The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-04-01
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Increase II BY Is to 70 members. They
are sure Of gaining at least 20 seats
In the next mousse, and while OF course
some seats may be lost, yet 1t Is be
lieved that there viii be net gain
sufIicient 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 viii 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
win 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
STAGE. feel confident that the people
will be glad to sustain the president
and the administration and give him a
Republican house of representatives
fo- the second part of his term to
carry out the pledges of the party
and the promises Of the president
himself. A Democrats house would
not only check all progress, but 1t
would be a menace to business inter
ests. and would undoubtedly create a
feeling of anxiety in all avenues OF
finance and commerce. multiplying to a
large extent the splendid impetus we
have gained already under the present
administration and stopping to con-
siderable extent the prosperity and
progress which we are now as a 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
had one 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 It 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 time.
II is going to cause Democratic can
didates. newspapers and orators much
trouble. during the campaign next fall.
to explain the fact that only Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon. elected by a
Republican legislature, in Republican
state. stood out from the minority to
vote for the postal savings bank bill
which passed the senate last Saturday.
II will be found that artful special
pleading and dust-throwing will not go
far to Offset the undertake. fact of all
but unanimous Democratic opposition
to a very popular measure.
II the postal savings bank question
we're submitted to the people 1t would
be discovered that all sections of the
country we're strongly in favor of such
provision for the safe depositing OF
money In places which have no bank
ing facilities of the kind suitable fol
small savings. 1t is not probable thai
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. it has not yet beer
disclosed.