The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-09-19

the storm IL was found that the wave
was still rising The water gauge of
the Senate showed the wave tapping
at the high-water stage. After the
election of 1908 La Toilette had nine
Republican companions, and half
dozen Democratic sympathizers. In
the Congress of 1909 and 1910 1t was
possible to muster sixteen Senators
who could be depended upon to disre-
gard party and vote for what seemed
Beveridge, Borah, Bristow, Brown,
Bourne, Dixon, Dolliver, Cummins,
Clapp and La Toilette among the Re
publicans and among the Democrats
Chamberlain, Davis, Culberson, Gore.
Smith of South Carolina and Owen.
The election of 1910 came and the
wave rose above the danger mark on
the gauge. The primary had come in
to two thirds of the American States,
and the people were directly nominal
ing their own public servants, and
running their political affairs without
the aid or consent OF the forces that
heretofore had dominated our public
life, A new idea had manifested IT.
self-the idea OF government for men
rather than for property. Money was
being forced out Of politics; men were
appearing
The Congress that assembled in
April, 1911, was as different from the
Congress that assembled in 1905 as IL
1t had represented a different nation.
In the recent Congress in the citadel
of property thirty-four progressive
Senators appeared who wore no mes
senger boys caps. Errand boys had
been replaced by men, There were.
at least, Twenty-Five free Senator's
Poindexter Of Washington, Bourne
and Chamberlain or Oregon, Works of
california, Newands OF Nevada, Dor.
Iah of Idaho, Dixon and Myers of Mon
tana, Gronna OF North Dakota. Crsw-
ford of South Dakota, Hitchcock and
Brown of Nebraska. Bristow Of Kans-
as, Gore and Owen of Oklahoma, Cul-
berson of Texas, Clarke and Davis OF
Arkansas, Cummlns and Kenyon OF
Iowa, Clapp of Minnesota, La Toilette
Iof Wisconsin, Kern and Shively of
Indiana, Pomerene Of Ohio, Lea OF
Tennessee, Smith of South Carolina
and MARITIME of New Jersey.
1t il obvious to one who examines
this list that whatever is stirring the
Americans is bigger than either party.
For here are the two great parties Of
this country converging-as one
might say at each end. BY examin-
ling the list OF progresslves above It
may be seen that the Democrats OF
the South and the Republicans OF the
East and New England are drawing
together. and the Democrats OF the
East and West are drawing toward
the Republicans Of the West In 1910
! the platforms of the Massachusetts
Democrats and the Kansas Republi.
cans. for instance, were not appreci-
, ably different And the Republican
and Democratic platforms in States OF
the Middle West were in many cases
almost Identical In all essential mat
ters last year. Moreover the repre-.
sentation in the Senate elected within
the three years last past Is the same
from these States Of the West NO
matter which party sends them. Take
|, Senator Chamberlain. a Democrat
and Senator Bourne, Republican, OF
: lOregon-thelr record votes do not
diner so much as Chamberlain
: record differs from Baileys or a
Bournes voting record differs from
: Aldrich's. La Toilette and Stephen
.. Ison, two Wisconsin Republican Sens
tors. will not vote together as often
= as Brown and Hitchcock, a Republi
. can and Democrat from Nebraska
7 A majority OF the Democratic Sena
> tors from the South. and a majority
: lof the Republican Senators from The
: East, have much In common-mucl
!, more In common. as indicated by tn,
! record-than the Senators from eithe
section have in common with thei
own party in the West A politios
!, ALLIANCE between New England ant
= Dixie would be Inevitable II the Four
= teenth Constitutional Amendment wa
9 out OF the way The conveyance o
the two party lines In the Easter
!, and Southern sections Is as strongl
- marked as the conveyance In tn
- West. There are, OF course. exceI
y lions TO the rule; Smith OF Sout
= Carolina and Lea OF Tennessee-prC
% gressive Southern Democrats, are a
- much out OF place geographically q
:, Curtis OF Kansas and Stephenson @
= Wisconsin, reactionary Western r,
= publlcans. are anomalies In their SO,
10 ton of the country.
"a An Improved Bench.
10 The real revolutionary import G
of the capture OF the citadel OF unfei
v property demands will not be foun
70 In the legislation enacted. That is {
y secondary importance. IL Is possibl
is for the progressIyes to have eithe
q the executive or the legislativ
n. branch OF the federal Government
rs and not make any real progress
Ig From 1901 until 1909 the progressive
10 had the administrative branch OF N
" Government. and Mr. Roosevelt wa
N able to get many important law
n. passed by Congress, though Congress
ID was reactionary and opposed to MOI
al OF the reforms Il enacted into law
le But In several instances the court
n. lannulled these laws. And FEEDER,
c. judges are suggested ,or appolntmeT
n to the President by the Senator'S.
n. reactionary Senate will suggest r
m dictionary federal judges to the Pres
al dent: and II he gets on" with n
n Senate. he must accept men whol
st they suggest for federal judges
d. their several States Often judges ,
10 the appellate courts are taken frol
is the district courts. and sometlm,
10 Supreme Court judges come from ci
IN cult benches. The viewpoint OF n
district and circuit federal judg,
IN gives bias and color to the laws e
IN acted by Congress The lame part ,
10 Mr. Roosevelt's administration WI
"a his federal judges. Not that thei
tn ,tsoo a vapa1 man In hia HAT ~ n