Gunnison news-champion., 1903-03-27
The NEV DEMOCRACY.

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fuc Garusan. II sEa- casnp.aEasIsels
easy b. exE,s-e Cleveland. Hill and
their coseries 81 pretended donao.
crais who art known o. have vs,sed
the republican ticket ssRoc is9e
Nine-ienths af fhe eemssrasie ranl
and 6le are ready to applaud visk
aai any argument II i a diisercni
matter 60 definitely declare fhaf
Garmaa leadership h dangerous
Here is an able man whose rcg,slarliy
is unqucstioued yei whose leader
ship would lead through high ssund
mg battle cries d tariff relorrn
and the trusts must - to tLs
same useless vietarv where mauo,
controls legislabaa and the maSse
are ignored
The artiilc is bon l1ng t1r pubh
cation in full bm wc append sna.
seetilHs of IN:
As ana exponent of demae satif
principles a. sei forth in ihe fiai
forms Adopted al Chicago and kan-
sa- CITY. fhc Cgumaner chr1nicies
with regrei What may lalrly be- con
sidersd The MOST Important victor
thus Tar scored by the rcaotisuars
element iu the democratic part,
namely the selection of Mr. Glrma
"a. democratic leader m the senate
The senator from MARYLAND j.
man Of great force and extended
legislative experience. Probably D.
other man in Washington is 50 vel
acquainted with public men AMI
parliamentary procedure Beside
this. he is a man of exemplary per
sonal habits. If interchangeable indus
try and perfect self control. H.
other words, he has most Of the
qualifications considered necessary
for leadership and If his svmpathie-
were ouly with the people he would
be am admirable man 10 speak for
the democrats in tire senate, but h.
falls at the crucial point. His record
shows that he Is too close 20 thc
corporations and organized wealta
to be commander in chief Of the
democratic forces in the most inAu-
enfial branch Of the national leeis-
lature.
There j. moi single reform fr
which Mr. German stands. nor is
there single remedial measure
which can be said To have his earnest
and hearty support When the
Wilson tariff bill was before the
senate he was one Of the senators
who, by holding the balance Of
power, forced the emasculation If
the bill in the interest of the manu-
faciurers. In tho fight for The
repeal Of the sherman law he acted
with the republicans and is with
them still ON all phases of the money
question. He has never said or
done anything to Indicate thar he
desires positive and effective anil
trust legislation On the contrary.
his environment Is such as To- make
it certain that his great influence
viii be used to stihe rather than
promote Legislation aimed al The
trusts.
The Chicago Chronicle of last
Friday contained a dispatch from
Washington stating that ] Pierpun
Morgan visited the capital the day
before and saw a number Of seua-
tors. including Messrs. Aldrich.
Hanna and Gornan Ii does lie
party infinite harm TO have rs its
leader in the senate a man on ipti-
mate terms with the most innuea-
tial trust magnatc and money cham
ger in the United States, for it gives
the lie to the party's promise. #
reform and places our organization
on the same level with the republic
can party How can we frht The
! grand larceny schemes concactei Irv
Morgan and his associates If hc Ia
our caucus chairman consult fp-
gether at the capital. No wonder
the corporation papers hail with
I delight Mr. G0rmm return to
/ power and influence. Puplic Oul1-
ion. in its last issue. cordially conn