Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-09
AFTER CHAMP CLARK'S SCALP.
Not the Man to Lead Democrats, Say
Lever and Others.

washington, April 4.-SOme of
the most influential Democrats in the
country are interesting themselves in
the fight to prevent the election of
Champ Clark as minority leader of
the next House, and to substitute
leader known to be in sympath with
the President and in accord with his
principles. Within the past week let
ters nave beer tcciVed from Il dozen
national committeeman bespeaking
thorough approval of the i,.suryt ut
program and declaring the seicct:cn
o: Ny. Clark wcuid bring party dis
aSter and defeat
Although the movement sprang
spontaneously from the progressive
Democrats in Congress, there is evil
dence to indicate that several mem
bcrs of President Wilson'S cabinet
are likewise in complete sympathy
with it and would welcome a new
leader III the House as a contribution
TO party harmony.
Impetus was given the cause by
Representative Asbury T.. Levers
statement. Mr.. Lever is one of the
veterans Of Congress, having repre-
sented South Carolina for nineteen
years. He withdrew from the Sena-
torial race last year at President
Wilson's request, in order to handle
the administration food control and
conservation program in the House.
He is perhaps best known as the
sponsor of the several food bills en-
acted by the War Congress, and the
author Of the wheat guarantee bill,
keeping the price at $226 for he
current year.
Il will support no man who will
say that a conscript is synonymous
with convict" Mr.. Lever said.
81 regard 1t as OF the utmost i'm
portance to the future success of the
Democratic party that the minority
leadership in the next Congress shall
be strong. aggressive and in the full
est sympathy-not an enforced SYM
pathy-with the plans and purposes
Of the President Of the United States,
who for six years has been the elected
spokesman and leader Of his party.
The leadership Of the minority in the
next Congress should have no axes
to grind and no personal ambitions
to serve. 1t should be such a leader
ship as can freely and without hesi-
tation confer with the actual leader
OF the party on matters Of national
and party policies. Without such
harmonious relationship the situation
for 1920 is impossible; with it, the
future Of the party could not be more
hopeful for 1t Is my firm belief that
the overwhelming majority Of the
people of the country are in line
with the President in his wonderful
fight to minimize to the very limit
the possibility Of wars in the futr"~
'''rhe million. three hundred thou
sand soldiers who have gone through
the brutal murder Of this war. re-
turning to this country. are as certain
20 give their support to this idea OF u
League Of nations as it is certain that
the sun will rise tomorrow morning.
and no man can be elected to lead
the Democrats in the next House who
does not in full measure believe In
this doctrine. TO select n man for
leader who does not believe in it
would be suicide, and it is my belief
that when the Democrats Of the coun-
try realize what the real situation is.
they will demand, in terms which
cannot be misunderstood. such
leadership as will give the President
ami his policies the fullest support.
Democrats cannot allow personal
relationships or sympathy to stand
in the way OF party success, and they
arc not going to do it"
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