Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-01-13
NEWLANDS HINTS
PARTY'S TARIFF
Democrats Face Defeat Because
of it, He Says
BIG INTERESTS HOSTILE.
They Declare the Administration
Brought Hard Times; War Business
and War Policy MAY Not Save
Party in Fall Election.

Sneator Newlands, of Nevada, one of
the Democratic leaders of the United
States Senate, startled his colleagues on
Tuesday by delivering a speech in
which he frankly reviewed the mis-
takes of his party in the last three
years and expressed the fear that the
party would be defeated in 1916 unless
measures were taken.
He pointed out what in his opinion
would avoid defeat. There were
smiles on the faces of the Senators
after Mr.. Newlands observed that II
would not do to wait until the conven-
ton tries to appease the party with
platform pledges. Many seemed to
have in mind the fate that has over
taken the single term plank in the Bal
timore platform.
"The Democratic party has been in
power during the fifty FIVE year period
since the close of the Civil War only
eleven years, and of that period only
four years consecutively, in every in
stance losing power as the result of the
fear of the resentment of the business
classes with their accompanying con-
ditions of unemployment which made
NEST potent with the workingmen the
full dinner pail argument and caused
them reluctantly to yield to the per
suasion of our opponents" said Sen
ator Newlands.
The Senator declared that rhe party
was in similar danger in the Congress
sional elections of 1914. "a danger he
explained, only averted by the Euro
pean war
But an industrial and commercial
depression has been experienced he
said at has been contempera-
NOUS with Democratic control at legis
lation 1t will not do to charge this to
the European war. That war. though
injurious to American trade in it's in
ception, has since become stimulant
to production and export and the com
mencement of the depression antedated
the European war, and was contempt
'raneous with the Democratic legisla-
ton regarding the tariff, banking and
trade.
''The recent elections indicate that
we will be in similar danger at the
coming Presidential election unless the
European war continues and makes the
Presidents sagacious and firm hand
ling of our foreign affairs the over
shadowing issue. 1t is safe to say that
the manufacturing the banking and
the large corporate interests are host
tile to the Democratic party and that
their employees also are preparing to
throw their weight against it."
In speaking of Democratic legislation
Mr.. Newlands said:
Much of it probably fell somewhat
short of the goal we should ultimately
reach, but it may be that in the limited
period we went too far and too fast
and thus endangered the vehicle which
carried these reforms. There was no
necessity for this, for the opposing
party was not willing to go a 1.-THE of
the distance we contemplated and
could never reproach us with not go
ing far enough. considerable expe
rience in public life, covering a period
of twenty-three years, has convinced
me that no political party can hope
to remain in power which adopts rad
ical instead of evolutionary methods
of reform"
The remedy suggested by Mr.. New
lands was the creation of tariff board
vested with certain authority by Con-
gress. Dealing with banking legisla-
ton Mr.. Newlands declared that in
stead of providing some simple method
for mobiliZing the banking reserves
of State and national banks under :he
control of non-partisan hoard which
would gradually work out further re-
forms. Congress was intent upon leg
islation which alarmed the banks by
the largeness of the proposal