The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-05
Basis Of a New Party.

i formation Of a new party finds echo in the
minds Of many voters who are now aligned watn
either the republican democratic parties SO far as
the latter concerned it has practically no hold upon
the rising generation of voters because 1T has no
which ey solicit an
exclamation of the principles of the democratic party
in order that he might be able to know how TO cast
his first vote, the said chieftain would, probably,
after hounderng about quite while, get mad and
rive it up He would have as hard time to get the
democratic vagaries back under the stand
ard the first boy who attempted TO solve the Pigs
in clover. 4
On the other hand If the young man went TO
the republican he would get clear idea OF :a tne
party's platform It believes in protective tariff
gold money, internal improvements. The democratic
party has alternately fought and favored all three OF
these things and has not today the rst IDEA OF what
it would do with any Of them had it the power
But there are other things about party than ~ 1ts
platform. There is its history The history OF the
rival Part Of it is merely tradition. There is moth
ing practical connect Jefferson with the democratic
party of today. 1t is mere assumption OF relation
Ship unjustifed by any act Of Jefferson Jefferson
did not even call his party democratic. He called it
republican, The democrats base their claim to rela-
tionship not on what Jeferson's party dld but on
some things that Jefferson said But Jefferson said
great many things, Of which are as useful TO-DAY
to party as to another. = ,
The history Of the republican party is shorter,
more consistent and attractive than that OF Its
opponent. The republicans came into power with
Lincoln and gave the party series OF brilliant ad
minstrations after the war me pubic not,cea tnas
lcans were in power They have only recently begun
to discover that while the republicans by their poll
cies put the country in the way of earning great
deal wealth they have not taken of the disri
button of it, Under the republican tariff great many
monopolies have been permitted to spring up.
Now it is quite evident that if there Is opening
for new party it lies in the amalgamation of the
republicans who believe that the consumer is begin
ming get the worst of the tariff deal and the demo-
Gratis who believe their party has fallen
siderably under the influence OF corporations also
Whether these two classes have grievance which
iustiies their Independent appeal to their fellow
citizens will be largely determined by the elections
this fall
In New York Mr.. Hearst may run for governor
on an independent ticket If he should beat both the
old parties governor he did for mayor it would
be strong sign that in the empire state new deal
is called for. 49,.
The American Federation of Labor is making war
on number Of nominees for congress both the old
tickets Should it succeed in defeating Of these
leaders it would be indication Of unrest In that
direction.
The dissatisfaction OF men who have heretofore
aligned themselves with either the republican or
democratic parties is most where inequa
ties Of the distribution Of wealth has been most freely
discussed.
In Iowa, where the tariff has been talked for two
years the socaed progressives tariff reform repub
icans have complete victory over the standpat
element led by member Of the cabinet. In Pennsyl-
vania the republican party is split squarely in two
the antimonopoy issue in slightly different form
Everywhere the dissatisfaction which exists is
some form of the property problem. Men who have
only limited time to live and accumulate for those
they would leave in comfort behind them mad
dened by the process of heaping up corporate wealth
by methods which clearly would mean prison for an
individual. They their public men taking OF
the productive possibilities of the land but allowing
the problem of distribution to 60 to seed because they
too cowardly to wrestle with it.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
If the present generation of statesmen will not
wrestle with it under the of democrat repub
lican the people will wrestle with it themselves unde,
name and new leaders.