Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-08-30
HARMONY REPORTS
BASED ON FICTION
How Wilson Has AIienated Or.
ganization Leaders.
THEIR SUPPORT VERY COOL
They Received No Comfort and Sus
tenance From the President In
New York. Massachusetts, Penn
syIveaia and Other States.

The optimistic reports that issue
| from time TO time telling of the
united and harmonious front that
Democracy will present TO the enc
my In the approaching election seem
10 be predicated upon fiction rather
than fact.
1t takes no student Of ancient his
tory to recall that events political in
the past three years have not been
such as TO Inspire great enthusiasm
among the braves thar nestle In the
Tammany wigwam of Charles #.
Murphy. Organization Democrats
found little to applaud in the adj
| ministration assistance furnished
Mayor John Purroy Mitchell against
Edward e. Mccall. of the Murphy
| cabinet.
In the distribution of Federal pat
ronage in the Empire state the voice
of Collector Dudley Field Malone and
| other anti-organization Democrats
was the determining factor In the
! choice of the more delectable plums.
| The senior senator from New York
! cannot be expected TO have a super
| abundance of enthusiasm in the light
of the manner in which his selections
for office have been received at the
White House.
Turning to Illinois finds Roger Sui
livan. for few minutes a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
! vice president. In the drivers seat
so far as the control of the Cook
county Democracy is concerned. Once
the genial Roger aspired to a sena-
torial toga, and the passive opposition
of William Jennings Bryan and others
affiliated with the administration can
not be said to have aided that can
didacy to a material degree. More
recently the vice presidential ambi-
tons of the same Illinois leader were
snuffed out before they reached the
| convention hall.
! Pennsylvania takes a prominent
place In the campaign through the
fact that the general of the Democratic
forces comes from that state Vance
Mccormick may have qualities of
leadership and other abilities that
commend themselves to President
Wilson, but there is a healthy oppo-
sitiOn TO the new chairman of the
national committee among the or
ganization Democrats of the Keystone
state and at least two former mem
bers of congress attribute their re-
| trement to private life to the activi-
ties, or lack of activity in the right
direction, of the Mccormick support
| ers. The bitter campaign which
brought about the nomination of Nc
Cor1nick for the governorship has left
sears and feeling against the new
| leader of the national committee. and
his champion, A. Mitchell Palmer,
well realizes that fact.
In Massachusetts the Democratic
state committee presented a list Of
ten names, the choice of any of which
would have been agreeable to the
central organization for the collec-
torship of the port of Boston-the
best gift within the power of the ad-
ministratiOn for the bay state. The
entire Democratic congressional dele
cation from Massachusetts endorsed
the selections. When the choice was
finally made Edmund billings. unlist-
ed. the personal selection of Col E.
Nj. House and Dudley Field Malone
was given the berth.
The list could be extended in
definitely and demonstrates conclusive
ly that President Wilson. whether
wisely or not. has not given excess
sive weight to the opinion of the So
called six-o'clock or organization
Democrat. The practical worker in
the ranks has apparently been listed
as a politician and the majority of
the pie has been passed out TO theore-
teal Democrats or embryo statesmen
of the new school.
Under these circumstances talk of
extreme enthusiasm among organiza-
ton leaders in these important states
emanates from an optimistic outlook
that 1t is difficult TO blend with the
truth. True these organization Will
support the Democratic tickle, because
they are essentially regular and party
fealty is one of their fundamental
principles.
President Wilson may expect SUP
port in the same negative degree that
he has given comfort and sustenance
to these organizations during the past
three years. In the same negative
degree he will receive It, optimistic
reports to the contrary. notwithstand-
ing.-Washington Herald.