Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-05-19

catao a more lndloai man was IA the
hcld. Tor lhe democratic nomination
no stretch N imagination could con.
celYo Bryan 90 q true conservative
and he would ~ tac hrst 90 protest
against any attempt tO force him inio
such q role. Hs Instincts all are md
zeal, though more mildly 30 than
those IF Hearst, and no onr believes
hfyan i4 willing CD prostitute bis can.
| yftlona. sven to the end of gaining
ne great prize for which ho 30 eager.
Z iy burns
secondly. Roosevelt a not a radical
/ iio does not measure 10 single
standard 0f r1dicallem. az rndlcaiism
q understood So che school of Hearst.
auu ho could uf win the support 81
That aoitpi even were an the forces
OF the mooney power lenenod IN SUP.
poM Of the democratic nominee
whether Bryan or SOME ether man.
A more conceivable aifuation and
one that the conservative forces do
net view with e4unamiiB. b. chat
Roosevelt may be- the republican can.
uidate and Bryan the democratic nom.
inoe. and that the line nf cieaynra
hciwoen the old parties may not BE-
between conservatives and radicals
This would almost rortainlv result in
nc placing OF an independent Radical
candidate ga tho hcld--prolably Mr.
Hearst. IN such contest. no man
could fort.eli The outcome. because no
one knows how strong a hold radical
Ism has taken on the American poo.
pie.
Radleallsm Growing Strongly.
la tho great cities OF the country.
Ncw York aud Chlcak0. there recent.
~ have becn striking demons nationa
that che voters have been looking on
Questions q public policy through rad.
ied eyes. Tho rcmarha able showing
" Mr. Hearst in the New York muni.
cipai campaiEn and the tremendous
vote for municipal ownership Ia Chi.I
c0Eo dealt Conservatism blows from
ihe effects Of which q "a mlli Ia n
state Of dare. With tho increased agi
tailon Of a presidential canvass. there
~ no telling how much might % al.
aed % the strength nf rndicaiism.
The attitude recently taken by organ.
izcd labor IN the msticr of national
r1iiiics does n0t tend 10 make the
conservative mind more comfortable
when situation such as that ont.
lined above 81 contemplated
u la dlEmncant by she way. that
the term radical" has ceased 20 b.
one Of reproach IA American politics. /
A few years ago when radical" waa
mentioned there wna confurcd np Wis.
Ions Of a longhairod. wiid-eyod fan
atlc, WIN went cayortinF about tho
land advocating che tearing down OF |
all thinks established aud having
nothing 20 offer IN the way OF siruc. /
trues in their stead. Today men /
proclaim themselves radicals, and are !
unashamed, Not by the time OF the
next presidential election. but aiDl0st |
certainly within The time Of the prcs. |
ent generation. there Will be a con-
eervatiYe party and a radical party /
IN American pOliiscs. and the demo |
cratic party and the republican party 4
vii 80 the way of the fedoralists and /
the wings.
The condition OF the democratic |
party today o. not unlike THAI OF the /
whlgs after thoy had lost their yiril. /
ity. Ceeaing TO longer stand FOR
anything FOR which the American pco I
pie cared, tho whiEs passed OFT the 1
stage. The democratic party today Is /
"a party 81 tradition hui as ils tmdi \
uona no longer are disputed there is i
NO excuse for enc maintenance of a 1
party d. defend THAI which is accept.
ed as Jhe settled policy 90 tho Ameri
can people.
Both Old Parties Doomed.
The republican party always a
party OF c1pcllfncy. appears lo have
~ better promise 90 long life
When the things for watch thf party
TODD. growing ont fho Civil War. no
longer were issues before the people /
he tariff question happened along
sod gave the republicans a lease 20
NO. but protection has been accepted 4
CD the fixed policy of tho American
govf rnment, and % vs. only discussed .
uOg because az lts abuses Just now
Tie republicans DO not appear 10 have
Tho popular side OF what little tariff
agitation there Co. hut even should I
they turn 90 and weed ont the evils
of their own creation. there "a hardly
enough On that 90 vitalige and main
lain a great national political organ
lzatlOn.
The belief Eat she two cd parties
arc at the verge OF dissolution % not
original with the WRITER. Almost any
public man IN Washington IN private
conversation, win give expression 20
H.
But the thing thai concerns con.
leryatiyea. here and elsewhere. ie now
10 stem the tide OF radicaliam FOR I
Just one more presidential campaign 4
Dogpite the faults they find IN him
despite his attacks on vested inter.
egis, and despite hla unmigtalahiy
sincore determination that the po0piu 4
shall have a. largely OF their Own
a. q is possible for him % give, 4 rs
ID Roosevelt that conservatism turna /
IN lis hour Of distress. Believing that
lis popularity Is siill suniclent and /
VIII be, 90 overcome an opposition at
.he polls. they would prefer 90 chance
Z with him than with a man more
Do their linking, but less strong, and
while Roosevelt goes 10 radical \
lengths THAI conservation by no I
means likes. q prefers 90 snffor the
ils he would inflict than 20 fly to
hose with which d IS menaced hY
radicals like Hearst.
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