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Although William Dudley Foulke has an "utter abhorrence" of President Woodrow Wilson, he fears that the Republican Party offers even worse alternatives. Foulke disagrees with the Republican Party about tariffs and the formation of the League of Nations and discusses the challenges facing railroad and communications privatization now that the war has ended. He also believes that momentum is with the nationalization of industries and that America cannot go back to "reduced wages, longer hours." As when he was advocating for Theodore Roosevelt's progressive principles, Foulke believes that the greatest security against "the menace of socialism" is offering equal opportunity.

Senator McMillan's constituents are distressed over high tariffs and McMillan wants the Republicans to make changes or they might have a political revolution on their hands.