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stonc chorus that party is getting on very "'"
without him.
There Is no proof yet that even the Peop'o VI
Maine want National change.

Maine want National change.
A few DAYS ago The TRIBUNE remarked thae
dilieent perusal of Southern newspapers was the
surest process for converting an independent ks-
,ublican into stalwart The Mobile Register dls-
sents from this view, and remarks with genuine
Southern fervor that if tho people OF the North
would read the leading and representative Journals
of tho South it would be tho worst thing thai co"
bappen for THE TRIBUNE, for its idiOcy ana MIS-
representation would be exposed" me heo'"
probably considers itself n leading ana represeh-
tative journal" What has it to say OF these re-
marks from its columns of September l., 1927,
on the subject Of repndiatlng the state dept lad,
we had repudiated and rejected the wh0lc dept
there would have been no ground for complaint on
the part of those who, during four years OF war
wiped out in Alabama property egnI IN States
l. that " dOcy misrepresentation OF sohd
Southern sentimenti How long would the Natlonal
debt be safe in the hands OF men VINO taih III 'n''
way about repudlatlOnf
Will tho business men of New York please take
look at the Greenback and Democratic crowd III
Maine DO they want that crowd to control thc
finances of the country If not they cannot wake
up any too soon.
Senator Bayard is in the South arraignng the
Republican party as the party of dishonest money
and holding up the Democratic party as the party
of honest money. He seems to have forgotten that
he was almost kicked ont of the Democratic party
because as chairman of the Senate FINANCE Cohi-
mttoe he stood in the way Of his partys schemes
for defeating resumption2nd n0odlng the country
with cheap money
The Republicans have been having it too easy.
backset Will teach them something.
Congressman's Aiken's declaration that il the
South furnished the most of the Democratic votes
in Congress it ought TO have more OF the plllnder
and more Of its own way in the direction OF AFFAIRS,
continues TO make trouble. The Newbe1y -. ~
Hrdid, of September 3, says the utterancc was
very untmely, and not calculated to help the Ma
tional Democracy in its fight for the Presidency"
The Hcrald gives this sample of its way of helping
on that fight 1T is poor policy to be squabbllng
and qnarrclling in the face OF common enemy. III
there evils To be corrected III the NatOhaI party
ii riH be time enough 10 do ii after inc pyiy gtis m1
pOucr.p Tins is the Ioombs view OF the case Inc
old boys of the South will see to IL that Hancock
does the fair thing by them" Southern sentiment
is solid OH that question.
Courage and forward! A preliminary disap-
po,ntment is often the very best thing for
the party that to be victorious in
great campaign. Bull Run had to come before APP
pomattoX. But this isn't Il Bull Rum 1t is one OF
those engagements alter which both sides camp on
the battlefield.
William H. English was Southern tool and toady
in 1860, and he holds the same position now. Does
the country yoarn to him presiding over the
United States Senate, and To have HIM tor four
years within step of the Presidential chairi
Maine Republicans found it a tougher job than
they expected to whip two parties together. Next
time they may have chance at them IN detail.
The Democrats have had control of Congress for
five years, and in that time have increased the pub
lie expenditures $l1,000.000. an average of over
IS 600 900 "A year, in spite of the opposition of a
Republican Senate. WHAT would they do 1T they
had both Senate and House and the PRESIDENT