The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-05

Immediately ahead, a government
united in all its branches, with
power to take instantly action
which may become necessary in
any emergency which may arise.
The Republican party cannot give
such a Government. Even if Mr..
Landon should be elected and the
Republicans should carry the
House of Representatives, the Sen
ate will remain Democratic be-
cause its present majority is too
large to be reversed in 1886. A
divided Congress during the next
two years would threaten the
country with precisely the same
contradiction of purpose and par
alysis of will which proved to be
so disastrous i'm 1881 and 1882.
A further assurance against
radicalism is the effectiveness OF
the social and economic measures
pursued by the Democratic party,
though often with fundamental
error and raw materialism. We do
not believe that these measures
should be placed in other hands at
the behest of those who have not
been the real and chief victims OF
the malady, and who evolved or
supported the policies which lie at
the roots of its cause. Reform
should be administered by those
who vigorously and successfully
proposed it, and the Democratic
party stands in that relation 10
the public. In the administration
of reform and the restoration OF
the normal processes of an Amer
lean government, there is urgent
need for the restraining influence
of the party's conservative wing
This, if the President is reelected
will be more than ever active IN
the next Congress. where the
Democratic membership in the
House will probably be cut down.
Finally. we believe that the mar
row nationalism for which the Re-
publican party stands today is IN
itself a policy which, if put INTO
force, would carry us rapidly IN
the direction both of "rcgimcnta-
ton" and "radicalism." 1t was
the loss of foreign markets for our
surplus farm commodities that was
specifically responsible for the de-
mand for crop control and a
"planncd economy for agricul-
ture. 1t is loss of foreign mar
kets for our factories that is re-
sponsible in large part for the in
dustrial unemployment which Stlil
persists. The best antidotc to both
RECOMMENDATION and discomfort is a
revival of international trade. and
the reciprocal treaties sponsored
by the President and negotiated
by his able Secretary of State lead
stem by step in that direction. That
way lies hope. The other leads To
economic suicide behind a Hawley-
Smoot tariff. -,
In supporting Mr.. Roosevelts
candidacy for reelection, Inc
Times does not intend to lose the
INDEPENDENCE on which it has al
WAYS put chief emphasis or TO
compromise it's own convictions. 1t
will continue to endorse such OF
Mr.. Landon's views as 1t hnds de-
serving of support. 1t will con-
tinue to criticize and to oppose
such of Mr.. Roosevelt's policies as
seem to it to lack merit. In par
ticular, it will continue to oppose
governmental extravaganza and to
insist on the vital importance of
bringing the national budget into
carly balance. We are encouraged
TO believe that this can be accom-
pGshed more readily under a sec
ond Roosevelt Administration than
under Mr.. Landon, considering the
extent to which the Republican
party has now outbid the President
in promising farm bountics.
The position taken by The
Times is in line with its traditional
sympathy for the main. purposes
and the moving spirit of the Dem.
ocratic party. We believe that in
this case conservatives and radi,
Gals can compose their differences
within that party, and that the re,
suit will be to dissipate, rather
than enlarge, class antagonisms
sectional jealousies and factiona,
disputes. Tolerance is an essential
part of the American tradition