The New York herald., 1922-12-04
La Toilette Held Resi- nsi4
BILE as Lacking Cour
to Force Revolt.
WANTS TO BE GUERR lila
Undercurrents May Gather
Dissenters Into Nncleus
for Third Party.
BY LOUIS sETBOLD.
steciaI Dispatch to THE NEW YORK s9H.
New York Herald Bure
Washington. ID. c., Dec

Washington. ID. C.. Dec
Reaction from the diluted idtal
venture projected by Senator Ii
lette of Wisconsin has provoked nlutn
less sympathy for the enterprise aaa
was expected.
The conference convened by Mr.. La
Toilette and made up of groups repre-
senting varying shades OF partisan in
surgency, agrarian sentiment. organ
lied labor combinations and some ir-
regulars, difficult politically to classify,
came to an end yesterday. 1t neither
alarmed the managers Of the regular
wings Of the Democratic and Repub-
lican parties nor approximated the
expectations OF dissenters who e
pected and would not have been sat
fed with anything less than stY
goods radical movement.
The leaders of the conseS hvs
wings Of the Republican and emo-
cratic parties appraise the res OF
the undertaking organized by In
Toilette AS less menacing to the sr-
ests OF either than they had eS ~
would be the case. The failureI as
La Folletto conference to con
squarely in favor of the creatid
third party with program NOR,
cal than that which was flnall.
duced occasioned no alarm amol go
regular leaders.
Two Reasons for Failure
On the contrary these leade ar
not hesitate to express the Oh i1.
that the La Toilette plan sic alg
failed for two very important rea
sons One was that none of the
fessional promoters holding sea
the Senate and House advocated ..s
severance of relations from the Re-
publican and Democratic parties and
the Inauguration of a radical scheme
which the conservative leaders assert
would have been the only result that
would have squarely met the situa-
ton.
Many OF the foremost Republican
and Democratic leaders of the coun-
try are inclined TO place the respon-
sibility for the failure OF the La Fol-
lette enterprise on the shoulders Of
Mr.. La Toilette himself. They sup
port this conviction with the declara-
ton that the Wisconsin radical was
lacking In courage in lodging the
direct issue involved and announcing
his determination to cling to the Re-
publican party, OF which he has long
been the chief and most aggravating
irritant.
The majority of Senators, Repre-
sentatives and political leaders. who
express little or no sympathy with
the La Toilette venture. believe the
author Of II fully appreciated the fact
that not all OF the thirty-seven other
members Of the two houses who at
tended the conference called by him
would have followed him out Of the
Republican or Democratic parties.
Believe In Toilette Is Satisfied.
The view largely pertains in pro-
fessional circles that Mr.. La Toilette
Is very well satisfied with his present
position. lie is credited with believ-
ing that as the promoter of an insur-
gent group OF legislators ambitious 10
hold the balance Of power he can con-
Q1tI a kuFTTillA WAFldTt on lNe mar
ding Administration much more ef-
fectively than II he had set UP in
business for himself.
IL did not take the organizers and
participants OF the La Toilette scheme
very long 20 find out that third
party approximately made up OF pro-
nounced radicals would prove unpopu-
lar at present. Consequently the orig
inal plans favored by the extreme rad
icals TO organize a third party move
ment. with the agricultural and labor
elements rs the nucleus, were aban-
doned and the movement promoted by
Mr.. La Toilette converted into an ex-
;remely mild and moderate safety
valvo for surcharged emotions and
conversational exercise.
The net results OF the confereI
not appear TO have given much
faction TO the participants alt llrn
Il probably will provide the foun, ii0l
for another attempt TO gather tbo
so-called radicals In the regular y .is
and those that play arohnd the dsas
into one camp. The farmer. whose
economic and political griev rces
camo in for the largest share st
tention In the La Toilette confer g,
is certain to receive some benefit
IL Is doubtful whether these
fits viii come as the result OF ~
Toilette conference or Of the
substantial policy recently annot o
by the President. which contemf 800
the expansion OF the rural credits W.
tenn 10 ameliorate conditions helt re
sponsible for agricultural unrest. The
regular leaders of both parties dc net
believe that with the improvement
agricultural conditions expected
raault OF tho Adminiatration's D "