The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-06
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1907
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yoN-DssENr1ALs AND T,UNDAIENT-

Senator. Rayner, Of Maryland, is still
engaged in the patriotic service OF
clearing ,.thes political atmosphere for
the Democratic party We recently re-
viewed statement of his views as
published in the New York Herald. He
has moro recently made q similar
statement for the New York World.
His first movement is to brush aside
the non-essentials upon which Demo-
Gratis are disagreed He declares that
l"the new theory that has been sprung
upon us over night OF the governmental.
ownership OF railroads, and which finds
Judgment among the radical leaders OF
the Republican party as we'll as 1t does
among our own. will not become a
Democratic doctrine
He further declares that the Federal
referendum and initiative will go by
the board" The representatives of the
Southern States" says Mr.. Rayner.
would not yield to such an innovation
because a distinguished traveller speed
ing through the Continent Of Europe
found that the system worked sue
cessfully In the cantons of Switzer-
land, any more than they would yield
3 to q governmental ownership Of rail-
roads because the same traveller OBJ
served what he considered to be the
satisfactory operation OF railroads by
the government in the mountain passes
of .Austrla-Hungary."
Mr.. Rayner is right in saying that
these arc not Democratic privileges.
They are the visions and vagar!es OF
William J. Bryan. and with all his
oratory. Mr., Bryan will not BIO able to
rally the Democracy to such call.
With these questions out OF the way,
Mr.. Rayner says that the real Demo-
cratic issues are tariff reform and
States rights. lie declares that not
only Is a protective tariff wrong in
principle, but that the Dinghy tariff
2 is fraudulent. He does not hold either
Dlngley or Mckinley responsible for it.
but he assertstthat 80 is able to prove
demonstrabiy tho. fraudulent device
that underles it. Exposure, of fraud
says he ."!s,.thc order Of the day, and
II our party has the courage OF It.
convictions It Is an Issue now upon
which It may succeed and conquer by
making inroads in the agricultural ani
manufacturing districts Of Republ cal
States that are In open rebellion
against the embargo that is laid upor
American products, and that Is perma
nently undermining our commercial In
tercourse with the trading nations O
the world"
But he regards States rights as
more important issue even than tarif1
He does not mean by States rights
multiplication of the powers OF In
general government. 1t Is not. in hi
View, so much n political issue as
Is social and commercial issue. IT
question that appeals to the bus
mesa interests OF the country and to til
local institutions of the States
'.Has this government" ha asks, I'll
right to make u, treaty that Will swee
the usages and customs OF the State
away and take jurisdiction for instanc
over the school systems Of California
South Carolina, so as to admit I'M
the one the Shildren OF the Orient. mr.
into the other Inhabitants OF SAINT
Do,ningo?"
And again:
"Can we under the clause 4,
regulate commerce take government
al possession OF the manufacturing G:
Establishments and business enterprise
# OF the States, and. by system of II
spection and supervision and prohib
ton. not regulate their products
their transit from Exate to State, bu
absolutely provide what kind Of iabt
they shall employ and what kind
a commerce they can engage INF"
These are the two questions th
touch Democracy at the vital poin
These are the fundamentals, compar,
to which Mr.. Bryan's government ow1
ership and referendum proposals a
as sounding brass ana tlnkllng cyn
balls.
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