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FEBRUABY 16, 1912
11
did fight and his efforts will ho more reports from consular agents of any
appreciated if the banking committee
is found, as I believe it will be, under
the control of Wall street."
Representative Pujo of Louisiana,
chairman of the banking committee
of the house announced that Mr.
Bryan would be summoned as the
first witness before the committee to
tell what he knew about the money
trust. An Associated Press dispatch
from San Antonio, Texas, says:
William J. Bryan intimated his
willingness to appear before the
house committee which will investi
gate charges of the existence of a
money trust. He declared he would
reserve anything he might say until
he should appear" before the com
mittee. "The Pujo resolution," he
said, "is not comprehensive enough
to meet the requirements of the
situation. It shows that there wa3
reason to doubt the banking com
mittee's sympathy with the investi
gation desired. , The question now
is how complete the investigation
will be."
Following is an Associated Press
dispatch, dated February 6: Ap
plauded by a majority of the regular
republicans, and sharply questioned
by insurgents, Representative Samuel
W. McCall of Massachusetts, long a
prominent republican in the house,
today aligned himself with the move
ment against presidential third term.
In a speech liberally interspersed
with insurgent interruptions, Mr. Mc
Call declared that American presi
dents had set a precedent of retiring
Rafter a service of eight years, and
a noted the declaration made by
President Roosevelt before the end
of, his last term that he would not
Be a candidate for re-election. Rep
resentative Norris of Nebraska, in
surgent leader, questioned Mr. Mc-
?Call repeatedly with the ovident pur
pose of indicating that the sentiment
against a third term probably was
against a "third consecutive term,"
rather than against a third term
served after a lapso of four years out
of the White house.
danger in the interior to Americano
or their interests.
An Associated Press dispatch,
dated February 8th, says: Interven
tion in Mexico by the United States
is not intended by any niobilization
of troops that might be made again
along the southern border. This was
the attitude of the department, tele
graphed today to various consular
diplomatic representatives in Mexico
who had complained that interven
tion talk there was fostering a dan
gerous anti-American sentiment. The
state department reiterated emphati
cally that this government had no
interest in Mexico beyond the safety
of American lives and interests, but
from the same consular agents came
reports far from reassuring as to the
stability of the Mexican federal gov
ernment. No specific formidable up
rising was recorded, out small up
heavals, regarded as symptoms of
general dissatisfaction, led to an ap
prehension that tho malcontents may
unite, confronting the government
with a serious crisis. Anticipating
possible orders from President Taft
to move once more to Texas to en
force neutrality laws and inspire a
respect for American lives in the
north country where rebels are re
ported to be operating, the general
staff has completed plans for a big
troop movement when that becomes
necessary. Telegrams already are
prepared ordering department com
manders to move their forces south
ward, although the organized militia
is not included. The national guards
men, it is pointed out today, can not
bo sent out of the country, being
available only to repel an invasion.
The activity of the general staff Is
attributed to its eagerness to show
how promptly the troops can be
moved, and does not forecast inter
national developments.
Representative William B. Mc
Kinley of Illinois was re-elected
chairman of the republican congres
sional committee.
Following is an Associated Press
dispatch, dated February 8: The
conferees of the two houses of cbn
gress on the joint resolution provid
ing for the election of senators by
direct vote have decided to report a
disagreement after six months Of
effort to get together. The report,
however, will not be made until
friends of the resolution feel sure of
tho presence in the senate of all its
supporters. The disagreement is
over the Bristow amendment retain
ing the supervision of congress and
there will be a motion in the senate
to recede from that provision. It is
believed that this motion would
carry, as only a majority vote would
be required, but there is no such
assurance of the adoption of the
resolution after the elimination of
the Bristow provision, as a two-thirds
vote is necessary for its passage.
Senator Works of California, in a
speech before- the senate, urged the
ratification of tho pending arbitra
tion treaties with Great Britain and
France. Ho declared that if the
representatives of the three great
powers bad 'intended to exclude from
the terms of agreement very dispute
that a nation was likely to go to war
about, they could not have done it
more effectually.
Announcement has been made that
Taft headquarters are to bo opened in
Washington immediately, and Repre
sentative William B. McKinley,
chairman of the republican congres
sional campaign committee, will be
in charge of the president's political
interests from now until the Chicago
convention.
Conditions in Mexico have been tho
cause of official activity by President
Taft and his cabinet. Official dis
patches placed before the president
have seriously questioned the loyalty
of General Pascaul Orozco to the
Mexican federal government, and in
timated that the present conditions
in tho state of Chihuahua, bordering
on Texas, might develop into a move
ment of secession, establishing an
independent republic in the north.
Tho president discussed precaution
ary measures with the cabinet and
the war department has sent addi
tional orders to army posts through
out tho country to be ready for a pos
sible mobilization. The department
of justice has instructed its agents
to exercise all possible vigilance in
enforcing neutrality laws, while the
state department has asked for quick
Assurance of support in maintain
ing the integrity of China has been
given by Secretary of State Knox
The nomination of Former Gover
nor Myron T. Herrick of Ohio to be
ambassador to France was sent by
President Taft to the senate. Ho
will succeed Robert Ba.con, resigned
to become a fellow of Harvard uni
versity. An effort will be made to
secure his immediate confirmation.
COURAGEOUS DEMOCRACY
(Cincinnati Post.)
A few years ago Edw. J. Dempsey
was elected mayor through a popular
uprising against the Cox machine.
The chairman of a committee formed
to boom Harmon for the democratic
presidential nomination wrote to Mr.
Dempsey, urging him to help boom.
Mr. Dempsey's reply so well describes
the condition of mind of many intelli
gent and patriotic democrats, we
think, that wo give tho following ex
cerpts from it:
"My conclusion is that it is not
wiso for tho democracy of any
particular state, or section, to com
mit itself, or themselves, at this date,
to tho fortunes of any particular can
didate. It seems to mo that what the
democratic party of the nation should
be Interested In just now is prin
ciples, not men.
"It sounds cant-liko, no doubt, to
talk about tho rights and powers of
tho common people, but no thinking
or observing man will deny that, dur
ing tho last decade, tho question of
those rights and powers has come
largely to tho fore, and that now
there is an insistent, imperious, do
mand that the wishes of the people
shail bo more considered and con
sulted in the making of lavs and in
the administering of the government
than has heretofore been tho rule.
The political party that falls, or re
fuses, sincerely to recognize this con
dition of affairs is bound, in my
judgment, to meet defeat in Novem
ber, 1912; and this prophecy applies
to both of the present dominant
political organizations, for there is a
vast insurgent host in each of them
that will resent any repudiation, or
Ignoring, or sidestepping, of this
main question, and show their re
sentment by aligning themselves in
a now party under some such leador
as La Follotte.
"If tho national democratic party
responds to the demands of the
times, in its platform of principles,
then It will have further to make
good by naming a candidato for
president in accord with those prin
ciples, and one who has proven the
faith that is in him by good works
theretofore done in behalf of those
principles. He must be no eleventh
hour convert; otherwise, tho elec
torate will doubt his sincerity. And
therein is where I fear that our good
friend, Governor Harmon, is weak,
and probably this weakness comes
naturally to him; for Governor Har
mon was not bred a democrat. On
the contrary, Governor Harmon was
bred a republican, and, In his early
manhood, held subordinate political
place under republican office-holders.
He came Into the democratic party
through tho liberal-republican back
door of 1872, because, after the over
whelming victory of tho regular re
publicans in that year, there was no
other plaee for him to go. But the
leaven of his early republican teach
ings seems still to lurk in his blood,
as Is evidenced by the hesitancy and
reluctance which characterize his
acceptance 'of modern progressive
democratic ideas.
"I have a strong personal liking
for Governor Harmon, and, if he
could make it plain and clear that
he is willing to stand upon a pro
gressive democratic platform, con
serving and preserving the rights
and powers of the whole people of
this good land of ours as against the
claims and demands of a privileged
few, with an earnest purpose on his
part to make an unfaltering, sincere
and conscientious endeavor to carry
that platform Into accomplishment,
In case he is elected, T would be glad
to support him, and to use my best
efforts, humblo though they be, to
aid In his nomination and election as
president.
"But, whether the nominee be
Governor Harmon or another, if the
next platform of the national demo
cratic party bo reactionary, or ultra
conservative, In its nature, or If it
be written with the word of promise
to tho ear, and with the Intent of de
ception and destruction to the hope
of the great mass of the American
people, or if the planks therein be
framed, to use an Indian expression,
fn forked language, as the tariff re
duction plank in the last republican
platform was framed, then I reserve
the right to abandon my allegiance
to the democratic party.
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