The Washington times., 1929-11-09
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George H. Moses, chairman OF
the Republican Senatorial Cam
paign Committee, to the middle
west today left in its wake fears
OF a far-reaching schism within
the Republican Party.
q The flippant reference by Moses
20 Western insurgents as the
. Sons of the Wild Jackass" left
the Independents angry and bit
A ter toward their campaign cnair.
man. Consequently, his invasion
OF their home territory for a
@eries Of political conferences"
heightened the tension within Re-
publican ranks.
Possible Developments
Several developments may fol
low Moses trip to the political
. wigwarns Of the middle west IN
their Importance, they are:
} /. Organization by the insur-
gents of a campaign committee Of
their own choosing, financed by
popular subscription, with mutual
aid for each other in next fails
senatorial campaigns.
2. A possibility that the regu-
lar Republican organization, de-
spite its friendly assurances thus
far, will finance and support
orthodox candidates against each
4 InSurgent senator, standing for
reelection next November.
8. A counter-attack by the In
= SurgentS on Stand-pat regular Re
publicans who must likewise go
. to the polls in 1880.
If the insurgents do form their
own campaign organization and
q fight develops between the two
factions Of the Republican party,
a breach would follow that would
make the split of 1912 look like
harmony. It undoubtedly would
be carried into the 1882 election,
= seriously endanger Republican
success in the Presidential cam
: paign Of that year and might
lead to the permanent creation
Of a. third major party.
Such extraordinary develop
ments would not be far fetched
In view of the recent records of
the leaders involved in the pres
ent controversy.
Only a year ago Senator Nor
ris (R) Of Nebraska, veteran In
surgent leader, broke away from
his party to support Alfred E.
Smith, the Democratic preSiden-
tial, nominee. The rest of the in
surgent group remained loyal to
Herbert Hoover's candidacy.
y Chiefly because he was promptly
and warmly supported by Sena.
. tor Brookhart CR) of Iowa, and
Senator Borah (R0 of Idaho.
Now both Brookhart and Borah
Shave split with the President and
have taken the 1ead-along with
eVorris-in opposing the admins.
tration.
Ousted From G. o. p.
In the preceding presidential
campaign, the elder La Toilette
(R) of Wisconsin, bolted his
party to head third party move.
ment. He carried with him his
, son, now Senator La Toilette, Sen
ator Frazier (R0 of North Dakota
and Brookhart. Frazier and
Brookhart once we're denied all
Republican recognition because
of that bolt, only to be read.
nlitted to party councils two years
later.
Way back in 1912, Senator Hi.
ram johnson (RO of California,
his States governor, Joined with
, the late Theodore Roosevelt in
the famous Bull Moose revolt.
SJohnson even ran upon the Roose-
velt ticket as a candidate for
the Vice Presidency. Thus, many
of the present day insurgents have
had practical experience in bolt
ing the Republican party.
The activities Of Moses in the
Middle West will attract great in
tereSt, not only because of his
political friendship for President
Hoover apd his official position
\ as Senatorial campaign manager,
but because Of his known an
tipathy for insurgents. The Sen
ator'S "jackaSS" reference was but
one of a long list of sighting
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Republican independents in the
Senate. Then, too, Moses was re-
sponsible for offering the post
of SENSATIONAL campaign treasurer
to Otto j. Kahn, the Wall Street
financier-a11 appointment that
outraged the insurgents.
There remains some possibility
. Of peace in the Republican party,
despite all the war talk. The in
surgents have indicated a willing.
ness to go right along with the
party, whenever their political
views accord with the regular
organization, and remain Repub-
aicanS even when the two groups
disagree. Actual warfare can
come only if the regular Republi-
cans make some overt act hostile
to the political welfare Of the in
surgents. If such an act occurs,
there will be open and lasting
warfare.
The warfare will be nation
wide too, Since-aside from the
whole House Of Representative
A34 Senators must face the elec-
torate. Of this number, there are
|21 Republicans and 13 Democrats
now in the Senate. Only four out |