The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
THIRD PARTY IS
UNLIKELY, SURVEY
Of NAT TON SHOWS
New Alignment of Political
Powers Seems to Be More
Imminent.
By E. N. THIERRY
NEA SerUice Staff Writer

YEA C6FVtCe StuH HTWG
WASHINGTON, Dec. SIS third
party coming in American politics?
Or is some other new political align
ment imminent?
A survey by NEA Service gives
No" as the answer % the first Ques
ton and yes" as the answer to the
second.
The questions are paramount be
cause Of these incidents:
Increased strength of progressives
and Independents" in the Senate.
Ascendancy of Senator La Toilette
as leader of the peoples bloc"
Discussion of such names as La
Toilette Senator Borah, Henry Ford
and w r. Hearst as third party pres
identlal candidates.
Suggestion by a Republican that
Bernard NJ. Baruch, Democrat, lead
farmers and manufacturers in new
political party.
Leaders Of progressive thought in
Washington hope for capture OF con
troll within the Republican party
rather than the rise OF third N&rty.
Says La Toilette: THE time has
come for the organization of a we'll
defined group, cooperating in support
Of accepted progressive principles and
policies"
Senator Borah says the future of
the progressive movement does not ne
cessarily demand the organization OF
new party-unless a liberal and
sane" legislative program laid down
by the progressive group is rejected
by the party in power.
Il clearly foresee a new political
lineup" says Lindley NJ. Garrison,
former member Of President Wilson'S
Cabinet The political division
hich is ahead Of us will take this
cleavage: The conservatives of both
parties against the radicals Of both
parties and it will be safer II this is
done by the above board formation of
a third party under a new name, and
by scrapping one or both of the old
parties. or perhaps NEEDING them un
der a hyphenated name"
Divide on Cons, tuition
Garrison would call It the Liberal
Conservative party with the Consti
tuition acting as a sort OF dividing line
between conservative and radical
opinion.
Similar methods, in some respects,
are advocated by Nicholas Murray
Butler. president Of Columbia Unlver
sity. who says;
The overwhelming majority OF Re
publicans and the overwhelming ma
jority OF Democrats who are in sub
stantlal agreement on all fundamen
tails should speedily find ways to take
such steps as may be necessary to
form a Democrat Republican party,
which would represent the predomi-
nant idealism Of our people.
over against such a progressive
liberal party there would naturally be
organized distinctly radical party to
which should so all those who now
call themselves Democrats or Repub-
leans. but who are In reality neither"
Samuel NJ. Vauclain, president OF
the Baldwin Locomotive Works. re
plies laconlcally to the survey ques
tlonnaire: II can see no necessity for
a third political party"
The same reply is made by George
L. Record. friend Of Theodore Roose- |
welt and Bull Moose supporter, and
recently a New Jersey senatorial can |
didate on the Republican ticket. Rec |
ord thinks a new political party is not
feasible" but will come gradually
after the fashion Of the creation OF
the Republican party.
Smith w Brookhart, new Senator
from Iowa, agrees. He says: Il do
not believe any necessity exists for q
new party What I believe should
and will come IS progressive control Of
thesRepublican party"
Like Record, Senator Ladd Of North
Dakota thinks history will repeat. He
says: mo three parties are contlnu
ously possible. The people will either
take over one Of the existing parties
or form a new party as at the time
of the Civil War"
What we need" says Senator
Norris Of Nebraska. rs less. not more,
partylsm. Rather than a new party,
I should like to see increased indie
pendence by the voter"