New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

Alabama, and the opposing party wo,,,,
come frankly and intelligently libera, y
course, in making faces and calm. !. "
during campaign the liberals would ,,o,s'a ,@''es
dictionary" and "bourbon" at the go fe-
tives, and, Of course, all the rnoas-..s.' =
Dourbons would go to the conservative ~
and the liberal party would have its d. sela
fringe" and so the conservatives wo,,,s
Go brand the liberals as radicals .na y
shevists. But for all the persifage - ~
tics, we should have two parties with ;ae ~
that really differed, with aims that wara 20 -
apart and with party memberships = 80
senting the deeply divergent but ALWAYS w.,
ly necessary elements to human growth :
servatism and progressr--the centrineto, ~
centrifugal forces Of life. A
a nee upon time the Bankers Assoc,.a.
could have done this thing-could H..
furnished the core Of courageous and !.
telligent conservative party-but mar w.
The banker is not the figure in our conu,,.
life that he once was He has not cr..
smaller. But the community has grown !.
-" S@oWH vfl
to him. Once the bankers side whisLer. !,
iron gray team, his shiny, two-seated bnc,s
his big house among the evergreens. his G..
day plug hat and his gold-headed cana !
him above and apart from his fellows nj
town pygmied beneath him. He walked !,
rare and radiant atmosphere Of mower ).
glory. He dictated his towns politics. bees.
he owned the EDITORS mortgage, hired NJ
lawyer by the year and paid more to sum-,
the preacher than ten strong men.
But the rise of the folk in thirty years l.,
been phenomenal. There is not the dserso..
between Ford car and Rolls-Roycs ,h,.
once existed between the man who rode !,
his carriage and the man who had to wsa
The car salesman often makes as much ss III
banker; the editor has paid off his mortc,,
and has as much money as the banker. Ts
than the banker. So the lawyer has gone s
the legislature and passed lot of reyulasor
laws controlling the banker and taking av,y
his power. About as many bankers 90 Ia III
as merchants or preachers, and more thsa
doctors. So the banker has come down fran
his high horse. He has cut off his sidebur,
because people giggle at them, and he is nov
just one of the folk-a hard working mar
with job that he has to take to bed with
him. But he is no longer the town joss
In New York, during his convention. h
tanned his teeth gaping at the tall buidinss
just as the rest of US do when We 90 To III
big city. He went down to Wall Street and
folkod %<& tho d.
thrill out of it than the. man in the baseba
crowds did when some hero of the Yanks oy
the Giants rubbed elbows with the country.
man in hotel lobby. The only really uerss
tent piutocrat we have left in America is tie
banker'ss wife-"Mamma." 1t was a rpat
week for Mamma" down in New York. The
New York bankers wives all entertajnA
Mamma" and Mamma" having read ts
society columns of the papers for years, knew
that many of these bankers wives were not ID
real society, not in the inner circle anil
Mamma" who is the vortex of the inner ci,I
Gle at home, showed the New Workers by Il
certain manner that mamma" can assuns|
when she feels like it that she knew that hs|
hostess was not necessarily $50 much" becaue|
she lived in New York.
1t was great day for Mamma" and ial
once she was glad that she Joined the Colonial
Danes. While Father was out sunburninr
the roof of his mouth Mamma" was indoors
at tea or reception or something given b
the ladies' reception committee and "Mamn,'
was putting on certain air which alwsu
knocks 'em stiff. And SO in New York the
knew that while Father" came UP from Il
ranks and pulls off his shoes when the cn
pany leaves, they know also that "Mamms1 i
lady.
Copyright. 1899. Ne.o York 7rioane fneJ i