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Show DEMOCRATS LOST Three times ln a half century tho Democrats havo elected a President nnd been In control of Federal legislation. leg-islation. Tho second time their President wont Into office with an unprecedented expression of public pieces ns completely as It did In I860. Now another party disaster is Impending, Im-pending, ono that ln magnttude bids fair to equal that of 1893-0, which drove tho organization out of power for sixteen years. Tho reports from Washington nro that there arc In tho House of Rep-lesontatlvcs Rep-lesontatlvcs about sixty Democratic members who will refuse to support tho policy of tho rrcsldent for putting put-ting tho country In n Btato of do-fonso. do-fonso. This wipes out Democratic control In the House. To appreciate appreci-ate tho sorlous posturo of affairs It Is necessary to recall that Mr. Wilson Wil-son did not go Into olllco. ns tho eholco of a majority of tho voters, but as a minority President. Tho Progressive revolt elected him. It should also ho recalled that bo weak has tho party becomo that in both houses the so called lenders aro out of sympathy with tho President nnd In tho caso of Mr. Kltchln openly hostile Add to this tho fact that in tho Sixty-third Congress tho Democrats Demo-crats had flfty-novon moro votes thnn they will havo In tho Sixty-fourth Congress, nnd that a defection of but fifteen votes will cost tho party in power its control of the House, nnd tho situation stands out tn shivering nakedness. What Is to bo done? Tho Admin istration must apply tho weight of fu'l party authority to tho recalclt-.rants recalclt-.rants or depend upon the votes of tho Republicans nnd tho Progressives. Progress-ives. Tho second Clovolnnd Administration Admin-istration la ropeating Itsolf. Mr. Tlrynn wrecked tho party in 1S9G; ho is wrocklng it now. Is tho party strong enough to save Itsolf? Tho Democratic nntlonal eom mltteo met recently In Washington. Its powor was Invoked to uphold tho hands of tho President? Will this offort bo successful? If this falls It will mean that Mr. nryan controls I Mio party machinery. Thoro will ' hen remain only tho nopubUcnn stiongth ln tho Sonato and Houso to safeguard tho Interests of tho American Am-erican people. Tho situation could not bo worso ror tho Dcmocrntlo party New York Herald. |
