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Show POOR DEMOCRATIC TEAM WORK A striking example of the "pork-barrel patriotism" patri-otism" which guides the ruling minds in the Democratic Dem-ocratic party is to be found in a recent interview with Representative Hay of Virginia chairman of the house committee on military af" $. Mr. Hay makes it known that he is opposed to an enlarge ment of the army, and he believes it unnecessary and costly, and that he thinks the country is by no means devoid of defense now. H1b language also leads to the inference that he is peeved because be-cause he has not been called to consult with the war department on the subject of national defense. de-fense. Mr. Hay is one of that school of statesmen dominant in the South and, by the same token, dominant in the Democratic party who plainly believe that it is better to spend fifty millions for "Improvements" to insignificant creeks and bay-oub bay-oub in the southern states than to spend the same sum for fortifications and for guns and soldiers to man them. He regards the present pressure for adequate military preparedness as "newspaper clamor," and he sternly refuses to be swayed by It. , In this, Mr. Hay Is more consistent than is the president, who has been clearly moved by "newspaper "news-paper clamor" and who is making a virtue of necessity by trying to plan for a new military policy. At heart, we have no doubt, the president thinks exactly as Mr. Hay does. During the last session of congress the president stood witii Mr. Hay In opposition to "militarism." The president has seen a new light. An election is coming and he is trying to shape his course accordingly. Mr. Hay does not have to consider any questions of this sort. A Virginia Democrat, he is sure of reelection re-election and he refuses to play the president's game. And the entire episode is illuminating proof of the lack of team work in the Democratic party and of the futility of looking to that party for constructive patriotism in legislation. Happily, Hap-pily, the return of progressive Republicanism to power is not far distant. We hope it may not come too late for dealing properly with this ques-tion ques-tion of national defense wherein the president plainly plays a game of political expediency while Mr. Hay of Virginia maintains the ancient Democratic Dem-ocratic doctrine of Ignoring the nation's needs |