Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-17
IS DEMOCRATIC YEAR AND
 SPEAKER CLARK WILL WIN

etduu anu Naiue nm as a patriotic, progressive American, without a flaw of fanaticism. He comes from the com. mon people. When Clark is elected every plowman can go home to supper cheered with the thought that he has not a better friend anywhere than the president"
 This is a democratic year It is a peculiar fact that nearly every repub- lican that you meet in this, the polit- ial nerve center of the United States, and who has some reputation either as a statesman or a man of affairs, will tell you that the republicans. so Tar as this year is concerned, are abso- lutely and hopelessly defeated It sounds very good to me as an old fashioned democrat to hear that sort or talk coming from republicans, who have been in authority so long and who have been leaders of their party in all the political campaigns for the last thirty years. From the outlook, l agree absolutely with their senti- ments, that unless the democrats play the internal fool at their convention In Baltimore. they certainly will win the presidency and the next house of representatives and probably the next United States senate If they do. they will win something that has not oc- cured since Cleyeland's last election in 1892. and then can demonstrate to the entire country the fact that the democrats Of this country who are elected as representative Of the Leo pie, can be constructive legislators in the interest Of the people instead of obstructive and destructive members of congress. It is with a profound feeling of personal misgiving. that l attempt to prognosticate anything ap- pertaining to this campaign. but when you add two and two together and recognize the fact that Roosevelt is ripping the republican party up the back every time he opens his mouth and that La Toilette is tearing great holes in the republican armor every time be makes a speech. it is plain to be seen that the republican party is in tad way and that it is gradually getting worse. A republican said to me today that Roosevelt was out to destroy the republican party and it looked very much to him as though he was going 10 be a very successful de stroyer. It also looks that way to every man in the capital of this country who keeps his finger on the pulse of pol itics and his ear to the ground listen ing to the echoes that come from the warrior. Writing this correspondence as l do and receiving the exchanges of newspapers in the country who print it, ] can come pretty near making a decent guess as to what is going on in the minds of the people. It has talk en long time for the people to arouse themselves and do something for themselves and at last they have come to the conclusion to get busy
 The militant democratic majority in the house of representatives has put up to a republican senate its ultima tum on tariff revision on Q number of schedules that seriously affect the pocket-books of people and are now waiting for that republican senate 10 get busy and either pass these laws up to a republican president or turn them down, just as they see fit If they are turned down, the democrats win. In other words, the democratic party is today on the shady side of Easy street and like 6 man who owes a debt. they are letting the other fellow walk the floor
 In all my political experience and especially as that of a newspaper cor respondent at Washington, have never seen the sentiment so thorough ly in harmony from both a republican and democratic standpoint that this is a democratic year, that the demo- crats are going 10 sweep the country. During the last ten years I have writ ten letters to the democratic press detailing the rOttenuess Of the republ.- can party and it's sins against the common people of this country and often have l wound up by saying: rHow long, O Lord vii the people be fooled?" My honest opinion is now, if it is worth anything to people who read this correspondence, that the peo- pie of this country have come 10 the conclusion at last that they will be fooled no longer and that from now on their battle cry will be ITO your tents oh Israel" and we will now see that dishonesty wins not more than honesty"