Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-05-28
GONE TO IT'S GRAVE.

An article published by the New York
World on Tuesday leaves but little Il
any room for doubt that Hearst hide
pendence party has ceased to be, and
will soon be forgotten. The article IS
by Thomas L. Hisgen, who was its can
didate for President at the last presl-
Dental election, and who pOlled more
than 5000 votes. Mr.. Hisgen practl- /
eaIly says that in future he will act
with the Democratic party. !
The independence party never
amounted to very much. 1t didn't
amount to enough to justify efforts to
keep it alive. If all who were aetuated
BY a sincere desire to serve the people
| had been eliminated from it prior to
the presidential election the number OF
votes cast for its candidate would have
been very much smaller than 1t was.
By that statement we mean that many
who voted its ticket had grievances
against either the Democratic or the
Republican party or who hoped to come
into political prominence by Eleans OF
the new party.
1 Mr.. HiSgen believes that the battle
for national reforms will be fought out
within the lines of the two largest OF
the national parties. If at the next
national ele ton these parties line up
along conservative lines there may be a
third party, a radical party, because
there are many radicals in each OF
them-more in the Democratic party
than in the Republican party-but II
| either chooses great radical leader for
its presidential candidate there will be
no third party made up of a radical ele-
ment from them.
1t Mr.. Hisgen's opinion that the
: South, through its representatives IN
s Congress, will favor conservative legls-
lation, but for a generation or more
will sOlidly support radical leader from
the Northern states. Just how Mr..
Hisgen arrives at this conclusion ne
doesn't say. If the South is cOnservs,
> tive and favors conservative legisla-
= ton, why should she vote sOhdly for
!. radical leader from the Northern states
lit is true of course that she sOidly sup
ported Mr.. Bryanm ali Of his campaigns
but in the last campaign there wert
signs that she was getting tired OF him
& In this state, for instance, there was
r pretty big faction of Democrats VIII
a voted for Mr.. Taft, not because the,
d had lost confidence in Democratic doc
'. trines, but because they preferred tn
al conservatism for which Mr.. Taft stood
Mr.. Hisgen is right about one thing
It is that the fight is to be continue
rs against the rule Of the autOcracy O
ut wealth through far-reaehing and Subtl
IN trust interests" To the danger {
ed that rule the people are very niue
e. alive. They are not against trusts an
ut combinations which make for the publ
good because they are necessary
handle satisfactorily the tremendOr
is business interests of the present tim
I'd Such trusts and combinations are NJ
in the source of danger. The trus
ID against which the fight must be wage
le- are those which are mOnOpOhes. The
1T squeeze the wage Garner on one sl'
on and the consumer on the other. /
means of their money they practical
control the lawmakers and the admin
Tvs trater of the laws. IfnOt checked tn
III will rule the country, not for the w
eel, fare of the people, but for selfish pu
ten poses.
O. 1t is better that the battle for natio
,bp al reforms should be fought by the tV
he largest parties. Mr.. Hisgen sees hi
futile were the efforts of the organic
ton which he led in 1908, and he dOesl
propose to take part in another su
r. movement. nfuture he will be found
70 the ranks of the Democratic party.
% believes he can do some effective VIC
nv, there and, apparently, he is satisf
ION from experience that he cannot
I'd complish anything either at the FRI
or in the ranks of such an Organizat
as that which he led in the last pre-
. e dental contest. - Savannah Morn
t;on News.