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Show H vVHY Go ucmockaflt? fl .Upon what ground of reason or of ogle can tho Democratic party ask the B thoughtful voters of lids country to B elect a democratic house of represent-M represent-M atives in tho coming fall electl ) isV" H says an exclmiige. Why' should the people turn out of power the Rcpubll-H Rcpubll-H cap party, which has a record of good work accomplished, and scat instead a M majority of democrats who can accom-H accom-H pllsh nothing themselves, and can only H prevent something being dono by H others'? H In the llrst place, no possible good H to the democratic party itself could1 H comoof electing a democratic house. H In the second place, It would result In i Hi absolute Injury to democrats as well i as republicans. All the Interests of Hi ' the country, In which democrats as Hj ' well as lepubllcans are concerned,! would feel tho 111 eirecls of splitting' H tlio responsibility of the dominant party In congress. Just as democrats, H' north and south, aio sharing In the bcnctlts of republican legislative poll H cies enacted Into law, so would demo , H cratsaswell as republicans fear tho' j etlects of a change for tho worst. Such a change certainly would follow tho H defeat of Pie rcpubllcaqs In the con-H con-H gresslonal districts. ,, H i President Roosevelt has given the BHbk recent republican eongross it certificate certifi-cate of character He siys the session recently closed accomplished more general good for the people at large than any session of any other eongiess he has ever known lie promises solemnly that the good work shall go on If the people entruit tho republicans republi-cans with continued mil liorlty . I It-shows It-shows how It would be Impossible for tho republicans to keep up the good work, however, If a lickle electorate cripples the republican congress by making tho lower body democratic Some thoughtless ulers may not pause to think thai. In voting for a democratic candidate for congress they would be voting for a "new deal" In congiess They would only bo voting for confusion They would not he 'turning the republicans out', they would only be turning th democrats Into the house, for llw senate still remains re-mains republic tn and no party legislation legisla-tion would be pillule with n divided congicv,. The sensible btistiit"s like way, as well as patriotic I'uurM'.woiiul seem to be to sustain the iepnblleanhou-.e,givo the admiulstialloii the mresiary an thorlty to work out it policies, and then demand nn .iccuiiuilug In tin next election f.u its failure If any there slia.l hU n- .epubllc.ins will wi'lcomo such a i'Iiji n " U Vj tne ,,c.ianv, Hiii in olaln justice, they cannot ! Ihk id uccoiiiu it ih.j are uot vested whli rn'lpomr ! ihe lomr branch or chiui.",s |