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Show Si Goes Back to Pre-Bryanite Pre-Bryanite Progressive- ness of the Party New York. Nov. 25. "A lower tariff Is tho first duty of the Democratic party as the result of tho vote of confidence con-fidence which the people of the country coun-try have given It," says Judge Simeon C Baldwin, Democratic governor-elect governor-elect of Connecticut, in a long Inter-view Inter-view on the political outlook Published Pub-lished here today. Judge Baldwin's observations on I he political situation situa-tion Include tbe following; "The Democratic party must not bo a standstill party. It must go back to pre Bryan. te progrcsslvcnoss Our central idea miiRt be the reduction of the tariff, which means, in tbe old phrase, the lowering of taxes. The result will be to lower prices. "The best way to retain success Is to hold to a reasonable middle course. The real position Ur every party to take is a middle position and that Is the position the Democratic party should take. No parly can lie really great and enduring unless there Is room within it for men of quite different dif-ferent views on minor points. Tho Democratic party ought always to have a eonsenatnc wing, a progressive progres-sive wing and a moderate center. I belong to the center. "I think that tho powers of the Interstate In-terstate commerce commission hao probably been enlarged too far "What makes this country great and keeps it free i free trade he-tween he-tween all the states and territories from ocean to ocean with absolute local self-government in each of tho separate states. Interfered with by ronirrrss only when necessary for a few national puroses. "To retain (lie position in which the Democratic party finds itself to-lay. it must continue to be the party of the const!! uti-in. The beauty of our federal constitution lies In iU simplicity. sim-plicity. Irs use of general terms nnd its avoidance of ueiiil. Tho menj who framed it were really great In their knowledge of world politics. "The courts of the present day arc fully able to Interpret the laws tn meet the needs of the times. There Is a vitality and freslinr-ss on the part of the American J.i.llclary which Is qnin? adeo,itnre to saich an lnterpreta-tlon lnterpreta-tlon of the constitution as will make it secure the needs of the day." |