The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-03
DEMAND FOR NEW
PARTY IS RAISED
Washington Writer Says Time Is
Ripe for Party for All
Conservatives.
By w. w. Jermane.

Washington, June 3.-Althooit is Gus
any degree unsatisfactory, to declare
the time ripe for new party, making
the suggestion somewhat threadbare.
Eugene Newman Of this city, whoe. writes
argument for the formation OF new
party, in an article which has attracted
considerable attention in political CIR
cles here.
He shows that the democratic party
| is composed of two hopelessly irrecon-
cilable elements, the radicals and the
conservatives, and that it is Of mo use
longer. In 1896 and 1900 democratic
conservatives preferred Mckinley to
Bryan, and their party. was, defeated
overwhelmingly; in 1904 democratic
radicals preferred Roosevelt to Parker,
and their party was defeated still
worse Now 1908 is coming on, with
alternating claims for the mastery OF the
wing which is defeated will throw It's
strength to the republicans. How
much longer is this see-sawing OF the
| democratic factions to last?
Conservative Party Proposed. o.
Mr.. Newman proposes = the organiza-
ton of party which might properly be
called the conservative, ana Whlcn
should furnish home for the so-called
gold democrats of the north, and for
those republicans, who, fearing certain
present tendencies of the repu6ohca5n
party, are still distrustful OF the
democracy tendency toward radical
ism. Such party would in peculiar
degree prove welcome to the democrats
of the south. They have everything
to lose and nothing to gain by the rapid
consolidation of federal power, giving
the control of the country to the
stronger section, which will always. be
the north. The south s aim is to pre-.
serve as much local power as possible, IN
order that it may not be overshadowed
by the more powerful north.
Democratic Extremes.
Mr.. Newman by no means exhausts
the subject. 1t has been notorious fol
sometime that the democratic party
counted among it's followers both ex
5 tremes on the issue which is seemingly
, destined to be the dominant one il
American politics in the near future
It has the old -afshioned conservative:
Of tn type of the late j. Sterling Nor
ton, who believe in as little government
: as possible. It included, on the othe
hand, the thousands who have jus
FOGSu LII O"i1C1 o1iAP III oA'-
cago, and who are agitating for gov
ernment ownership of railroads and tel
egraphs. These people generally wan
> big navy for the sake of maxim;
l work. and in short they will go mucl
l further than even the present republi
can administration in the increase o
, federal powers and other concentratin
i tendencies. Mr.. Hearst is prominen
. exponent of this school of democrati
!, politics. AS ex-senator Lindsey .
Kentucky, who was in the city fey
days ago, remarked: "What futur
can there be to a party whose tw
= wings are pulling in wholly opposit
!, directions9 One wing wants more gov
3 eminent and the other less govern
' ment.' -.s- .....g.sss..s3 ..s ..e.,
o, Something in the Name. .
Such a new party as Mr.. Newma
= proposes would have one great advan
9 age which he does not mention over tn
a present democratic party, even undo
,. it's most conservative, auspices. J
would dispense with name which hs
been associated with many historic;
policies that are not remembered wit
favorby large body Of northern vo
T ers. It would thus sever some unplea
l ant associations. It would cut loo
from the cheap-money tradition whit
with few exceptions, has lurked in Il
I'd democratic ranks ever since the civ
20 war. Such party would have plenty