The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-24
A PEERLESS LEADER
A DEMOCRATIC ORGAN. uNAsk
ED. SEXES TIE PRESIDENT
AS ITS MENTOR.


Editorial Monday in the New York
World
Whatever factional diseord may OK.
LIST In the Republican party, the Dem.
ocratic members OF the United statssI
Senate have a great leader whom they
can trust and follow. We refer. Of.
course. o Theodore Roosevelt
There has been only n Democrat.
&c President since the civil war. but
when did Mr.. Cleveland command That
enthusiastic and dngrudging suppors
from Democratic Senators which
seems always at The disposal Of Mr..
Roosevelt whenever there Is a crisis
In his relations With the Senators Of
his own party?
The announcement that the Presi.
dent In the Brownsville matter had
committed himself without reserya.
tion TO the Blackburn amendment es-
cites little establishment. The report
that all the Democratic Senators. with
the exception of Mr.. TfIlman. VIII
probably vote for the Presidents
amendment is too plausible to require
eertifcation. When have they ever
failed Mr.. Roosevelt when he needed
their votes2 The Rough Rider hat to
them is the helmet OF Navarro.
Now that the Brownsville issue Is
shaping i.re,s into a. struggle for thu
control Of the next Republican Nation.
al convention, the Democratic sena.
tors are battling shoulder to shoulder
with their peerless leader. To quote
the classical eoupiet acclaimed by
Senator Blackburn in a previous siren.
nous struggle
He that dallies Is a bastard,
He that doubts is damned.
Whether the Democratic Senators
will return, to their homes at the close
of the session to work for the cleo.
tion OF Roosevelt delegates to the next
Republican convention we have no
means of knowing. But they have
proved their fidelity SO often that ths
President need exact no pledges. Al.
ter their long struggle against Repub.
lican treachery. is It not fair to as.
slime that they will never permit the
control Of the Republican National
convention to pass into the hands Of
the corporation reactfonarfes who are
opposed to Mr. Roosevelt's policiesa
The World is finding no fault with
the Democratic Senators. Rather Is
It pleased with the belated capacity
which they have shown for united &C.
ton. After the disruption Of their
own party. and until the coming OF
Mr.. Roosevelt they were little more
than political waits. sleeping on a
ual doorsteps, friendless. their
strength dissipated, their power vast.
ed. Divided by chickering's and dis.
trustfui OF everybody. they exerted
little influence upon the vast drama
of legislation. all of which they saw
but only a very small part Of which
they yer
Thanks to Mr.. Roosevelt, the Demo.
cratic Senators are finally united I'm.
der the banner Of r~esourceful and
sagacious captain. Their votes CONT
for something. They determine great
issues, they are a mighty power in
the affairs Of government-and all due
to Mr.. Roosevelt's own snrpassing ge.
MUS. What Democratic Senator ever
thinks of consulting Mr.. Cleveland, or
Mr.. Bryan, or Judge Parker on ques.
tons before Congress? What one Of
them today would go to Princeton, or
Esopus. or Lincoln for advice when
the h%ospitable doors OF the White
House swing open at the other end
Of PENNSYLVANIA avenue7
Perhaps the discerdant factions Of
the Democratic party can learn a les.
son from the Democratic Senators.
Have they not erred greatly in seek.
ing a leader within their own ranks?
It was the corsican who could rule
France. and in Theodore Roosevelt.
Democrats at last seem to have o
leader that can lead.
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