Evening star., 1925-03-22
NEW SPIRIT is SHOWN
TOWARD THE RAILROADS
Sentiment for Consolidation Marks
Complete Reversal in
Public Opinion.

has been badly shot to pieces by in
dependent movements and at this
stage Of the proceedings is upon a
very precarious basis. Mr.. Bryan
contends that the Democratic party
cannot hope to outbid and should not
attempt to outbid the Republican par
ty for the high tariff and financial
vote Of the East, because, he says,
1T is out of our reach and out of
sympathy with the great Democratic
principles the party represents" For
the Democratic party to lead the
masses of the people in the next con-
test, he contends it will be necessary
for them to be specific on the big ma
tional economic issues in which the
voters of the South and West are in
terested, and adds:
'All local issues and all other is-
sues dividing the parties along racial
or religious lines must be forgotten II
the party is to represent the masses
of the peope a a whole on questions
that really affect the Nation
1t will be recalled that after the
Democratic national convention last
year William Jennings Bryan him
self. the brother of the candidate. eX-
pressed the sentiment that the East
was hdbelessly lost and the party
would have to turn to the Wess and
South for any hope of victory. The
respective ideas advanced by the Bry-
an brothers and Franklin d. Roose-
welt are calculated to receive A great
deal of comment from Democratic
leaders over the country and the
Democratic press.
Eyes on Next Congress.
Some of the active Democratic
leaders are at present disposed TO
hold that it is looking far afeld to
begin to consider 1925 and contend
that there is other knitting closer st
hand. There is Representative Oldfeld
Of Arkansas for instance chairman
Of the Democratic congressional cam
paign committee. who maintains that
the first job for the Democrats is 10
carry the congressional election Of
next year, and to that end he holds
that this is no time to be talking
of accommodating any section. 1t
is always the task of the party which
has been ousted in q, national election
to devote its attention next to carry
ing the House of Representatives in
the succeeding congressional election.
This Is based on the proposition
which has so frequently been demon
strated of the reaction of public senti-
ment, expressed in the national
election by the party in power los
| ing the House of Representatives,
while in full swing. There have been
| occa sions when this reaction has
amounted to landslide. which has
| cut the underpinnings from the party
/ in power. Mr.. Oldfield is at present
! at work upon organizing the voters in
/ every State. county. city and pre-
! cinct. lining up for the fight in 1926
to recapture the House OF Representa-
| tives from the Phillistlnes
| Politics is not adjourned in New
| York State, but is very active sT this
| very hour. having a bearing on presi-
| dental politics of the future. Gov.
Alfred F.. Smith is now enga ged with
the Republican Legislature in a par
| tisan struggle for advantage which is
| recognized as being associated with
his presidential aspirations for the
future. The Legislature Is in tur-
moil and its politics simple. if not
pure. Later in the Fall, and with the
| preliminaries thereof even now in
| the ma king, there is to be another
! political whirl over the ma ayoralty in
| New York City. which is considered
secondary in interest only TO d ma
tional campaign.
So, taking the prospect by and
large. il would seem that those who
thought politics has adjourned have
another guess coming.