The Washington herald., 1921-10-23

OF fascination upon the possibility of an
eruption in the Republican party and the formation
Of. party.
Ii there has been mistake, if the slight
rrmblings that have been heard caused by
-. something sinister than arranging of
chairs and beating Of carpets preparatory to
harmony. session. there will be interesting
scurryng. asa. .-. -.
80. Suppose that the people OF the country have
become sufficiently disturbed in their economic
security to actor the people do deve earnest
sly into politics unless they find that making living
lis becoming difficult to point OF ntolerability
-eSuppose however that the folks become sufficiently
sgated to tear loose. what materials are in pros
.alpect for third party structure?
Nothing particularly staunch is in sight 81
,.q'- The sagacious have pointed out that the
Democratic party has already had its explosion The
-bc>t stuff amid the salvage appears to be the
Baruch- McAdoo organzation-f it can be called
- an organization-and Bryan. The Palmer -Burleson
clement in the party apparently suffered greatest
aud the salvage seems to have agreed that
what Is LETT is little better than Junk The smoke
sun hangs so heavily about the Wilson division that
cEcn the keenest OF the investigators are loath to
yehilre an opinion what may be expected from
that quarter: - go.
ii sufficient number OF voters shall gather in
third party movement to assume proportions of
e"I hhportance-and IT can not be important enough
~ bother about unless it controls enough votes to
eject II not President then number of Con-
'-'tEessmen and Senators-it must draw somewhat =,
large group from the Republican marty &C ~.
u u T. drew from the Democratic party Last f,,,
Inc greatest damage, OF course would fall
fpoH the Republican party. And that would mean
ihat number of Republican leaders must leave tn.
party and take their following with them.
- There Is, undoubtedly, balance of DOVER in
- the hands OF the independent vote-those nerso,s
VINO vote the Republican ticket when that party is
successful and who vote the Democratic tickle,
when the Democrats win.
81. If there is a real demand for an sp,;re, nan
group to conduct the affairs of this. government,
tho demanding will be done BY the indenend.n,
~ Sfpup is restless dissatisfied, grumbinp
Kicking. disturbing and therefore active-probabIv
responsible, in the nam, for the progress that
America makes, and perhaps for some of the
scrapes that America gets herself into.
1t has no recognized leader or leaders, And
1t is upon this vast. uncertain crowd that third
party enthusiasts pin their hopes
- Various persons at various times have tr5ed tn
corral them and hog-tie them but thev haven't
-staysd tied, yet because they are continuaIIJ
changing. 1t. was out OF this group that the Re,
- publican party formed. The civil war cenented
great many Of the individuals OF the group into
the Republican party a great issue.
or Usually the group votes with the conservatives
but. on occasions. it becomes restless and goes
rushing after what probably appears to be a pro-
grcssive idea or movement.
If third party is formed and is successful =,
--ic psStA RIesidential electon-or at any tme-it
will be because the independent group is in par
tculary restless and perhaps progressive mood
The material on hand. thea appears to be: Sal
wage from the Democratic party Salvage from
part OF the Republican party, if an explosion takes
place. And the chanseable. uncertain but exceed
ingly large independent vote that growls and has
little faith in parties at all.
i. There is small but persistent organization of
people wifi decidedly liberal" views called the
Committee OF Forty-eight." which made an
enthusiastic endeavos during the early part of the
last campaign. but which ended in not presenting
ticket.
The Committee OF Forty-eight, itself, has not.
hog-tied great many individuals from the big in.
dependent vote. Rather it has cut into the Social
ist party the several labor political organizations.
has some remnants OF the Roosevelt Progressive
parry together with slnge-taxers and ohss bsliev
ers in various political and economic creedsf
The chief drawing card OF the Committee of
Forty-eight is that its guns levelled at what il
holds to be bad outofdate tyrannical and unsocial
economic conditions. 1t has made appeal to the
negro vote, the labor vote, the feminine vote but
if it sccomplishes anything important ;,iit tnu 4
gather the independent vote. lgJa "
The Committee of Forty-eight is, al airesehf,
perhaps the strongest third party organizations IN.
the field. And it may, If there should be that
vaguely possible blow-up in the Republican party
combine with the dissenting element Its sole
chance OF success lies ins whether not the pres
ent era OF unsettled economic conditions stirs the
Independents into of their infrequent but some.
times very powerful rushes after new idea