The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-04-26
A DEMOCRATIC YEAR
is WHAT OUR WASHINGTON CORES
PONDENT PREDICTS.

This IL a Democratic year. III IL
peculiar fact that nearly every Re-
publican that you meet in this, the
political nerve center OF the United
States. and who has some reputation
either al a statesman or man OF at
fairs. will tell you that the Republ1-
cans, 80 far a. this year is concern
ed are absolutely and hopelessly de-
fested. III sounds very good to me az
an old fashioned Democrat to hear
that sort of talk coming from RepuD-
Hcans. who have been in authority 80
long and who have been leaders OF
their party In all the political cam
Daigns for the last thirty years. From
the outlook, agree absolutely with
their sentiments, that unless the
Democrats play the Internal fool at
their convention i'm Baltimore, they
certainly will win the Presidency and
the next United States Senate. II
they do, they will win something that
has not occurred since. Cleveland's
last election i'm 1892, and then can
demonstrate to the entire country the
fact that the Democrats of this country
who are elected as representatives OF
the people, can be constructive leg
instead of obstructive and destructive
members Of Congress. tt is with
profound feeling OF personal misgiv-
ing, that I attempt to prognosticate
ANYTHING appertaining to this CAM
paign. but when you add two and two
together and recognize the fact that
Roosevelt " ripping the Republican
party up the back every time ne OPP
OF
tearing great holes in the Republican
armor every time he makes, a speech,
II. il plain to be seen that the RepuD-
lican party IT, in bad way and that
it is gradually getting worse a Re-
publican said to me to Day that
Roosevelt was out to destroy the Re
publican party and III looked very
much to him al though h. We're going
to be very successful destroyer. lt
also looks that way to every man III
the Capital OF this country who Keeps
his fingers on the pulse OF politics
and his ear to the ground listening toI
the echoes that come from the war
rior. Writing this correspondence as
7 do and receiving the exchanges or
the newspapers in the country who
print it, I can come pretty near MAX
ing a decent guess as to what lS e.
Ing Oh in the minds Of the people. 1t
has taken a long time for the people
to arouse themselves and do some
thing for themselves and at last they
have come to the conclusion to get
busy.
The militant Democratic majority
i'm the House of Representatives mas
put up to a Republican Senate lts w.
timatum on tariff revision on num-
Der OF schedules that seriously affect
the pocket-books Of people and are
now waiting for that Republican
Senate to get busy End either pass
these laws up to Republican Pres
ident Or turn them down, just as
thew see fit III they are turned
down, the Democrats win. IT they
are passed and Republican Presl-
dent vetos them, they still win. ID
other words, the Democratic party Is
to-day on the shady side or Easy
street and like a man who owes
debt, they are letting the other TEL
low walk the floor
III all my political experience and
especially as that OF newspaper
correspondent at Washington.
have never seen the sentiment 50
thoroughly in harmony from both
Republican and a Democratic stand
point that this is Democratic year,
that the Democrats are going M
sweep the country. During the last
ten years 7 have written letters TO the
Democratic press retailing the rotten
ness of the Republican party ana lts
sins against the common people 81
this country and often have I wound
up by saying: How long, oh, Lord
will the people be fooled?'' MY
honest opinion is now, if it is worth
anything to people who read this cor
respondence, that the people OF this
country have come to the conclusion
at last that they will be fooled no
longer and that from now o. their
battle cry will be, ITO your tents On
israel" and we will now see that dis
honesty wins not more than honesty
CHAS. A. EDWARDS.