The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-03-04
Democratic Correspondent LaInbasts
the Administration.

The we'll known Washington cores
pondent of the Baltimore Sun, IF. A.
R." broke out in a regular TRADE
against the Wilson administration, in
last Tuesdays evening edition, which
would hardly have been accepted as
genuine IF. A. R." production, had it
not appeared in the Sun. 1t would be
difficult for any one to produce
stronger anti-administratlon article
even if written by dyed-in-the-wool
Republcan-but that "F. A. R. ]"
evidently writes from the heart, is
proven by his last sentence. when he
says: Il have been a Democrat from
the first breath I drew, and l shall die a
Democrat, but shall welcome the Re
pubIicans back to power"
The article is one typical of an ex-
pert writer accustomed to dealing with
practical questions without waste of
words. 1t is a general castigahon OF
an administration that has fai!ed-ac-
cording to the writer's judgment-and
he a long time resident and observer of
political affairs in Washington. We
give a few of his statements verbation.
When the Democratic party took full
possession Of this government on Mar
4. 1913, there was an era Of good feel
ing brordered only by the confines of
the republic. The time of its power is
now half over. And if popular dis
content and dissatisfaction gain IN the
half to come in the same ratio as in the
half which has passed, the band of its
supporters viii be of Spartan dimen-
slons only
He has put man at the head of the
Department of State who is no more
fitted for that position than black cat
He has put man at the head of the
NavysDepartment whose most noticeable
act has been the issuing of an arbitrary
edict prohibiting gentleman and ladies
attached to the service from taking a
glass OF vine al sheir own table It Is
common gossip that with the majority
of MS Cabinet the Executive takes no
council, and perhaps this is well. But
it certainly puts a big load on his
shoulders when added to his gigantic
task of guiding that wonderful aggrega-
ton assembled in the two wings of the
building on Capitol Hill.
1.-The so-called Premier of this adj
ministration. having so little to DO Of
ticialy, naturally spends his time in
Selling every opportunity to talk, for
no sound in the world is sweeter to the
ears of William j. Bryan than the sound
of his own voice He has been
a milestone around the neck of the
Democratic party since 1856, and, as
was predicted in the beginning of this
administration, he has been q gYevious
burden TO It
Much stress has been laid upon the
legislation accomplished In the two
years, and the wonderful effects to
follow. There can DE no disguise of
the fact that the results so far have
been happy, but, to the contrary,
disastrous. The whole truth is, the
country looks with distrust on many of
those in charge of public affairs
You may hear at every street
corner, washington will not pick
up again until the Republicans
come back" 1t is sometimes said that
you cannot get an idea of the sentiment
of the country at large in Washington.
This is a serious mistake. Washington
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men of ali classes come and 20 from
North and to South, and from East and
West. They all express their views.
1t is not the Republicans any more than
the Democrats who do not approve. 1t
is not alone the tariff, or the antitrust
measure, or the shipping bill, or this
that or the other in the way of legisla
ton. 1t is also the men, the organs and
all of that clan, too numerous to men
ton. The people have no confidence in
them; they doubt their ability and they
DOUBT their discretion to run the govern
mont II cbOI,lJ bo WIN