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ganiza,ion In the recent campaign.
and II the Democrats are to have the
position they ought to have in 1924 IL
Is not day too early for them to go
to work, to follow this Republican
example.
Come now to tho other end OF the
party leadership fIom which principles
and policies must DO expected. that
end rests in the Democratic leader
ship in the Senate and House In the
senate. the Democrats are fairly well
provided with leaders; the principal
one is Senator Oscar Underwood OF
Alabama, who is tho official party
leader. Underwood has high ability.
Different men have different kinds OF
ability and 1t Is difficult to make
comparisons. but probably no one
would hesitate to concede that Under
In the Senate does not depend mere
ly on his length OF service, but is en-
trely justified in all other respects
II Underwood has n defect in respect
to what is now needed. that defect
lies In a quality that occasionally
comes to men who have spent too
much time in Washington Such men
occasionally acquire An almost ex-
ccssive unban!ty, in the course OF time
and because of wholly admirable
qualities OF personality. they acquire
friendships and fall into n kind OF Of
ficial code OF friendly manners in their
personal relationship. 1t is an ad-
mirable quality. but II sometimes un-
fits a man for hard hitting and for
that touch OF ruthlessness which IL al
most Indispensable to leader in times
, OF crisis. Another Democratic leader
in the Senate, Carter Glass, OF Virginia
will never fail in respect TO aggres-
siveness; he Is II anything a trifle too
much 10 satire. trifle over waspish
In his leadership. 1t is only in his
public CADACtty a lgalar fhns this
quality appears. In his personal re-
lations Glass is a most friendly and
ingratiating man, in such conflicts as
are to develop between tho Repub-
! licans and the Democrats in the SEN
ate, Glass will probably be more ac-
tive. more aggressive, more picturesque
and more willing to hit for blood, than
| Underwood will be.
Another Democratic eenator. who
| has as much ability as any man in
that body and who will compare with
the ablest senators of anytime. is
Thomas j. Walsh OF Montana In tho
coming tariff debates Senator Sim
mons Of North Carolina will show the
results of his intelligence and long ex-
perience.
Senator Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock. OF
Nebraska, has achieved degree of
Leadership because of his responsible
ty for the management OF the league
of nations fight in the recent senate.
He. like Senator Underwood, is al
most little too unbane. a little too
free from passion, for the kind OF
figuring leadership necessary to make
gripping impression on the public.
In the House. the Democrats are
frankly badly Off for leaders. Two of
the very best Democrats in the House.
mon with qualities entirely adequate
for leadership at any time or place,
were defeated in the recent election.
These two are Cordeil Hull, OF Ten
nessee, and Henry T. Rainey. of Him
ois. Champ Clark OF Missouri, the
most seasoned of all the Democrats
leaders In the House. also lost his
place in the recent landslide. Tho Of
ficial leader of the Democrats in the
House is and will be Claude Kitchin, of
North Carolina. Kitchin has n power
ful and picturesque personality, bu. he
Is rather over-violent in manner and
speech to be just what is needed for
that cautious and sure-footed acquir-
ing OF public confidence that is neces-
sary.
That covers all that is most available
In any present survey of the Demo-
crtaic possibilities for Leadership in
either official or unofficial life What
Is now needed is for these men to
como together in kind OF board of
strategy which should determine tho
policies Of tho party and give express
sion to them. a man with organizing
genius and with the leisure 20 give all
his time to the work should be made
chairman Of the national committee
and should Immediately get down to
the hard worh of detailed organiza-
ton in every precinct in the country.
This 7an should be in steady con-