The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-15

IRENE in every sense, and when the
sober thinking men of the nation re-
fused to accept their dictum, and be-
gan to show the fallacies of the pro-
posed law, they become angry and
assert that the president has deserted
his standard at the behest of the cor
porate influences.
With the record of the years of
their executive and legislative incom-
potency still fresh in the mind of the
public they assume to relegate to
themselves the wisdom of the nation
This shows in lurid light the real
purpose of the democratic party. its
policy is that of obstruction and
construction. 1t has made it's issue
in the past upon its objection to
the policy of the republicans. Its
record in congress has been the same,
or else ridiculous failure. 1t tears
down and destroys without rebuilding
or constructing anything instead.
1t is not that the attack on the
president was made by these men that
makes it the more deplorable, for this
is not personal matter so far as they
are concerned. 1t is because they
spoke for the party and their conduct
therefore because that of the party.
1t is fair guide to what may be
expected of the party should it be
placed in power in the lower house in
the elections of the present year. If
the party can by means of combina-
tions with disgruntled elements of the
republican party carry sufficient
number of congressional districts and
states where the congressman are
elected at large. to turn the lower
house over to the democrats they
will then be in position to obstruct
the policy of President Roosevelt in
every particular and destroy the lat
ter half of his magnificent admini-
stration.
That this is the Interior purpose of
the democratic leaders can no longer
be doubted. The reasons are evident.
The party unable since the war to
hold to one policy sufficiently long to
give it fiXity OF purpose, has ever
been chaser of phantoms and a pur-
suer of shadows. 1t has caught at
SO called reforms. and until the people
have dicovered the fallacies. it has had
hearing. The party has been a re-
former who has not been able to find
a reform that was needed.
Their last great effort in this line
was the very things that have been
pointed out by the republican party
and carried out by President Roosevelt.
The democrats had hoped that he
would fail because of the lack of
harmony between the executive and
legislative branches of the government.
If he and congress succeed, the last
prop would fall from under the demo-
cratic structure and it must tumble
into ruin.
1t is therefore easy to see why the
leaders of the party should be in
dignant when the executive and legis-
lative branches seek in harmony to
formulate law that will be Acceptable
to the entire country and fair and just
to the nation at large.
However it must not be understood
that the party will be satisfied with an
expression of hostilities to it's leaders.
1t proposes to go much farther and Sc
cure control of the lower house of
congress, thereby tieing the hands of
the president and his party during the
next two years.
AS has been pointed out in these
columns before this fight will be car
ried into the places where the flag end
of the republican party-those whose
allegiance is from selfish motives and
not from principles most numerous.
The real issue will be disguised by a
cloud of dust, and the people will be
told that it does not matter at this
time as there are no national issues
at stake. and the party can be deserted
without in any manner injuring it's
national prospects.
Local candidates on the democratic
ticket will be used to further this end.
Appeals will be made in their behalf
and in order to be certain of securing
the full results the voters will be
urged to support the entire ticket.
The efforts Of the party will be CEN
tralized in the places where republican
congressman can be defeated by
change of few hundred votes. It
will only be necessary for the work to
be done in one-fourth of the congress
sional districts Of the nation to this
end.
1t is well to consider well. before
the republican who believes in giving
his support to the magnetic leader
who now fills the executive chair. is