Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
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coming liberal conference II II 10. CT
held. The eye lights on the well :kAo !.
name Of Albert Jerome BeverldRe 20 e1oS
Of the advisers. Raymond Robins ~
most inevitably would be a party T.
any such momentOus meeting fr0dl
which. II II said. might spring a thito
party. Mr.. Robins IL one Of Nr.
Eeveridsc's, Oldest friends. yet he g.
bis behalf because Of Mr.. Bevcridgo'O
position on labor.
i mention this little incident to. sheW
how the divisions among the group wAo
might participate In the liberal cons,
Terence are az great M the divisions
which separate Mr.. Harding from ann
of them.
In Toilette Largest Factor
The largest single factor In the lsfs
wing Of the Republican Party Is Sem
Qtor La Toilette, who holds the bal.
hnce of power In the House certainly
and probably also in the Senate. Doso
has been consulted about this confer.
ence? II. he had been. would Mr.. Bev.
eridge's name be prominent In the list
OF those who lay out the progrnfh o1
liberalism. Mr.. Beveridge having just
been defeated. BY the labor vote Of
n dndismo diam =: end Mr.; In Toilette being the
This little conference is Hamlet with
the Prince of Denmark left out, the
Prince being Senator La Toilette, who
incidentally likes better to write and
talk about this Shakesperesn hero than
about anything else In the world. You
might almost imagine the Wisconsin,
Senator exclniming as he reads for the
nrst time about this gel. together move.
this thing"
Almost you begin to see in the feelef
OF Yesterday the rivalries that are.
beginning to spring up among the left.
wing members Of the Republican Party.
dent among them. Mr.. Borah. for
example. might be- the best candidate
for the Republican Party, If It sousAt
to avoid division in 1924. Mr.. La Fol.
lette might be the best candidate Of q
third party. II 1t were angry and deter.
mined: Mr.. Borah might be its best
candidate, II it were as moderate as the
conference which is just now suggested.
Obviously considerable getting together
will have to be done here.
Senate Blocs Multiply
y recent cartoon pictured the bloce
IN the new Senate with u lot Of in.
divdua! Senators constituting blocs By
themselves. There is really the Borah
bloc consisting of one. the La Toilette
bloc consisting Of four or FIVE, the
johnson bloc Of one and the Norris bloc
OF perhaps two. You do not simplify
the situation by giving them all the
label liberal or progressive. any more
than you bring union into the old party
by calling It oil Republican.
Mr.. La Toilette certainly never sug.
gested the program that might b adopted
by the recognition of Rus.
vision Of the tax laws with a restoration
OF the excess profits tax and revision
OF the Esch -Cummins law to abolish the
guarantee to railroads and reduce
freight rates. I
Not word in It about labor. where
lies Mr.. La Follette's strength. nor
his proposal to make Congress rather
than the Supreme Court pass finally on
the constitutionality of laws. The lat.
q perfectly good Republican. 1t 10
easier to see half dozen parties than
II Is to see three.
Moreover. this whole suggested pro.
gram would be quite acceptable to the
Democrats. except possibly the recogni.
tion OF Russia.
1t would be easier to tell whethef
there would be q wet or dry summer,
q hot or mild summer in 1924. than to
tell whether there would be q third
party in that year.
If economic conditions on the farms
remain bad. II labor. by anti. strike
legislation, Is aroused to a keener po.
litical consciousness than was revealed
In the last campaign. there may be .
third party. But il will have to have
program which the Democrats will
not embrace as chcerfully us they would
the one put forth from here yesterday.