New-York tribune., 1920-11-15
Rarucll Looked
Upon as Angel
For Democrats
rxpected to Let McAdoo
and His Friends Shape
Policies Looking to 1924:
to Meet 100000 Deficit
Underwood Senate Chief
Taggart Stands Well, but
Murphy and Other Wet
Bosses Are Under Cloud
Bv Carter Field

WASHINGTON, Nov. IA point
,sat stands out in the discussion of the
sature Of the Democratic party-how
/. is gong to be reorganized, financed
anS directed during the two years lead
;nr up to the Congres ssional election
nf 1872 and the following Presidential
slection--is that The group of wet
hosses which nominated Cox has been
disso we'd.
Tom Taggart, apparently, has been
separated from the remainder OF the
Group. He is the one member of the
hierarchy of state organization heads
which triumphed at San Francisco who
has beer taken, so to speak, by the Cox
followers since the crushing defeat Of
November 9. Right now he is hunting
in Alabama with Senator Pat Harrison
and Governor Cox and friends of
MeAdoo and Baruch, it has been no.
ticed, speak Of Taggart very differently
from the way they speak of Murphy,
Brennan and Nugent.
The best information obtainable is
.hst nothing will be done about reor-
gsnizing the Democratic party for a
i;ttle while. Wilbur Marsh, National
treasurer and others of the organiza-
ION which conducted the Cox fight,
will be left in the air for a while. fac
;nc the big debt which the organization
owes. estimated at about 100000.
Then, it is believed, Bernard NJ Ba-
~ueh will step into the breach, though
4 is not thought he will accept the
title OF National Chairman. Baruch,
who is close to both McAdoo and Cox,
will be the real power behind the
scenes, however. and will have more to
DO with running the party during the
dry spell ahead than any one else.
Bsruch loves politics, is very rich and
has nothing at the present moment to
occupy his time, having retired from
business some time since.
1t is pointed out that when the group
Of wet bosses repaired to French Lick
Springs last week for q supposed con-
ference on the future of the party, Tag
yart himself slipped down South with
This follows on the difference in atti-
tude toward Taggart as compared with
the other bosses, and follows also on
the obvious fact that Taggart made
real fight In Indiana.
Taggart and his friends financed a
fighting organization in the Hoosier
State, and there were evidences all the
way through the campaign that a bet
ter effort was made for Cox in Indiana
than in New York, New Jersey or Illi-
nois. While the majority for Harding
in Indiana was large, it was not in
proportion to the majorities in Ohio,
Illinois, New York and New Jersey, and
it was evident that the Taggart or
ganization did not die down" at any
stage of the proceedings.
Senator Pat Harrison and other ma
tional leaders of the party counted on
Indiana more surely than on any of the
other so-called doubtful states Just be-
fore the election. At national head
quarters much confidence was displayed
about Indiana as result of the big
tight it was known Taggart was max
ing
Even rumors that Taggart was trad
ing the national ticket, which began to
come out of the state early in the cam
paign, found no credence among the
Cox leaders, and the results in the
election showed rather clearly that