Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-19

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which, Mr.. Wright thinks means moth
ing less than compromise along most
nadvisable lines
THE word harmony is the most
deadly political expression in the lexi-
con of craftsmanship" said Mr. Wright
today, discussing the national situation.
It's blight may be seen on every party
that ever undertook to follow it's false
and misleading logic, and the pathway
of progress is dotted all along with the
wreckage of political organizations in
voking harmony at precisely the
wrong time
The Democratic party must stand
up straight for the next four years, or
well, there is the Man of oyster Bay
watching it! Unless it follows up by
its works the splendid faith it pledged
in bringing about Wilson's election, it
will go down to ruin four years from
now, and all through its own fault.
THE proposal to take both Mr. Bryan
and Mr.. Underwood into the Wilson
cabinet is absurd Bryan and Under
wood have little, If anything, in com
mon. | am not knocking either-I
give both credit for honesty and sin
cerlty. They merely represent opposite
types of Democracy, and, being essen
/ TALLY honest, they no more could work
in harness peacefully and effectively
than oil and water can be mixed
THE Democratic party must be Who'll
ly and Enthusiastically progressive, or it's
finish is right around the corner wait
ing for it. The progressive element
must dominate the party, or the party
will fail-the president-elect must real
ize that.
1T may be a curious thing to say, but
to my mind the greatest factor of all
that will work for Democratic success
within the next four years is neither
Mr.. Bryan nor Mr.. Underwood, nor yet
any man inside the party-the man
whose tremendous personality will
force the Democracy to give a good
account of itself is Theodore Roose-
welt
There he will stand-perhaps, as he
more or less fantastically calls it, at
aggedon-watching, and saying to
the Democratic party: DO what you
promised to do, or four years hence I
will do it,
"And he will, too! He is far and
away the most popular man of them all
in the mighty West His following out
there is compact and aggressive-it be-
lieves in him thoroughly. We may have
heard the last of Taft-we have by no
means heard the last of Roosevelt.
But if the Democratic party will be
progressive--if it will stand up straight
Wilson will be renominated four
years from now, and triumphantly re-
named president, no matter what
Roosevelt may say. But if the De-
mocracy falls a victim to the deadly
blight of 'harmony'-which means
trimming and compromise-Roose
will return to the white house in 1916.
And he will return to stay-well, l do
not know how long.
THE people of this country do not
want harmony and if they can dodge
1t in no other way than by keeping
Roosevelt in the white house. they will
put him back there-thats all"
The unanimous Endorsement of Con-
gresham Charles L. Bartlett of the
Sixth, for the vacancy on the house
committee on ways and means occa-
stoned by the withdrawal from congress
of William G. Brantley, of the Eleventh,
means that Mr.. Bartlett assuredly will
be awarded this plum by the house.
Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. Hardwicl had
their eyes on this coveted assignment,
and the new member Mr.. Crisp, had
been spoken of most favorably for the
same, but Mr.. Bartlett is the dean Of
the Georgia delegation and when it be-
came apparent that he desired the place
all other aspirants withdrew immedi-
atey in his favor
Congress adjourns today, and the