The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01


2 half or ono and three quarters ~ a
million Progressive votes were cast
Returns OF the last election show
that, had " not been FOR Progressive
candidates. the Democrats would have
lost the House and would have gained
lrtlc or nothing I'M the Senate They
show that I'm notable instances I'm those
Of Senator Newlands in Nevada and
GOV. walsh I'm Massachusetts Progress
sives voted for Democratic candidates
and thus made possible their election.
They show that I'm the new Congress
there will he nfty-tve Democratic SEN
ators out Of a total OF niuety-siN
Mr. Hillcs, who has no mean rcputa-
tion as claimant. II remember rightly,
claims that the Republicans 10 control the
senate after 1910. will need nine moro
Senators i'm the House and the Vice Pres
ident in the chair lie claims Republican
Senators from Maine. Montana. Nevada
and COY Onto; and still another senator
from Maryland or Nebraska and classi-
tles Arizona, Missouri and Tennessee AS
fighting ground presumably with a re-
crudesccnce Of the sauguine spirit in
winch ii- iua,i- az iis ts.i,i,,~ u little over
two years ago. But the returns show
that In all human probability a majority
Of the Senate will remain Democratic
until 1915. unless tho opposition to the
Democracy can be drawn together with
unanmity and enthusiasm.
Tho future OF the Progressive party
will he determined largely hy tho party
In power. had almost said by the
party In the white House There was
time, NOT SO very long ago when Pro.
greS,ives looked not unfriondly upon the
Democratic Legislative record, excepting
only the Underwood tariff But since
the opening OF the present session nj
Congress the Democratic leaders have
embarked upon a legislative proGramm,
which Is positively repugnRnt to Pro
groSs'ves, while n ignores the reform,
which they have most mistakenly de
manded the prohibition Of child labo
50 far As 10 is within the power Of IN,
/ Federal Government. the creation Of s
tarin comm ssjon. the creation Of p
scheme Of rural credit A. well AZ Of
Federal employment bureau as outlined
In tho Progressive bills Introduced II
Congress a year ago.
The Presidents personal popularity
among progressivcs. which was genera
during the first part Of his admins
tratou is waning rapidly They heg,i
TO SOC him as an able. marrow. coura
Gus uugeucrous, high minded and stub
horn Executive We are not accustomo,
To extreme partisan Presidents, ever
though for generations. until now, the,
have all been trained as politicians. AM
Progresslvos who knew that the trus
bills wcro written by q Bun Moose tina
. bills TO prohibit child labor and tn ere
at" p Federal employment bureau frs
were introduced hy Progresslvps. arc in
creasinEly irrltated by the attitude o
tho President. whose course has haei
made easy for him largely hy Pro
grcsSiVes
at one time tho Mexican policy ha
moro supporters than n has now. al
though the American people are Stll de
t'rmined 20 avoid war, But they ar
increasingly conscious that the problem
pf the state Department to-day cal fo
close confinement to IT'S arduous duties
learning, cXncronce. self-restraint fore
s.Rht-and that Mr. Bryan Is IN tn
state Department I do not mean tina
Mr. BRYAN. In the opinion Of Pro
gress.vcs, has not rendered great servic
as preacher Rut So has Billy sun
day
During the last fow weeks Mr. Mann
Senator Cummns and Senator Bora
have voiced. not inaccurately. the CON
mon sentiments OF the growing opposl
ton 10 the party I'm power 70 he sur
they have aroused a great degree Of on
thusIasm among progresslvcs. Certalnl
some lTogrossivcs have been repealed II
senator GalliuEpr'S reiutr0durt.0n Of IN
naNno-Aldrich act I'm the Senate, hu
there is evidence that the leaders Of IN
Republican party, chastcucd by the,
humiiaung rout in 1917 and by .
failure OF the party to demonstrate tia
II can surely win in 1915, arc concila
tory Of Progressive opinion and rcadio
to meet It. Amalgamatlon must Deepen
on the measure In which they do 30.
Some progressives, undoubtedly In
fueuccd by local as well as hy ua
tiopal conditions, Will, In States nix
New Jersey, PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio an
Colorado, and possibly In Kansas. go
the Democratic party and In other stat,
like New York, Indiana and Illinois.
the Republican party, without referenC
TO any collective action II Ia quit
possible that neither tho Republican nc
the Democratic party viii adopt a pro
gramme or nut forward candidate
whom the delegates 10 the Progress \
national convention will ndorse. II
! my present judgment that II is the dut
/ of IrpgroSSivcs to ma .nttm the organ
lZalion which they have created over n
country, to the oud that they may eth,
adopt q platform and nominate caud
dates Of their own, or cast their innuen,
dcclsivclN I'm favor OF the platform an
Republican party.
Here lies the possibility NJ erfectiS
amalgamation. I DO not know n h
shirt of Cancellation on the part OF n
? Republicans. the mutual forhcarlnt