Evening star., 1927-10-30
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
TO MEET TUESDAY
OIdfieId, King and Tydings to
Speak at First of Pub
lie Series.

The National Democratic Club will
begin to function actively with a
public meeting at it's headquarters
i'm the Washington Hotel Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock. Men high in the
councils Of the Democratic party will
speak, among them Representative
William A. Oldfeld Of Arkansas
chairman OF the Democratic national
congressional committee. and Sen
ators William II. King of Utah and
Millard f, Tydings of Maryland.
The meeting will be the first Of a
series arranged for the purpose or
maintaining and further extending
interest in a more effective political
organlzation for the Democratic party
throughout the country. The MEM
bership of the club. which is in
corporated under the laws of the
District, is confined almost entirely
to substantial Democrats in every
congressional district throughout the
Union. with the District and nearby
MARYLAND and Virginia well repre-
sented on it's roster, according to
lea derS.
The corporate existence Of the club
dates from April, 1928. 1t has been
active. however, in national poiltlcs
since the early days of the hrst
| Woodrow Wilson campaign.
Importance Is Stressed.
The club functions as business
orga nization. 1t does not participate
| in prenomination campaigns. as It's
principal object is to assist In ac'
! complishing the election of the party 8
| I,,lx, daciOnafad pnpninpp9 In TINS
connection 1t maintains an up-to-the'
minute survey Of political conditions
| In the so-called doubtful or border
line states. for in these localities Its
greatest efforts are made, 1t is ex'
| planned.
when it is realized that the cleo
| ton of 21 additional Democratic mem
bers of Congress would have made the
present Congress Democratic, said L.
karlton Mosteller, assistant to John
w. Hayes, president of the club, and
| that their election could have been
accomplished by rallyinG to the polls
| a comparatively small number OF
stay.at-home voters in the doubtful
States through effective organization.
| the Importance Of this matter Of main
| tanning an up.to-the minute survey OF
political conditions in such localities
| may be more accurately and fully
appreciated.
Denies Being Minority Party.
Contrary to the general impress
sion, the Democratic party is not a
minority party Many of the States
are governed ty Democratic govern
| ors and the record of the Democratic
party in Congress is favorably com
parable with that of the Republican
party. There are % States with Dem
ocratic governors. which give the
! Democratic party a majority or the
States with an electoral vote suffi'
cient to elect a President. In the
United States Senate there are AZ
Democrats and 48 Republicans and
| FarmerLaborite.
"a careful analysis Of the last elec-
ton results affecting the Congress
strongly Indicated that self-iniicted
acknowledgements and general public
indifference to politics and govern
ment explains why the Democratic
party was not returned with com
Portable working margin in both
houses of Congress. In this connec-
ton it is interesting to note that So
per cent of the country's voting capac-
ity was exercised in the 1896 presi-
Dental election, while in 1912 the per-
centaga had declined to so per cent
and in 1924 the decline had been so
great that it reached less than so
per cent of the eligible vote"