Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-03
To the Senate: Remember the
Fate of Cleveland and
Taft. and Be Wise

power only usefulness the Panama
Canal check upon the exoon of the ranscon
nena roads and factor in the upbuldng OF the United
States merchant marine
These precious national have been surrendered
than President with posofce and collectorshps
distribute rather than deny unreasonable request OF the
British during the continuance of the Mexican and
Japanese complications with which the President confesses him
self incompetent to cope
The action of the House Democrats is of in fat de
of their party platform pledge but they argue what
a platform pledge compared o a promised postofce?
Moreover how the Representative in Congress be
pected take higher platform obligations than the
President for whose especial guidance the platform made
and who singled the plank epudiaed for especial
eulogy while appealing to the country for votes?
The thing which derentiae the Congressman posi-
from the President that the former must seek reelection
months He will then learn just how much the railroad
and pro British forces he served well with his vote will serve
him with the people.
Laughabe if it were not contemplate be the form
appeal by of the spokesman of the Admin
traon They seemed to think that defeat of the repeal
would the defeat of MIR Wilson for denomination, and
they wasted much and oraory assuring their hearers
that only with Wilson could the Democracy hope for continue
ton of its control of the Government
AS a of fact victory this fight will be the first and
fatal step the Democratic progress toward another quarter
of a century Of exile
Mr. Wilson writes history but singularly blind its
teachings like other school teachers inclined to
instruct others than to accept instruction himself
But he ought know something about recent political his
particularly incidents which edounded to
his own benefit
Every conversant with political affairs knows that
President Taft forced his project of reciprocity
upon unwilling and rebellou Congress. The it.
self admirable possessing of the qualities of consuc
tive craftsmanship than anything President Wilson has thered
year power But excellent the reciprocity
passage obtained by something of the methods which
employed the passage Of the repeal bill
though President Taft lacked something of the of
the Wilson methods.
The result history Congress grumbled rebeled and sub
mtted But the Congressman proved judges Of the tenn
per their the President Hardly had they
done his bidding than they began square themselves with
their home people Many of them fatty opposed his enOmina
Others accepting that inevitable abored
their election regardless of the head of the ticket Mr.
discovered November that while he could Congress
he could not boss the country
that was result Presidential dictation in a good
what will be the outcome of the Wilson enforcement of
policy for which the strongest arguments take only the form of
apologies?
We may 90 further back We may cite the history of the
party whose platform Mr. Wilson took only to destroy.
Even a gentleman torgetfu of his contributions to
history President Wilson hardly forgotten
which President Cleveland forced upon Congress the repeal
OF the Sherman silver purchase law.
that fight all the vocabulary this employed if
indeed invented Maintain the national honor defer
world WIDE initiate the example Great Britain
phrases current then the mouhngs of the Admin
sration spokesman to-day
Congress reluctant then now but President Cleye
land domneerug President Wilson and quite
and unashamed his use OF patronage Singular by the way
how covery the uosics civil reormers using
offices to further their ends
Cleveland Congress yielded grudgingly The Demo
party lost the House the Cleveland
his party in the following Presidential election and the party
lost the country The chief profit fell to unknown Congress
from Nebraska who fought the President the House and
whom President Wilson later yainly sought knocked
into cooked hat
Whatever may be thought Bryan merits as a Secretary
OF State he hardly the TO upon Congressman the
duty the personal eHpedcucy standing by the Presi
dent
We offer for Democratic contemplation these compare
lively examples OF the political effect Presidential die
taon to Congress- In the Cleveland bued party
ont of power quarercenuy In the other dashed his
unwilling followers into like dismal defeat The the
measures involved did count with the the
personal dictaon the official that ranked and
resented the polls
The Senate has its chance The Democratic party
from Wilson clearly the lesson history and the
approach disaster Cleveland worked 1892 What
will it do?