The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-18
PARTY REPRIsALs SUICIDAL.

From the Macon Telegraph.
The Atlanta Journals war on Sen
atOr BacOn's nominations to the sew
eral positions in the Southern dis
trict, waged from Washington, was
regarded as very significant from the
start; but now, since Tillman eX-
pOsures, they are no longer slgnih-
cant but point blank.
In Wednesdays Journal the at
tacks on Pratt Adams and Tom Eason
were renewed. AS a straw of en-
couTagement the case of some wild
and woOlly Texans was cited wherein
they petitiOned and directed the pres
ident not to appoint to office any men
in that state who did not support him
in the primary. The hope was vent
ured that President Wilson would
heed the Texas petition, and make
the same rule for Georgia.
The men who supported Under
wood in this state-a majority of
Is. 000-made an honorable and
aboYe-board contest in fair and law
full way for their favorite, but fail
ing in their choice Loyalty swung in
line and supported the nominee with
nothing less than enthusiasm. They
dropped instantly the pre-conyention
Ratchet, which was a contest within
the party honestly waged, and like
the good democrats they all went to
work to give Wilson a record vote in
the state. The Telegraph accepted
commission from the national com
mittee to raise funds for campaign
purposes, and it secured among its
friends approximately one thousand
dollars for that purpose. Checking
over the list We find that majority
of these contributors were Under
wood men in the primary, but they
instantly became Wilson men when
the latter was nominated. To say
that these men are not eligible to
office under a democratic administra-
ton is to say that they are not dem
Ocrats. In the history of political
parties we have seen no such sui
cidal policy pursued as is urged upon
the president. 1t stands apart from
all party records. We do not believe
for a moment President Wilson will
stand for any such scheme, but the
attempt to force it on him will do
incalculable injury to the party.
There is only a majority of two
democrats in the senate. The repUb-
lican progressives were expected to
line up with the democrats, but led
by LaFollette they have gone into
the republican caucus. Tillman has
been angered almost to revolt. Ba-
con has been treacherously slain by
secret cabal working in the dark.
Martin has been kicked out, Sim
mons, Tillman and others have been
marked for the slaughter.
Unless Wilson takes hold with a
strong hand the party has been seri-
ously crippled by faction within the
party. All of which recalls the re-
mark of General Grant that the dem
ocrats can be expected to do the
fool thing at the right time for the
republicans.
But we have faith in Wilson. We
do not believe that he will turn the
mailed hand to millions of democrats
who Loyalty supported him, and with
out whose support he could not have
been elected.
In the good old days gone it was
the democratic custom for the new
president to select his cabinet from
his opponents in the pre-conventioT
party contest Of course we have
drifted away from many of the Gus
toms of the better days of the re-
public, but not until now has it been
proposed to guillotine all opponents
in the primary contests. The sug-
gestion smacks of the bloody repris-
ais in the republic of Mexico.
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