The Washington herald., 1910-09-14
MAINE ELECTION
GRANTEES BAILEY
Texas Senator Sees Paving
of Way for Democrats.

Senator Joseph w. Bailey. OF Texas,
who is in Washington. gave expression
last night 20 the highest qualification
over the result Of the Maine election.
1t means. in his judgment that the DEM
ocratic party will elect the next House
Of Representatives and that the oppor-
tunity afforded the party will be taken
advantage of and a Democratic President
installed two years hence.
The Senator believes there should be no
cessation Of campaign work. and that
the party OF which he IS such con-
spicuous figure should not spend the rest
Of the time rejoicing over Maine. but use
every effort to make victory more GER
tain.
The result In Maine" he said, makes
It manifest that the people Of that State.
az least, are thoroughly dissatisfied with
the Republican party. and think it rea-
sonably certain that the same condition
exists in almost every other State Of the
Union.
A Protest in Itself.
1.-THE insurgent movement within the
Republican party itself is as much OF a
protest against Republican legislation and
the Republican administration as it is
against the present Republican leader
ship. Almost every measure proposed or
supported by the insurgent Republicans
is different from and in many cases eX-
actly opposite to the laws which the Re
publican party has advocated and en-
acted during the last thirty years.
The position Of the insurgent Senators
and Representatives on the tariff ques-
ton furnishes a convincing illustration Of
this. Almost without exception. these
Senators and Representatives contended
in favor OF lower tariff duties and sup
ported their contention with the argument
that every tariff duty Increases the price
Of every taxed article 70 the consumer
While this has always been the Demo-
! cratic 'nsistence. Republican leaders have
/ heretofore stoutly denied il. and that un-
/ doubtedly has .eudcd very largely to dis
satisfy the % mtry with the policy OF
/ protection.
IF the people Of this country can be
made 20 understand that the tariff is a
tax. and that large part OF every duty
levied upon imported articles is added 20
the price Of the same domestic article,
then the policy Of protection will find as
few advocates and defenders IN this
country as it found just before the war,
after that fair and thorough trial Of a
! Democratic tarif for revenue only.
No Longer I'm Sympathy.
The Republican party is just as much
i ~ a. &c 10
tariff question. and those divisions sim
/ ply accentuate the fact that a very large
number of Republicans are no longer in
sympathy with their party In every
State to-day the antagonism between the
insurgeut and stalwart factions or the
Republican party Is so intense that many
Of each faction would prefer the election
OF a Democrat rather than that OF con-
splcuous member Of the other faction.
I may be mistaken about 1t. but in my
judgment such differences could not ex-
list over a mere question Of men, and
am compelled to believe that they arise
out OF the more important difference over
measures.
while the Maine result is a matter
of sincere congratulation among all Dem
0crats, we must not stop with rejoicing
over Il as a forerunner OF what is 70
come. We must realize that a great VIC
| tory Will bring us a great responsibility
/ and we must prepare ourselves 70 use
the power which the people now seem
willing to confde TO US in a way to JUS
tify their confidence and TO induce them
to confer upon US a still greater power
IN the Presidential election in 1872