Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-09-20


falsely concluding that bis pink
whiskers were the color Of the man.
However, as the Democratic leader
IN the senate, heh as been steadily
increasing his Importance as a
spokesman for the Democratic party,
and on more than one occasion dur
ing the last congress he has appeared
on the floor Of the senate as the
monthpieee Of the administration.
The Republican leaders who know
his adroitness, his persistence, and
his very extraordinary ability to
twist facts and arguments to suit his
own ends, regard his words as forces
with which il is well 70 reckon.
Senator Lewis predictions may be
summarized rs follows:
l. The tariff win disappear as a
party Issue.
g The big issue Of the next cam.
paien will be the question Of gov
eminent ownership.
2, Another big issue between the
Democrats and Republicans in the
coming campaign win be over foreign
policy. Dilating on what he profess
ses will be the Democratic attitude
on foreign policy, be devotes con-
iderable time to explaining the ra-
cial origins Of Americans and To
suggesting that our future policy will
be dictated by these origins.
4. The farmers will be heard
from more than ever in the next cam
paign. They will tell us shat their
profits have been limited and their
business regulated during the war,
while others have been getting rich
without restraint because of the
war"
s. And, lastly, he expects the war
to be over before the next presiden-
tial contest. which he thinks will au-
tomatically eliminate the question of
the third term.
Here is a fairly definite outline of
the Democratic program for the inn
mediate future. On two points Re-
publican leaders would probably
agree with Senator Lewis. One is
that the war will be over before the
next presidential campaign, for to
tho win the War Now" policy, Re-
publicans have dedicated themselves
completely. The other is that the
farmers viii be heard from; they
ought to be heard from, and the Re
publicans are already framing ef-
fective measures TO relieve their pre-
sent distress.
The Republican party's attitude
toward the tariff has been made
very clear and Republican leaders
here predict that il the Democrats
have any idea that this issue will
cease to be agitated in the next cam
paign, they are destined to find out
how much mistaken they are.
As to unlimited government own
ership, the Republicans have already
declared themselves in opposition to
the clouded, inefficient Democratic
views. They are taking farseeing
stand. They declare: "that while
there is absolutely nothing in this
country which should not be taken
and used for necessary war pur-
poses, such taking shall be for war
purposes only and that in such ac-
tion there must be no eventual ul-
terror object. The Republican party.
from It's inception, has stood against
undue liberalization Of industries
aud activities. We always have, and
still shall endeavOr 10 find the mid
die ground so well defined between
the anarchy Of unregulated indi- |
vidualism and the deadening form
alism Of inefficient and widespread
state ownership That the Demo-
Gratis, as Senator Lewis predicts, are
going TO espouse the cause Of COM
plete and permanent government
ownership, there can be little doubt,
although they have cautiously, if not
c'andestinely, concealed their poll
cies under a cloak Of what they call
war necessity
In the Republican We've measures
of government. control adopted for
war reasons, as a temporary neces-
sity, or as in the case Of the iele-
phone and telegraph lines, as an as.
sumed necessity, must not become
permanent. Though the Democrats
should favor this absolute re-making
Of the government, a. il is quite
apparent they intend TO do, the Re-
publicans shall imperatively oppose
them. Senator Lewis, in his usual
Insinuating manner, indicates that
this state socialism is TO become
lasting and ever-swelling Democrat
IL policy.
IN reply, the Republican leaders
here declare that the voters of Amer