The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-14
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the tinit>- honored doctrines OF the Demo.
cratic party, as deduced from the great
policies defined by the man whose birth
we }ere commemorate. and establish ny
4 the founders are Sill true, still alive,
etiil worthy of acceptance and devotlon.
ard still necessary, if Our institutions are
TO be maintained III their early yigor ana ma
purity. H..
Some Elements in Recent Politics
we NEE, after a defeat which was cas-
40 foresee and predict. IT was preceded
by division mud raction in our ranks over
a period of eight years and they nave ~.
The use OF governmental power for par
tisan purposes, by the reckless and un,
precedented expenditure OF money: ana
vide apart al the poles. We have left to us
only the smallest measure OF power IN
either house of Congress. We have LOST
states whose confidence we had long
commended and the number OF Govern
ors and state Legislatures under our con-
8ltrol is surprisingly small =
We may, however recall th iaa,., TINS hi ,s :
been in what seemed a hopeless minority
il was so from 1860 until 1916 when a
great wrong. which has. been far-reaching
IN its effect upon morals and justice. lett
III in a minority for another eight years.
but even when it's condition was least
encouraging. it was still the same con- on.
$sistentB advocate OF patriotic and manly
policies as when It was in the full pleni-
fu6e of power during the first sixty years
Of this last century. Rallying about It's
natural eaders,as cour agr nn,,, an KS Is
Story--it was then, as always, us niatue
to be national party These 1.i,, leaders aSary
kept themselves In touch Win every ha ),
LET In the Union. Nothing American was
alien to them.
Why the South Has Been and
Is True.
the South has remained solid, and yet no
student, whatever his prejudices,, could
oYertook the fact that IN p or lere ex IS
nected, but for unselfish and commanding
services to humanity Indeed, nothing IN
all the recorded history Of ma usl I, mas as
deserving of admiration and sympathy
than the attitude of the South since 1865.
AS fate would have 1t, their defeat IN
cause it could neither threaten nor. bring
dishonor. But the new contest-with par par,
tisan rancor, with military power, with
enforced domination of a race lately in
aslavery-forced as 1t was without time
for recovery and that, too in theIr own
ahOmeSia required a courage llltle iess .hai
Maintaining the struggle with the one
great and almost insoluble problem of our
lime. working under the most serious
difficulties, courageous In 1.-The face OF
many discourag ements these people ha aHt
8manfully represented the hopes: the
ideals and the traditions OF their heir oe:tn 1
8of our national history. # any man Is
so foolish as to ask why the Democratic
party has been true to the South. in Its
has been requited, It must be because he
knows littletof history and less or humai
nature.
Novel Methods Now Thought
Necessary.
When we come to consider the politica
conditions and times, we find that, wher
that the fashion has changed. 1t is nov
Thought necessary to devise new ways
The old are not sufficiently striking
They lack in the drastic quality required
IN our early days 1t was deemed a vir
tie when the government, like the indi
viaual. minded It's own business. Blu
this out OF date. SO t ms proper (, wa I,
#tsrference #or. NEEDING. & This takes tn
form Of dealing vigorously with foreig
couItrIes-fonly provided they are; !, sna
States until it is now insisted that tn
general government must tax and mar
#age all corporations, must oversee IN
Nsnrance and trust companies, and mus
either own the railroads or dictate /
their owners the minutest details of thei
business. 1t is thought necessary TO lin
with labor on the other and to define tn
relations they must bear to each other
lone of the most popular OF all thes
processes is interference with elections
States must organize and control the pc
est Of their policies: while cities. an
towns must enter Into the competition petit :,
down. interference with harmless person
al customs and habits seems to be onl.
natural and logical.
these strange tendencies, so clear as Il
show the method that is in.them, but "
have more work to do. more far-reachin
reforms to promote, more moral issues Z
meet thaAl we can know or realize unit
we begin to look the situation fairly u
the face.
lin spite Of the hypocrItleal claims s
freely INDUCED. the prosttutIoR Of on
free civil service to a>de6ree never be
fore known; the use Of money IN cleo
lions, whether Presidential or State; tn
belttlng or the misuse of the Judiciary
the interference with the duties and pow
ers of the States; the appeal to the NIL
sltary spirit; the maintenance Of vlclou
and unfair taxing system; the ralsIn
again oftthe race issue In Its worst torn
and from the bdSeSt OF partisan motiVee-
all these must be understood, and whe
Understood, they must be met with firm
ness and perseverance until the abuse
which surround them find popular recoe
milton and then reform alton.
Some of the Problems to
Solved.
H5aIf We are TO deal effectively with the
various issues, whether in opposition
: In power, ii will be necessary TO have
real party with real followers. attached
real and recognized principles. II is n
enough that 1t shall have a collection
fads-many of them useless and some
them dangerous and opposed 10 the hi
toric position Of our organizations
have already had too many of these h
cause II is safe to assert OF n policy tn
If ii Is radical 1t is not Democratic; IL
lis Democratic 1t Is not radical.
w II Is NECESSARY for ILLS TO remcmher tll