Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-07
.wHo rs A REPUBLICAN AND WHO
is A DEMOCRAT"

is A DEMOCRAT"
Various remarks made by President
Taft during hts recent visit to Yale
nre furnishing food for discussion
throughout the country. First import
ance, of course, was attached to the
Presidents warning-it was construed
as warning by numerous papers and
people--so his party against failure
TO comply with ante-election promises
AZ TO a revision of the tariff. His
statement to the effect that II the G..
o. P. does not make good the as
surances of its platform of 1908. and
xive the people a real, downward re-
vision of the tariff schedule. II VIII
be relegated to the position OF a min
Gritty opposition. has been widely as
! ~ssssed. And. In the South at least
~ 1so Is been pretty generally agreed
that. while the President spoke a
truth. he had no especially serious IN
tentions along that line, and the warn
ing was rather inadvertent than other
WISE
Now The Baltimore Sun takes up
Mr.. Taft's friendly raillery OF secre-
tary Of War Dickinson. who has been
known as Democrat. and seriously
discusses the ostensibly faceticus re-
mark that. szFhen you come to dis
cuss what Is d Democrat these days.
you are presented with very much the
same difficulty that | have before me
In giving certain rules for the con-
struetion of tns pure food law as to
what whiskey, is The SUI says that
II Mr.. Taft shoald undertake to give
I precise desniticn Of what is q Ke,
rnb'ican he might find himself emsar-
Kissed again. Attention is called TO
the fact that Senator Dolliyer. who
proclaims himself to be a Republican
CT the straixhtest sect. has asserted
repeatcdly In the Senate that Mr..
Aldricn is playing confidence game
on the people in the tariff matter. and
that Mr.. cummins has denounced the
Aldrich b:il SIS the essense OF fraud
and deceit
The real question would seem to
be. not what Is Republican or what
Il Democrat. but who Is a Rcpubli-
can and who Is Democrat The
platform adopted by the respective
parties las, year outlined pretty cor
rccfiy what the orthodox members
Of both parties believe and stand for
OF course. there were a few special
provisions. designed to meet modern
conditions. and II Is not to be ex-
pected that all the members OF either
party would subscribe fully to every
line written into either platform. That
would be impossible When SIX mil
Hon voters fully agree upon every
hing put iu;o platform. the milien-
n:um win be close at hand. But the
Fundamental principles OF the great
parties are unchanged and because
certain men, no matter how big" the
een may be. violate the principles Of
both IS no reason for saying toat Il is
d<fsca:s 70 answer the question. What
- : Democrat and Whist rs a Repubii-
czDr- FOR instance. Mr.. Aldrich may
~ . Sesobiican at heart; be may be-
Here sincerely In real Repabiicsa doc
trspcz. bat IN leading the aght for ex-
sc<tioassc. trastp<aperinE tariff du-
;srs. he Is not ezsryinE out the prsnc.-
PIES Of ms party Scme Of TIE neao.
<r<ss Of The senate. possibly. are even
further away from their parties than
Er. k}dr.cs Is fron his. Bat. As has
oc~n st>t>o frcqsrptiy. ever Demo
<<e} tkz< has ca vote IN favor q
= d-f5 ~ 10, 70 sc s:7>-c< - rcas-
Ess<-s <hol-y co~ SOD <z<.f system
= I141,.>ly worse TT toe south thai