Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-10

matter what Wild fAflacteg Il may ADOPT
In Its platform nor what candidate 1t may
put before the country to invite the suf-
frages OF the people, Time was when tne
sole source of wealth In the south was
the cultivation OF cotton. and when the
argument that the system Of protection
was one from which the north only de-
rived a benefit could be made with much
apparent force and eloquence. but now that
Ing interests have Increased as they have.
the democratic cry that the tariff Is rob
berry merely evokes smile from the thou
sands, laborers, skilled and unskiiied. ana
employers great and small. whose welfare
IL bound up In the success of southern
manufactures.
Cry Of Negro Domination.
The effect Of the change of Industrial con-
ditions in eliminating the cry of negro DOM
nation from the politics Of the former
slave-owning states has manifested itself
first In the border states. West Virginia
has become permanently republican and
Maryland and Missouri put themselves In
the republican column In the last Presiden-
tial election. while Kentucky nearly brought
forth works meet for repentance In the
first Mckinley campaign. The democracy
of the states further south. however, con-
tinues unbroken in national elections. The
question which should address itself to the
great business interests of the south Is
how much longer the specter of things past
Is to hold them to political allegiance that
does them no good in national politics and
deprives their communities of the ines
Unable benefit of the presence In local
politics of two parties, each of which II 1t
does wrong has real chance OF being pun
ished for It's misconduct. The possibility
of change of party control for such
cause is the best security Of good govern
ment.
Distinguished southern senators. referring
to the states of this section, have deplored
in Congress that there are some ten Or
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Union which have not proper representa-
tive relation to this government through Of
fetal representatives in the higher spheres
of political life" If this is true, 1t Is I'M
doubleday due to the fact that the south
ern people have not manifested politically
the same enterprise, the same independ-
ence of action, the same progressive spirit
and the same regard for future develop
ment as they have in agriculture and In
business.
Had they kept up with the times, had
they at the ballot box expressed their real
sentiments the living issues of the day
instead of allowing themselves to be fright
ened by a specter and a shadow of the
past. their political Importance as COM
munities and the significance of their views
upon measures and men would have been
vastly enhanced. Carried in the pocket of
the democratic party for reasons W hich long
ago lost their force, why should any at
tention be paid by either party to their
Views in national matters compared with
the views of the voters in the north, whom
each party hopes to attract to It's support
on living modern issues In the great ma
tional elections?
Depend Upon Protective Tariff.
Although much of the present wealth of
the south is dependent upon a protective
tariff, its representatives in national con-
ventton vote unhesitatingly for the propo-
sition that protective tariff is a robbery
of the many for the benefit of the few. AL
though a great majority of the southern
people are strongly in favor of maintaining
the flag OF the United States in the Philip
pines until the sacred trust imposed upon
this government by circumstances shall
have been highly and fully discharged and
our wards of those islands of the sea aided
and bCilded up into q self-governing peo-
pie. they nevertheless permit the demo-
cratic. party, In the chase after northern
votes, to formulate the false issue OF
neutrality-suspicious. in which they have no
sympathy whatever and on which they are
twice led to humiliating national defeat
Again. no part OF this country is so
vitality interested In the construction of a
great waterway to connect the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of
Panama than the south. 1t was indis-
pensabe to this enterprise that the treaty
made with the Republic of Panama by
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay
should be promptly confirmed. and yet the
majority OF the representatives Of the south
In the Senate attempted to defeat that
treaty. There was enough of Independence
even among those representatives to give
the vote which made the canal possible
but the very fact that merely to accom-
ocratic party a majority of the senator's
from the south were willing to sacrifice
her material interests and delay the great
project of such capital Importance to her
Indicates the disadvantage that she labors
under In having it thought that she Is tied
irretrievably to the democratic party.
Works to South's Disadvantage.
At the session of the Senate just ended
the democratic senators insisted on eau
Gus rule to prevent the ratification of the
Santo Domingo treaty This is another
and striking instance of the manner In
which the unvarying allegiance of the
south to the democratic party works to
her disadvantage The peace. prosperity
and development of the islands Of the Car
ibbean sea and the countries of Central
and South America are of the utmost I'M
portance to the south. more than to any
other part OF the country. Santo Domingo,
a republic in name, has been so subject to
revolution and fnternecine warfare and
violence as almost to dissolve the entire
social order. For the purpose of avoiding
European intervention, for the purpose OF
bringing about peace and making a.Ii-
culture and business and general pros
perity possible in this island richer than
any other of the whole Caribbean group,
the government of that republic appaalai
to the United States to help her maintain
order while she collected revenue enough
to pay off her debts and begin business and
the arts of peace again.
Standing we do (and the south esoc-
cialiy is emphatic in this) for the Monroe
doctrine. how can we logically or consist
entity refuse to aid these weak governments
when properly called upon by them to ad-
just their differences with European gov
ernments. and remove the temptation from
the latter to intervene and violate the pol
Icy which we are anxious to preserve
and maintain? And yet. merely for tile
purpose of making partisan point, merely
for the purpose of embarra ssinE The admin
istration. party caucus Of senac ,r. of the
United States Is called to bind every men,
Der OF the party to vote against the rafif-
cation of the treaty. In other words,
twenty senator's by this caucus method are
to be made able to defeat the win OF the
President OF the United States and of The
remaining seventy senator's Is It any won
der that under these circumstances the
south does not enjoy that prominence In
high official circles that It is entitled tn by
It's intelligence. population and Importance
In the country? Its people, by reason Of
their political course and their deferen,e
TO the democratic party under all circun.-
stances. are themselves responsible for
this condition.
Should Break With Democracy.
For these reasons 1t Is Of vital Importance
both to the country at large and to the
south, IL a political break can be made
In the still solid democratic south to bring