The Washington times., 1905-05-24

OF course we cannot now anticipate,
but we can certainly trust our law
givers TO respond to the popular demand
and to regulate the railways so far as
they ought to be regulated without in
terfering with that control over their
own property and with that motive for
efficiency and economic management
which are still required 10 make sue
cessfui the enormous business of rail-
way transportation in America.
This question must be settled by the
Republicans. Republicans may now diff
fer as to the details, but in the end the
Republican party. standing by the vote
CT the majority of its members and
recognizing the necessity for party rule,
will reach 3 result which viii accom-
plish something. One of the chief rea-
sons of the continued success of the Re
publican party is the fact that Its mem
hers. its leaders, its representatives, are
all imbued and strongly tmbued with
sense Of responsibility to the people as
tC existing wrongs; with a sense OF the
necessity that some affirmative course
IT. respect to them must be followed by
the party; that some action must be the
result OF the party defberdtion; that the
extreme view of Il rule or ruin obStFuct-
ing minority must bend 10 the more
moderate views of the majority and
that successful party government Is a
government by concessions with as
large measure of progress as men OF
views differing in detail but of the same
general tendency, can attain.
THE Republican party by its enemies
is falsely charged with being q party
OF the corporations and party OF the
wealthy. The history of its sacrifices
IN favor Of human rights, and OF its
contests for indiVidualism against So
cialism is Il triumphant refutation of
the charge. The charge is given spe-
cious support by the fact that the
party saeredly respects the right OF
property as we'll as that of life ana
liberty, and therefore 1t labors to con-
serve the vested interests Of the coun-
try; but such desire never prevents it
In due course from making every effort
to remedy the abuses for which suen
vested Interests may be at times re
sponsible-
No Government Ownership.
Mr. Bryan represents an element OF
the Democratic party that Is hastening
as rapidly as possible toward doc
trine in which vested interests are lit
Tie regarded. He is row formulating a
doctrine IN favor of the Government
ownership of commercial railroads 10
which he hopes TO lead his party.
Against this proposition I feel Goa
f1dent the Republican party will always
set its face like flint. I shall not stop
to review the arguments against 1t or
to point out what an immense stride
towasd socialism and against indiVid-
ual energy and thrift and industry COY
ernment ownership Of commercial raff-
Mr. Bryan's remedy for the abuses OF
which it is said the railroad companies
are guilty and as an additional rea-
son WHY If such abuses exist. as, In
some measure we know they do. we
should take all reasonable steps to
remedy them in the direction OF an in
creased and effective power of gov
ernmental supervision and regulation,
in order to meet the argument that
Government ownership is the only cure.
The National Deficit.
Taking up the national deficit Judge
Taft discussed the subject at length and
said:
TT may be that Congress win sue
ceed in cutting down here and there SO
as to reduce the deficit. but the expe-
rtence of this last session in which the
greatest effort 10 economize was made,
gives little hope that if the revenues
continue at the same figure as last y<~zr.
the appropriations NAV be cut down tC
a point where no deficit would exist
In other words the cost OF the Govern
ment is what it Is because the national
policies which the people are deter
mined to follow. require it.
There remain two alternatives, either