Bisbee daily review., 1910-03-27
REPUBLICS uNeRATEFUL. DEAR UNCLE JOE.
(courier,Journal)

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 The Democrats have been burning black smoke so long that they arc apt to oyer-estimate any good for tune that may come to them. The triumph in the Lower House of Con- gross which they owe to the Insur- gent Republicans starts tho braves to shouting wake. snakes, days a breakin." when it were perhaps filter for them to murmur small fayors thankfully received" It is a long way from the overthrow O. Cannon. who in the course of nature had not long to stay. and the cleo. ton of a Democratic president ir 1912. Very many things are likely to happen between now and then. The victory indeed may prove more seeming than real.
 In the first place it is yet to be seen how far the Insurgents will go along with us. If they arc to make a scape-goat of Uncle Joe. redress their lines and claim for a Repubii- can merit a bogus reform move ment, they may get an arrest Of public judgment and hold us off another four years. our vitality grow ing less and less the longer we wait. If they are to rally about the Man from Africa" and recover the pop ularity lost them by the case-hard- ened Cannon and the iron-clad Ald- rich. to say nothing about the blun- dering Taft, the country will again be fooled to the top Of it's bent. Democracy the victim of what the gamblers call the double-cross. That Theodore Roosevelt was able to steal so much of the Democratic apparel as suited his fancy and seemed likely to attract the voters. and to foist such a man as his sue cessor upon us. is alike discredit- able to him and the people Can he do it again?
 That will depend a good deal up- on the leaders of Democracy. In case they show themselves true and wise. that is self-denying and self-poised. we may snatch the brand from the burning: for wres5- ing the government from hands that have held 1t so long amounts to that It may be that the Repcb- licans will split wide open on Roosevelt If it be the determina- ton of himself and his friends, her aiding him as the only hope Of Republication, to make him the presidential nominee in 1912. they will In that event the road before us will be broader and straighter. But, in any event, we must shape our course to meet the popular de- mand for a general housekeeping felt by everybody to be the crying need at Washington as elsewhere.
 This can be alone effected by a change of parties and if we are to be intrusted with this the issue must not be obstructed by any side issues. or doctrinal bubbles. or the oretical hair-splitting. We must find nominee suited to the work to be done and having gained the con fidence of the country. The parry
 must gather about this nominee loyaIly. If any man proposes tC lug in any "paramounts." kick hin out. If any man breaths a word about 1896" shoot him on the spot as a famous Secretary of the Treas ary once said.
 !. In the meantime. the Courier
 Journal stands up on its hind-legl and says in its artless way: "Uncl' , Joe, you has our sympathyl The, . done you dirt-they sure did, Stans up. you magnificent old reprobate whilst we salute thee and. amid th'
 sowardly ciamor of the ribald jeers
 we render you the homage of . lifelong foeman, You fit a goo' i fight. You held out long and well . Except that you are an old man : they would not have dared-but
 even at that, you made them pla, , ball. Now they want to unload ol . iyou the sins of the Republican - party; to find their expiation fl l your slaughter: to make that a vii