The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-29
Two VIEWS FOR 1905.

Two prominent Democrats, repre-
seniing different sections ok tile conn
i try. have 4 ven ii IT views ats To ths
proper attitude Of The party III 1893
They are Senator Daniel. Of Virginia
and Gov Johnson q Minnesota B0th
have been mentioned as presld ntial
possibilities, thougn neither Processes
ID take seriously the III IS said about
him III that connec ion. Presumably
neither would refusa nomination
tho gh neither expects il. They evil
IDENTITY regard AZ Of fner e Importance
To settle what attitude the party shall
assume iii 1905, what II shall stand f0i
III lis bid for the confid nee ana sup
port of the country.
Senator Dan II starts out with the
safe props sition that the National
Democratic platform should enunciate
board Democratic principles, and be
confined to those matters upon which
Democrats are generally agreed. This
means that he does noS favor radical
cxpedients, The regulation OF cor
porations engaged in interstats com
merce, would. OF course, be included.
There is nothing new and nothing ex-
IRENE about that Mr.. Daniel is de,
cidedly Of the opinion that it would
not be VIII to declare that the gov.
eminent should own the roads by the
vehicles used in transportaticn. We
should take the Constitution fairly
and justly interpreted as a q de-,
and the public welfare SHOULD be tn
sole aim. These views will meet
those of very large number Of Demo
era S, who think the CID principles Of
the party, if fairly declar and faith
fully carried out are quite good
enough to submit to the country as a
basis Of public confidence.
With reference o the tariff the atti-
tude of Senator Daniel is less conf
dsnt. He says we never have had a
tariff framed upon any technical the
DRY advocated before its passage The
correctness Of this statement NAV
well be doubted. II the present tariff
was not framed upon tn theory tha;
monopoly ought TO be sheltered &c IS
impossible to say why it was passed.
II the tariff law Of 1876 was n0t base
upon the theory that a tariff Shout
be for revenue, If that theory was MOI
FLY jus fled when Il was further q
dnced in 1857. with the consent OF al
parties, because it was producing tcr
much revenue. then the history OF IN.
country has been written in vain. Ru'
Senator Dani g es on TO say thar 81.
need a iudicious reylsicl of he tar #
not a wrecking or doctrinarie revis
ion. Nobody need objec to a judi
cious revision, for thar is always in or
der. but it is hardly in order to init
mate that there is danger Of a wreck
ing revision. That is one OF the weak
est inventions of the enemy. We a.,
much NOR likely TO have a nomina
revision. hat does not revise. or ,
real revision which puts MP competi
tive rates instead Of putting then
down. The demand fer revision 6.
SO strr-g and so general that it look.
now ike something will have to D..
done to conciliate publ c sentiment
What We have to fear is no. a doc
trinaire revision. not a revision tina
viii wreck ind stry. but changes tia
will keep the word q promise to th
ear and break If to our hone. To tall
Of paying other laborers a. she ex
pe-se Of our Iaborers Is quite capable
OF being cons rled TO mean that "a
Republ can contention that projection
makes wages high is correct whereas
there never was p iitical fallacl
nore baseless. The country undoubt
sdly wishes a sudicioEs revision. ba