Evening star., 1915-12-02
Young Men as Delegates.

IN my Judgment the republican con-
vention will be significant for another
feature. 1t will contain in its make
up more young men than ever before
IN iact, one might say today that the
republican party is the young men s
party: The Congress just assembling
contains more republican young men
,han any other in our history, and you
will find when the republican conyen-
tion meets, that these young men will
write platform sufficiently modern to
make a very popular appeal to the
country
The republicans are gaining strength
uais, put they are not unmindful of
the fact that they have a battle before
them, and are preparing for it, You
can look for repetition of the 1886
campaign IN energy and thoroughness,
n,tu, nhs enink; Just as great victory
When the polls close. as the party Sc
cured in that memorable year
Predicts Depression After War.
That the American industries which
are now happy in prosperity are de-
pendent almost entirely on the boost
ing OF trade conditions in this country
oy the European war, and that these
prosperous corporations are merely In
,la ira Ia war orIdes whose plight will
De desperate at the close of the strug-
gle in Europe. are facts which / have
learned from observation. of conditions
in the middle west.
The war munitions plants and cor.
pora tions are. the ones which are being
enriched more than any other business
undertaking in the United States at
this time That. goes as a matter of
fact. The war prosperity is felt also
by the farmers and producers Of food,
clothing supplies and all the neces-
saries of life. The demand created by
such war as the present European
struggle must affect the United States
markets in all their phases, for we are
now practically tn one great market
stand for all the nations of the world.
In my Judgment the public has already
begun to analyze the situation and to
realize that when the peace treaties are
signed democratic policies must be re-
versed.
Essentially Republican Country.
This means that inevitably the coun-
try viii return the republican party to
power in the next presidential cleo
ton, because it is generally conceded
that the war will not last that long,
and. as soon as it is realized that the
special condition of affairs created by
the war caused the temporary pros
perity the democrats will be viewed
again as they have been for SO many
years: that Is, as lacking in construc-
tive statesmanship and ability. This Is
essentially a republican country. The
thorough and harmonious amalgama-
ton of the progressive party with the
republican party restores the former
condition of affairs, which was and will
be that there are more voters in this
country who believe in the principles
advocated by the republicaIrNparty than
democratic voters in the country
The democrats got into power in
the last presidential election through
the big split among the republicans.
Now that this has been healed, We viii
go 10 the polls with even a bigger vote
than ever before. This Is made all the
more certain by the fact that the cost
| of living has gone up tremendously,
and under normal conditions, the dem
tocrats will have accomplished nothing
| to make the average mans earning
| power commensurate with the artifi-
cial boosting Of the prices Of the neces
stiles of life"