The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-11
AS WE SEE 1T

1--WE cannot even keep QUIZ reac-
tionary democrats from voting for
Coolidge and Dawes" declared VIII
liam jennings Bryan in an interview
shortly before the democratic conven-
ton nominated-John w. Davis of the
House of Morgan by reclamation.
Bryan, it is presumed, joined in MAX
ing the nomination unanimous. 1.-THE
nomination Of reactionary," con-
tinued Bryan, would not be for the
purpose of electing a democrat, but
to insure the election Of Coolidge and
Dawes. Davis is the reactionary, and
if Wall Street has the motive attrib-
uted to it by Bryan, it has achieved
its aim.
The present convention is looked
upon by many as marking the real be-
ginning of the disintegration of the
democratic party. The extreme right
Of that party and it's republican COM
petitor no longer has any fundamental
basis of disagreement. The tariff issue
is hardly mentioned these days. Only
the advantages of office have kept the
donkey crowd in the field against the
elephant followers for some time. A
new alignment Of political forces is
evidently taking place. Insurgent re-
publicans line up with disgruntled de-
mocrats. On all important issues IA
vored by Big Business extreme right
democrats and republicans hang to-
gether. Bryan states quite clearly that
Wall Street owns both parties. Bryan
pretends to believe that If Wall Street
could be eliminated the democratic
Party could be purified. But it is just
as easy to say that the elimination Of
capitalism would give the donkey a
clean bill of health. Wall Street and
capitalism are synonymous.
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LaFollette is leading the small CAPT
talists. and other bourgeois element
including the labor bankers, in a
foray against Wall Street. Wall Street
cares as much for the LaFollette out
fit as dog does for particularly ac-
tive flea. But the flea does not kill the
dog, tho it causes him temporary dis
comfort. The dog eventually kills the
flea. At least he outlives him. The La
Toilette fiea-biting campaign may be
the nuclei Of party of opposition to
the republican party, taking the place
Of the donkey party which promises to
become historical memory, tho it
must not be assumed that it will just
wag its ears and die right away. The
democrats who see in the nomination
Of Davis, crossing of the donkey
with the elephant may rally to the
political scanvenger LaFollette, but
working class will find no salvation
want is party that will not aim at
sweeping the dirt Of capitalism but
will sweep capitalism itself on the
map.
The DAILY WORKER predicted
that Davis was the most likely dark
horse at the Madison Square conven-
ton. He was the favorite Big Bush
ness, in the person of George Brennan,
was pulling the wires for Davis secret
ly while openly fighting for AL Smith.
The big job Wall Street had to do was
to kill off McAdoo. Smith was the
handy man to do this with. His back
ers never expected he would be nom
in afod huf he ,anraeartod A. r;a,,o.
interests and the Catholic religion, If
not the Catholic church. The injection
of the Ku Klux Khan issue into the
convention inoculated the anti-McAdoo
alliance with the virus of religion
fanaticism. Or to be exact, the anti
Ku Klux leaders were afraid to go
back to their constituents without be-
ing in a position to say that they
fought the Khan to the last. Not that
the political leaders have any religious
scruples, but they have political sense.
Bryan killed himself politically
when he defended the Khan resolution.
After that his thunders against Davis
did not mean so much. After the NOM
ination Bryan said, Il will support the
ticket" which proves how slightly the
smell of Wall Street on Davis Of
Tended the Commoners nostrils. The
nomination of Davis was clever
piece Of work and Wall Street de-
serves credit for the job.
William Hard, hardboiled CORE
spondent, manages to hit the truth
once in a while. He has cleverly
shown in a series of articles that La
Toilette is not progressive but a re
dictionary. LaFollette wants to return
to the days Of small capitalism ant