UNITED STATES DOMESTIC POLICY [To the Editor of. the SPECTATOR.]
Sia,—It is not generally understood in this country that the• Republican Party in normal times comprises the vast majority of the United States electorate.
An eight years residence enabled me to see two Presidential Elections. In 1912 Mr. Wilson, Democrat, polled 1,000,000 fewer votes than the combined totals of the two Republican candidates, and became a Minority President. It is a common saying of the man in the street, that " trade is always bad when the Democratic Party are in office." The reason is that the Republican Party are the moneyed party, supporters of vested interests and high Protection, and naturally refrain from investment of capital during the four years tenure of office of a Democratic President. The outbreak of war in 1914 created such an unprecedented boom in trade in the United States, that normal policies were shelved, and Mr. Wilson's re-election in 1916, over a half-hearted opposition. was a great personal, but in no sense a party triumph.— I
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