The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-11
RICHARDSON CITES SPECIFIC
INSTANCES Of WANTON WASTE
DEMOCRATIC CHIEFS
PLANNING CAPTURE
OF CONGRESS IN n
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Copyright. 1920. by The Inteltigencer.

Washington. Nov. lo.-Leaders OF the
Democratic party have practically agreed
upvu \ course oc action looking to the
capture OF both houses of congress IN
I922 and the presidency in 1924
Ear from being dismaycd BY the ever
whelmiuS defeat suffered at the polls
last week. the Democratic leaders have
Jumped back into the night with spirit
that Is unlike anything II defeated party
has shown IN generation. me pFlh,
cIpleS on which the reorganization oA
the Marty will be based are these:
rIrsl. the selection Is national chair
man uI an organizer who VIII lor lne
next four years give his whole ume H.
the mI,Ning Of organizations IN every
state. county and city IN the Gniteo
States. Wherever there are no Demo
cratic organizations new ones Will Do
started.
Second. an effort to get unanimous
agreement upon the man who Is TO 90
the organizing SO as to remove Al the
outset any traces OF taCtlonallSm
Third. the new chairman must De
man who has not been actively identthed
with any Of the different tacttons-.he
must be on friendly terms with tnc EoN
crs OF McAduo and Wtlsoa and be Skull
ful enough TO attract the friends or MI.
Bryan and western Democracy,
Fourth. all talk Of candidates. for
1924 is strictly taboo. the et!ort ~ 20
Keep cactionalssm outside the door until
the next national convention requires its
Introduction. ..
In these principles. the Democrats
have taken 4 leaf out or the Repupilcan
book All the talk about new leader
for the Democrats. all the suggest'"rs
about NJ. Bryan or Mr.. McAdoo or Mr..
Cox assuming the leadership are oelnS
trowned upon. For the RepGoHehmSs is
simply good orGanizer-Wil Hays.
II was Mr. Hays method to travel about
the country and keep thspgs harmonious
He gave the impression Tor long tllIle
that no wasn't Interested in any can
didacy or boonis but merely In Repuo!i-
can solidarity. Hc got that solidarity.
How long Il will endure depends now on
Warren Harding. The job OF Hays Is
done.
So the Democrats who have been in
conference informally hero In the last
rcw days have come u the conclusion
that IN, wiseS, thing 20 do now Is 20
reorSan'zc, the party and get eysryooatTy ~,
in il working together for Democratic
Speaking ~ the spirit Of tho Demo-
Gratis they do not regard the defeat as
a slap vt rha league Of nations but
American people TO their war govern
mcnt. n reaction parallel 10 the politicaI
overturntHC OF "thcr governments IN
Eurcrr Indeed. the Democrats have not
The sliSh,es; Intention OF abandoning the
lea que Of nations aS an Issue. They mean
Ia keen !. alive and fxht for * during
the next four ySars. Ihsy plan 70 Keep
four Years. They plan 10 keep intact the
-roveyne0, Of Republicans and Democrats
who under Professor Irving Fisher con-
st!tutod an independent pro-league or
gan;zat!on.
Tho Democrats are joyful for another
reason. They couldn't get much money
during the early days OF the campaign
n
;.ty until the last OF September but
checks keep Rowing in even after cleo
ton and the confident prediction Is made
oy the leaders that The dehcit estimated
Between 100000 and $30000o Will soon
De collected and new fund Tor reor-
ganiZaticn provided.
As sor leadership. the prospect is that
Senator Underwood will be the real lead
believes in caucus and party harmony
and not in imposing his own Views. He
gave an example OF leadership IN the
days Just before Democratic success IN
t9ia and won prestige enough to be re-
EarLed as a presidential possibility. He
z personally poular and will have little
difficulty in getting cooperation.
Outside Of Of the halls Of congress. the
question Of leadership OF defeated
party is more or less abstract anyway.
woodrow Wilson himself will have a
Few things to say In print just as Theo-
dore Roosevelt used TO do and PROBABLY
without considerable effect. Instead OF
one gun bombarding the Republicans the
Democrats expect to have several. Th7
taxation program Of the Republicans
will bs scrutnized with especial care
as will the effort OF the Republi cans 70
cut down the cost OF living and bring
back Liberty bonds TO par as pledged In
the campaign BY President-elect Hard
ing.
All this may sound like premature par
tiSanship but the Democrats have de-
tern,ined not 70 embarrass the next presi-
dent In any way but merely to keep
calling the attention OF the public 10
mistakes that may be made The Demo,
Gratis feel that the success OF America
has been party government and the ao-
tlvity Of one, political party is always
acting as q check on the other. Instead
OF lrtt'n, the Republicans have the
whole field TO themselves without critic
ISM. the Democrats conceive It to be
their p1triot!c duty 10 play the part OF
opposition party just as the Republican
did in the last few years. And the
curious part Of Il all IL the sublime con-
fdence OF the Democrats that they VIII
recapturc both housesioc congress within
the next two years.