Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-19
THE NEW DEMOCRACY

T HE Democrats of the country seem
disposed to meet the responsible
Il tiles destined to be thrust upon
their party this year with rare good
judgment and those who acknowledge
allegiance to the party have reason
to feel a satisfaction in the new bap-
tism of power that is at hand and con-
hdence in it's ability to meet the tests
which will be put upon it. OF the pro-
gressiveness of the masses of the par
ty there has not at any time been a
doubt; it has been question whether
the right leaders would be found for
what is both the emergency and the
opportunity.
In New Jersey they have been highly
fortunate in the nomination for gov
ernor of a man of rare ability and fit
ness for executive work. DIR. Wood
row Wilson of Princeton university is
as forceful character as there is in
American public life. His proven
worth as an administrator, his acumen
as a thinker and profound student of
political history and philosophy his
general yirility of brain and body and
his high standards of thought and life
stamp him as an ideal public man and
as material of which real statesmen
are made. If he shall be elected, and
there seems to be small doubt of it
since he must be the refuge of Repub-
lican insurgency in the state, still con-
trolled by reactionary forces, he will
be perhaps the most likely of all in
sight to be sought as a presidential
candidate.
Across the river in New York state
Judge William ]. Gaynor has by his
splendid administration of the great
metropolis been making a reputation
as an executive of the very biggest
caliber and his recent affiction has
not only made him an object of SYM
pathetic interest the country over, but
has focused national attention on his
wonderful career in an Office he has
distinctly honored. His refusal to con-
slider a nomination for governor may
not be strong enough for the popular
pressure to that end. In any event he
is potential material of the very best
kind for the party to draft in the fu-
ture.
In Connecticut the Democrats have
named for governor Justice Simeon
Baldwin of the state supreme court.
While he is ranked as a conservative
and is lacking in the magnetism nee
essary to leadership he is a jurist of
national repute for his erudtion, and
his nomination shows that the party in
Connecticut is disposed to fall in line
with the party in other states by de-
serving the confidence and support of
the voters. Republican insurgency in
Connecticut is hobbled by a system of
state government that perpetuates
machine rule-very much on the order
of Rhode Islands rotten borough
system which has perpetuated Aldrich
In office-and while the Republicans
have nominated in Charles A. Good |
win a clean and magnetic candidate, it
seems probable that a very large in
surgent vote will welcome the chance
to protest against evils through de-
sertion to Baldwin.
In Ohio there seems to be little
chance of Governor Harmon's defeat.
In his candidacy is the only refuge of
insurgency, for Cox and Longworth and
their kind are the only leadership Of
fered by the Republicans and the party
candidate for govern n is Foraker's
choice. Harmon is Of large size. Gov
ernor Marshall of indiana is one Of the
most brilliant men in public life, and
both because he is that and a man
of sound judgment and high character
and lives in a state that is pivotal
he is also potential material for ma
tional leadership.
Bell of California and Plaisted of
Maine are younger men of clean and
attractive type who have not only
a present but a future. Hoke Smith
in Georgia restores to the Democracy
there a standing it rather lost by
Browns incumbency. Altogether the
quito ok of the party is the best as to
leadership in many years, and if the
errors of past years are avoided in
amalgamating the new material at
hend the prospects for the future can
be said to be of the brightest.