The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-12-13
DEMOCRATS TALK
OF 1924 LEADER
RECENT ELECTION ADDED MANY
POSSIBILITIES TO THEIR
PRESIDENTIAL LIST.
GOSSIP ABOUT THIRD PARTY
Some People Think the "Progressives"
Will Garry Out Senator Borah's Sug-
gestion, but Conservative Republi-
cans Display Little Anxiety.
By EDWARD B. CLARK

BY EDWARD B.. CLARK
Observation-Disclosures is tired
of politics, just as, presumably, the
rest Of the country is, but politics
never is dropped from the daily talk
and the daily tasks of the party men
whose work brings them to h CAPT
tai.
The chairmen of the Republican n
Democratic national committees, MIR.
Adams and Mr.. Hull, it is reported,
will take Il short rest from their la
bors. Mr.. Adams already has started
on his vacation and while Mr.. Hull is
still busy it is probable that he Will
rest for the arduous work which IL
begin mex spring, for just one year
ahead of the gathering of the dele
gates at the national conventions the
presidential campaigns take their
start.
Every election produces its group of
presidential candidates on ticket
or the other. The recent polls contest
added no new names to the Republi-
can possibilities, but it added n great
many to the Democratic possibilities.
Individual Democratic leaders here, in
accordance with their personal pre-
elections. already are talking o
half a dozen men as those who are
best qualified to carry the party BAN
ner to success. Among these names
are those of James NJ. Cox. William q.
McAdoo, Alfred Z. Smith, Samuel Nj.
Ralston and some others. However,,
1t is a long time until June. 1921.
The Republicans put a President in
the White House by virtue of the cleo
ton of 1920. They are not talking of
candidates just now, the only word be-
ing that it probably will be neither
wise nor necessary to maxi any
change unless something extremely I'M
toward shall happen.
Talk of a Third Party.
There is n lot of gossip in Washing
ton, and some fear in certain places,
that the so-called political unrest in
the country may result in the forma-
tion of a third party. 1t will be re-
called that Senator Borah of Idaho
made this suggestion recently. Now
the Republicans of the more or less
conservative type in Washington still
are paying little heed TO this voice,
which some of them say is that of one
crying in the wilderness. There are
others, of course, who say the voice
in the wilderness is that of one who is
the forerunner of another, and that
O new crusade will be started in full
fllment of the words of the herald of
the new order.
Admittedly it is a somewhat difficult
thing to analyze accurately the pres
ent conditions in the political field.
especially that part of the field occu-
pied by the Republican party. The
conservative Republicans in leading
places are not expressing openly today
oil their views concerning the reasons
for what they admit was a setback
at the election. They seem to think,
however, that they understand the rea-
sons for the happenings. 1t is known
that because of the belief In high con-
s~ervative places that the campaign
was one to some extent of misunder-
standing, they are going to try, II they
can, to conduct an educational cam
paign which they hope will result in
changing the views of some of the
voters to coincide with the viewpoint
of conservative Republicanism.
1t is certain from the signs of the
times that both conservative Repub-
leans, and such of their liberal breth-
rem as are giving no thought to a third
party, believe hat If the party is to
be assured of success in 1924 there
must be a getting together of the fac
lions.
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