Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-24
DANGEROUS POLITICAL. ALLIANCES BEING
SEVERED.
BEING

The strongest possible justification for the continued
existence of the Progressive party is being found IN the
threatened disruption of the Democratic solid south
Newspapers generally have failed to carry announcement
of most startling and important political announcement
recently made when nearly one-haf the Louisiana state
legislature and the entire Democratic congressional dis
trict committee of three congressional districts openly
nounced their withdrawal from the Democratic party and
their aliaon with the Progressive party yet this action
taken 1t freely discussed in the newspapers off
the and congress where the Importance of such
a political movement not lost The Progressves of
Louisiana express the utmost confidence that they will
succeed in eectng not less than three Progressive con-
gressmen this fall and their optimism acknowledged toI
have foundation by Democratic politicians. AmongI
the leaders in this revolt from the Democratic dOmnaton
which has made the south byword in the nation is the
brother of the newly elected United States SENATOR who
will himself be the Progressive candidate for congressman
Indications scarcely less strong visible In other
southern states notably in Georgia Alabama and Florida
to say nothing Of Kentucky where ii will be remembered
city elections the opposition to the Progressive
candidates successful only through fusion arrange
ment between the Democrats and Republicans
No greater service could be rendered the nation than
to break up the solid Democratic south and the solid Re
publican New England, both of which ends imminent
by of the activity of the Progressive party Solid
New England has been the buwar of the reactonary and
specal-nterest serving Republican party since the
civil war; just the solid south has been the bulwark OF
the Democracy of the nation In both party corruption
has become rampant and in both the people made to
suffer mainly through prejudces that than
halfcentury old
It is we'll known and fully recognized that the preju
dices against the Republican party IN the south are such
render impossible to break up the Democratic hold
upon that section within the next half century at least
just the New England prejudice against the Democracy
growing out of the civil will continue there for
other fifty years. southerner vote the Re
publican ticket and maintain his social standing than
negro attain the social standing of the white man, and
the continued aation of the ignorant negro vote with
the Republican party in that section makes it impossible
to change the situation however much may be regretted
and whatever the evils growing from it may be-
Almost the condition prevails in the New Eng
q
These political conditions have been regretted for
by the best thinking people of the nation who have been
able the evils resulting not alone to the two sections
directly affected but the nation well because of the
natural corruption following such strong political bias.
The Progressive party offers to both sections political
medium which may appeal to Republicans and Democrats
alike bringing Of like thoughts and like motives to-
gether without the bghng and retarding influences of
ancient preudces and it of good to the nation
that the opportunity being accepted and that the old
corupting alliances in both sections being broken up