The Washington times., 1924-09-27

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tatl0n OF celebrated Hungarian
melodies, typical of that race, and
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serenade. Les Millions D'ArIe-
selections from ;.Maytiima.;;;., Driso
March Finale, "DefIle. Ho HaesS
The Star Spangled Banner
to become. If they can, the progress
sive party In two-party system In
which the other party win be an
outrlghtly, completely conservative
party. For the role Of being the
conservative party the La Toilet.
tltes pick the Republicans. For
the role Of dying and disappearing
and making way for a new. era
by getting out of 1t the La Fol-
lettites pick the Democrats.
They say, indeed, at times that
there is no difference between Re.
publicans and Democrats. at other
times they express their feelings
ana ambitions more exactly. They
ironically applaud Coolidge's con.
slstency and sincerely they con.
trariwise jeer at the division of
opinion among the Democrats. They
tell their hearers to choose between
God and Baal; they tell them to
pitch their tents on one side OF Jor.
dan or on the other. They tell
them to cling to the Golden Calf or
follow the Ark of the Covenant.
BY these tactics they hope to split
the Democratic party down the mid.
ole. They are willing to surrender
the Golden Cali part Of the Demo.
cratic party to the Republicans.
They will be satisfied IL they can
get the Bryafiistic Ark OF the Cove
nant part Of it. They calculate that
the Bryan part is the larger part by
Tar. They, therefore, along with
the Republicans, wish not merely Il,
defeat the Democratic party. They
wish to destroy 1t.
Aim at E0rope's System.
Republicans and La Follettites
alike in their campaign strategy are
aiming at the European system of
consistent parties. ThereuDon, the
democrats are more and more the
only old-fashioned American voice
IN the campaign. They lift that
voice TO say more and more that
they are middle OF the road
party. Middle of the road is polite
Tor both sides of the road. Our
parties normally ever yince the
aeath OF the old George Washington
redeFalist party. which was con-
sistently a party Of wealth, have
included conservatives and pro.
gressiyes both.
The vice in this arrangement has
been vice in logic. It has made
each party look unreasonable. II
mas made each party look ridiculous.
The merit Of it has been that no
matter which party came into
power, the yard arms Of the ship of
state showed a full complement of
conservative sailors on the star.
board side and q full complement of
progressive sailors on the Fort side.
and II the ship went forward at All
e went forward on tolerably
even keel.
Our system Of inconsistent two.
winged parties has been ridiculous
IN theory, but in practice, IN the
opinion Of its defenders II has con.
tributed greatly toward giving ue
our really remarkable governmental
stability. Inconsistency and stabil.
lty has been our record. Logic and
swaying and lurching Of the boat
from side to side all the time viii
be our future, according to the
Democrats II we go into for aItora.
lions at Washington between a
crew all Of Co0lidgeites and crew
all Of La Follettites.
Beware Of Extremes.
Beware Of extremes, say the
Democrats. They mean beware OF
having only one extreme In your
party. They mean vote for a party
with both extremes In It and then
by the law of averages you win be
safe. They are making q historic
stand for the old American way Of
political life.
The seeding La Follettites and
the purified Republicans are max.
ing an historic or futuristic stand
for having the ship Of state manned
with sailors all wearing red or all
wearing white. The Democratic
sailors would be attired In red.
white and blue and also in addi'
tional colors II handy. It Is the
American tradition and the Demo.
cratic campaign speakers as the
campaign wears on are more and
more emphasizing the assertion
that the Democratic party repre-
sents the composite, all class party
system Of our ancestors.
Thes Republicans and the La. Fol.
lettites meanwhile are more and
more emphasizing the assertion that
party which Is inconsistent with.
in itself can produce usually only
deadlock when 1t Is In office and
that only clean cut logical party
can In office act decisively and
make the ship Of state go definitely
somewhere. That IL now the 'argl.
ment. and counter argument and
that IL the issue now underlying
and overlapping all other issues IN
this campaign.
Copyright. 1924 BY. Current News
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