The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05
BOTHPART|ESMAY
 SUFFER 4SPL|TS"
 IN 1924 CONTEST
Radical Republican Wing in Northwest DisIikes Stand pat" Element = Demo- crats May Disagree
 on Nominee
By HUGH W. ROBERTS Washington Bureau, The Age-Herald,
 800 Davidson Building.


 Washington, November 4.-tSpe- cia1.)-Will indications that both great parties in the next conventions suffer Splits materialize?
 With the result of the congress sicnal elections discounted, leaders are already giving grave consider ation to the foregoing problem. It is generally known that republicans will control Congress for at least another two years, although their majority in the House will be greatly reduced. Politicians are looking for ward to 1924.
 Dissatisfaction with the "standpat" or dominant wing of the republican organization has expressed itself in the development of the radical spirit of the northwest. Danger confront ing the democratic party is said to be the prospect that there will be no candidate in 1924 on whom the pro- Wilson and anti Wilson clements can concentrate.
 Hope For Pomerene
 It is said in Washington that should Atlee Pomerene be reelected to the Senate in Ohio, he would prove satisfactory as a compromise candi- date. For he supported the League of Nations without reservations and with reservations; and he supported the treaties of the Washington con- ference, and the separate peace pact with Germany. But Pomerene, with the republican organization emptying it's coffers in Ohio, is in grave danger, despite the indicated fact that of his own welght he is the popular choice of the people of the state.
 Even should Senator Hitchcock be reelected, democrats in Washington fear that he would not prove of suf- ficient virility to transform the dem- ocratic phalanxes into enthusiastic organizations And the anti-league forces would not heartily accept him because he fought the prologue battle In the Senate. There is no secret of the belief here that demo- crats could not concentrate on James NJ Cox or. William G. McAdoo. Cox has failed and business is understood to be antagonistic to McAdoo. Will liam J. Bryan is not regarded as a possibility.
 Danger of Reed
 Both democratic and republican headquarters believe that James A. Reed will be reelected in Missouri. He was fought in the primary by " oodrow Wilson, but survived. In the present campaign. he has received no support of an active character from the extreme pro-Wilson wing of the party And yet it is indicated that he will carry Missouri. which the republicans, two years ago, took lock, stock and barrel. from the democratic column.
 If Reed emerges victorious, 1t is said that nothing could prevent him striving for the presidential nomina- tion. His friends would regard him as the democratic Warwick. His force and eloquence, 1t Is argued, would appeal to a large element of the American pople. But no one here supposes that the friends of the for mer President or of the League of Nations, would accept Reed
 If Pomerene wins, it is admitted that much of the danger would be obviated. Should he weather the ceu- tralized republican attack in the state of the President, his prestige could not be enumerated, it is be- lieved.
 Harding to Harmonixe
 Democrats here, while acknowledg- ing the situation, believe that in the end democrats will get together or that they will not divide into two organizations. They have not been burnt, and do not greatly fear the fire. But republicans. mindful of the split of 1912, are greatly distressed They are pinning their hope on the