Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-06-07
PRESIDENT SCORES
Selfish FACTIONS
PROBABLY WILL TALK ON THIS
TO HIS OWN PARTY DURING
HIS WESTERN TRIP.
DEMOCRATS REVEAL A PLAN
National Committee Pronouncement
Shows They Seek a Coalition With
the Radical" Republican Senators
on Measures for Tax Reduction.
By EDWARD 3. CLARK

BY EDWARD B. CLARK
Washington.-Pr President Harding, in
his address at the unwilling of the
statue Of Alexander Hamilton, which
has just been erected in front of the
Treasury department, spoke on a GER
tain subject after a manner which his
PARTY men have declared to be bold
and blunt. The President in his
speech deplored the increase of fac
tionalism in the United States, its con-
tinuing growth, and its endeavor ito
promote this or that interest without
regard to the relations of others and
without regard for the common veal"
The President even spoke of hatred,
violence and prejudice that were pro-.
vocative of attempts to impede the
constitutional rights of others and to
subvert the Constitution itself. 1t
takes only the record of the times to
show that both political parties today
have factions within their bounding
lines. 1t is believed in Washington
that when President Harding reaches
certain sections of the country in his
speech-making trip he will have some
thing to say from the Republican party
standpoint upon factionalism, and, in
directly perhaps, but none the less GER
tainly, may make it applicable to the
factions within the ranks of his own
party.
The latest public pronouncement
from the headquarters of rhe Demo-
cratic national committee takes sharp
notice of factionalism within the
ranks of Republicanism, but does not
say anything about the same thing
within the ranks of Democracy. 1t is
apparent from this announcement that
plans already have been made for
coalition of the forces of Democratic
senators and certain Republican sena-
tors who are called radicals or pro-
gressives, to act in concert next VIM
ter with respect to certain economic
and fiscal legislation
May Combine in the Senate.
There are Republicans in Washing
ton who say today that not many of
the Democratic senators will be will
Ing to join the forces Of the minority
element of Republicanism in the SEN
ate. They add that Discrimination Of
many of the Democrats to join the
minority Republicans will not be due
to the fact that the Democrats are
unwilling to cause trouble for the Re-
publican majority, but because many
Of the Democratic senators do not
share the legislative views of the
minority of the senate Republicans.
The progressive Republican senators
seemingly are convinced, however, they
can secure support from enough Demo-
Gratis in the next senate to enable
them to force compromises on bills Of
fered by the majority, and perhaps
entirely to defeat some of the meas
ures which the administration would
like to see written into the statute
books.
The exact language of the pro-
nouncement which has come from
Democratic national headquarters in
connection with the subject of coali-
ton between the Democrats and GER
tain Republicans in the senate is as
follows:
Democrats and western progressive
Republicans, who will control the next
congress If they choose to act in con-
cert with respect to economic and fis-
cal legislation, have plans for a con-
siderable decrease of the tax burden. !"
There is no question at all today
about the power of the minority Re
| publicans in the senate to block, tenn
pOrarily at any rate, any measure to
which they object. It is probable that
Senator Lodge, the Republican leader
in the senate, cannot command the
support of certain senators of his party
who are known to have legislative
views which are not at all in sympathy
with those of the administration The
thing the leader will desire most of
all is a solid Republican majority in
support Of his policies, blu. no Wash
ington politician believes that he can
hold the ten so-called progressives in
line. He knows that if final victory is
to come to such measures as the lead
er sanctions, he must go to the con-
sentative Democrats.
Two Democratic senators are mem
bers of so-called legislative service
committee of which Senator LaFolIette
is the director. This fact in itself
shows that factionalism exists not
only in one party but in the other as
well. This divergence of opinion in
the party ranks seemingly is worrying
both the Republicans and the Demo
Gratis who have in hand the directing
Of their party's fortunes.
AS has been said, it is understood that
in his western trip President Harding
will plead for unity in his party. nro-
vided he gets the opportunity to make
a speech where party matters can he
spoken of without inviting criticism
Bust of Wilhelm White Elephant.
Some man living in Connecticut who
possibly was on humor bent, or simplv
actuated by desire to see what would
happen, has presented to the Corcoran
Art gallery of Washington a bust of
ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, now seeking SIR
cease Of sorrow in retreat in Holland