Evening star., 1924-09-16
Look for Strong La Toilette
Support Drawn From Both
Major Groups.
SITUATION Different
THAN IN 1912, is BELIEF
Birth of Liberal Party, Supplant-
ing Democrats, Predicted
After This Year.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Staff CorreSponden of The Star.


CHICAGO, September 16.-Illinois,
if the national election were held to-
day, would cast it's electoral vote for
Coolidge and Dawes for President
and Vice President.
This assertion is made not merely
because of the claims put forward
by the Republican leaders here. but
because of admissions in regard to
Coolidge strength in this State by
supporters of the La Toilette Wheeler
ticket The Democratic leaders still
cling, however, to the hope that with
the Independent Progressive ticket in
the field the Illinois vote will split as
it did in 1912, when the Bull Moose
party tore the heart OH! of the Re-
publican organization and brought
about a Democratic victory.
independents Make Claims.
And Coolidge. impartial observers
say. will carry Illinois on November
4 just as he would today. To this the
Progressives demur, alleging ever
increasing strength for the La Fol
iette- Wheeler ticket, and, Of course,
the Democrats make no such admis-
sion The Progressives frankly say
first or second in Illinois. Further.
they are predicting that the La Fol
1ette-W Wheeler ticket will receive
greater popular vote the country over
than the Davis Bryan ticket, ire
spective of what the electoral vote
of the States may show.
There is just one thing upon which
,ne Coolidge. Davis and Id Toilette
National headquarters agree-that is.
large number of votes The Re-
publicans see these La Toilette votes
coming from the ranks of the Demo
Gratis: the Democrats see them com
ing from the Republican fold, and
the Progressives. themselves, see
them coming from the progressively
minded men and women of both old
parties.
Look for New Party.
These. when supporters of the
la Toilette Wheeler ticket .Ieave no
doubt in the minds OF those to whom
they talk that they believe this year
is going to see the birth of new
political party-a party made up of
liberals, radicals, call them what you
will. They see the Progressive
groups in both the Senate and House
augmented after the coming cleo
tions and holding the balance of
power, as in the present Congress.
They see the La Toilette Wheeler
ticket rolling up such a vote as will
demand the establishment of the pro-
posed new party. And some of them
go SO far as. to say they see very
large part of the Democratic party
eventually enrolling under the ban
ner of the new party, with the more
conservative Democrats going over
to the Republican camp.
This insistence by the Progressives
that a permanent liberal party is in
the course of being established, ulti-
mately to divide the country with the
Republican party, which they say is
the party of the conservatives, brings
up an interesting question as to what
is going to happen if the election of
President is thrown into the House
and the election of a Vice President
into the Senate.
Democrats Are CONFIDENT.
There is no Disgusting the fact tha t
the Democratic leaders feel if the
election goes to the Congress the
next Chief Executive will be a Demo-
crat. They believe that either John
w. Davis will be elected President by
the House-through votes of Republi-
cans who might prefer to see Davis
in the White House to having Gov
Bryan as Chief Magistrate-or that
Bryan will be elected Vice President
through coalition of Democratic and
Progressive votes in the Senate and
will serve as President. 1 was told
as much by several prominent Demo-
Gratis today.
But some of the Progressives are
asking themselves what would it
avail the cause of the new party which
they propose to build up, If either
Davis or Bryan is put in the White
House? Frankly, they say, it would
be to the better interest of the de-
velopment of such party to have a
Coolidge or Dawes as Chief Executive
for the next four years, and thus
more effectually join the issue be-
tween the liberals and the conserva-
tives. In this connection 1 heard
one prominent Progressive denounce
| the recent statement by Senator Mag
| nus Johnson of Minnesota-Farmer
| Laborite and supporter of the La Fol-
etteWheeler ticket-that If the
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