Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-21

Opposition TO WILSON
Is DESTITUTE or ISSUES"

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New fOIh hOIlu-J
In all the cOntrONer>y among the Pro
gresSivc leaders az 10 whether the third
term party SHOULD hold together Or dis
band. none Of them presents an issue
that could by any possibility keep "A pc
litical organization alive.
William Allen White does not hest
tate 10 admit that today the American
people are not interested I'M amy plan
for social Justice which means that
they are not interested in the Progress
sive platform and the Roosevelt plati-
tudes. In respect to a live political is
use the Progressives are no worse af rs
an opposition could well he the year he
fore a presidential campaign.
In spite Of renroSe and Perkins no
| successful campaign can be waged on
the tariff. That question can be revived
only by Il change in economic conditions.
The country has been taught to measure
tariffs not by principles but by prosper
ity. So long as there is prosperity the
standpat Republicans and their Pro
gressive allies can talk higher tariff I'M
til they are all back in the face without
stirring the emotions Of 4 single voter.
As for the trusts. they too are cut Of
the way rs a partisan issue. Big bust
ness for the most part has accepted the
popular Interpretation of the sherman
law and is conforming 10 the statute.
The crusading days as well rs the tx
plotting days are past. and the enforce
ment of the anti trust LAW is now part Of
the routine department of justice.
The currency and banking question
has been disposed Of by IN act that has
not only withstood the test of a wOrl
war but has placed the United States
in a position of unparalleled financial
strength. Ii has proved itself not only
the most important but the most eicc-
tive piece Of financial legislation put
on the statute books i'm fifty wears.
Where. then. is IN issue 10 he found?
In Mexico? Mexico is a sore spot. blt
it may be- helped before the next presi-
Dental campaign. Whether healed or
not. il il not big enough for a national
election when the interest and the i'm
agination of the American people are
absorbed by the most terrible war of
human history.
Mexico is so completely oyershad-
owed b. Europe that no political party
would make progress by transforming
the situation to the south of the Rio
Grande itno a partisan matter. As for
the presidents neutrality policy. ii has
displeased nobody except the pro-Ger-
mans, Theodore Roosevelt and certain
professional friends of Great Britain
and France. The great mass Of the
American people rightly regard il us
one Of the browning achievements Of
American statcsmanshin.
What remains? Prcp richness for ma
tional defense? That might be n very
serious issue il the Wilson administra-
ton neglected its plain and patriotic
duty during the coming session Of con
gress. but MI the evidence nj hand goes
10 show that both the president and his
advisers are preparing 10 deal with this
question III the sane but vigorous man
ner which the country has 4 right 10 ev-
nect. There il n broad middle ground
between unprcparedneSS and miiitarism
and II is incOnceivable that this middle
ground will not be Occupied and held
by the president.
IT present the opposition IL NJ.
wilson Is sadly destitute Of Issues The
poverty of the Republicans being no less
wretched than the poverty of the Pro.