Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-01-11

date, He has been persuaded to with
draw in favor of Rushing, the other
candidate"
The uproar died down. and tense si-
lence succeeded once more. What the
crowd anticipated had happened.
They recognized MacPherson's crafty
hand Was the boss checkmated by
his sworn enemy? In the hearts of the
McAdoo followers CONSERVATION now
reigned
Out of the tense silence a voice rang
out:
"Mr. Chairmanr'
'sMr. Remingtonp'
The big man who had broken the ST.
lence before now sprang to his feet
again. Remington Give EN- b..
Paul: give 'em h." The crowd took
up the shout. Remington. Reming-
tonr' While the applause lasted Ell
eanor saw young man walk rapidly
toward the stage from his seat in the
rear of the parquet.
''Who is he?' she demanded of her
brother
"McAdoo's mouthpiece" he answered
shortly. shifting uneasily in his seat.
AS he stood on the platform. waiting
for the applause TO subside. Paul Rem
ington thrilled with the knowledge
that bis moment had come-a moment
| such as comes but once in a lifetime
I, and to but few men,
And before him sat the woman of his
dreams
| He raised his hand. and the applause
ceased There was an instant's hush
81 am not here TO upbraid'
The tragedy that had come into her
young life had left Eleanor Gilbert but
one relic of her girlhood. passionate
| love of music As the first words fell
from Pauls lips she felt thrill. For
time. giving no heed to the sense Of
his words. she listened with the musi-
clans trained ear to the wonderful
voice. deep yet resonant and hexibIe.
under perfect control. carrying faint
ly minor quality. Gradually the spell
of the orator took bold upon her.
"When the American republic was
founded the triumph of democracy
was believed complete But eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty And
we-almost to our undoing-hav
slept" In simple vet vivid words Paul
went on to describe the commercial
Industrial and political evils that have
taken root among US
"Yet these evils.r he declared. "per-
nicious as their immediate effects,
might be endured were it not that
they threaten the existence of our vital
instil ution. popular government Time
was. perhaps. when our industrial
kings were content to build within the
pale of the law But industrial condi-
tons and methods changed The ma
chinery of the -government-ha
become the creature of corporate
wealth"
| At this point in his speechNPaul cast
aside restraint and poured forth tor
rent of invective against corporate
greed and its servants. At the conclu-
sion of his climax not sound could be
heard in the theater. His audience sat
wrapped in an ominous silence.
what do these things mean?" Paul
continued. "Of late a new word has
come into use among us. plutocracy!
Government by wealth. for wealthy
| the very nature of the lust that gives
1t birth. ever constituencies, pitiless.
ever unutterabfy selfish. an enemy to
the equal brotherhood of men!'
| In plain. unmincing terms Paul out
lined the political history of the state.
In it the forces of plutocracy were
most strongly intrenched For gen
Grafton until the time when John
| Dunmeade had dared to set his face
against the powers Of corruption. 1t
had lain PROSTATE. unprotesting, under
| the heel of great railway monopoly.
This monopoly. abetted by the steel in
! terests of the city, had robbed the
greatest state of the Union. of its virtue
and independence One man. by grace
of his control of the railway system.
had dictated the choice of officers and
their official policy Bosses might
come and bosses might go, but one and
| all they owed allegiance to the one
master 400 miles away. whose wrath
was more to be feared by the political
! ly ambitious than the anger of God.
In return for their allegiance the bosses
had been permitted to pillage the city
! at will.
But" cried Paul passionately. there
was man in our midst, bred in their
school. who saw their power and de-
termined to break it,
Simply. without exaggeration, Paul
sketched the local political history,
beginning with Bob's open break with
Macpherson and leading up to his VIC
tory in the recent primaries, when
Hemenway had been nominated. $50
this man of steel. standing alone
against the corporate wealth Of a
whole state. has put your enemy to
rout. TO William Hemenway he gave