The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05

by the name Of their party. and the
only argument that is addressed to
them is the stupid canard that there
are a few men in Congress masQuer-
aiding as Republicans who are hand
in hand with the Democratic party
and refusing to let majority rule.
II want to thank the Senator from
Maryland for this opportunity which
he gives me to state publicly that
there has been no alliance; that the
Insurgents seek no alliance, except
that unity of action which comes
when two men agree as to what Is
right and as to what ought to be done
by the Government of the United
States. have great sympathy for
the Democratic party. but very lit
tie confidence I'm it, as at present
managed, and | will tell you why. 1t
has been without any experience in
the larger responsibilities of gov
eminent in this later generation. You
have got to have, ! think. two politi-
cal parties in the United States, one
of them to conduct the administra-
ton and go forward with the public
business, and the other to stand at
attention at all hours, with eyes open
to see that the public business is
well and truly transacted. The Re-
publican party is in power and its
general makeup seems to have Civ
en- it in these latter years a sort of
adaptation to the business of carry
| ing on the Government; and the
/ thing about the Democratic party
that impresses me most is that II
seems to be well adapted to the Job
of standing at the outposts and
guarding carefully against errors
and excesses. For my part, hope
to see that situation perpetuated.
THE Republican party is not en-
titled to all the credit for the fact
that it has had great experience, but
somehow or other it has happened to
make the record of the Government
in the past fifty years. 1t has had al
least a nominal responsibility for il
all. Our Democratic brethren. good
as they are and kind and helpful as
they are in all the relations of life
have not been called uDon to add a
line TO that hstory-not a sentence
not a word. The most that can be
said for them is that occasionally
they work in a punctuation point on
us-here a semicolon, there colon
here an Interrogation point every
now and then an exclamation point
and in 1892 full stop so far as oui
worldly affairs were concerned"
No better description of the action
of the Democratic party on the tar
if has been given in a long time.
To hear Demoarctic orators holt
forth on the evils of the tariff, anC
to read the leaders in Democratic
newspapers one would suppose tina
if ever their party had an opportu
nifty they would smite 1.-The malefac
tors of great wealth." the robbel
barons," crush monopoly and reduce
the rates of duty all along the line
And yet, as Senator Dolliver ha.
shown, the Wilson-Gorman bill il
most respects was considerably
higher than the Payne bill, and "th'
interests" were allowed to write SOM
of the most important schedules.
AS a matter of fact neither part.
! is in a position to call names owe
the tariff When business interest
take a hand in making rates of dut.
they know no party. They seek def
mite results and the party label i
consideration of minor value.
Hereafter it Is going to be nue.
more difficult matter for great bus
mess interests to dictate schedule
than it used to be. President Tai
knew this when he asked for TART
board and the Standpatters recogniz
ed the fact when they fought it.
The Republican party is the part
of constructive craftsmanship. 1t
not perfect, and within its rank
some unworthy men have bee
found but it is fighting to drive on
the rascals and it will succeed. TIL
Insurgents, with the exception Q
men like La Toilette, have no natura
ties with the Democracy, and the
are pretty likely to be back in tn
ranks before 1912, fighting the com
mon enemy.