The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-16
White Holds Whip Hand.

IacJlons are as Tar apart as ever ana
| pulling in all directions.
White Holds Whip Hand.
George White. the present chairman,
| holds the whip hand. He announced
some time ago that be was eager to re-
| tire. He has done a creditable job as
national chairman as the party Will dis
cover when the record of his work is
| disclosed but he doesn I want to con
tinue in the management of the party 5
| interests. The job was originally forced
upon him. But George White can con
tinue if he likes until after the next
| national convention in 1874. 1t is not
| customary for the national committee
to pick q new chairman between presi-
tdCRtial elections unless one resigns and
Ia though the McAdoo forces probably
| have a majority on the national COM
mittce, it is unlikely that they would
compel White to resign. Considerations
OF harmony would prevent such tact
| less movement
| So Mr.. White. while willing to resign,
insists that he viii not do so until all
| factions have agreed upon man who
can be trusted to manage the nartE :
affairs not in the interest OF Mr.. Me
| Adoo OF Mr.. Cox or any other potential
candidate. The McAdoo people would
| like to see Daniel {. Roper named. He
| IS capable executive and would make
la splendid chairman hut his Sel"ctio"
| would be opposed by the Cox wing of
the party because Mr.. Roper was con
| VCntion manager for NlcAdOo and
would not have the confidence of all
fractions. Others have been mentioned
| who have Mt one time OF another taken
| sjdes on the matter of presidential can
! didates. What Mr.. White wants j.
| SOme one who hash I haen partisan of
| auybody and who is at the same time
| representative of the progressive Gle
mcuts in the Democratic party.
Cox Forces Support Uncertain.
There is no certainty that the CoN
forces would give their approval To the
| selection of Scott Ferris for they had
| their minds set on getting somebody
| affiliated more closely with the party
| machinery i'm the larger states. But in
| behalf of Mr.. Ferris, it Is being urged
| that he managed the congress iOual cam
pai2n committee Of the Democratic
uarty when lac WAS In congress and that
/ I've had at the time the full support Of
| Woodrow Wilson.
| Mr. Ferris ran for United States sen
ator against Senator Gore in the Dem
ocratic primaries and defeated him. k>
cept for the Republican landslide last
| fall he would have been elected senator
| from Oklahoma He was so busy IN the
senatorial fight that he did not attend
The San Francisco convention.
Factions Must Got Together.
Former President Wilson has had a
conference with George White but tn
latter says the chairmanskip WASH t
mentioned. Mr.. Wilson also conferred
with George Brennan, Democratic
| leader of the mills. There IS no evi
deuce that the former president is in
| terCsted himself in party politics. The
movement for harmony in the Demo
cratic party springs entirely from tnos
who believe the AlcAdoO and Cox forces
must get Jo'ether on a compromise can
ddate for chairman. The truth is sew
eral followers of Cox have said they
have not pledged themselves to the for
MGR Ohio governor for 1924 but they
simply want to see how public senti.
can he nominated aud elected, they will
ment develops. If it appears that Cox
he for him again. If it looks as if Nc
Adoo Is the stronger man they will
swing i'm behind HIM But from every
side comes the warning that unless the
leaders forget individuals for the pres
ent and work harmoniously the party
machinery will not function and the
nomination will not be worth having