Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-10

| political party is promised for the
1924 campaign. 1t will be known
as the Liberal party, according to
the story that has reached Wash.
ington. 1t will present a national
ticket and may put candidates into
the field in various states.
AS yet the new movement lacks
a leader and a financial angel, it is
understood, and these may be re-
garded as rather serious deficiencies.
It has proponents, but no protagon-
list. Its machine is in the building,
but the lubricating oil and fuel are
not in sight.
Also 1t may be said hat the pros
pectus does not set forth the Dig
| idea hat Is to vitalize the ne"
movement.
History records the fact that IL 1t
Ia to attain formidable proportions
a new political party must be FORM
ed around a personality or an idea.
Roosevelt and the Progressive party
and abolition and the Republican
Party are cited as the conspicuous
examples. If the proposed Liberal
party can present neither q Roose-
| welt nor an outstanding issue 1t may
| afford nothing more than food for
| gossip during these political dog
days.
However, the enthusiasts declare
that the movement will develop the
| requisite leadership and hat it will
| present issues a plenty when it goes
into the campaign. For the present
| the important thing on the program
is to foment discomfort within the
| ranks Of the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis. This calls for propaganda
which Is already under way on a
small scale and it Is to be expected
that there will be more OF 1t as the
weeks roll by.
It should be stated at the outset
that the Liberal party is in no wise to
be COMPOUNDED with the Henry Ford
presidential movement. One Of the
missionaries of the new cause VINO
came to Washington from New York
a few DAYS ago so unqualifledly. The
Ford movement was described, how
ever, as strongly indicative of the
demand for a new deal in national
and political affairs and was in that
sense highly significant.
A Party Of Protest
Wading through the somewhat
vague ge~neralities of its advocates
one finds that the new party is to
be fundamentally a party Of pro-
test-a protest against the manner
in which the two old major parties,
the Republican and Democratic, are
managed and a protest against the
kind Of administration either of them
gives the country when it is in the
a~scendancy. There has always been
more or less dissatisfaction with the
old parties. it is pointed u and
every man who goes into the White
House Invariably ~engenders hostili'
ties and criticisms that a be coin
ed into political opposition.
Just now it Is claimed that there
are serious discussions within the
ranks of both the Democrats and
the Republicans. The former are
divided Into Wilson and anti-Wilson
elements while the latter are segre-
gated into administration and anti
administration camps. 1t is argued
that while the state of Woodrow
Wilson's health makes it impossible
for him to become the field general
Of his party, the former President
Is asserting q kind of leadership that
will foment discord to a degree hat
the Democrats cannot hope for vic.
tory in 1924. As to the party In
power It Is ~contended that differ
ences over patronage n legislation
and the alienation of friends or the
making Of enemies by President
Harding have created conditions
such that it will be entirely difficult
for the Republicans to present any.
thing like a united front in the next
fight for the presidency.
In the circumstances. say the Lib,
erals-if they may be so designated
it Is only necessary to bring to-
sether the dissatisfied in n twt
old parties and unite them with the
large independent element tina
there has been in the country since
1912 to have a new party that miSh,
sweep everything before it two year,
hence. Old line politicians are IN
clined to agree with this. but the!
say the one essential thing canno
be done.
There are plenty of<malcontent'
among the Democrats and Repub'
~licans," said one of these veterans IL
! discussing the new movement, amt
!. there are plenty OF independents who
are simply indictments of anothei
stripe. But you couldn't get then
together and hold them together
long enough to run a campaign and
80 70 the polls. You can't make ~