The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-04
Especial Correspondence. J

ington will be the signal for man,
of the cookoo Republican states
men to show up at the Nationa
Capital and receive instructions
how to thwart the reactionaries OIL
the impending factional fight wher
Congress meets. AS both sides are
adopts in strategy and the distribu
tion of spoils, there will be much
pulling and hauling before the
average Republican Congress mar
dares to take sides. On the one
|hand will be the President will
his postofices, Internal Revenue
officers and other appointments
and all the vast power for coer
clon that the chief executive o.
the United States possesses. Or
the other hand will be the Speak
er of the House of Representa-
tives, who not only appoints the
committees. but has power tc
hinder or hasten any bill, and
sole power to accord recognition
to those only who it suits him to-
Added to the power of the Speak
or is the distribution of the
House Offices to be filled. some
hundreds OF them, mostly with
large salaries and but little labor
to perform. Nor is this all, for
the Republican Congressional COM
mittee is the official holder OF
the ''dough bag" and can dis
tribute or withhold to candidates
the contributions of the corpora
tions and protected monopolies that
are so necessary for use in the
close congressional districts. With
the Presidency and all the spoils
of Office and the enormous corrup-
tion fund of the party at stake,
the fight will be bitter and pro-
longed. it must not be understood
that those Republican statesmen
will openly fly at each others
throats. far from it. On the face
of things they will be be most
suave and polite and "the gentle
man from New York; will APP
pear anxious and willing to serve
his friend. ''the gentleman from
Iowa. while secretly cussing him
as traitor to his party and its
principles. Such Is the present out
look for the G.. O. u.
The panic in Wall Street was
foretold in this correspondence
some months ago, so it is to be
hoped that no Democrat has suf.
iered. The whole miserable bust
ness OF watered stocks and fren-
zied financiers has been brought
about by Republican legislation
protecting the trusts and the lack
of proper laws to protect the
people. The boasted prosperity in
wall Street was thin veneer
covering the rotten conditions that
have prevailed. Without the gov.
ernment deposits of nearly $3.50
100000 the National Banks would
nave been hard pushed months
ago and still the peoples none,
Is being poured into the same rat.
hole to try and stem the tide OF
distress. Money loaned for 10 per
cent on October 22nd, and the
banks even at high figures were
refusing accommodation to their
customers. Many legitimate bust.
ness houses are thus compelled tc
curtail their transactions. and lines
OF depositors are refused their own
money by banks and trust com.
panies which had fallen into the
hands OF mere spectators. The
Republican Administration has been
boosting this rotten condition OF
AFFAIRS for fear that a panic would
hurt the party. Now the panic Is
come, the Secretary of the Treas,
ury posts over to New York and
Is in conference with the Wal
street bankers and expresses him
SELF as prepared to go to an,
length to assist them. At the same
time the President is declaring thai
ne stands firm for the exposure
and punishment of evil doers
while Mr.. Cortelyou is dickerins
with the frenzied financiers.
With this panic on their hand,
ana general business depression i'm
pending, and the factional fiebt
In the ranks of the Republicans
comes the Democratic opportunit,
TO obtain control of the govern
ment But there is also a flv ir
the Democratic. ointment that ma,
prevent success. Unless the part,
can agree upon candidate wht
VIII receive the cordial support ~
the discordant elements that ha.
defeatd 1t in the past, 1t will agar
be unsuccessful. The result of thu
presidential election depends upor
the vote OF three or four doubt
ful States such as New York. New
Jersey Maryland. Rhode Island
and Delaware, and 1t Is esssntia
that the ticket must be satisfactor,
10 Democrats and Independent vot
ers OF those and perhaps othel
States.