Evening journal., 1922-03-10
DEMOCRATS ARE SPLIT.

IA EOST Delawareans Will recall that when President
VI Harding submitted to the United States Senate the
treaties formulated by the Conference for the Limitation
Of Armament ne said with reference 10 their ratnoaton
Your government encouraged and has signed oompacts
which had much TO do in fashionng II 10 these adj
expressions OF the conscience OF the leading
powers to these conoords 10 guard again conflict and
lit burdens Of armament, 30 all these the Senate
VIII advise and consent then viii be futile 70 try
again"
It begins 10 be very apparent that In 20 far as me
Wilson wing Of the Democratic party s concerned the
Presidents words fell upon deaf There can be no
longer any doubt Of a wen defned purpose upon the
part OF the Democratic organization TO conduct 1li-
buster against the ratification OF the several treaties now
before the Senate It has long been rumored and pre-
dced that this would happen Newspaper correspond
ens In the confidence Of the Wilson Democrats predicted
six or months that the Democratic party
naohuery--vhich is admittedly in the control OF the
Wllson-NcAdoo faction-would do a. within Its power
to delay and defeat the ratification Of the work OF the
Washington Conference.
The FIRST concrete evidence OF this came upon the
vote to ray the treaty with Japan regarding the Island
D, Yap An analysis the roll call OF the Senate shows
The cotere Of senator's known the "Wilson crowd TO
have lined up soldly against the ratification OF the Yap
treaty The bit OF evidence was presented in the
speech Of Senator Hitchcock OF Nebraska opposing the
ratification OF the FourPower treaty Senator Hitchcock
is ranking Democratic member OF the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations and along with Senator Claude
swanson OF Virginia, also member Of the committee
is recognized as OF the Wilson crowd.
On the same day OF Htchoock's speech occurred the
Tumulty-Cox dinner in Washington This the
ing bit OF evidence Of a split in the Democratic party
over the treaties which It was perfectly apparent that
the wilsonfoAdoo crowd were against the treaties and
prepared TO outlaw" those Democrats who are In
favor OF their ratification Attending this dinner were the
old Wilson guard capsined by Tumuly and the McAdoo
guard captained by former Internal Revenue Commits
sioner Daniel C. Roper Senators Hitchcock Pat Har-
and Robinson represented The upper branch the
Congress at this dinner and the conference which fol-
lowed IT,
The highly significant feature about the dinner was
the absence OF senator Oscar Underwood the olcl i
Democratic leader in the Senate, who was member OF
the American delegation at the Armament Conference
and who stands unaerably In favor Of the ratification
OF the treaties formulated by that conference Another
conspicuous Democratic senator who at the din
Senator Pomerene. OF Ohio who Is also in fav
OF the ratification OF the treaties
It is longer secret that the Democratic party ma
chnery under the control OF the WilsonAcAdoo crowd
animated purely by partisan spite work is determined to
prevent the ratification OF the work OF the Armament
Conference and thereby delay reduction OF arma-
men and corresponding reduction Of hundreds OF mil
lions OF dollars in public taxes
Another occurrence which has equa' political slgnin-
the bitter and wholly unwarranied attack
made by Samuel Gompers upon Secretary Wallace and
the Farm Conference Mr.. Gompers trouble apparently
is due to the fact mat the farmers. rather than Mr.
Gompers, ran the conference. This attack In keeping
with the policy OF Mr. Gompers and clique TO nnd
fault with everything in connection with the Republican
administration and to denounce every public policy that
not submitted to Mr.. Gompers his crowd fer sp-
proval. His attack upon Secretary Wallace and the
Farm Conference closely followed the publication q the
political program OF the American Federation OF Labor
as decided upon by the Executive Council OF the Fed
Grafton This program Is anti-Republcan and pro
Democratic from start 10 finish.
Mr.. Gompers OF the inner circle under IN,
Wilson regime for eight and tits very hard for hin
to reconcile himself TO the fact that he not occupyin
similar position with the Republican administration