El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02

By T. r. Gordon, assistant News
Editor FL PasO Herald.
" ROM a Democratic standpoint the
strongest argument in favor of a
4 change from Republican to Dem
oeratic rule is the present half
wrecked condition OF the Republican
party. If after 16 years of uninter-
rupted control of affairs. a party has
not made itself strong enough to hold
its Organization together. what guar
aRtee can it give that it will be strong
enough. even in continued power. to
carry out the pledges Of its platform?
The staunchest of Republicans can
not deny that the party which some
of them stiu cling to has been a fall
ure in many respects, and particu-
Iarly so under the guiding hand Of
Mr.. Taft and his advisers. Tariff re-
vision of the Taft kind has resulted
only in a benefit TO powerful interests,
interests which appear to be able to
say which commodity shall be pro-
tected and which allowed to go with
little or no tariff duty. Monopoly has
not been prevented, boss rule has not
been destroyed. American prestige has
not been strengthened nor has the
government been serviceable to the
people under the four years of Blr.
Taft The few reforms attempted by
him have either been failures or such
near failures as to be without effect,
His attempt to bring about Canadian
reciprocity was an evidence of weak
ness at home and of a total lack OF
influence among near ncighbOrs. His
efforts at destroying trust control
caused only temporary discontinue to
the big corporations and caused some
of them TO adopt new tactics which are
proving quite as effective for their
own purposes as the former ones.
H. H.
has failed utterly TO grasp the real
situation with regard to the Mexican
revolution and its effect upon Ameri-
can life and property; that he has
given no safeguard TO American IN
terests in Mexico and that he has
brought upon the American govern
mont the ridicule Of a neighboring ma
ton.
II a party which has been 16 years
in power can do no better than has
the Republican party, it is but nat
ural for the people to demand a
change and to change from Taft TO
Roosevelt from one branch of a half
wrecked party to another, does not
offer the promise of relief which the
situation demands.
woodrow Wilson represents a united
party, party which has grown
strong even in defeat. If there are
dissensiOns in Democratic ranks, they
are of the minor kind. There is no
such breach as now exists in the ranks
Of epublicanism, and il is but nat
ural to think that united party, with
past Republican failures for examples,
viii be able to steer clear of the things
which have made for the disintegration
of the Republican party.
American people are weary of trust
control Back of AR Taft there appears
to be control of some sort which is
stronger than the will of the presi-
dent 1t is a power which has Waxed
strong in the Republican party. If Col.
Roosevelt should be elected president,
he still would be but another kind of
a Republican, and the obstacles which
have handicapped Mr.. Taft could hard
" be expected to get out of Col. ROOse-
velts way merely for sentiments sake
Better far complete change. Wipe
out the old score and with a new man,
tried sufficiently to show that he rings
true. and manifestly strong enough
to keep up the pace he has made, and
with a party which has learned
through bitter experience that the
people must really rule and that they
are not longer to be fooled with mere
promises. with a platform which offers
a promise of relief from the things
which now irritate. there is yet hope
for a peaceful revolution which will
right the wrongs of the past.
One reason for urging the election
Of Wilson is the candidacy of Taft;
another is danger Of ROOseVeltism run
ming riot But better than either is
the prospect that the jersey professor
will make good as president as he
did IN the role of governor.