Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-02
4 UNITED DEMOCRACY.

have not been before for ten years, and
Parker and Davis will receive the |
normal vote of the party with good |
many recruits from their opponents.
The Republicans are split into fac |
tions on several issues. Nearly all the
old Hanna machine men are dis
gruntled as they see a young element
Of their party in the saddle, and they |
will not pull hard on the traces unless /
they are paid for their work either In
money or promises. In West Virginia,
Delaware, New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, and Wisconsin the rival
| Republican factions are intent on de-
| featiAg each other, and one or the
other faction have no faith in or love
| for candidate Roosevelt, though most
of them declare publicly they will vote
| for him, but many will secretly knife
| him. In these and other States there
are minor factions, and important Re
publicans who, while keeping within
PAL " lines, are opposed to their canul-
date for President and do not mind
saying so in private conversation. The
glamor of the Rough Rider has worn
off. and the business interests OF the
country have more weight in politics
than the imperialistc element.
That is the great danger to the
! Rough Rider. The farmers have dis
covered that the trusts are bleeding
them and that the high price of wheat
is more than offset by the increased cost
of what they buy. The worklngmen
are organizing politically for their pro-
lection, for the Republican majority in
Congress refused to listen TO their
prayer for legislation for the Eight
Hour bill, the anit-injunction bill and
| the other lesser laws labor thinks nee
essary for it's salvation. All the Re-
! publican leaders favor the open shop,
and most of them are openly In
sympathy with the parry organization
| of protected trusts and manufacturers.
! Wages are being reduced and strikes
are numerous, and the cost Of living
is still advancing, which does not in
spire confidence in the economic poll
cies Of the Republican party Of those
who are suffering from loss of wages
an increased cost of food.
The trusts have decreased the profits
of the small storekeepers. while rents
and household expenses are higher
than ever before, and the opportunities
for increased business are monopolized
by the great department stores, who
can purchase of the trusts at much less
tnan the small storekeeper has to pay,
| People with limited incomes find
their expenses have increased while
their revenues are stationary. All these
people are inquiring why the trusts
should be protected by the tariff in
selling their products at the highest
possible price here and much lower
price in foreign countries. Many of
| the voters have discovered that the
tariff prevents competition and fosters
monopoly, and that the increased cost
for their products that the monopolies
+! charge is a much greater tax than the
| Government receives.
The revenues of the United States
are declining and the expenses are
greater than ever before in time Of
| peace. Not only have the expenses Of
the Government increased much faster
! in proportion than the population, but
neither President Roosevelt. his Cab
| met, nor the Republican majority in
Congress have offered any solution of
the problem, but are all intent on
letting we'll enough alone" and have
paralyzed the industries Of the coun-
try with do-nothing policy by fighting
all proposals for reform.
The Government departments are ex-
travagant and filled with grafters
which the Republican party has re-
fused to investigate, although evidence
was plentiful that but beginning had
been made in exposing the frauds
through partisan investigation of but
! two bureaus of the Post Office Depart
ment.
knowledge of all these sins of the
Republican Party Is finding lodgment
in the hearts of many voters, and they
have determined on charge. Upon
the surface of the political field all Is
still and serene, but there are mutter-
ings in the homes of the farmers, the
cottages of the artisan and the tene-
ments of the laboring men that bodies
i'll for the Republican candidates. The
still small voice Of reason is working
more changes of sentiment than the
hired and blatant notes of the trust
apologist can overcome, blare he never
so loudly and there is quiet deter.
mination to turn the rascals out"