The Washington times., 1924-11-11
DEMOCRATS
HlPEFQR
UNION


Continued from First PACED
hers to the House Of Representa-.
tives.
81 Of "a Found o. X.
They are supposed in a sense to
represent the most bourbon part
Of the United States.
Yet ga Of the 81 Representative
e. the ''SOIid South" in the next
House Of Representatives viii come
with the approval and endorsement
and support Of the La Toilette fol
lowers.
This surprising situation within
the Democratic party is emphasized
by its showing in the same matter
in the States outside the "Solid
South"
80 Democrats From So States.
From those stat4s--numbering
thirty eighth the East and in the
West and along the border between
the North and the South there win
be in the next House Of Representa-
tives 80 Democrats.
Sixty-aix 1Of them win come with
the approval and endorsement and
support Of the La Toilette followers.
This combined showing by the
Democratic party in the ''Solid
South plus the rest Of the country
would seem to indicate clearly that
in the next House OF Representa-:
tives the ideas OF the La Toilette
followers will be developed, IL at
all. through mahoeuvres within the
Democratic ranks.
McAdO0's Strategy.
This falls IN with the theory or
proposition that William Gibbs Nc
Adoo is on his way toward quite
possibly emerging az the Democratic
leader In 1923!
The McAdoO strategy Is to absorb
the La Follettite progresslvlsm or
radicalism into the Democratic
party and then with that progress
slvisn or radicalism plus the regu.
lar Democratic party machinery at.
tack and Overwhelm the Republicans
four years from now.
The showing In the next House
Of Representatives would seem to
indicate that this strategy is on
OF 1884 Democrats IN the next
House of Representative from all
parts of the country there viii be
$50 present with La FOIlettite ap-
Il. 0. r. Situation Reverse.
Meanwhila fha sifnatlo,, ra,yara.
ing the RapubIicanss e nreciseiv
the reverse.
In the next House Of Rapreaauta.
tives there win he 246 RenlrhIicans.
Only 46 Of them win Is there
with La FOIIettite approval.
The contrast in this respect be.
tween the two parties is manifest.
" most marked.
The Democratic Party Is seen TO
Be represented in the House Of
Representatives by members who
are endorsed by the La FOllettites
20 inc ex1emt 0I ~ per cent.
~ ,~o,,SI.1a.1 - 10y y sSoh ~
aa..aa SsJ ~. a., sosI. ~ 1 ~
4nI s1u py GMo Ia r0nettIseS 20
sllo oAVohO Ol AcSs thAh 10 POI CENT.
Drift Of Two Big Parties.
The conclusion in inevitable that
the Democratic marty is movinr
toward ) snnnort ~ sn.caIIad ,,,.o.
spraazivisiyo oT radicaI;sr, uul,iIA +ha
Renuhlican Marty ia Toovino, touyo "a
: sternar and sfArnev. o,1nos;tio,, -
n ~ 80 - ft'0i -
mt. oc,,oI,,s;o, 4, Fo~.;s,,a ~, !.
consida,.o tioT, ~ 4he ~a1sr 49, $3.50. :
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Ss,,a sne i0N 0So u ie0on'e'
49, ,,4 xro,,. 49,. ....I,
Ls- @@s H se OISo s .:4 Ml
" - MoW 49, anu 2 gSo cOL ~
s:a .aDAS Aliol e''Sou AsOi,siDcaA ma
SOTICy.
AS "A tnose ~ new faces Only ~
ment nv t ~ ~ F III 81 naticnsI
organization from the La Toilette
HEADQUARTERS In Chicago.
with a Republican victory this
year, the La FoIIettite strength in
the House az REPRESENTATIVE went
relatively down.
h. "a. =. n.....4.
- Ol'O AAos An Oo-AOcIass.
Inc strengtn OF IA FoHettlte
progressive or radlcal IDEAS IN suSn
laslers as the Howen-6arKiey Dill
ano y sucn mat1ers as nign TAXA
ulon Ior tne very rlcn, ana IN sucn
1 naasers as the reducuon OF the
trIL ana lne orasuc enforcement
" ne Atl-trusI Jaws against
MoreneTn HhanclM masnates, ~
among aIg 1ne democrats; ana with
THIS years oecnne OF Democralic
general popular electoral strength
Jt Will show q decline In the next