The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-07
WASHINGTON WRITER SAYS THE
TIME Is RIPE FOR AN ALL.
CONSERVATIVE PARTY
Eugene Newman Offers Suggestions
in IN Article Which Has Attracted
Much Attention.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June AL
though it is customary, whenever po-
litical affairs are in any degree unsat-
isfactory, to declare the time ripe for
a new party, Eugene Newman. of this
city. who writes under. the name Of
''Savoyard," offers an argument for
the formation of a new party, in an
article which has attracted consider
able attention in political circles here.
He says that the democratic party
is composed Of two hopelessly irrecon-
ci1able elements, the radicals and the
conservatives, and that it is of no use
for them to try to live together any
longer In 1895 and 1900 democratic
conservatives preferred Mckinley to
Bryan, and their party was defeated
overwhelmingly; in 1904 democratic
radicals preferred Roosevelt to Par
kerr and their party was defeated still
worse. Now, 1908 is coming on, with
alternating claims for the mastery of
the party, and with the certainty that
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.
Mr.. Newman proposes the organiza-
ton Of a party which might be prop
erly called the conservative, and which
should furnish a home for the so-called
gold democrats Of the north, and for
those republicans, who, fearing certain
present tendencies Of the republican
party, are still distrustful of the de-
mocracy's tendency toward radicalism.
Such a party would in a peculiar de-
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
preserve as much local power as pos
sible, in order that it may not be over
Swallowed by the more powerful north.
Democratic Extremes.
Mr.. Newman by no means exhausts
the subject. 1t mas been notorious for
some time that the democratic party
,fo1 re Fol hot
tremes on the issue which is seemingly
destined to be the dominant one in
American politics in the near futre.
1t has the old-fashioned conservatives
of the type Of the late ]. Sterling Nor
ton, who believe in as little govern
ment as possible. It included, on the
other hand, the thousands VINO have
just voted for municipal ownership in
Chicago, and who are agitating for the
government ownership Of railroads
and telegraphs. These people gener-
ally want a big navy for the sake of
making work." and in short they will
go much further than even the pres
ent republican administration in the
increase of federal powers and other
tendencies. Mr.. Hearst
is a prominent exponent Of this school
of democratic politics. AS ex-senator
Lindsey of Kentucky, who was in the
city few days ago, remarked What
future can there be to a party whose
two wings are pulling in wholly oppo-
site directions? One wing wants more
government, and the other less gov
Something in the Name.
Such a new party as Mr.. Newman
would have one great advan-
tage which he does not mention over
the present democratic party, even un-
der it's most conservative auspices
1t would dispense with a name which
has been associated with many his
torical policies that are not remem-
bered with favor by large body of
northern voters. 1t would thus sever
would cut loose from the cheap money
tradition, which, with few exceptions,
has lurked in. the democratic ranks
ever since the civil war. Such a party
would have plenty of room for diff
ferences with conservative republican
ism.