The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
FACTIONS IN EACH PARTY.

One of the striking cartoons of the
standing between two elephants, one
labeled Tariff Reform" and the other
Protection" trying to bring them to-
gether. There are two clearly defined
factions in the Republican party. The
President has had that impressed upon
him since he began his present trip
through the West. What. is called the
Iowa idea has a strong hold upon West
ern Republicans. They believe the
protective schedules of the tariff are
shelter for trusts, and they know
that because of trusts they have to
cles they buy than they would if the
tariff were less protective.
And this difference between the East
ern and Western Republicans is going
to be apparent in the Republican Ma
tlonal Convention. The Western Re-
publican will insist upon declaration
in favor of a reduction of the tariff
and the Eastern Republicans win OPP
pose any declaration of that kind. The
question IS, will they be able to har-
morizs their differences? 1t may be
that they will be able to find a COM
mon ground upon which the great ma
jority of Republicans will be willing to
stand, but there is no doubt that if
there is not a clean cut declaration for
a reduction in the most Objectionable
of the protective schedules many Re-
publicans will vote the Democratic
ticket.
And the differences between the fac
tons of the Democratic party are even
more marked than those between the
factions of the Republican party. On
the one hand the friends of Mr.. Cleve-
| land are insisting that the sections of
the Kansas City platform which con-
tain what is called Organism shall be
dropped while the friends of Mr.. Bryan
refuse to make any concession what
ever in that direction. Indeed, the po-
sition taken by Mr.. Bryan is that it
Is impossible for the factions of the
Democratic party to come together. In
an article in the current number of the
Independent, speaking of the differ
ences between the factions, he says:
There is no possibility of a comprom-
Use; If the party is to be an effective
force in politics 1t must go in one di-
rection OF the other, and the direction
cannot be long concealed"
| What effect are these differences
which we have pointed out going to
| have in the presidential campaign next
year-the differences in the Republican
| party on the tariff question and the
differences in the Democratic party on
| the money question? Will any consid-
in the ranks of the Democrats and Will
there be many Democrats who will vote
| the Republican ticket?
In the West some of those who have
been acting with the Democrats for
| the last five or six years have an
nounced their purpose to vote for Mr.
| Roosevelt If the Democratic platform
should not suit them, but it is probable
| that those who make this statement
| are what are known as Silver Republi-
cans. The silver issue being practical
ly dead they want to get back into the
Republican party. There is no reason
why a Democrat who was a member
of the Democratic party before silver
became the leading issue should de-
sire to vote with the Republican party.
But what we wish to call attention to
Is that in each of the great political
parties there are differences which may
have a marked effect upon the next
| presidential contest.