The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
Texan Discusses Effect of
 Political Cyclone
TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY
While a Big Victory Is Won Senator Bailey Says That Party Must Not Be over Confdept But Keep
 Up the Fight
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEY

Washington, September 13-<Special.)- rived in Washington tonight and gave ex- pression to the highest qualification over the results of the Maine election It means in his Judgment that the demo- cratic party will elect the next House of Representatives and that the opportunity afforded the party will be taken advan- tage of and democratic President in- stalled as the result of the election two years hence. The senator believes there should be no let-up in 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 cer- tain
 The result in Maine makes 1t manifest that the people of that state at least are thoroughly dissatisfied with the re- publican party and I think it reasonably certain that the same condition exists in almost every other state of the union," said Senator Bailey tonight.
 Insurgent Movement
 'The insurgent movement within the republican party itself is as much of a protest against republican legislation and the republican administration as 1t is against the present republican leader" said the senator. Almost every measure proposed or supported by the insurgent republicans is different from and in many cases exactly opposite to the laws which the republican party has advocated and enacted during the last 30 years The po- sition of the insurgent senators and rep resentatives on the tariff question furn- ishes convincing illustration of this.
 Almost without exception these sena- tors and representatives oontended In favor of lower tariff duties and sup ported their contention with the argu- ment that every tariff duty increases the price of every taxed article to the con- sumer. While this has always been the democratic insistence, republican lead CTS have heretofore stoutly denied 1t and that undoubtedly hastened very largely to dissatisfy the country with the policy of protection.
 ''If the people of this country can once be made to understand that the tariff is tax and that a large part of every duty levied upon imported articles Is add ed to the price of the same domestic article, then the policy of protection will find as Few advocates and defenders in war, after that fair and thorough trial of democratic tariff for revenue only
 ''The republican party Is just as much developed on other questions as 1t Is on the tariff question and those divisions simply accentuate the fact that very large number of republicans are no longer in sympathy with their party Tn every state in the union today the antagonism between the insurgent and stalwart fac tions of the republican party is so ln- tense that many of each faction would prefer the election of a democrat rather than that of a conspicuous member of the other faction. I may be mistaken about 1t, but in my judgment such diff ferences could not exist over a mere question of men and I 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 demo- crats. we must not stop with rejoicing over it as a forerunner of what is to come. We must realize that a great victory will bring us great responsi- blity and we must prepare ourselves to use the power which the people now seem willing to confde to us in a way to justify their confidence and to induce them to confer upon us still greater power in the presidential election in 1912 Unless the Maine verdict shall be re- versed In other states-and that does not seem at all probable--our opportunity Is great one and I am one of the democrats who hope and believe that lxxyn xryf1l m ooo1x tHrAx This victory. if 1t shall come to us, and if we are wise enough to employ it to the country's highest advantage. will be like many that will follow 1t; but if we show ourselves incapable of using 1t for the welfare of the country, of if we | sacrifice 1t to small rivalries and per- sona jealousies, the youngest democrat of this generation may not live to see another such opportunity present itself | Under this conviction, which I am sure | all democrats will share. I expect to see | the men responsible for the future of our party behave themselves with wis dom and patriotism worthy of the best days of the democracy"
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 to keep hands off In legislative districts | which were overwhelmingly republican, | the republicans to do the same for over | whelmingly democratic districts, but to | support the independent democratic can didates in districts where there was a fight between the independents and reg | ulars | At least on the surface today there has been no attempt to bring congress
 sional candidates into the political up- heaval. And except for governor, there
 has been no indications of a possible
 landslide for the republican officials. l The independent democratic state com
 mittee tonight held brief meeting at
 which no action toward harmony with the
 regular wing was even suggestnd The
 predicted attempt to have the Commit
 tee declare that Patterson's withdrawal
 had removed the issus for which the in- dependents are fighting did not ma
 terialize. Earlier in the day two or three prominent independents discussed such a
 move, but their colleagues said there
 would be no compromise. The regular democrats did not present their harmony
 resolutions tonight reserving them for
 tomorrow.
 G. T. Fitzhugh of Memphis was named
 for temporary chairman of the independ- ] ent convention.