The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-15
DEMOCRATIC FACTIONS
FIGHTING FOR CONTROL
PARTY LEADERS SEE FATE OF
INDIVIDUALS IN STRUGGLE
OF cox AND M'ADOO.
DIFFERENCES DEEP ROOTED

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Contest Expected to Have Bearing on
Future Policy and Selection of Can
didate for 1924. Cox, Evidently Sat
isfed, Sails for Europe.
WASHINGTON, D. C,-The fight
for control OF the democratic national
committee that will be sizzling for the
next ten days or more is perfectly
clear in its purposes and aspects to
those who know the inside of dem
cratic politics. 1t is not nearly as sim
pie as either side to the controversy
is trying to make out. In its imme-
diate aspects it concerns the fate OF
certain individuals, but behind the
personal elements are considerations
that go much further.
When Governor Cox was III Wash
ington recently he looked into the
subject, got a thorough idea OF what
the McAdoo forces are doing, and
made up his mind that his friends now
in office could undoubtedly hold their
position.
They had been considerably wor-
ried by the democratic deficit, because
it was being argued that only certain
large moneyed men in the party, such
as Chadbourne and Baruch, would be
able to take care of the deficit, and
these men were favorable to Mr.. Nc
Adoo.
cox PAYS DEFICIT.
"They do not know that the deficit
already is arranged for" said Cox.
The governor took the perfectly cor
rect position that the management OF
the committee should have nothing
Whatever to do with the fortunes OF
either of the two outstanding candi-
dates. or with any dark horse for
1924 but merely with efficiency, but,
of course, everybody knows that the
control OF the party machinery will,
as matter of fact, count great deal
in the selection OF the next standard
bearer
For one thing, the committee has a
great deal of news to give out, which
is often used as propaganda, and there
are a hundred ways i'll which such
news can be used for or against a
certain man.
In the next place, the committee, ii
it does its job, will be building up the
shattered machinery all over the coun-
try. and it is obvious enough that
! such building will give plenty OF
chance to put in local power men
| friendly to one or another OF the fac
tons. In the third place, there is go
! ing to be a dramatic fight Tor con-
eress a wear and half from now, the
national committee will have a leading
part in that contest, and the conduct
Of that campaign will have much tc
do with shaping the situation for two
years later.
WANT WHITE DETHRONED.
The present chairman, White, is
generally admitted to be a man OF
character. He is charged by the Nc
Adoo people with not being good
administrator, with not being a pro
gressive and with being under the in
| fluence OF such machines as those
headed by Murphy, Taggart and Bren-
nan.
Also much is made of the good I'M
Outstanding between the White-CoN
forces on the one hand and the Palmer
forces on the other.
Governor Cox believes their import
ance is much overrated Nevertheless
he admits their importance in getting
ont the strict party vote when election
day arrives. AS to the combination
with the Palmer forces, it will no
doubt continue to be used effectively
by the McAdoo forces Nobody denies
the extreme bitterness between Pal
mer and McAdoo and nobody denies
that Palmer's strength reached its
height before the convention and has
gone all to pieces.
The answer given in friendly con
versation by the leaders OF this group
is as follows: White is man OF prin-
ciple. He doubted the advisability OF
his retaining his position but yielded
to the argument OF Governor Cox that
the manly and sensible thing for him
to do was not TO abandon the respon-
sibility that the campaign had put on
him, but to see it through and con-
vince the country of two things; one,
that his management was III no way
responsible for the deluge last No
vember; two, that he is capable OF
building an organization.
TO GO ABROAD.
Cox views the situation with such
eouanimity that he is making detailed
plans for his trip abroad Therein he
shows good deal of independent
Judgment for there are plenty to tell
him that after the last election it is
clear that contact with Europe is a
dangerous reputation for an American
statesman to have. However, Cox
knows his own mind.
McAdoo knows his own mind, too.
1t would be a mistake to assume that
everything being done in his name
represents his own opinions. Those
who are taking the lead in the attempt
to GUST White are putting policies TO
the front McAdoo distrusts such gen
eral words as progressive and conser-
vative. He maintains, OF course, that
his party should always represent the
public interest as opposed to special
interests, but he is careful not to al
low himself to be tangled up in label.
BRYAN FOR M'ADOO.
1t will be noticed that ST. Louis is
the place at which the opponents OF
White are asking him to call a meet
ing of the whole committee. That
points 10 another aspect of the fight.
McAdoo is an outspoken dry. His fol
to,,-are class Cox as a wet The west