The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-13
IN THIs GOLDEN AGE.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir; What
will come to pass II the Great Father
who is in Washington shall employ all the
patronage and vast resources Of the Execu-
tive Office and In his characteristic fashion
press on with vigOr to compel Congressman
to come out In the open and. standing with
him, vote to make all the dozen and more
topics, Of the last annual message to be
living party issuesl
II our politics in the past, since jackson
entered the White House, correctly fore
shadows our future politics the President
is likely to prevail. Even John Tyler, with
only a 'corporal's guard. had his way with
-the bank and Texas.
1t was not thus before jackson came.
Then the House and Congress framed and
enforced political issues. II the first four
Virginia Presidents had real influence on
Congress they yelled their power. Not so
Is IL howl And II one can safely Judge from
current superficial manifestations the peo-
pie like the presence in the White House Of
a kind Of elective kingship. jackson and
the German Emperor have imitators, but
Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Mon
roe have none.
There are indications tending to show that
the extreme nationalism Of the early school
Aof Hamilton is more popular with natural
lied n young native born voters than
is the State rights school Of Jefferson, or
even the middle ground occupied by Chief
Justice Marshall.
At any rate, everything in our public
affairs seems now to be rushing toward the
e~nlarging OF Executive power, the dimin-
ishing OF Congressional control, and the
whitening Of the constitutional rights Of the
several States. And there is no indication
Of a real popular resistance.
President Roosevelt appears to be pro-
foundly in earnest in pushing onward by
practical legislation the Interpretation he
has given TO the last national Republican
platform. Do the Republicans in Congress
and in the country approve2
What the Democratic party thinks is Of
less consequence. Perhaps the faction that
now controls its organization, and will
perhaps dominate it's next national CON-
v~ention, stands in with the President. The
Kansas Populists have already given their
adhesion.
But after all. national platforms do not
much matter nowadays. 1t is the oandi-
dates letter OF acceptance that counts.
So il was in 1904!
If the President were by patronage. and
by other instrumentalities OF persuasion
he knows 80 well how to use effectively,
to force a vote on each and all his recent
schemes, how would Congress stand? II
he shall persist. the voters must Zine up
for him and his issues or against them.
And it is probable, as has happened for
eighty years, that the issues he formulates
will be issues in every State, city, county
and town election.
1t is certainly e~xpedient and due 70 the
country, its industries and people that they
know their fate. What do Congress and the
two existing parties therein intend2 The
swollen and the shrunken fortunes, the
rich and the not rich, the investors and
the captains of industry, the corporations,
the partnerships and the private traders
are all entitled to know whether or not there
is to be more suppression Of the rights OF
the several States, graduated income taxes,
progressing death taxes. redistribution Of
individual property by rehabilitation, and
a Supreme Cour equipped to frame a new
definition of direct axes and make all
the new projects constitutional.
They should all be warned OF the inevita-
BILE and have time to prepare for il.
New YORK, December ~. CASUAL.