The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-08-10

can vastly increase that following if he
again comes before the people as in any
way a duly accredited knight in oppo-
sition, with his lance couched. On
platform of anti-monopoly, anti-graft,
anti-extrayagance, multiplication ana
of general government ownership Of all
public utilities, with all that such
platform could be made to seem to
promise in the way of over cost of liv-
ing, reduced taxes and more equitable
distribution of wealth, he might sue
coed, as perhaps no other man now
prominent in our country could, in So
lidifying all the forces of discomfort
into a formidable army. And it looks
as if he were now patiently and persis-,
tently aiming at just that end. The@l
| aree indications that he is quietly TAX
ing possession of the democratic organ
| ization in the more important states
a task that the present gelatinous con-
| dition of the party makes easy-and his
| appearance as the next democratic
| presidential candidate is at least a con-
| tingency to be kept in mind.
We may say, of course, that there
are too many uncertainties involved in
, the unknowable political developments
of the next three years TO make pre-
| diction at this time possible; we may
say that in any event Organism as a
| concentration of all the elements of dis
content in an assault at thee polls on
| the established order is rather remote
threat than an impending danger. This
is perfectly true. But we must consid-
! err that when such a danger does be-
come Immediately impending it may be
| too late to escape it and that the surest
method Of protection is to begin betimes
to avert the threat, We cannot afford
to let the wreckers begin their plans of
| attack much sooner than we begin our
plans of salvation. In this as in many
other contests there is not little adj
vantage in the start.
| In this view Of the possibilities of the
future the duty of the republican par
try, to show an energetically progress
essential points throughout the coun-
try, to show an theoretically progress
sive and reforming spirit becomes as
clear as if it were written on tablets of
stone by omniscience itself, If the re-
publicans will undertake an honest and
thorough study of the causes of discon-
tent in the country, with a view to
ending such of it as is reasonable, if
they will push to the very last limit the
movement for breaking up the lawless
monopolies in industry. commerce and
transportat alton, if they will adjust the
always necessary tariff burden more
equitably, if they will reorganize the
public service on a basis of greater
economy, integrity and efficiency, if
they will give us better railroad laws
or better enforcement of them and eth
er reciprocity treaties or other arrange
ments for letting us into our own in
the foreign markets, the remote threat
of a revived and strengthened Bryan
ism may never develop into an impend-
ing menace. If they do not, they may
find themselves in 1908 confronted by a
vastly stronger opposition than they
encountered in 1904, perhaps by an even
stronger opposition than that which
they had extreme difficulty in overco1n-
ing in 1S96.-Providence Journal.