The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-08
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Political Observer Sees New
Alignment In South and
West for Democrats
BY WILLIAM HARD

by WILLIAM HAkD
The battles now about to be
fought in the American political
arena will be bitter and win be
Of two sorts.
[ First, there will be battles re-
garding organization and control
within each party, including the
proposed new party.
Second. there will be battles BIT
Ter and intense and devastating
regarding certain Legislative is
sues, Rs
The two sorts Of battles win
tend to merge and to produce q
political scene complicated and
distracted.
New and Old Guards.
In the Republican party the
Coolidge New Guard" viii fight
the purely political ''Old Guard
for supremacy. The extreme .'pro-
gressives' in the Republican party
have virtually retired from any
such fight.
Fourteen. years ago, In the year
1910, the 'progressives," led In the
Senate by La Toilette and IN the
House by Victor Murdock, and on
couraged from the outside by ex-
President Roosevelt, began q srrug-
gle which they hoped would make
them the masters of the Republic
an party.
This year has seen the utter end.
ing OF that struggle and effort.
The Republican Left Wing: in
stead OF being able to dominate the
Republican party, ID now almost un-
able even to remain within it. 1t
finds the climate too hostile. It
either departs, or prepares to depart.
What is left within the Repuh.
hcan party is q massive Right
Wing" and massive Center"
Now ensues accordingly fight
Tor supremacy between these two
remaining elements.
Differences In Factions.
The Center" represented by peo-
pie like Senator McNary, In the
Longworth, in the lower mouse,
as taxation.
The Right wing" represented by
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
and by the Presidents confidential
friend, Frank w. 5tearns, Of I3os7
ton, and by such legislators as Ctih-
gresham Ogden. Mills Of New York,
would make no omcom.sas and
would insist, for instance, upon try
Ing TO pass an undiiIsed pure COM
pleted Mellon taxation reform bill.
Between these two elements :here
II often a bitterness almost az
great as that which exists between
he contending factions in the other
two parties.
Right Wing" Republican national
committeeman, speaking to this
writer the other day about a certain
Center" Republican Senator, re.
marked: r.
He is worse than La Toilette and
does us more harm than La Fol.
lette; because he knows better and
yet he votes like a demagogue and
spoils our bills"
This fight between these two Re.
publican elements, both conservative
but differing from each other as to
tactics and methods, viii break out
with extreme violence in the next
Congress,
Meanwhile the Democratic party
will be torn into battling pieces like
wise by its own internal contenders
for supremacy.
Democratic Quarrel.
During the recent campaign each
major Democratic faction--the Nc.
Adoo faction and the Eastern
boss" faction-accused the other Of
managing the campaign for the
Democratic party and Of managing
1t absurdly and badly
A Democratic Eastern boss" told
the writer that he had made Just
three suggestions for the manage
ment of the campaign and that
every one of those three sugges-
tons had been rejected. He was
highly indignant. @
Meanwhile McAdoo followers were
telling this writer that this boss
In particular was most especially
managing the whole campaign for
the Democrats-and wrecking it.
Nothing will satisfy the two DEM
ocratic factions thus aligned against
each other except battle to the
death.
The chances in this matter would
seem to favor the relative down
nall OF the Eastern bosses" within
the Democratic party and the rela.
tive triumph of a combination be-
tween Southern Democrats and Dem,
ocrats from, west of the Missippi.
Third Party HOdge.Podge. .
simultaneously the conflicting
elements trying to compose-and tC
bring composure to---the new third
party win find themselves engaged
in violent internecine warfare when
they assemble to try, to perfect their
organization.
They have among them Socialists
and Anti-Socialists, bureaucratizers
and anti-bureaucratizers, Ieaguers
and anti-leaguers, interyeners in
Europe and opponents Of interven.
ton in Europe.
They can all repeat the word
progressive with conviction and
emotion but when they come to tell
one another what the word PRO.
gressive" means they speak in
many different languages.
Certainly IL the new party goes
socialistic it will lose the support OF