Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27
CLANS ARE GATHERING
Washington is Headquarters Now For Many Politicians.


 tics and the financial panic is the gen eral topic of conversation. The meet ing of congress always brings tt Washington a horde of people loauee with personal and patriotic schenle' to present to the national legislature It is certainly amusing to note the number of designs on the natlona treasury, but as all the surplus casf has been loaned to the national Dank' from which it cannot De recalleC without inviting further financlal dls aster. the necessity of keeping appro' priations within the limit of the gov ernment income, will compel even the most extravagant republican states, man to be in a measure economlcdl The estimates of the heads of depart ments, however, all call for increased concentrations. The secretary Of the navy wants more ships and larger navy yards; the secretary or war lh- sists that millions are needed to COIL plete coast defenSes, especially those in our insular possessions; the secre- tary of commerce and labor asserts that an increased number of lmml- grant inspectors are necesSarythe sec retary of agriculture declares that he cannot enforce the pure f0od law without more food inspectors ana chemical laboratories; the secretary of the interior must have more pat ent examiners and land inspectors; the attorney general more speclal at torneys to investigate the dolngS ol undesirable citizens, so that II pos sible a malefactor of great wealth may be jailed as the croWnlng glory of the Roosevelt administration. h. creased pay for the soldiers and sail ors and the civil service employees aV- eraging 30 per cent will add to the appropriation bills many millions, II full justice is done to those public servants.
 The policy of the republican lead CTS in congress is to enact as lltlle legislation as possible, pass the ap- propriatiOn bills and adjourn in time to take a hand in the republican na- tional convention, but as every con gressman will have at least one speech, and most of them many more on the asset currency bill the Philip pino tariff bill, the German tariif agreement. the improvement of the Mississippi and it's tributaries, the amendment of the sherman antitrust law, the over capitalization Of rall- roads, the parcels post bill, the feder- al corporation bill, and any other leg islation they think will specially in- if will quire many months to exhaust this stream of eloquence.
 Republican politics are in a chaotic condition and will probably remain so until the meeting of the national convention for it seems impossible for our republican brethren to settle on who shall be their candidate for pre- sident until noses are counted. The president refuses to give any sign of a change from his original determina- tion of refusing to be a candidate for a third term, but the Roosevelt boom- CTS refuse to take him at his word, which leads to demOraliZatiOn in the camps of the other candidates. From what l can see the president is play ing a deep game of allowing dele gates to be tied up for him and when the time arrives will use these dele gates for the man of his choice, Taft if possible. but quite probably COrtel- you. l do not expect to see Mir ROOse- welt accept a third term nomination. although it is possible it may be of fered to him.
 Democratic politics are also in a chaotic condition. for there is not a single declared candidate for the nomination for president. The ban quet to MT Bryan resulted in his de- claring he will accept the nomination but some of his friends declare he would rather have waited to see who will probably he the republican stand ard bearer before deciding to allow his name 10 be presented to the dem ocratic national convention. There is no doubt that majority of demo- crats are for Mr Bryan, but the ques- tion Is will all the democrats of the doubtful states give him hearty sup port and thereby carry enough of the doubtful states to win the election with the independent vote that is also necessary? The result of the late election in Nebraska and elsewhere fin the west does not seem tO offer much chance of democratic success. but when we turn eastward the tide runs more favOrably.
 One of the most prominent demo crats of the country with whom [ recently talked about the plans and policies nf the party said: ''Thr demo- cratic party must win in the next campaign. if it wins at all hy. ap- pealing successfully to the very classes of voters who have hitherto resisted the appeal of MT Rrylu's elOquence and attractive personality. A republican candidate could win by merely holding and uniting his party. But the democratic candi- date must do more than that. He must be ahle t0 turn back tho tide which has been running against the democrats ever since lStli The 6OlOO0 defeat of that year was foi lowed by ono of SDgD tn 1lssl: and this was followed by ono of 2O0O.- ODO in 1ssH. when many Of Nr Brvan:s supporters voted for Roosevelt. whom they regarded as a better randilai" than Parker. This seems to. show that Mr Bryan. who supported Parker. could not control his own following al that time. Gan hp dO morp to- day? Gan he unite the two factions of ihe party: Can he withdraw from Roosevelt the denncratir radicaIs who went io him in 1aDIs Can he satisfy the demands Of the strict eunsfrur-