The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05

surgents. or as an outcome regardless oi parties?
 Answer-I regard the result Of the las; election as sweeping democratic Nie, tory, giving IS a golden opportunity and imposing upon us grave responsipliity.
 Question 6-Do you regard the re-else- ton of those who were progresslVes or insurgents in the last session or the fe= election of standpafters in the last ses- sion as a republican victory
 Answcr-l regard the election of any sort of a republican to any sort or al office as a republican victory pro ldneo. There is 10 use to multiply words In an sWering No 6. ,t
 Question Are you in favor of taking up al the present session revision or ehe Payne Aldrieh wool and cotton seheduies, or do VOL think it would be prelerapie to take up a general tariff revision at 'ne present session, and if so. could lhis pe done. in yolir opinion. without dlsturpiil9 commercial interests in general.
 er-Cnquestionaby the coNuIl ai.. @ wool schedules need revising; so do the other schedules-some more, some lese, Whether any revision will be atoeInpeeo s'a at this short session. in which there are only about 65 working days, l do not know. Democratic action will depehu o'' the consensus of democratic oplhlon Ill the House and the Senate.
 Opinion Is Divided
 Democratic opinion-indeed might nroaden if SO as to say public opiniof- is divided on the two methods or re revision by a general bill or by sepaiaee bills. This. too. is matter not Of An- ciple, but of detail. which must pc termined by the aseertalning oi tue census of opinion among democrats. heoii method has it's advantages and disadVan- Loa itc nAWOcatpS and OD- nonents I feel sure that changes in the tariff in fuldllment of promises of respoh- : sihle democrats can be made without lIi- turing any legitimate commercial or pus- iness enterprise Indeed, 1 am ram 10 believe that every legitimate business ana enterprise will positively be oenenteo py a just and wise revision Of the iarln, " might be advisable to put In slolns scale of reductions to extend gradually over period of years, as was put lh'o the tariff bill in 1SS3 so that buslhess et'- tarnrises might adjust themselves to the change. .,.
 Question Slow would the whole country regard the election or COT noration aftornev like Edward M Shepard or William T. Sheehan, part ner of Judge Parker, as united States senator from New York
 Answer-I have no Idea now tle country as a WQOle Nohiu iSoN-N election of any man to the senate from any state. I assume that the leg islature of New York is competent to make the selection of a proper demo- crat
 The SociaIiStic Vote
 Question 9-What do you think of the socialist vote to about f0o,ooo, nearly double that of four years ago without much organization or moneyF  What does it mean?
 Answer-The growth of the social istic vote Is a phenomenon that must be thoroughly considered by thought full men of all parties. l am certain that many persons will be surprised when thev find out who vote the social istic ticket.
 Now, having fully answered the Americans questions may be permitted to state that tho chief thing that made our overwhelming victory compara- lively easy was the fact that a ma iority of newspapers and periodicals were helping us In one way or an other. whereas heretofore for 16 yeas only a few of the great metropolitan daiies and magazines gave us aid and comfort
 The increase of circulation of news papers is one of the most remarkable features of present day civilization For instance, in my district, nearly every citizen in addition to the local papers takes at least one daily or twice a week paper. The consequence Is that voters generally are better posted than ever before on the issues of the day and the popular verdict rendered No- vember was perhaps the most intelli gent ever rendered In America-for which we are indebted to the news papers So far as l am personally T f,,1 for the help which they rendered the democrats.