The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-03
WILMINGTON. NJ. c.
Tuesday. SEPTEMBER 3, 1907.
POLITICS BADLY MIXED.


baltimore Sun has the headlhe.
"Growing Opposition to the RooseVel@
Doctrine of Capitalization
politics-that branch of it embrac-
ing the theories and tenets Oh the O"o
great parties-is badly mixed ana Tie
Indications are that 1t will become
moro so before the arrival OF the time
for the holding of the national conVci-
rions for nominating presidential cah-
rirates and rearranging party plat
forms The Sun speaks of 'grOWlu5
onDosition to the Roosevelt doctrine Oh
centralization'' still the chief cause oL
complaint Mr.. Bryan, the selt-appolht-
ed apostle of democracy, has agal!1oC
Mr.. Roosevelt is that the latter ana
bic faction of the republican party,
which is now in the saddle, have stolen
MANY of his choicest democratic prlIl'
cin1as while it is a fact that at least
two of them have been so radlcal IN
fbeir leaning toward strengthening the
mower and influence of the cenura'
government and so great an invasion o.
state rights as to be distasteful-to use
the mildest term-tO the Roosevelt
faction of his party.
Will those who turn their backs en-
the Roosevelt doctrine of centrallza-
tion" turn to Mr.. Bryan's doctrines OF
government ownership of railroads, or
the initiative and referendum and his
attack on state rights in his advocacy
of the passage by congress OF an act
regulating the sale of products OF mills
and factories in the several states?
1t is not necessarily an endorsement
of Mr.. Roosevelt's doctrine of central
ization'' to point out the fact that Mr..
Bryan's doctrines go further in adVo-
cacy of Capitalization and curtailmert
of state rights than any position Mr..
Roosevelt has ever taken, but it may
be done to show that one who opposes
Mr.. Roosevelt because of his centrdll-
cation ideas cannot consistently turn 70
Mr. Bryan. To be consistent those who
oppose the former must turn to some
other democrat than Mr.. Bryan as the
exponent of their political ideas.
Another evidence of the mixed cou-
dition of politics is the successful
campaign which Mr.. Williams waged
for the senatorial nomination in Mis-
sissippi; wherein he opposed agita
ton for the repeal of the fifteenth
amendment to the federal constitution,
claiming that the question of ne?ro
suffrage in the south had been settled
by the recent amendments to the con-
stitutions of the states in this section,
and he most emphatically opposed
government ownership of railroads,
taking ground occupied by Roosevelt's
party, but opposed by Mr.. Williams
opponent, Mr. Vardaman, who had
been elected governor of the state by
the democratic party.
In our own state we are going to
find politics badly mixed in the next
general election. At that election there
will be chosen a full state ticket and
legislature which will elect a senator
to succeed Senator Overman. 1t is
we'll known that Governor Glenn will
be a candidate for the senatorship and
that he will depend on his fight against
the railroads and for state prohibition
to land the Office for him. He is
strong advocate of state prohibition
and, no doubt, will rely on that more
than on his railroad war to secure the
victory. 1t has been stated-and we
have seen no denial-that the pro-
hlbitionists would nominate no candI- |
dates for the legislature in opposition
to candidates of the two political !
parties, but their efforts would be in |!
tre way of having the political parties |
nominate men who would put prohibi- |
ton above party allegiance This, of
course, is for the purpose of securing /
a democratic majority In the next leg /