?' an Let me up
me back is broke An air iv digni1ed
peace broods over tn classic roof. Tn
vin'rabIe Waterman sleeps undisturbed
at his post. Tn sweet silence is broken
on'y be tn dull droning iv tn blue bot
tie fly an tn private sicrety. Spiders
have wOve their web over tn boxin'
gloves an tn tennis rackets. In til
chamber sets tn prisidint. wearin' his
contagious smile an occasionally sign
in something. How din'rent is this
firm tn old disordherIy days. YET
Prfs.dint Taft has won tn RESPECT an
admiration iv all classes. His jainality
was shown tn other night whin fndin
himsilf alone at dinner time, he set out
to provide himsiif with comp'ny. Lock
in his private sicretry in tn dinin
room he took an autymobill an ranged
tn sthreets. He first landed Congress
man Nick LOngworth, who was divin'
into a hotel. Afther securin' A1istheT
Longworth in tn autymObill, tn prisi-
dint chased his aide de camp. Captain
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Pirates, Canals and Races.
Stockton was Chirty years old when
he got back TO the United States. He
had honOrs enough for any man, It
seemed, so, there being no war or
prospect Of war, he wanted 90 resign
from the navy and enjoy Life But be-
fore he could do this he was ordered to
the West Indies 70 rid the Gulf Of Mex
leo Of pirates.
For centuries the gulf had been in
tested with buccaneers. who had all
sorts Of odd harbors in which 70 hide.
LATTE had his headquarters once at
Galveston, once at Barataria and once
at Dry Tortugas. Some Of the Spanish
fTeebOOters had their bases IN the Ba-
hamas. Within six months Stockton
had cleaned out every known strong
hold Of the pirates and had sunk sew
eTal pirate craft and killed or captured
dozens Of the sea robbers.
This work done, his resignation was
accepted. He got a charter for the Del
aware and Raritan canal, and built that
waterway. Incidentally. he turned his
attention to politics and horse racing.
In politics, Of course, he was the stanCh
supported Of Andrew Jackson. In horse
racing he was a good deal like the late
D. D. Withers, not much on the betting
end, but great on breeding and inn
menseIy proud when one Of his home
I bred colts won a race
He was a distinguished success on the
turf too, although he did spend a large
sum on his breeding establishment.
Among the great stations he imported
from England were Trustee and Lang
ford, and he also imported that maguid-
/ cent brood mare Diana. For nearly
twenty years the Stockton horses were
prominent IN America, and today the
blood Of the Stockton horses can Be
traced in many Of the great families OF
thOToughbreds.
But horse racing and canal building
and politics are slow, dreadfUlly slow
for a man who loves the sea. In 1898
Stockton was back on the ocean. He
sailed In December OF that year IN the
Ohio as feet captain Of the Mediterra-
mean squadron. He returned IN 1899,
and In 1871 the position Of secretary Of
the navy was offered 70 him, but he de-
clined It. He did not care for Office,
and it probably is just as well that he
did not, for he had more useful work to
do Under his supervision the sloop
/ Princeton, the first naval vessel Of the
United States to use steam, was built
Conquest Of California.
In 1874 he had sailed in the Princeton
to carry the annexation resolutions to
the government OF Texas, and in 1845,
| before the breaking out Of the Mexican
war, he had been sent TO the Pacific in
the frigate Congress 10 relieve Commo-
Continued on Page 6.
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apers were full iv him. Tn president
sint FIR Sinitor AIdhrich to come to tn
White house to be insulted about tn
intarnal rivnOo bill TIL sinitor re-
piled that he cud not go as his life in
surance policy had lapsed. TIL prisi-
dint informed him that onless he come
he 9TH prisidinO wud go an fetch him.
Sinitor Aldhrich appeared later at tn
White house, where tn prisidint held
an annymated conversation at him.
Whin tn sinitor enlarged he Informed
tn reporters that tn PRESIDENTS ar
eynints were so forcible that tn bill
wud be aminded to suit his wishes. II
was reported at tn White house that
durin' tn chat Sinitor Aldhrich slipped
an tore his coat up tn back besides
sustainin' a confusion iv tn right eye.
Prisidint Rosenfelt has ordherrd all
admirals in tn navy weighin' over two
hundred pounds to climb to tn top
mast ivry mornin' at 8 o'clock.
Prisidint Rosenfelt has wrote a letter
to tn sultan Nv Turkey advisin' him to
abdicate. He has abdicated. Prisi-
dint Rosenfelt has received a gift iv
pair " hand-embroidered suspinders
firm tn kaiser, wuTTuked be tn kai-
ser's own hands. 800 Uncle Joe Can
non has been set back five numbers be
tn prisidint f'r careless craftsmanship
durin' tn last Congressional RECEPTION
He now goes into tn White house
afther foorth-class postmasthers- Tn
sage iv vermillyon county is greatly
DETECTED over his disgrace, but he IS
practicin' daily in his office an hopes
to regain tn favor iv his revered leader
There weren't amy statesmen in
this country f'r nearly eight years
Tn on'y time ye heerd iv wan iv these
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By F. P. DUN NE
Copyright, 1909 by H. H. Mcclure & Company

Butts, FIR nearly a mile. Captain Butts
jumped into a milk wagon but was
finally overtaken at tn corner iv G
sthreet an surrendered. Tn prisidint
nailed a retired admiral in Rhode island
avnoo an an assistant sicretry iv tn
inteeryor in front iv tn Capitol, where
he was caught wheelin' a baby car
redge. With his guests IN prisidint
returned to tn White house an enjoyed
a dinner that was a great sOcyal sue
cess considhrin' that Sinitor Aldhrich
on that very night was givin' a bankiJ
Nv prom nent officyals to meet tn
westhern agent iv tn new creamery
butter departmint iv tn Standard He
comp'ny.'
An there We ar-re. "Tis a good
thing we have a prisidint with a policy
iv coaxing. Nanny a man can be
cOaxed that cudden't be dhriven. Ye
catch more flies with moHasses thin
vinegar, but We catch more with fy
paper thin with ayether, an ye catch
thin good. Tiddy ROsenfelt had no
idee iv catchin' flies alive an tamin
thin so they cud do thricks. His idee
was that wan dead, hostile fly was bet
Their thin a thousand live an frindIy
vans. so be used to swing a club at
thin. Sometimes he dented tn wall or
knocked a clock off tn manuepiece OF
landed on tn head iv an innocent visit
or, but sometimes he nailed a fly. But
me frind Willum Hatch Taft is not a
destructive nature. He rules be love
alone. He is niver angry. Ye niver see
him get red in tn face because things
go wrong with him. No, sir. His first
jooty to MS country is 10 cultivate
good nature. His counsel to his coun-
thrymen is Grin an bear it. I know
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BY RICHARD sPILLANE.

Within half a mile of the campus Of
Princeton university, New Jersey, there
Is simple, solid dignified old dwelling
which many a millionaire would be de-
lighted 20 own. 1t was built $50 or 200
years ago. in a day Of sound timbers
and honest workmen, and is as good to-
dav as the day It was finished. 1t has
an air of peace and responsibility CT
ouietude and COntentment, well suited
20 its Quaker beginnings and its uuiver-
atty surroundings. Queer cradle for the
.rsatest fighting man that the American
navy ever has known Or probably ever
will know. Here was born in 1876 Rob
ert Field Stockton, the Andrew Jackson
Of the sea. Into his life was crowded
enough Of adventure. enough Of danger,
enough OF dueling, enough Of conquest
10 supply a regiment Of Dumas. Prac-
tcally singlehsnded and alone he took,
at the point Of his pistol, the vast terri
tory that is now the Republic Of Liberia.
He conquered California and gave it TO
the United States. Once he was under
engagement to fight duels with all the
British officers on duty at Gibraltar. He
threw hot shot into the gentlemanly ruff
fans of the Barbary states, and ne scat
tered the pirates who in the STst half
Gulf OF Meico. He loved nothing better
than a scrap. ard particularly if 1t was
with an Englishman. He had reason to
hate the English. because his grand
father that great man, Richard Stock
ton, the signer of the Declaration Of In
dependence, died as the result of toe
brutal treatment he received while a
prisoner in the British Jail in New York
in the Revolutionary war.
An Aristoerat of Aristoerats.
Of all the fighting men of America,
aristocrat by birth and training than
any other. More than one hundred years
prior TO the Declaration of Independence
HIS ancestors, who were persons Of
wealth and position, had come from
England and purchased a tract Of 5000
acres OF land in what now is Princeton.
They were Quakers and left England
TO escape persecution from the StuaTts.
Richard stockton, the signer OF the Dec
laraJiOn of Independence, was one Of the
greatest lawyers Of his time. He was
SO great a man that when he went
abroad, long before the evolution, every
difference and honor was shown 70 him
in France and England. Richard Stock
ton, son Of The signer and father Of the
naval hero. was for forty years the lead
or of the bar in New Jersey, md the
Joseph II. Choate Of the first quarter Of
the nineteenth century.
The law had no attractions for Robert
stockton, Fighting Bob" as he always
was known. Somewhere far back among
the Quaker ancestors Of Fighting Rob"