The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-08

very black.
Samuel Gompers and the American
Federation Of Labor.
Certainly IL it does not go So
cialistic Il Will begin TO deprive it.
self Of the enthusiasm with which
1t has been welcomed by the null
htudious followers OF Eugene "
Debs.
Thus every party win be spend
ing plenty OF time on fights be.
tween various colonies Of microbes
in Its own blood and will be devot
Ing itself quite heavily to trying t.
find out which colony in each case
IL to win out and rule.
Legislation. s'robIem.
Meanwhile the. following legisla.
tive problems, among others, VIII
arise and clamor;
The railroad trade unions viii be
back at Congress with a demeSn
for the passage OF their HoWell
Barley bill commonly called inc
Rowling Barking bilD establishing
adjustment boards purely OF en-
ployers and Of employees on raAl'
roads.
AGRICULTURAL interests and also
commercial interests from the
northwest will be back at Congress
demanding the passage Of some
law like the McNary- Haugen bill
commonly called the Mary Hogan
bilD establishing some sort OF Fed
.eral government corporation for
marketing abroad any surplus
crops which the American farmer
may raise.
The postal employees will be back
at Congress for their proposed
raise in pay.
The advocates Of a grand nation
al publicly owned and publicly OPP
Grated system of water power will
be back at Congress with their
proposition for the public owner
ship and public operation sof the
water power at Muscle Shoals.
The National Education Associa-
ton will be back at Congress with
Its demand for a Federal depart
ment of education.
Governmental action of numerous
sorts viii be sought.
Some Of these sorts will involve
3orays by the Federal Government
into fields hitherto reserved for pri-
Vate enterprise.
The Critical Question.
: In the end III such matters the
critical question will be:
VIII the Democratic party go.
along with socialistic proposals in
Congress or will it, under its new
controllers, whoever they may be, re.
vert to Jeffersonianism and individ-
ualism?
Under the Republican name in
Congress there viii be a certain
number of socialistlc votes. These
votes, in fact, as was shown last
winter in the course of the agita-
ton for the governmental corpora
ton proposed by the. McNary.Hau
gan bill, will be supported by nu.
merous commercial interests which
are against socialism in general,
but which do not at all mind q. lit
tie socialism in particular If they
think that it will help their pocket.
books.
wise conservative business men VIII
be af Congress for special projects
involving special Federal govern.
mental intervention for special rea-
sons ana interests.
Democratic Course.
Some legislators bearing the Re-
publican name will undoubtedly
separate themselves from other Re-
publicans and vote for such
projects.
The Democrats vote more in a
mass.
The critical question then will be:
Which way is the Democratic
party going? Is it going to go
along with the Socialist drift or is
1t going to take a new stand as
the old historic party opposed to
liberalization, Capitalization and
governmentalization
On the outcome Of the Struggle
indicated by that question hangs
perhaps the public history of the
United States during the next few
years.
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