Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-22
HARMONY
IS Threatened
DALLAS NEWS SEES \ DIRE Our-
LOOK FOR THE DEMO
CRATIC SENATE.
PROGRESSIyES Deserving
Declares the Progressive Democrats
should BE Allowed 10 Have
Full Control.

From Dallas News.
The resolution Of the progressive
Democrats Of the senate to wrest con-
troll Of their party organization from
the standpat faction and to assume the
share Of committee power that their
number entities them to, will doubt
less occasion keen regret among the
rank and file Of the party. Such as
esteem party harmony as the first and
most important consideration will
probably see in this resolution an in
fallible pOrtent Of a disruption such
as that the Republican party has suf-
fered. SO dire a consequence is not
ineXorable, however probable 1t may
be, that is, the standpat faction
among Democratic senators, fully
sensible that they are minority Of
control sought by the majority fac
tion belongs to 1t by virtue Ola fun
damental rule OF Democracy, and yield
such control without a contest that
could accomplish nothing but dissen
sion.
But even II discord and disruption
make the unavoidable consequence Of
the movement begun by the progress
sive Democrats of the senate, they
ought to persist in IT. They, as we
have remarked, constitute a majority
Of their party in the senate, and after
next March their preponderance Of
numbers will he increased. More than
that, Mr.. Wilson was elected as a
progressive Democrat. Both his
nomination and election were due to
the belief that he is a progressive
Democrat Considered, therefore,
merely as a matter Of political ethics,
it is only right that the faction of his
party which Is in sympathy with his
general purposes and whose, outlook
is I'm accord with his own should have
the control which its numbers entitle
1t TO, rather than that that control
should be exercised by the faction
which opposed his nomination for the
reason that IT was not In sympathy
with his ideals. That faction ought
not TO ask or expect control, for no
speclous rule of seniority could con-
ceal the fact that it's control would
be an usurpation. To the control Of
their party machinery the progressive
Democrats have a double title, the
title vested In them by the fact Of
their majority and the higher title
which the logic Of events vests in
them. IT, having this double title, this
progressive Democrats should be SUI
rinely content TO allow the direction
Of affairs TO lie in the minority fac
ton. they could hardly escape the
charge " pusIllanlmity. and, more
/ than that the charge OF being more
eager TO preserve party harmony than
to redeem tho partys pledges 10 the
/ country The ethics Of the case COM
mand the progressive Democrats to
take this course. however disagreeable
/ and even however disastrous the con-
sequences may be to the party.
/ The eXpedients of the matter point
| the same way. The Democratic ma
jority I'm the senate will be a splendid
one at best The detection Of one or
] two-and detection Of that small
number Is to be expected on most i'm
portant dlyisions-would leave the
party sprawled impotcnt before the
country The party will have contihu-
+ 40 need OF the insurgent Republicans.
and the only way Il may hope 70 get
their hclr is to- make certain Of a
party policy which. while It VIII not
. in am respects satisfy them will at
/ least command their sympathy. The
Informal alliance which such a course
would probably bring about as be-
tween the progressive faction Of the
. Democracy and the insurgent faction
of the Republican party would, of
course. acccutuate the lack of unity
Iamong the Democrats. ana probably
drive into overt opposition a consld-