The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-08-07

are now increasing more rap dly tan
exports, and as tie Cnited States is
debtor nation, rayng out each year
about S60O,O0o,OO0 to foreigners, this
IS not a favorable SIN. The most
cheerful feature Ct the present stu,-
Ion s tie tact aHat tNe Earvcsts Of
1914 prJMisA greater returns than
| Cy,. U,i..- ID he n story Of Lde
country. :. S bumper year"
in sSu o.ng TIE MeXc,.l question,
NJ WDpley predicts what has since
Uv.I dc.Jnpl ed, uhe elm nation Of
V.c,O.YnJ Huerta. Perhaps the Pres
il,nt "overcsGma,Cs tLc Self-g3verl-
uC gow,g # tAe p>op.e Of McKee,"
yC., as tI.s writer cOLcludos:
1t is easy for pol.aiCal opponents
% cr.tcise,but 1t IS Il question as 10
wnotier a1y one else ecu d have done
any bette, or even as wei so far as
,he Interests of tine American naUSn
n MeX.caa affairs is concerned"
Tire future fate of tae Democratic
party,wA.cA MIR. W. elpley thinks the
d .ctatOiShp Of President Wilson
threatens to disrupt and 50 I'd to de-
feat, is thus da;cri6ed
'SlOuld tie Republicans sink tier
differences and unite upon Theodore
Roosevelt as candidate for 1916, y
now seems possible, an attack ~.Al
be MADE upon the Democratic parry
wh.cn VII be almost ulpa!al elod IN
It's fierceness and for tie compact
ness of the fight IS organization Inc
Democratic party before President
Wilson was elec;ed was the critic,
and the Republican party was upon
the defe- Sive. IL mad been 50 long
since TIE Democrats were in power
tndt dAcir SINS Of commssi and
omission rad faded IN public con-
SciouSness and the sins Of the Re-
pub.!cans were shining marks. il will
be very different two years from now
for the Democra 5 have boon III power
and from the day of their aces ssiOn
they have been inortnately busy un-
der the aggressive leadership OF Pres
idcnt Wilson. He las given h fl
overs no time 10 mediate as 20 Lie
wisdom of his p5Ec,cs, and where
hesitation made itself apparent the
party whip has been used with great
effect. The disposal of Patronage by
"a incoming admin stration is a
bait to induce mcmbers Of
Congress to remain inside Ghe admin
'su?ticn circle and th's argument
has been ustH with great effective I.
iNss during the PAST year TO secure !
Congressional assent 20 tae measures 7
by President Wilson.
'T-c cream OF tIc patronage is ;
low SKINNED, however. and persona. /
tmb-tUis w.tAin the parry are max |
themselves fc.t. The passage Of !
any important law generates onmit.es
and -g.y DIS. n ems lard 10 recon /
lie. THIS IS all tle more true when /.
ne party, a5 ia The present casc, con-
'-sts -algely OF one man who mas /
| c,ateL as polci,s and conducted its
business s.ngle-Aand.l. Pres dent
cabinet IS nothing more than
. background for : s own personality. /
The functions If State, War and Navy
IRE directed from single dssk rauher
han from the cabinet table, and it
S American history that the strong
nan IS President, who ruled indy
dually rather nnaa through a group
# strong men about il m, has geler-
.l!y split his party into factions, and
.nally gore to defeat thru inability (
o car" all the lead himself. The
american political system does not
dmlt for long a dictator, how
yer thereby he may be disgu sed as
tribune Of the people,"