The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
EACH Sc IS
HIM ON
OTHER
HE viii Hurt You More Than
Me-" Is Belief OF Both Old
Line Parties
By WILLIAM HARD.

mi By WILLIAM HARD.
La Toilette now in political
circles is absuredly the most popu-
lar and the most universally loved
politician in the country.
The Republicans love him be-
cause they think the La Toilette
bob-cat will bite the Democratic
donkey to death in the East.
The Democrats love him because
they think the La Toilette bob-cat
will chew off the Republican ele-
plants hide in the West.
"He will hurt you more than
he will hurt me-" That is what
the Republican elephant and the
Democratic donkey spend all their
time saying to each other about
La Toilette, and they love him
for it.
Hope RadicaIism Grows.
This is why neither side so far
has done much in the way Of de.
nouncing La Toilette and his radi.
oalism. Each side hopes that radi.
cAlism will get so large and SO
strong that it will kill the chances
Of the other side for success.
La Toilette is for radicalism, and
each Of the two old parties is con
niving at radicalism in the hope
that 1t will hurt the other.
If things so on much further
along this line there will not be a
voice raised against radicalisnl any.
where In this campaign.
The Republicans hope with all
their hearts that good dear old Bob
La Toilette, whon-as it were-we
have known and loved all these
years. will commend his sterling
Qualities-which we did not know
he had--to the Democratic wage
earners Of the industrial East sc
attractively and so persuasiVely
that Mr.. Davis viii run third in
States like New York and New
Jersey.
The Democrats, on the other hand,
think they have got the Republican,
completely outclassed in magnifying
Mr.. La Toilette and in using him
az an Influence with which to draw
votes into their party.
Democratic Strategy.
Their strategy falls into two
parasitic western and the eastern
This strategy, based essentially
upon La Toilette, is the whole grand
strategy of the Democratic cam
paign effort. 1t dominates every
maneuver which the Democratic
party is making in the organization
Of itself for, the campaign.
LET La Toilette grow in the
West. Let him eat into the ranks
of the Republicans out theirs.
Western radicalism Is almost en-
tirely out of Republican ranks.
Virtually all western radicalism
Is ex-Republican. Let La Toilette
go ahead and transform all the
Republicans he can into ex-Repub-
hcans. Then we go to the con.
sentative element among the Re.
States and in many OF the Cen
trail Western States west Of the
Mississippi and we say to them:
This State is going to go for
La Toilette. You have lost 80
Coolidge here in this State has no
possible show. Your choice is be.
tween La Toilette and Davis. Vote
for Davis"
Their Definite Plan.
This idea among the Democrats
IL not only an idea. 1t is a def.
mite plan.
The second part Of the idea has
to do with the East. There the
argument Of the Democrats, again
with La Toilette as its pivot, Il
already as follows:
We appeal to moderate men. DAVIS
10 more perhaps what is called pro
gfessive than Coolidge. He never.
theless is a moderate. He is safe
The country would be kept stable BY
him. Coolidge Is going to lose tine
radical West. At any rate, he
stands strong chance to lose It
How do you know what will happen
out there? 1t may all go to La Fol
letter In that case Coolidge canno:
get a majority in the Presidential
electoral college. The election thar
will go into the House Of Repre-
sentatives. Then who can tell what
will happen? You do not want the
etoCLlOn 10 go INTO the House OF Rep
resentatives. Look at Davis. He Il
bound to get the South. He is bound
to get the border South. He is him
self border Southerner. He vii
have all the solid Southern and Dor
der Southern electoral votes. Then
In order to get, majority in thu
electoral college, he needs only t.
carry New York, New Jersey, In
diana and any one State west Of the
Mississippi. Play safe. Be sure
Beware of La Toilette. He is a won
der. He is terrible. Keep the cleo
ton out Of the House OF Representa-
tives. Vote for the candidate whC
needs only a few more electora
: votes to make him a sure immediate
winner. Vote for Davis"
That is the absolute essence o.
the whole Democratic strategy nov
about to be deployed and displayed
A Delicate Game
Meanwhile the Republicans flicl
their fingers at it. They think they
know that they can use La FoIlett,
as a bogie.man better than tn,
Democrats.
1t is Of course an extremely deli