Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-24

vi0ed, but In every state where the
Republicans e to be divided the
Democrats are In q still worse posi.
ton. and while the Republicans will
find a way to compromise these condi.
lions and get together for the cam.
p, ign, the Democrats will still be
hopelessly divided. The fact of the
matter is that the Republicans, with.
out any Boosting whatever, but simply
on the conditions that exist, and that
are liable to exist. expect to return
their present majority and hope to
increase 1t by Is to 20 members. They
are sure OF gaining at least 20 seats
In the mex house. and while OF course
some seats may be lost, yet It Ia be-
lieved that there will be a net gain
sufficient to increase the Republican
membership Of the house. This conf
dence OF the Republicans is based
upon the fact that the arguments that
they can present to the people will be
OF such a nature as to not only hold
the present Republican vote but to
gain many Democratic votes. While
the arguments which the Democrats
Will have to present to the people, II
indeed they have any they dare to
present. must be wholly negative ones
and OF a nature to repulse rather than
to attract. The Republicans, for in.
stance. feel confident that the people
Will be glad to sustain the president
and the administration and give him a
TRnntthlionr ho,an ~
fo- the second part OF his term to
carry out the pledges of the party
and the promises OF the president
himself. A Democratic house would
not only check all progress. but It
would be a menace to business inter.
ests. and would undoubtedly create q
feeling Of anxiety in all venue Of
finance and commerce, multiplying to a
large extent the splendid impetus we
have gained already under the present
administration and stopping to a con
siderable extent the prosperity and
progress which we are now as @ ma.
ton and as a people enjoying.
In short, the Democrats are whistling
to keep their courage up and making
vain boasts which are unfounded and
are wishing above all things that they
haG n or two strong leaders and one
or two great policies with which they
could go before the people. They have
believed that by encouraging a small
faction of the Republican party they
could succeed In certain states in split
ting that party in two, but they have
found that 1t would not work, and have
also found that the Republican party
Is going to be able to settle its own
differences and to agree upon great
national policies. leaving the smaller
matters to regulate themselves at the
proper tine.
1t is going to cause Democratic can.
didates. newspapers and orators much
trouble, during the campaign mex fall,
to explain the fact that only Senator
Chamberlain OF Oregon, elected by a
Republican Legislature, in a Republican
state. stood out from the minority to
vote for the postal savings bank bill
which passed the senate last Saturday.
1t will be found that artful special
pleading and dust-throwing will not 20
far to Offset the undenlable fact of all
but unanimous Democratic opposition
to a very popular measure.
II the postal savings bank question
were submitted to the people 1t would
be discovered that all sections of the
country were strongly In favor of such
provision for the safe depositing Of
money in places which have no bank
ing facilities OF the kind suitable for
small savings. II Is not probable that
any state In the union would vote
against the establishment of an insti.
tuition which has found favor and
proved Its usefulness in many coun.
tries of Europe, in Canada and In Aus.
tralia.
II there is any reason for opposing
such facilities for thrift and such alb.
solute security for small deposits,
which can be made convincing to more
than a rather small minority of the
American people. 1t has not yet been
disclosed.