New-York tribune., 1907-04-15
c4RTooHED AND cARTOONERs.

Two Of the three kinds OF Jeffersonian Demo
Gratis dined Saturday night, those who are car
tooned as the enemies OF their country at ule
XVsldorf and those who cartoon them at the
Savoy A careful perusal OF two dining tickets
showed that If they vote as they eat II VIII not
he the same ticket. I'VE seldom repent OF eat
ing too little'-JeffersOn. was the printed motto
on the menu of the cartooners. Inc carlooneu
ate under the inhibition of no such moral re-
eoction Tbev ate lust as if they had never
heard of Beshazzar and were quite lndlnerehl
~ tho cartOoners dining in the Peepuis own
English. while they arrOgantly dined III frehch.
Both parties having dispatched the comestl-
bles. proceeded to dispatch the government
ownership of railroads. All the JeffersonlanS
except Mr. Bryan'S Jeffersonans apparently
disbelieve in this form of government own
ershp, though the processes by whIch they
reach this unanimity are different Inc car
tooned are of course, the great believers III lne
priyate ownership of everything; that is why
they make such fine, stout pictures on the DacA
pages of Mr.. Hearst's publications. For them
the Jeffersonian admonitiOn. I'VE seldom re-
pent of eating too little" would have been a
sort of handwriting on the wall, only it got on
the wrong dinner card. Now. an able orator
reflected the sentiments Of the cartooned When
he said this regarding the government owner
ship of railroads:
We are opposed to governmental paternalsn.
II is a reproach 10 jefferson to claim that, II ne
were living. he would he in favor OF H. pre-
dict with great respect to others who may OH
fer with me. that the day Will never come when
the government of the United states VIII own
and operate the railroads Of the country. we
do not want 10 own them. We own enough now
we had better sell some things we have than
enlarge our holdings
But ownership is not the only policy before
the people There is regulation. The cartooned
profess To have great liking for regula-
ton. hut il must be an acquired taste II SeeanS
10 be imperfectly acquired too; for one of tha
favorite orators of the occasion pronounced the
unregulated railroad presidents the worlds
great benefactors and said many things sug-
gestive of a very WY face about the PRESIDENT
VINO introduced government regulation.
The cartooners favor both systems, owner
ship and reguation-with limit Mr. Hearst,
the chief orator of the Savoy banquet. said:
Take the two principles now conspicuously be-
fore the country. the principle of public control
of public utilities and the principle OF pubic
ownership of public utilities. Both are good,
both are practicable.
Then he went on 10 say he had introduced in
Congress a bill for the regulation Of railroads
and another for the ownership of the telegraph.
Thus it would appear that neither section
will have anything to do with NIr. Bryan's pct
doctrine, government ownership OF TallTO"dS.
Mr. Hearst's radicals are chiefly for regulation,
which Mr.. Bryan pronounces impractcable.
The other section of the Democracy likes regI-
latIon. too. but only as an acquired taste. After
both dinners had got through with it. Mr..
Bryan's pet scheme looked even more remote
and ultimate" than ever Unless Mr.. Bryan
can prove that his party is as honest as Mr..
Hearst's Independence League, Mr.. Hearst will
hardly trust the Democratic party to administer
ownership. The cartooned, on the other hand,
having acquired taste for regulation, viii stop
there; for Mr.. Bryan to ask them TO go on and
acquire q taste for ownership is too much.
Mr.. Bryan personally did not fare much bet
ter than his pet issue Neither cartOOned nor
cartO0nerS invited the man who is most prom
inent as a candidate for the Democratic NOM
inatiOn 10 their dinner. Mr. HearSt's dinner
party seemed TO regard the Nebraskan as quite
too radical 10 associate with on account Of his
eccentric notions about the ultimate" owner
ship Of railroads. (1he telegraph it would go
in for owning) At the dinner party Of the car
tOOned il said by the orator Of the occasion
that the peerless leader hobbies like a cripple
''in the wake of his successful rival, gathering
''as he goes the few scraps that are left Of his
''own fallacies" This seems TO have been an
instance of the effect OF that imperfectly ac-
quired taste we mentioned, but even a man
with a wry face ought not 10 speak so dlsre-
spectfully Of his ''undisputed' and peerless"
leader
Meanwhile let us compose ourselves and wait
for another soothing adjectve