The sun., 1904-12-13

One is to disagree on policies before election
and never get in. and the other is to di s.
agree on policies after election and get
put out. Don't imagine that by being
Republicans before election and Democrats
after election that you can stay in power.
, You may do the country good, but that
| Ii not what am discussing. Don't imagine
! you can stand pat" before election and
stand anything afterward.
rRACTIcAIITY or REPUBLIcASIsM.
The attitude of the Republican party
toward public questions and its practical
! views are illustrated by an occurrence
which was called to my attention short
time ago man from Boston, who had
been born in England. paid visit to Ten
nessee. While there he dined with the
Chief Judge of Tennessee's highest court.
a court which reviews all convictions in
criminal cases. This gentleman from Bos-
ton. having properly adjusted his mono lie.
looked directly across the table at the Chief
Judge and said:
Il say. Judge. how do you Determine
in those cases that are brought before you
on appeal? You have a large record it
must be very difficult. How do you ac-
count, Judge, for the large number of
cases in which the defendant is finally
acquitted"
The old Judge. never lifting his eyes
from his plate said;
We'll, 1t is this way. We 60 into con-
sultation after reading the record carefully
and we determine first, In the case OF homi-
eide, should the deceased have gone, and
if we decide that the deceased should have
gone, it does not make a damn bit of differ
ence whether he went early or went late;
we discharge the defendant.
THE CHANGING oU TLooK IN POLITICS.
The politics OF the nation has changed
much in the last decade. and the wheel
will not turn back. Ten years ago 1T looked
as if the contest would always be betwe
two conservative forces striving to enforce
their views and policies. 1t looks now as
il the future line Of cleavage would leave
on one side the conservative and on the
other the radical While the general divi.
sion will put Republicans on the side Of con.
servatism and Democracy on the side OF
radicalisin. the truth is that the Republi-
cans are radical at the top and the Demo-
Gratis radical at the bottom.
The foreign policy Of the Republicans
is radical and the internal economic policy
OF the Democrats is radical, The radical
ism of the Democrat is not popular, because
he goes against what seems TO be develop
ment. while the radicalsm Of the Republi-
cans, is popular, for he seems to go with
development.
The foreign policy of the Government
will soon be so firmly Fl xed as not to admit
OF serious controversy. But the internal
economic question will grow and deepen
and widen, and there is where the sharp
division will arise In the future. This viii
result in a struggle between the so-called
rich and so-called poor and will produce
the disturbing era Of American politics.
There are no doubt people who believe
they are better than others less fortunate
than themselves. This amounts to moth
ing SO long as the less fortunate do not
recognize and admit it. But II the time
ever comes when they do admit 1t then
will come the real danger to the republic
and that danger will be decay. for a strug-
gle is far better than a surrender, a fight
more ennobling than submission, a row
more inspiring than retreat.