Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-11-24
What. of The Democracy I?

there Is now for the hrst time IN nfty
years, "a coherent Democratic Party
which is sobereds1by victory and re-
sponsibility" We nre assured that
"for the first time since Andrew Jack
sons administration the Democratic
Party is emaneipated and master Gifts
own destinies;" that .'the Democratic
slate is wiped clean," and that "the
party is p4ek to it's first principles
again, under leadership that is fit to
lead" says The Philadelphia Enquirer.
The World anumerates as ''tie new
generation of leaders,: Wilson, of
New Jersey; Dix, of New York; Har-
mon, of Ohio; Baldwin, of Conn; Foss,
of Mass; P,aisted, of Maine, and May
or Gaynor, of New York. Ii adds:
The wav to the completere habilita-
ton of the Democratic Party is
now so simple that it can be lost
only by blind stupidity and folly.
The trail is so plainly blazed that
there can be no excuse for losing
it. A Democratic Senator in Maine
presents; Democratic Senator in
New York who represents what
Gaynor and Dix represents; aDem-
ocratic Senator in New Jersey
who represents what Wilson re.
presents; Democratic Senator in
Ohio who repre- sents what Harmon
represents; Democratic leader
ship in Congress that is sane, pro-
gressive and cautious-anu the
work of making d new Democratic
Party is done.
Very interesting; but what are "the
first principles? Is it the Jeffersonian
doctrine to which old time Democrats
are constantly appealing and concern
ing the meaning of which no two
agree? Is "Jeffersonian simplicity
exemplified by the expenditure of S37,
900 by the Democratic candidate in
Massachusetts, Mr.. Foss, to secure his
election And if the way to "com-
plete rehabilitation" is dependent up
on the selection to the Senate of men
of the stamp of Plaisted, Gaynor, Dix,
Wilson and Harmon-well, perhaps we
had better wait and see what the Dem
oeratic politicians of Maine, New
York, New Jersey, and Ohio, manage
to do when the time comes to elect
Senators.
There is hungry lot of Democratic
politicians in these States and the
names mentioned" do not as yet pro-
mise much substantial support to
the "new" Democracy. And it must
be remembered, too, that in the next
Congress every important committee
of the House will be in the hands of
Southern Democrats with Champ
Clark, of Missouri, presiding as speak
er.
1t may be that some of these newly
elected Democratic Governors who
don't count at Washington-have been
sobered by responsibility and hope
that the SOLDERING influence will extend
to the Democratic bosses and sub-boss-
es and to the Southern chairmen of
but that is only a hope.
1t is very apparent that the one great
issue is the tariff question. How is it
to be handled?
The Republican Party is bound to
accept as its policy the scheme of Presi-
dent Taft. which means an end to
general revisions' by committees of
Congress. No more of that sort of
work, but in its place the scientific in
vestigations conducted by a tariff
board or commission and the taking
up by Congress of a single schedule at
time. Nor will the Republican Party
depart from its policy of affording pro-
lection to manufacturers and to en-
ployes to the extent at least of the diff
ference of cost of production in this
country and abroad.
That is not the Democratic idea at
all. Be as sober as they may, the
Democratic proposition is "tarifi for
revenue only"-a tariff, that is to say,
that will look to revenue as the first
OBJECT ana without regard To protec-
ton. Governor-elect Wilson is a tariff
"reformer,p who would like to see as
close an approach to free trade as Ia
possible. Governor-slect Foss makes
no secret of where he stands on the
tariff. Like most other Democrats he
has no use fer the tariff board or COM
mission. "The commission itself is
only a subterfuge," says he, "and the
people are In no mood TO wait for its
reports, The first thing for us to do is
to kick out all the graft OF the present
schedules and get back to old-fashion-
ed honesty"
SORT is seen that even Mr. Foss, who
Is held up as representative leader OF
the coherent and "emancipatedu
Democratic Party, wants, above every
thing else to plunge the country i'm
fhediately into another general reyi-
sion and under the auspices OF a
Democratic Ways aud Means Commit
tee headed by a Southern Democrat.