Evening journal., 1916-06-30
DEMOCRACY's WEAK CAMPAIGN.

DEM0CRACY'S WEAK CAMPAIGN.
nLANs for the Democratic campaign this Fall en-
I brace three distinct features: % Recognition OF
the merits Of the foreign policies Of President will
son. (2) Political reforms. with special reference TO
the popular election Of Senators. (3) An appeal TO
the business interests of the country by reference TO
the currency measure proposed anti-dumpng legisla
ton and, over and above ALL "unexampled pros
perity' They viii soft pedal on the tariff.
Republicans ser little TO fear in Democratic ap-
peal based on Wilson's foreign policies First, be-
cause the country as whole has been against war.
and second. because Wilson's vacations have tended
than anything else to draw into the European
maelstrom.
Republicans are confident that appeal by the
Democrats the business interests Of the country will
avail little Every business knows that business
depressed before the war, and that $26l000O,-
600 favorable trade balance secured to us during
twenty months Of European war. has done every
thing pull business out of the hole and give us "un-
exampled prosperity" Of transitory kind. He knows
that the currency law based Investigations
made by Republican commission, and that Republi-
can amendments made it's operation practicable.
AS for the anti-dumpine clause. It is pointed out
that any such clause would he utterly valueess work
ing in conjunction with near free-trade tariff law
such as we now have. There would be no necessity
whatever for Germany for instance to unload goods
on the American market at prices cheaper than those
prevailing IN Germany for the simple that with
her extremely low labor cost Germany could pay the
insignifcant duties assessed on her exports to
der the present law and then capture the American
market after which the prices would be raised. No
anti-dumpng law could be framed without provok-
ing reprsas absolutely destructive of foreign
trade. which could be applied to country selling
goods here as cheaply in the country Of origin.
Nor cam the Democratic party make much capital
Of It's so-caed political reforms Republicans call
attention the that the popular election Of sena-
provided for in 1912, the House Of Represen-
tatlves at that time having a Democratic majority,
while the Senate Republican The Rucker joint
resolution submitting this proposition to the States,
provided that "The times. places and OF
holding elections for Senators shall he prescribed
in each state by the Legislature thereof" Against
this proposition the Republican Senate firmly held
AS Senator Clark, CRep) Of Wyoming, expressed IT,
"In the opinion Of many OF the best constitutional
authorities the amendment OF The House would abso-
utoly leave the Congress Of the United States help
less to make inquiry into the election Of Senator in
any manner whatever. The last Congress passed a
publicity bill in which the amount that might be
pended by or for candidate for the Senate OF the
United States was expressly limited to a definite
and certain Il would possible that under the
proposed amendment presented by the House no
bill OF that sort could be passed. and Congress would
have no authority to inquire into limit the amount
OF money that might be expended in an election To
deprive the Congress the United States of the power
to say whether or not a member OF either body of its
Congress had corrupty elected Is striking at the
very root of the legislative branch OF our govern
ment"
Here was a Democratic House trying TO evade the
publicity bill passed in Republican Congress- and
Republican Senate preventing it from doing