The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-20
IRVING to Consolidate The Democratic Party for 1928.

Let no one imagine that the withdrawal of William Gibbs
McAdoo from the the presidential nomination the
democratic ticket aid the candidacy of AL Smith,
governor York Quite the contrary it is an astue poll
teal that will challenge the ingenuity OF the Smith
hackers The by McAdoo that ne IN
tends step aside order harmonic the democratic party
under new leadership carries with it invitation for Smith, IN
the name party unity also step aside That the action OF
former prince of the Wilson dynasty was Wen con-
sdered the signal for concerted against Smith IS
by the statements of prominent democratic senators
from the southern states
Senator Caaway of Arkansas that if Governor
Smith should McAdoo and announce himself not can
dida the democratic convention " name president
of the States This is tantamount to demand that
quit the Senator Harris of Georgia also takes the
position welfare of the party demands the elimination Of
cAdoo and Smith Senator Fletcher of Florida frankly
Il think Governor Smith should now withdraw and wipe
the slate clean"
The statements outstanding southern senators
is nothing than declaration of against the
Smith candidacy under the plea for consolidating the forces OF
the democratic party.
DcAdoo although considered in 1920 the heir apparent
Woodrow Wilson, reality the heir of the mantle of William
Jennings Bryan who and amboyantly led the
bated forces of the petty bourgeoe democracy to defeat 1t
the Wilson tradition of political spokesman for the House
Morgan McAdoo upheld but the middle class tradition Of
Organism The San Francisco convention of 1920 and the New
York convention the final stages of the progress
ve decline of this dwndng faction and registered the supre
macy of the Tammany combination These
tons proved that the Bryan clements although they could pre-
vent nomination of the first choice of the eastern wing of
the party, could not nominate their own candidate.
It significant Caraway, in his comments
The withdrawal of McAdoo stated that personally
of Senator James A. Reed Of Missouri Reed
is the New York governor wet and rdcules McAdoos
contention that those opposed the eighteenth amendment and
the Vosead 'nuficatonists But Reed like McAdoo,
represents interests of the middle elements of the demo-
party and will be acceptable the southern politicians
compromise candidate although he cannot expect to get the
nomination against the wishes of Wall Street.
Wall Street in motion its machinery try swing
the behind Smith, indicated by the purchase
powerful newspapers Georgia and Tennessee For the
the south will be the of fierce battle
for delegates the nominating convention of June Nc
bombshe dropped right into the center of the field
battle addressed to George Milton publisher of the
Chattanooga TENNESSEE News who will direct the fight that
against the Luke Lea chain of dominated by the
electric power Before the smoke of battle has died down
Smith boom the south will be pretty well shattered by the
heavy artillery bourbons that will be directed against the
combination Tammany Hail. the pope Rome and Wall Street
personied in the New York governor The preonvenon
campaign the SOUTH officially launched by the McAdoo
statement will make the defeat of Smith in the November
elections if he receives the nomination The manpulators
democratic machine will probably be convinced of this
of the opening of the convention and hence they will have
stable full of dark horses to rot forth at the last moment
While the game goes the workers will gain in political
derstandn2 they follow closely this conflict and keep mind
fact that McAdoo and his cohorts particular favoes of
railroad brotherhood labor politicians while Smith sup
ported by New York labor utenans of capitalism all
whom oppose the creation of party of labor because it
would end their lucrative alliance with the political
ties of the enemies of labor.