The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-25

| VIC same SORT at the same Bane. In
both cases the voters are pawns, mere
food for powder, or shouters ad
majorem gloriam, but, then, how the
unconsidered Taxpayer does love to
be called fond Names and battered.
even when everybody knows 1t is a
mere empty farce.
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THE PROBABILITY OF A DEMO-
| CRATIC HOUSE.
Champ Clark. who will be the next
Speaker of the National House of Rep
resentatives IL 1t contain q Demo-
cratic majority-and We believe with
MIR. Clark that 1t wil1--discusses In q
current magazine article the outlook
| for such a devoutly-to- be wished con-
| Summation. His forecast Is based on
the political experience OF this coiln-
try and upon the things which the
Republican party has done which it
| ought not to have done and the things
1t has left undone which 1t ought to
have done.
| Mr.. Clark says "History shows
that in long lapses Of time one party
|
the other. When President Taft
was sworn in this government had
existed one hundred and twenty years
| under the Constitution. During that
period the party now known us the
| Democratic bad held the executive
branch of the government for sixty
years--just one-half of the time"
The disruption In the Republican
ranks is forcibly shown by Mr.. Clark.
He says in this connection: "They are
badly demoralized. but still both fac
tons claim to be Republicans. Indeed.
the mem bers of each faction claim to
be the only Simon-pure. double. back
acting. ool-and-a-yard-wide Re-
publcans. 1t would be matter OF
great delicacy for an outsider to de-
eide as to the orthodoxy Of these CON
| tending clans"
tions of the last forty years, Mr..
Clark demonstrates that the Re-
| Mr. Clark demonstrates that the Re-
| publican party has always shown a
| tendency to be house divided against
| itself. The Republican detection caused
the election of Harmon in Ohio. Mar
shall in Indiana, Johnson and Lind in
Minnesota, and Chamberlain in Ore
gon; and Mr.. Clark declares that the
tradition of unbroken Republican
unity at the polls is no better than
myth"
On the other hand. the distinguished
leader of the minority in the House
rejoioes in the fact that the Democrats
in the House got together at the last
session. thereby setting a fine example
to Democrats everywhere" and Great
ing "a splen~.d influence in electing a
Democratic House this fall" This fact
has not been played up by the great
metropolitan newspapers and press
associations. which are tinged with
Republican utilization.
I The unantmity of Democratic oppo-
sition to the Payne-Aldrich-S mo o t
tariff bill VIII make for Demo
cratic victory thinks Mr.. Clark, and
theVe I'm be no doubt that he is cor
rect. "Revision downward" was not
brought about by the Republicans and
/ the people will me UP with the party
which has Kept It's pledges and main
tained it's faith. The Republican posi-
y ton on the tariff has been so eQuivocal
SO unsatisfactory, so distasteful to the
national electorate that Democratic
consistency and steadfastness must
win.
According to Mr. Clark. there are
ten reasons why the Democrats VIII
carry the Congressional elections this
fall. They are:
First. because the Democrats art
unitJd.
Second, because the Republicans are
split into bitterly warning factions.
Third because the people believe
that they were deceived and betrayed
on the tariff question.
Fourth, because Mr. Cannon has
practically announced his candidacy
for re-elec ton as Speaker. which has
the same soothing effect on the In
surgents that shaking a red flag II
Its face has on mad bull.
Fifth because the people want tt
know the truth about the Ballingcr.
Pinchot row the sale of the Philippine
frlars' lands. and because they under
stand full we'll that they Will nevel
get the truth from the Regular Re
publlcans.
sixth because the taxpayers wan
to put an end to the wild and rockies.
. waste and extravaganza now prevail
ing In all the departments of the gov
eminent
seventh because they want 4.
genuine revision of the tariff down
ware to reasonable basis.
ElShth, because they want the GRIN,
a maj features Of tho Anti thrust Lev
= honestly and thoroughly enforced q
that the big trust criminals may lam
: IN prison. fines for them being no pun
n ,lshment at all.
: Ninth, because the people are de
sirous OF change believing that til
EepuDiicans have been in so long tha
,neS have concluded that the COUNT
+. belongs to them rather than % tn