The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
WHITE TRIUMPHS
OVER INSURGENT
DEMOCRATICCLAN
The Executive Committee
Leaves Full Power in
Hands of Chairman.

Like a real post-prohibition wake,
the meeting Of the Democratic Ma
tional Executive Committee over
the corpse Of the party yesterday
proved to be a dry affair.
Advance notices Of cloudy and
stormy weather sent out by Fore
casters Thomas Love, OF Texas, and
Robert NJ. Wooley, proved to be er-
roneous The members Of both iac-
tions left the executive committee
meeting with smiles on their faces
and the declaration that every body
had been satisfied.
The actual net result was that
the committee transacted the rou-
tine business for which the call mad
been issued by Chairman George 7.
White. and said that in view OF
what had been accomplished there
was no immediate necessity for an
early meeting OF the committee. In
stead it-was voted in a. resolution
unanimously adopted that the full
membership OF the national commit
tee should communicate with Mr..
White, more or less in the nature
Of ? referendum. and let him know
what they thought Of the proposal
for a meeting Of the full committee
What Was Not Done.
The session OF the committee,
which was verbose and lengthy II
nothing else, failed TO do any OF tke
following things:
Displace Mr. White as chairman.
Call q meeting Of the full com
nittee by March /.
Even read the OraculsT Legislative
fw-ar NgrzNH q "a
which he had issued at Lincoln
Neb., last night. 4 message from
W. c. Roper was read
Develop an actual test OF strength
by an aye and nay vote between
the opposing forces within the re
mains of the Democratic party.
Democratic politicians generally
accepted the result OF the day's
meeting to be that the MCAdU" fac
/ ton had not developed quite enough
strength to take charge Of the af-
. fairs Of the party. and that in view
Of this foregone conclusion It had
| been decided not to Try I" wreck
the already crippled machine by in
ternecine warfare four years br:ort
/ the next national election.
Petition Made TOothIesS.
In fact, the Lovc-wooIe.- faction
which prior to the meeting hao
beer breathing blood and fire anc
had been loudest in lis demand fol-
"a new deal" began the proceed
Nings by announcing that the flna
paragraph Of its petition for meet,
ing OF the national committee, IL
which the wish w3s expressed tha
Mr.. whites lie would be long anC
happy Eow that he had decided e
retire had been withdrawn.
On top of this, Senator Carte
Glass. of Virginia; Angus MCLEAN
Of North Carolina; and Homer Cum
mings of Connecticut, recognized
McACoo men, assured :he commit
tee that the thing farthest from
their thoughts was the r. muval L
Mr.. White and that they though
it would be best to leave the call
ing of a meeting OF the full com
mittee entirely in the hands o
the chairman"
Just to let everyone know tina
peace and harmony were TO be th'
watchvords for a while. Mr.. WoOle!
in quite a lengthy address informe,
the committee that in sponsoring
the petition for a meeting Of tn,
national committee he had neve
Intended to create the impressi iol
that he wished to get Mr.. Whit
out as chairman and that tho fina
paragraph of the call. which h
withdrew, was an effort on his par
4 to say something graceful sbou
the service that Mr.. White had rem
dered to the party.
Sterling Aids PaeihcatIon.
Bruce Sterling, of Pennsylvania
chairman OF the State Democrat
committee, who held the proxy Q
Joseph F. Guffey, helped along tn
hsrmoniEing.
!. TT would be harmful to the par
ty," Mr.. Sterling said, TO have dis
sension now. All the more so a
the top of the party. 1t is righ
that. We should have a meeting o
the national committee at an earl!
date, but It should not be forced
The responsibility for the conduc
} OF affairs rests with the chairman
and he should be allowed to sa,
when the meeting shall be held. W
don't want factionslism in the part,
now. In Pennsylvania the Demo
cralc party 70 harhOnioeS, more .
than. ever before. We have prob
lens within the party, and thin
the biggest one is not fight With
the national committee, but TO ge
the State committees at work"
The resolution which the commit
tee finally adopted as its days wori
: was drawn by Senator Glass, M
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