Mr. John D. Hamilton's outburst against the Democratic leadership of the United States is remarkable for the moderation with which he regards the Republican chances in 1938. He did not predict @ sweeping victory; to do so he said would be presumptuous, but he claimed that the party was steadily regaining the confidence of the voters. Whether, as Mr, Hamilton claims, the Democratic party has failed the American people is something which history alone can demonstrate. That under its administration the country has seen improved fortune is undeniable, and, generally speaking, its condition is infinitely better than it was when the Party went into power. The only real test of the excellence of its government is as to whether it has not proved too expensive in view of the results obtained. There are many, including most Republicans, who claim that the country would have emerged from its troubles without all the manipulation in which the President and his supporters indulged. That will always' be a matter of argument, though there can be no gainsaying the fact that many of his relief schemes, fantastic as some of them appeared to be, had the effect of tiding millions of people over a remarkably difficult time and brought assistance when the only outlook was one of long-drawn-out poverty, It would be idle to say that the Republicans will never regain power, but it is fairly certain that whether he intended it or not, Mr. Roosevelt, a result of his schemes, has built a party machine the like of which has never been seen in the United States before, which proved itself at the last presidential election, and which has yet to be tested by the Republican "Party, the influence of which, Mr, Hamilton claims, is growing.
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