The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-08
IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAX
 ING GOOD2

Glance at the enemies it has made md you will have the answer Wal street sulls and threatens hecaus" If the currency bill Hearst and Mexico weep because there is no war And employers assoc iations, threaten Il with compulsory arbitration law are sad these days because they see no WAY to escape paying a living wage The more unpopular it is among tt.e crooks. tae more il grows ill favor with the people.
 When the Republican party reluet- antly laid down the rcins of govern ment, the Democratic administration entered ill and set quietly to work No time was wasted discussing the F"re srazed upon the White House grounds. Advantageous marriages became of secondary importance and the golf grounds grew slightly seedy
 Soon d Democratic breeze began to stir X new psychic force had been set loose. The departments of gov
 rnmen1 quickened to life. But t was not the busle and drum and d call to war. \ healthy. constructive spirit, having it's inception in Wash tnston, superseded the lazy acquies- cence and the meaningless flag shout ing of former times.
 A special session of congress re- ,ised the tariff downward and made an amendment to the constitution, the 'rst ill almost fifty years It cannot again be declared unconstitutional, for t is now a part of the constitution. II lifts a large burden from the backs of the poor. inasmuch as they are not now compelled 10 pay an indirect tax every time they buy one of the neces- saries of life
 This is conservation worth speaking about. II is conservation of human | '''tii women and children Its tendency is to check the growth of mammoth fo"- uneS and to be one of the first steps toward more rational distribution "f wealth.
 The second. or seventeenth amen l. ment, provides for the election ,f senators by a direct vote of the pco- 'le. In consequence, the names of Guggenheim and Clark and d lot more of the millionaire class who now thwart legislation proposed by the lower house will, as senators. fade from the minds of men forever
 Thus far the administration has gone. yet they are but eight months on the way and have scarcely got a start At the presnt time they are "assins upon the currency law which will give the government power to control the banking system of the country and prevent panics which have yielded fat to those interested in bringing them about. Needless to "ay. the Bankers association opposes it. From which. without further Knowledge of the bill. one may con clude that it will be good thing for the people.
 The President. in his last message to congress urges the passage of a law to nominate candidates for H.. Presidency by direct primary sys- tenn. This. also. is some innoya.'o, and if it passes we shall hear no moro of steam rollers.' packed conventions and other disgusting things incident to the old system
 Last and crowning it all, President Wilson strongly urges congress to pass the Alaska Railroad bill. pro- from salt water to the Interior This is the first modern step looking toward government ownership of public utili- ties. It opens the way. and what may follow we can easily surmise.
 The above is but a short summary of what the present administration has done by way of making good. and 1t is little more than eight months of