Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-29
GENERALIZATION
SEEMS NOW
THE ISSUE
Whether ItWm Divide Con
gress. Along PdrtylLineS
Is Yet Doubtful.

washington. bee e. Have ihc
democrats found Hn issue upon which
Jn Huhf She next national campaign
Prominent dumuCwta n congress he
iirta ihcy have. uud believe It Ties
Boo secretary Roots speech 0n Ihr cen.
lrai utiuu nf uuWtr ln Other Wurdt.
tbDg would have fno issue between
.HamIlfuuism aud "lrHorsuuI1m.
ihe asuc which Htsi divided Ihp
American electorate into parties.
Back In the days when thc republic
Nss ynnng Alexander Hamilton
preached u durttihe much tkn io that
which 1lihu Root breaches To-Day.
And Thomus Jefferson AROSE tu com
hHI f The disciples OF Hamilton
scr, called dewlls,s because 90
their minds ihe federal government
wac chief ihy governments of me
several states holdlnr minor rank.
The lenersouiios wore called repun
IIrtuF. though states Fighters "a
term M later coinage. would have ht
trd them better Hamilton was
strong and bra.ny and the idol ot hlh
marty Undoubtedly be- would have
s1crosded washington 10 the prosi'
daury but f1r he accidental ioct that
o. Was not Born ON American soil
Tenuusun also was an idol dctoutedly
lowed bat just then frd' ralism was
iu ihn ascendoncy and D. waa Adams
coIdnres aud lack ui TACT rather than
strong uarusauship for the states.
tha landed Jefferson boz tho pyhiie
house as he THIRD president
The strong conviction Ot the r'Ehl.
OF siIfps came later and served veil
AL "a OF d
IrHcram's paris of republicans. q
is truo that Andrew Iasksun, second
in nnN OF democracy patron saints
wa not faulticaIly committed to th'
doctrine Of state soCrpiunliy, as Wit
moss his stroug hand With Che Soulf
Caroline nulllherf hIt fiuCr jack
sou time the democratic party has
come fO d. looked upon at The es
poga champion ui the states an'
their prorugnllyea us against The pow
rr, uf tho federal government, and
be- 90 battle against "Ro0usm," th'
democracy would hC ON historic
El0und
Democrats BOO congress profess %
hcIaso that Roots speech was hl
authority" of thc president and pro
Tess also 90 seo thereon challenge
This challenge they are very viii
lug to accept Indeed thcy have a'
ready picked up the gauntlet ana age
mapping ont their plan of battle
Everybody, democrats aud rcpuhi
clRs alike. is waiting tu see what az
t,udo viii De- tnkon by influential re
pubIcana in congress cspeciall.
those republicans who do not Away
symmithizo with MT Roosevelt
prcaehments iu the main repuhl
cans probably viii sidoatcp the qura
Iiau hut n is mon believed that sucl
men as BnOoncr aud Foraker viii per
mu Tho ROundnrss of the doctrine %
the president in pass without uucs
t.ou Resolution introduced point q
the feat that Immediately after th
hundayG the senate will indulge j
uue d those constitutional debate
Tor which tup body haa come 90 %
more ur less noted Ar Root
speech has Gruusgd ths advocates "a
state ights sharply, and created o.
end ui discussion as tp whether siau
linrs are Ia be more ana more ooh
secured
Ryon senator spuonor hy MS reese
u. ION calling upon the committee q
which be- is member tu Inform ih
senate whether congress has the pos
cr under the general commerce claus
uf she constitution 10 prohibit Oh
prUiuois at child labor from lntCl
state commerce raises the doubt a
tn iha extent of congressional pow
&C. u would segm, however. that y
the enactment of the meat inspection
law congress has gone inhnitel
farther Ia the matter Of regulatin
mataers that belong 20 the state
,uasmunh as the report of the iud
ciary committee practically would set
tlc the fate OF the chlldlab0r bill q,
commended by the president the q,
hate upon the committees repoi
promises az ho protraoiod There wi
BE- abundant opportunity for criticism
on tho Capitalization ldoa OF the pres
dent. aud the Indications now are TIA
this criilcism will not be- confined I
the democratic members 90 the se1
ate