The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-06

ticular reference to present conditions
that need party action.
That il the difference between the
parties Of late years. In the months
after election the republicans are
| just as surely defeated at the next
election, according To some Of the
democratic journals. as the democrats
were at the last. And democratic de-
feat at the last election. with the ex-
ception of last year. has become so
regular that 1t can be used as con-
slant reference mark. The republicans
have way OF getting together, and
their experience in governing has given
them an ability to formulate sound
policy to take care of passing events.
and has given the people confidence
that they can and viii do so, The
democrats on the other hand, have had
to rely upon promises of what would
be the results of the experiments they
would make.
Occasionally the republicans have
fallen into the error of being too re-
dictionary. In the house of represen-
tatives and in New York state this
led to their temporary retirement
With the progressives SO prominent
in the party now, however, and with
those progressive men OF ability and
experience, that have been tried and
proved, IL is hardly to be expected that
the people of the country will prefer to
them the leadership of such man as
Champ Clark, for instance, who has
to come out every little while and ex-
plain that his last speech should not
be taken seriously.
As an example of differences in
principles and progress the republic
cans are now for tariff revision, with
out any important detection from their
ranks. They know the people not only
want it, but will insist on IT, and the
republicans who work hardest for a
lower tariff are the ones whose infu-
ence in congress is greatest now. On
the other hand, at this late day. when
protective tariff has become so gem
orally accepted and desired that IL is
an American, rather than a partisan
republican principle, and the only OBJ
lection to ii is to the republican abuse
Of 1t. that makes IL a prohibitive in
stead Of a protective tariff, there are
still prominent democrats shouting for
a tariff for revenue only, and demand
ing the passage OF revenue tariff bills
at the next session. They know, of
course, that Taft would veto any such
bills, If they came to him. What they
do not appreciate is that the American
people would approve Of such veto.
They lack an appreciation of the ex-
tent of the reduction the people want.
That the republicans must use great
care to meet popular approval in the
selection Of their next candidate and
their platform. and instill confidence
that their platform promises will be
carried out and literally, by legislative
and executive action, is true, and a
quite generally accepted description Of
the situation. But that they have be-
come so demoralized and out of SYM
pathy for and favor with the people
that. they will be generally turned
down for an inexperienced party. COM
posed of so many differing elements as
the democratic one offering solutions
as chimericaI and as visionary, in their
party entirety, as usually mark the
personal utterances of the greatest,
most impractical and most opportune
of their leaders, William Jennings Bry-
an, is not so certain that 1t should
move any democrat to give up good
position in business life for a prospec-
tive government job under democrat
ic administration.