The Nome nugget., 1924-05-03

HOt need protection qua uIilt many more are Overprotected. and there is a growing rebellion in Republican ranks aga.nst tariff subsidy led by those who believe in tariff only up to the point of protection under fair competition. On the other hand. there are Democrats who are asking for additional protection for some- thing in which they or their friends are especially interested. The Sout1. which was once an advocate of d tar ir for revenue only. sends 10 Con- gress several champ ons for protec' ton for southern products and in dnsttries. So with many of the fun damental political issues it is Secom . ing more and more difficult to dis tinguish Republican from Demo- crat by what he advocates. It has been said of the Republican, elephant that you can not tell by the look of ils track whether it is going nr com libE, DiN h' ti4Nt thhS i''i SNHs 'A NS' . too, of the Democratic mule.
 "7Npe overwhelming Republican victory of 1920 was the direct result Of & national hysteria-the after math of the war There were no econnmic. moral or social principles involved It was the result of the unreasoning action of a Gob. It was a victory of the reactiondry element
 and was made possible because that slement controlled practically a', rhe avenues of propaganda and used them to stampede the people. The election of 1929, however. re- yprsed the verdict of 1920. reducing l,+4 majority in both Houses, of Con cress, and by reason of hhis mere handful of Senators and Representa- tives are likely to prove thorn in tEo side of the administration. For this handful of Senators and Repre- sentative4s are Ogressives-radicails it you prefer-who hold the balance or power in both Houses.
 This, then. is the present situa tiCn in react ionary Re sru ba icans and reartionary Democrats who represent the same economic ideals. the same financial and indus tr.af inierests-they are ldie stand jkit terS. the conservatives who are sa iSfied with the the things as they are and are shy at. every new idea. They sit with their faces to the past. \ change to them means revolution. h every new movement to better hu naiI conditions. in every innoyaion. however innocent, they imagine they s.1. cospiracy to overthrow the Government and place d rcd flag in thr White House. These men. no atter what their political align nN.nt. belong to one party-the re- ;actiunaIy, the conservative party. that is. and always will be opposed Ib luIhdH Hpi't-ltSS- liiNs iePi Bhe same type of mind as the royal isl of Europe. of the CZar the Kaiser ard other rulers who have brought Europe to the verge of cUliaps 1i ey are for the esta blished order of things regardless of who established tfe order, or why.
 Then we have the progressive Re putFfcans and the progressive Dem ocrats. They are alike in everything but name. They stand for the s;ume things They are made up of the fcrward-looking men and women of the Nation Their faces are toward the rising sun. They believe that the world moves and that We as a Nation should move with it. They hhwe an abounding faith in the great ness of this Nation and in the good sense of the common people, be- cause. as Lincoln said, God has made so many of them.
 ''1 must not fail to mention the two Farmer-Labor Senators. These men represent an intelligent protest against the dominance of the reac- tionary element in both old parties. They are classified with the progress sives in the political lineup and no doubt will be found voting for pro sressive measures
 With this marshaling of forces what is the outlook for legisa tion during this session of Congress What measures are demanded by the people?
 "Frst. There is an irsistant de mand that something be done fol the relied of the farmers of the Ma ton.
 Second. An adjustment Of ou'
 tax lanws to more equitably distrab