The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
WHITE HOUSE
ASP|RANTS ARE
LIMBERING UP
Donkey and Elephant
Seek Jockeys

John Rarleyeorn will no longer be
a voice crying In the desert according
to the political currents already blow
ing which Indicate that many native
sons are willing to sacrifice their per
sonal comfort for the hardshlps asso-
oiated with the presidency and that
several of the candidates are ready to
grasp John 5arleycorn by the hand
and in face of all the world, dry and
wet, slaughter for him the fatted calf
and sprinkle his path to the family
homestead with sawdust.
Issues being scarce and democrats
being much like some republicans and
some republicans being very much like
some other democrats, the quality and
character of the beverage that a citi-
zen may choose to quench his thirst
with, may be the determining factor in
pinning the bouquet on the political
jockey selected next year to ride the
democrat donkey to victory.
A Willing Jockey.
BY the same token, the lordly ele'
plant, may be mounted by a knight OF
the amber fluid or the nnocent-looking
distillation that grows the heather on
the bonny hills of Scotland. Such a
rider may make the king of the circus
uncomfortable as that beast has been
accustomed to take his drink and say
nothing, unlike the mealy-mouthed
jackass who lets the world in on every
thing he does.
Getting down to concrete things, pol
itical forcasters see in Al Smith, the
jolly Tammanyite from Oliver Street
the daring rider who will jab his spurs
into the donkey's TANKS and guide him
safely to a four-year pasturage on the
White House lawn, unless the ele
plants droppings have rendered the
grass unfit for consumption.
Likewise the elephant is not without
a candidate for his back. He is Sen
ator Wadsworth of New York, who is
as wet as a waterfall.
The democrats may abolish the two.
thirds rule in their convention so that
a simple majority would be sufficient
for election. This has often been talk
ed of, but nothing came of it.
This would be favorable to Smiths
changes it is believed. The fact that
Smith is a catholic would hinder his
chances of election even tho he
secured the democratic nomination
tho big business has confidence in him
and the great propaganda stunt that
Rome pulled off here in the form OF
the eucharistic congress is calculated
to impress business with the political
power of the catholic machine in the
United States.
Smith is also on good terms with
the labor bureaucrats and is elastic
enough to be able to impress the
liberal elements favorably. Such a
personality would be extremely use
full to the big business interests, pro-
vided a standard bearer of their favor
tie party cannot make the grade. With
Smith running on the democratic
ticket and a Charles Evans Hughes on
the republican ticket, Wall Street
would have no reason to worry no
matter which side won.
It Is A Large Field.
Among the most prominent aspir-
ants for the G. o. P. nomination are
Frank o. Lowden, who is playing up
TO the Disconnected western farmers,
Charley Dawes, whose Wall Street
connections are good but who may be
regarded as a westerner, Nicholas
Longworth, speaker of the house who
was made famous by his marriage with
Ethel Roosevelt, daughter Of Teddy
and Calvin Coolidge, the present
White House incumbent That the
latter is out for reelection is beyond
question.
OF the local political fights that at
tract considerable public attention is
the Wisconsin fight between Governor
Blaine Of the LaFollette machine and
Lenroot, who is supporting the Coo
lidge administration. The junior sen.
ator from Wisconsin is running into
some opposition from parts Of his
fathers machine. There is a deal OF
jealousy because Of the way the young
upstart stepped in to claim his fathers
toga as II the senatorship was some