Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-29
Editor Says Merging OF IndSpend-
ents And Democrats Ii Answer.
Judge Lamar Differs.


One set Of spokesman are setting up the
plea that the only hope Of success In 1928
Is for the Southern Democracy to divorce
itself completely from the Eastern Democ-
racy and combine with the independent,
third party movement in the west led by
La Toilette. Both W. G. McAdoo and W.
J. Bryan are understood to be In thorough
sympathy with this plan.
During the last campaign an effort was
made to negotiate combination between
the Democratic party and the party Of
La Toilette. but IL could not succeed be-
cause La Toilette then expected to absorb
what was left Of the Democratic party in
both the east and west and let the south
60 It alone till il learned better.
EDITORIAL VIEWS.
George F. Milton, editor Of the Chatta.
noosa News. and enc Of W. G. McAdoo's
campaign managers. writing in the Gen.
fury for May. evidently believes the south
is now ready ITO learn better" His an
swer to his question. Can the Democratic
party be savedi" is the sealing Of the
proposed combination between the follow
ers Of Bryan and McAdoo In the south and
the disciples Of La Toilette In the west.
The Milton article raised the hair on the
heads Of eastern Democrats. judge VIM.
H. Lamar, an assistant attorney general in
the Wilson administration. in an interview,
pointed out that Mr.. Millions plan In prin-
ciple has already been thoroughly tried
out in the three Bryan presidential cam
paigns. with disastrous results to the
Democratic party, but Mr.. Milton would
improve upon the Bryan plan by modify
ing the party principles so as to attract
the La Toilette group. which VIGOROUSLY
included the communists, the socialists.
and other native and foreign malcontents.
WHAT PLAN Would MEAN.
IF such plan should be carried out at
the next presidential election IL should be
manifest to any one that not single
northern or eastern State nor border States
east Of Oklahoma could be carried. and II
is extremely doubtful whether the solid
south could be kept intact under such plan,
whatever the local situation may be-"
Judge Lamar points out that Mr.. Milton
ignores the fact that the Democratic party
would have TO surrender its very soul-the
principles Of Thomas JeffersoD-if II en-
tered into any such combination as Milton
proposes. With him "the principles for
which such party should stand seem to
be Of little consequence. He would seize
the livery Of representative Democracy
and under its name lead this new COM
bination to political victory. He cites fie-
ures to show that the aggregate vote OF
Davis and La Toilette at the election of
1924 exceeded the vote of Coolidge In
sufficient number Of States to have changed
the result II they had been combined in
support Of single candidate. and presto,
the Democratic problem Is solved"
CONDITIONS UNCHANGED.
Judge Lamar observes that Mr.. Milton
attempts to show that the agricultural
interests Of the south and west are similar
and argues that these sections should
eravitate together" But Judge Lamar de-
clares these conditions are the same as
they have been since the Civil War;" and
he asks why has the west politically held
aloof from the south all these yearsi Is
It. he asks. because the west had been
settled by the soldiers Of the grand army
OF the republic and their sons. II so, Is
there any evidence that the sectional pre-
judice Of the west against the south Is
any less than 1t was years ago. when il
almost solidly supported the Force bill ?
Only this spring the west threatened to
raise practical embargo against certain
southern products and the two sections
have time and time again demonstrated
their inability to cooperate in agricultural
legislation.
while the Democratic party should be
a national party. says Judge Lamar, with
principles broad enough for good govern
ment for the man in Kansas, Georgia or
New York. the fact remains that there are
north Of thes Potomac larger proportion
Of people who adhere To Jeffersonan prin-
ciples- individual liberty. religious free
dom and state riehts-than. are to be
found In any other section of the country,
and II should not be difficult for the south
with its traditions and professions to CO.
operate with this section politically. until
the west realizes the errors Of its ways"
ADHERE To JEFFERsoNIAN PLAN.
THE Democratic party. when led by
Grover Cleveland on a Jeffersonian plat
form, was a national organization" says
this Wilson Democrat He cites Cleveland
election figures to show that he carried
States in every section of the country,
while Bryan. in his three campaigns for
the presidency, was never able to win a
single State in the east and lost most of
the border States. In Bryan's last cam
paign he carried only Colorado. Nebraska
and Nevada. with total Of l6 electoral
votes. Bryan had practically lost the
west and he lost Delaware. Maryland, West
Virginia and Missouri. The comparative
results Of the Cleveland and Bryan cam
paisns have demonstrated the futility of
the Democratic partys turning its back on
the east and opening its arms to the west"
Judge Lamar holds.
The RELIGIOUS PHASE.
Mr.. Millions suggestion that the south
and west have a common ground for crawl
tatins together politically in their oppos
tion to the Catholic church Judge Lamar
fears may forebode religious agitation
In this country such as devastated Europe
before the American constitution was
adopted. the history Of which was then
fresh In the minds Of the trainers Of that
great document. The early settlers Of this
country came here mainly seeking religious
liberty and article five Of the constitution
provided that no religious test shall ever
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