The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-27
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NEW POLITICAL PARTIES

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Il It is called the Peoples Democratic Party
Let us give it the benefit Of the capital initials
for in all probability it will need them in order
to make showing. The Peoples Democratic
Party, we are told in yesterdays Dallas News
contemplates having ticket in the field next
year One of the chief sponsors is the late (po-
ltically speaking) Joseph Weldon Bailey, for
mer Texas senator who some months ago an
nounced his determination to secede from the
democratic party. Mr.. Bailey is to be the star
performer at a seance to be pulled off at Fort
Worth next month by this new party, the p. d.
p.
Up in Missouri there appears to be move
ment toward creating a new party out OF Ger
tain disaffected elements heretofore inhering
in the democratic organization Of that state.
This movement seems to be fathered by MAJ.
Harry B. Hawes, recently returned so we are
informed by Reedys Mirror of st. Louis, from
military service in Spain,' whatever that may
mean. Major HaWes like Mr.. Bailey, is per
son of personality. For some years he was the
democratic boss in st. Louis Betimes he has
run for things, such as the gOvernorShip and
the senatorship, but without success. Somehow
his party got out from under his feet, even as
did Mr.. Baileys party down in Texas. Mr.
HawCs virtually retired from politics for some
years and acquired Il considerable competency,
monetarily speaking, in the practice Of his pro
fession, the law. Mr.. Bailey, as we understand
it. did the same thing. Now both Of these gen
tlemen are coming back as it were, though by
roundabout route; they are not returning by
way of the democratic party, but are trying
to build for Themselves each in his own state
and after his own peculiar fashion, q new party
wagon upon which to ride back into the polit-
ical lime-light out Of certain-or it is rather
acknowledgements or flotsam Of The old
organizations in their respective
states.
Major Hawes of Missouri is said by that
eminent journalistic ioyfester, Mr.. William
Marion Reedy, to be now in the traVails Of ac-
couchement for the bornng of a new demo
cratic party. The plans and purposes of the
gallant major who has seen military service in
Spain are nebulousy haZy, so far as we can
gather from data at hand; but we get the i'm
preston from Mr.. Reedy's settings forth Of the
Iawesian intentions that the brilliant and love
lble come back from Spain has a vision Of
,astles in the air which he hopes to transform
nto a substantial citadel of political organiza-
ion wherein and wherewith to charm and lead
he old-party dissenters into the promised land.
The truth of it may be that Major HaWes has
,een Don QuiXoted by the geography Of his
military assignment and feels able and eager
o assault windmill astride the spawned don
,ey OF the Missouri democracy which mas been
discarded by the present-day party; for we
cad between the lines that both Mr.. Bailey i
nd Major Hawes are reactionists instead Of
cal progressives, and that they are striving for
new parties" each in his own commonwealth.
With view to getting back to first principles
f democracy as enunciated by the anti-suf-
ragists, anti-prohibitionists and various other
ntis Of the antique regime Of yesterday.
Just what Mr. Bailey in Texas and Major ]
Iawes in Missouri expect to accomplish
through their secessions or their obsessions we
re unable to inform the reader at this mo- t
nent. If it be their hope to create out of the
isaffected elements of the old democracy a f
ational party that will Jess Willardize the i
resent organization in the next campaign a
,e opine that their efforts will fail utterly. The
resent democratic party is too virile to sue 7
umb to assaults from the sidereal flotsam
'hich it has thrown off in its forward sweep ~
through the orbit of progress. Major Halves
nd Mr.. Bailey and their followers may pro
ide a brief fireworks display; but fireworks )
re not loaded. It