Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-20
NEW THIRD PARTY
I0BE ORGANIZED
ALI THAT n NEEDED WHEN
TIME Is RIP IL A NEW PARTY
LEADER.
ny y T. JONES.
Staff Correspondent.

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WASHINGTON. Jan. is.--whnt ar
the prospects Tor new third I,oitlcal
party in le3a. ln time for the ncSt
congressional elections. OF 40 least by
1924. m time Tor the next presidential
electiony
Even now. bcforc President Elect
Harding takes his seat In the White
Hounc. this question - being quietly
discussed among certain members ~
Congress whose affiliations were once
With the cid B,ill Moose Party.
Calculations a. some men now In
House and - mite arc taking into con.
sideration the possibilities 81 a real
third party which they aniicipat, MAJ
be organized about the beginning ~
iyas.
such a party. ANY the men who nre
considering Il. would cndcayor o. draw
20 itaeh. and from an amaignmhtlon
With the following parties. or political
faetionssnOw existing. hut which alone
have never been aide 90 capture either
Congress OF the Presidency
The remnant ~ the old Progressive
Party. Socialist Party. Prohibition
Pmcy. Farmer.i.abur Party. NonPar
tlsan 'Iseaxuc.
Remains ~ the defeated Democrat.
Party AZ lensi that faction that ~
willing 10 desert political corpse and
begin something new would b. includ
ed
Along with these old parties or parts
% parties II II believed there viii be
a new woman's party. which IL expect
ell 10 b. organized here February 18th.
AZ a meeting 81 the National womans
Party. and real labor party which u
now slowly being formed into the ma 4
Ing BY court actions like the recent
secondary strike decision. or congres
sional legislation like the poindextsi
anti strike measure. Samuel Gompcrs
and the little coteric surrounding him
are practically the only force IN the
American Federation of labor thu,
nov prevents the leaders q that or
ganifation from taking the hits In ihels
teeth and starting a real labor party.
such AZ exist in most 81 the European
nations and In which nations Is often
the political balance of power.
IL cannot b. denied that with such
q new party all the Disseminated AMI
disappointed elements In the RepuhH.
can Party and the Democratic Party
could BE- rallied under the same han.
ncr. and attached 90 the new venturc.
Al that II needed when the tin.
u ripe for the new party Is a leader.
10 Tar that leader has not been seen,
though there arc Washington observ.
era who point 10 senator Hiram John.
son or William Jennings Bryan an a
potential standard bearer for the pro
posed new organization.
Prospects of a new :h!ai party mn.
terialiring can b. summed up In a few
words.
All the elements for such a new
party are ready az hand in the Unite
statoa today--only n leader and "a
cause IL wanting.
Tho Democratic Party Is 80 demon.
ahxed ana was ~ overwhelmingly
beaten In the last November election
that u h the consensus 81 washinr,or
opinion that u Is impossible for that
party 20 come back four years
hence. and make even respectable
bid for capture u The National Gov.
81 crnmem- Hence the only hone .,
turning out the Republicans IN 1921
from CONTROL ~ White House and ctn
sress rests solely In a victorious thlrI
party.
II such n party II organized what
chance 81 success. would hshave at m
polls in 1890? This question can be
answered In two ways. and only ,wj
Ways
Should the Harding Administration
make the srcat success that Is hon. I
for by The republicans and an,icipat..l
at this time from the American and
sturdy utterances Of the President.
Eject. new third party would have
not ghost - 4 show 20 defca, IN .
repubiicans In 1924. even with a -.
siuef and vigorous Democratic nnr,r
IN the field. n
n the Harding Administration h !,
b. tailsne and the Demscrats cannot raliv
. sufficieni force 90 reorraniEe thorough
~ by 1884. then a Third PARTY. made
II NO 81 the political far,ors slescrih.,i .,
the bcs,innig 20 this article. nirh, h.
able 70 sweep the country--prov,ded
The leadership Is good. the planorn
nppeak 60 the mssses. and the r,er
party IL thoroughly organized a. IN,
keDuhlioan par;y Is organized TO-DAY.
There ore not wanting Republican
IN House and Senate who are already
apostles q gloom concerning the Hard.
ing Administration. These men de.
eiare necessarily not for publication,
but IN the lohbies nnd cloakroons on
Capitol Hrl. thar the Angel Gabrle,
himself ceoid not successfully grimm,
with the immense complex. and per,
picking national and internationsl
problems that will confront the Har!
Ing Administration. No democratic
prrsidsnt couh DO any better than
Harding viii strive 20 d.. and as IN
Congressional Republican majority VII
try 20 do. but the problems That mus
Re undertaken In the next -four wear,
are top great for any party and nm,
president to successfully Erapplc with
Hence there WIN probably be as greai
dissatisfaction with Harding two Il
three Years hence a. there was will