The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
DenOcratic Maine
BY SAVOYARD

in Maine in September that was nothing like so disastrous as that which over took them the 12th day of September, in 1910. But the quarrel that existed be- tween Grant and Garfield, Blaine and Conkling was personal, and party dis cipline brought them together against . hereditary and traditional enemy.
 How is it now? Roosevelt Is separated from Taft, Cummins from Aldrich, Bris- tow from Cannon, old guard from. pro- gressive, standpatter from insurgent- upon matter of principle-and the very foundation of the G. 0. P. is crumbled.
 Douglas and Breckenridge could not get together in 1860. Cleveland and Bryan did not get tgether in 1896, not because they would not, but because they could not. Of all the miserable, ignoble, despicable abortions of politicians commend me to the falir that says to his party, com posed of free American citizens. who know their rights and dare maintain them, "Get together" It Is the bandits watchword, and it means the very van dalsm of politics that has wrought so much wreck in our country. The bet ter word Is stay apart till you can agree. It is not healthy setup-currie and Sherbet
 Now, we are going to win this election, anu nODOuy WILL TcJOlCc OfCl IL holS tihii one Roosevelt We will have a quorum of the House composed of democrats from the north. The majority will be the big gest in the history of Congress. The democrats will again have opportunity to be democratic. MT. Roosevelt Is going through a grand stunt of Bryanizing the republican party.
 Are the democrats of the Sixty-second Congress going to out-Roosevelt Roose- welt? Quite likely, and if they do, then farewell forever to the democratic party. There has never been but one sort of democracy in our country worth the devils bringing, and that was the de-
 mocracy of Jefferson and Jackson. of Til den and Cleveland. All other brands are
 spurious. Will the majority in the Sixty second Congress adhere to the true de- mocracy, or will they outbid al lthe fakirs of both parties for the vote of the fool and the hobo? On that depends whether
 the democratic party shall die soon or late.
 MT Bryan announces that he Is back number. He surrenders the stage tc
 Roosevelt, who makes much more incen-
 diary speeches than Bryan ever did though the more than seven years he was President MT. Roosevelt never dealt mo- nopoly single blow. On the contrary
 
 | he suspended the Sherman antitrust law long enough to allow the steel trust to absorb its only rival He saved Paul | Morton from the clutch of the crominal court. He promised all the world in the efflorescence of good intention. and de- livered nothing in the fruition of good action. He is now candidate for Pres- l ident as much so as Clay or Douglas, as Blaine or Bryan ever was.
 And 1t all depends on what the demo- crats will do with their majority in the | Sixty-second Congress. It will be great victory they will get in November. de- spite Pattersonism in Tennessee and the | prohibition question in other southern states. and a great victory Is sometimes
 as dangerous as a great defeat Is mourn | full
 | And if the democratic majority starts 1 out to Roosevelt Roosevelt. as mani- festly Roosevelt has started out to out.
 Bryan Bryan. then there will be new