The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-10
besides Gov. Wilson and Speaker
Clark. Would you regard Mayor Gay
nor of New York as available7"

besides Gov. Wilson and Speaker
Clark. Would you regard Mayor Gay
nor of New York as available?"
Yes, | included him in a list l pub
lished some months ago, and see no
reasons for changing my views on the
subject. He has been one of the
comparatively few prominent Demo-
Gratis in New York who have boldly
stood for our party at all times, begin
ming in 1896"
as there not danger that the re-
dictionary forces may secure an ad-
vantage by putting forward favorite
sons as a means of getting control of
the deIegates?"
Eyes, there is always that danger,
and we must rely upon the progress
sives of each state to see to it that
the delegates themselves are trust
worthy Instructions are not suffi-
cient for the protection of the public,
although | have also believed in in
structions. Instructions do not gener-
ally cover platforms, nor do they bind
the delegates beyond the candidate
instructed for l believe that dele
gates ought to reflect the sentiments
of the people for whom they act If
New York is progressive, her delegates
should be progressive and at all
times stand for a progressive platform
and for progressive candidates. If
New York is reactonary, there is no
reason why her delegates should not
lie reactionary. | can say this without
fear of hurting the progressive cause,
for the reactionaries are not likely to
elect progressive candidates, although
progressives are sometimes mislead
into electing reactionary candidates"
"Have you anything to say about
the undertakings and achievements of
the Democratic House of Representa-
tives?"
Measured by what a Republican
, Congress would have done, our Demo-
cratic House has made a splendid
record. 1t has number of very i'm
r portant measures to its credit. The
submission of the amendment for the
, popular election of United States Sena-
= tors is its most important act, al
though it has erred in not devising
: some plan for bringing the Senate and
| fnOafhaF tho nFnnngifiOn
: The resolution is now in conference;
4 it would be great mistake to ad-
n journ without acting upon it.
t Approval Of Tariff Reform Measures
d THE tariff measures have been
e good; not what everybody would de
sire, but compromise is always neces
e sary as to the details of tariff meas
: ures My only regret is that the re
l. vision of Schedule K did not begin
Y with free wool A tax on wool neces
g sarily left the Wooden Trust in pos
s. session of higher duty than it could
p have secured if wool had been put
S upon the free list. The Free Sugar
3 bill and the Income Tax bill are tn,
II best measures that the House ha,
It passed dealing with the subject o
e taxation. | was astonished to SCI
r. that two-thirds of the Republicans
| voted for the income tax measure
10 Il was glad to see a bill reported
ot recently providing for the physica
o. valuation of railways. The most seri
Gus mistake that Congress has mad
+, is its failure to act on the trust ques
J. ton. A caucus ought to have beel
1t held the day after the Supreme Cour
Ie decision and measure prepared re
d. storing so much of the strength as tn,
N court had taken out of the law by in
,e sorting the word unreasonable An,
70 yet nothing has been done in spite o
the fact that the alleged dissolution
r. of the Standard Oil and Tobacco
n Trusts has raised rather than lowere,
the value of the stock of those trusts
D. 81 think the Democratic caucus ere,
" also in not providing for an investigs
n ton Of the money trust by specia
e committee. A man must chloroforn
It his own mind before he can justif
T. the turning over of such an investigs
% ton to a committee whose Chairman
II had already signed the Aldrich report
n But in enumerating some Of tn
o faults Of the Democratic Congress
I" reiterate that its record--all thing
) considered-is brilliant record, AMI
y Y failures, ar far as there have beef