Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-20
HOPE FOR REFORM
 RESTS WITH DEMOCRATS.

house being controlled by either tho progressive republicans or the dem ocrats, or both in combination against the standptters. The latter out come. however. is not very desirable from the standpoint of reform such as the country has been demanding. It should be remembered that the boldest and most outspoken repub- lican insurgent is a republican still. and that he differs from the standpat element of his party on a few points only. Indeed, it is almost entirely a question of tariff schedules. and only a few schedules. at that. So far as the bulk of the tariff is con cerned the so-calied insurgents and the standpatters are in accord. Even Senator Cummins of Iowa, leading progressive, would favor, and prob ably insist upon, higher rates than the democrats think proper. So it would appear that combination be- tween democrats and insurgent re- publicans would accomplish no more than trining progress toward tariff reform. And when this is done, there remains very little in common between the insurgents and the dem ocrats. Even in the matter of n successor to Speaker Cannon, the insurgents would insist upon a repub- lican for the position, and in the event of such an issue. the stand patters might hold the balance of power, and give the progressives their choice of re-eIecting Cannon or choosing democrat They would not decide on a democrat
 At the last analysis, and taking all possible results into consideration, a combination of insurgent republicans and democrats, with the standpatters holding the balance of power, does not mean much to the country in the matter of reform. At best, tariff re- duction would amount to ha,S a loaf. but there are other things aside from the tariff that need attention. Current extravagance in public ex penses is one of those things, and on this issue the progressive republicans have taken no decided stand. The ship subsidy iniquity is another item and just now it is being pushed hard by certain influential interests fol | attention during the next session o congress. The insurgent republicans ipIoDdDiy Ih'oi il. lhSg nave hO
 gone on record against it in an! .shape. Other questions of like na ture, which have to do with raid' on the treasury for the benefit O
 special privilege, in the guise of pro
 noting national progress, will conn
 up from time to time, and upon tn,
 majority of those issues the progress
 i've republicans will. not be foun' Evoting with the democrats.
 | Another point in favor of the COT trol of congress by the democrats i
 found in the changed tone from larg
 financial centers regarding the rt
 suits of such a political turn. A
 Henry Clews, the New York banker points out in his letter publishet
 elsewhere, the big financial interest
 would actually welcome democrati
 triumph this fall They have COT cluded that their scare of a fe' } weeks ago was without foundatio
 or reason. and they now see rto harn
 to the country from democratic COT
 tsol of the government or of congress
 Thk, perhaps can be accepted as tn
 last a.cd best word in favor of tn democral,. and shows that the bi
 financial interests are willing to hay applied to the government measur of that common seSse and prudenc
 which they employ in their ow
 affairs.