The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-11-20
NO VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.

When the New York World, the or
gan of the Woodrow Wilson faction Of
the democratic party. said the late
political victory was mo tawdy par
tisan triumph, no vote OF confidence
in the democratic party as q party,
it undoubtedly voiced what was in the
minds of millions Of the American
people. at is a mandate from the
people, and woe be unto the leaders
of the democracy if they falter in
obedience to this mandate also says
the World Here again will many dis
agree with the World. AS matter OF
fact neither mandate nor message was
given to the democratic party. MI
Wilson merely slipped into office and
power through two other political
lines or factions OF another party the
combined strength of which is greater
than the party lined up behind Mr.
Wilson.
| Mr.. Roosevelt filled many republi-
cans with the idea that he represented
the republican party better than did
Mr.. Taft. Thousands and tens OF
thousands OF republicans insisted that
Mr.. Roosevelt was better republican
than was President TAFT. hence they
voted for him. They did not give a
mandate to Mr. Wilson. He carries
no message from them. Those repub-
licans who voted for Mr. Taft believed
he was the true representative OF the
republican party. They gave no man
date nor message to Mr.. Wilson. IT a
large section of the republican voters
of the country had deserted MIR. Roose-
welt and Mr.. Taft and endorsed Mr..
Wilson by their vote then the claim
that he had received mandate from
the people" would be true.
Mr.. Wilson will carry out his pol
icies, no doubt, but as matter OF fact
he has no mandate to tear to pieces
the great republican system of pro
lection to American industries. That
is, however, MI Wilson's intention
All that can be done now is to simply
wait. For majority OF the American
people it will simply be a season OF
wait and rest. The World says the
great work for Mr. Wilson will be to
restore popular confidence in the in
situations of the republic and re-estab
the people and for the people" All
very fine, but the Eagle makes the
prediction here that this popular con-
fdence will not be restored by dis
turbing our industrial system.
So far as trusts and great combines
are concerned Mr.. Wilson will do no
better than has the republican party.
There was no division among the rank
and file in the republican party as to
the necessity of controlling trusts and
combines. It's troubles arose from a
disagreement among it's leaders. These
leaders divided into two factions and
the chair pulling" which arose among
them resulted in the defeat and the
almost destruction of the republican
party.
The republican party before the next
four years rolls round will have suf-
ficient reason for wishing that it had
remained loyal to the great president
it furnished the country and not lis
tened to ambitious statesmen. Prob
ably the New York Tribune voices the
general sentiment which exists in the
republican party when it says, re-
ferring to President Taft:
He has stod faithful to principle.
He has held the republican party true
to it's noble traditions. He has pre-
vented the judicial power OF the coun-
try from being made subservient to
the changing whims of temporary ma
jorties. He has preserved to the pow
erless the guarantees of personal lib
erty against the Tyranny of passion.
He has moved serene amid misrepre-
sentation and abuse, discharging his
duty as he saw it and refusing to do
anything for spectacular political ef-
feet at a time when demagogy was
in demand. He will turn over to his
successor the administration OF coun-
try whose laws were never before so
well enforced, whose expenditures
have been cut down, whose govern
mental methods have been systema-
tized and made unprecedently effic.
lent, whose general prosperity and
happiness are at high pitch. His
trust is faithfully discharged Win
ton Eagle.
A SOUTHERN VIEW.