Evening star., 1925-01-28
Politics at Large
NJ G. GOULD. LINCOLN.

l ing Senator last December, recon-
mended the strengthening of party
| lines and the, development OF party
| allegiance and loyalty He was not
addressing the Senate, but the Re
| publican Club OF Massachusetts, In
| Boston, He made an Interesting ad-
mission--coming from the national
chairman of the Republican party
! in connection with the overw whefmfus
| election Of President Coolidge The
huge vote east for President Cool
1 idge. he said, was made up in part OF
men and women who voted for COOL
| idge the man. rather. than Coolidge
| the Republican It is these voters,
Mr.. Butlev said. whom the party must
, win TO Itself permanently II possible
We must prove 70 them that our
| party lis worthy of the President. and
/ that the President Is typfcally
| product Of our party" said Senator
Butler.
! Chairman Buffers appeal to
strengthen the feeling of party
aIIeRfance and to make, IT possible,
permanent converts to the Repub-
lican cause shows a shrewd grasp OF
the situation. The voters In the
country have worn the party yoke
L
have progressed The so-caIIed in
dependent vote, which owes allegiance
| to no party standard has grown TO
| vast proportions. Senator Butler
/ pointed to the benefits to be derived
| from party government-and declared
| that the system of party government
as It developed in this country has
been TO the interest OF the whole
people.
"AH our efforts, and am speaking
plainly" said Mr.. Butler. will come
| to nauGht unless we succeed in de
| velopins, not only among the rank
and nIe, but among the leaders and
| our duly elected officials an apprecia-
ton OF the necessity Of party loyalty"
| II was IN recognition Of this situa-
| ton. Mr. Butler said. that certain
gentlemen were lately stricken from
the Republican rolls" He had -refen-
! ence to the action of the Republican,
caucus of the Senate, which has
sought TO read out of the party Sena-
tor La Toilette OF Wisconsin, and
three Of his followers in the last
campaisn-Breokhar Of Iowa, Ladd
and Frazier of North Dakota
Senator Brookhart is looking for
| ward with considerable confidence
that his right to seat in the Senate
f-contested by his Democratic oppo-
| nent, Steck-wili be confirmed. He
won the Republican nomination in the
primaries. While his Repubiicanism
was challenged by the party ergani-
zation In Iowa during the campaign,
and the state central committee has
sent resolutions to the Senate urging
that he be not seated because he
abandoned the Republican national
ticket and followed La Toilette. he
maintains he received the greatest
number of votes cast for Senator and
cannot be denied the right to repre-
sent Iowa in the Senate for the next
six yaers-
Reports that have reached Senator
Brookhart indicate, he saws. that
iprobabiy thousands of straight Re-
publican ballots were not counted
for him, although he was designated
as the Republican nominee for the
Senate number of election judges
raised the question whether these
ballots should be counted for Brook
I hart. 1t Is said. The fact that
straight Republican ballot-whfch
means the voter indicated he desired
! to vote the Republican ticket all
down the Iine-fnciuded Breekhart
was tho great advantage which the
i Senator had in the election over the
La Toilette presidential ticket in
Iowa
Senator Curnmins of Iowa, President
! pro tempore of the Senate, comes up
for reelection two years hspce-
shouId Senator eErookhartsb be denied
a seat In the new Congress and his
Democratic opponent be seated, ii Is
likely that Senator Brookhart would
enter the race for the nomination for
Senator against Senator Cummins in
1926. = -
In a little oyer three weeks time
the Conference for Progressive Poiit,
cal Axtion-which nominated La Fo'
Iette for President last July-wfli
meet in convention In Chicago 20
tackle the question of setting up 2
new political party. Senator La Fol
Iette has gone to Florida for his
health He is not expected to pc IN
Chicago at the time of the convention
He was not there as a matter of fact
when the convention nominated him
last Summer But some of his friends
expect the Senator to send TO the
conference a. message, and in that
! message to set forth what he thinks
q new political party should stand
for, and what It's organization should
be, IL one is to be formed 1t is no
secret that Senator La Toilette mas
ilong believed there should be new
Alignment politically in this coun-
l
gathered into one group and the con-
servatives into another. If he could
be the father of such party, II would
be the crowning glory OF his career
his admirers say But h Senator La
Toilette sends to the convention
message outlining the kind OF party
a new third party should be, and the
convention deviates from his sugses-
tions, then Senator La Toilette could
tn
weight Of his name to the proposed
organization.
| At the convention in Chicago VIII De
various schools of thought on the new
party idea. The Socialist delegates
are all for a new, liberal party, and
40 are Some Of fsthe Farmer-Labor dele
gates On the other hand, delega tions
from the great organizations OF labor,
the American Federation of Labor
and the railroad brotherhoods, look
askance upon the proposal Ihey
| prefer to proceed along the line OF
non-partisan political effort which
thev have followed traditionally, sup
porting those candidates and plat
I forms which they believe more
friendly to labor, without seeking to
make themselves responsible for any
single political party.
| While there Will be serious enort
to organize the new political party
II is admitted that the movement Is
not so strong as II was few months
aso-in fact before the Coolidge
avalanche descended upon the FRO
sressives and the Democrats
\
The Democrats are still cropping
about for issues and for healing
remedies for their party wounds,
senator PAT Harrison of Mississippi,