New Britain herald., 1930-12-29
Rumblings of FactiOnal DissensiOn Become LOud- CT With Republicans and Democrats Menaced by Splits.
By GEORGE IT. MANNING Washington Bureau. x. B. Herald

N''uoIlIi lOil bultdu, N D. iitldluj
 Washington, D. C.. Dec 29 -- What of 1891 politically? Will it bring 10 the republican party an other split such as the Taft -Roose- welt division? Will it produce the makings of another democratic i'm brogho such as resulted in the McAdoo- Smith political marathon in Madison Square Garden? Are the two major parties in the United States disintcgrating and is there real substance behind recurrent talk Of third party movement?
 These are the questions which the politically minded in the national capital are considering at the turn of the year. Inevitably the discus sions are colorcd by the partisan de- sires and aspirations of those who participate in them. The present leadership in the republican organi- zation, for example. see nothing wrong with their leadership. The arden Hoover enthusiasts resent the suggestion that the president not yet has shown the peculiar diplomacy which is essential in harmonizing the right and left wings of his party.
 With the results of the Novem- Der election still fresh in the mind, democratic leaders are disposed to scoff at the notion that discord sim mers beneath the surface, They point to the gains made in the last election as irrefutable evidence that their leadership is getting results and that the democratic party again is united and more aggressive than in many years.
 BIOcs in Both Parties
 But the impartial facts make a rather different picture There IS a three-vay rending within the repub- lican party. At one corner Of the triangle is the Hoover group, at an- other corner is the old standpat, ul- tra conservative group; while at the third corner arc the so-called Ilber- als or insurgents. There is no love lost between them. If the president pacifies one group, he enrages the other two.
 In the democratic party there are two very distinct factions. The more obvious cleavage is on the wet and dry issue. The organization as 1t stands today is dominated by the Raskob-Smith attitudes regarding prohibition. But a formidable group within the party, reflecting what they conceive to be the sentiment ot their localities, mostly south and west, adheres to the dry cause. They believe that wet presidential can Tjdate has no chance of winning Tn their states; they know that without their states, democratic success m the nation is very remote posslpll- ity.
 Industry vs. Agriculture
 Less obvious, but quite as real IS the division within the democratic party on economic philosophy. west of Pittsburgh and south ot Balll- more, with a few notable exceptions such as the Chicago and St. Louis areas, agriculture is the dominant economic factor Democrats in those states have no enthusiasm for the leadership Of the industrial east There is substantially more real Jeffersonian sentiment in the south and west than in the east and north east, although these Jeffersonians may be quite inconsistent in their attitude toward personal liberty when it comes to the question of liquor.
 Inconsistent as they may be, they look with suspicion on proposals tc deliver the democratic party to the leadership Of industrialists such as John Rosllob or Owen D. Young or Franklin Roosevelt. They see no real difference between the pollucal philosophios of these men and that Of the typical lIamltonian rcpubIl- can. They say they do not believe that the democratic party should be but an imitation of the republican party.
 No Moses On Horizon
 It may be that some political genius may appear on the scene with the ability to reconcile these hos tilities in the democratic ranks. None such has appeared to date, and in his absence there is the lively prospect of a very healthy row be- fore the democratic presidential nomination is made in 1882.
 If the so-called liberals would roll over and be quiet, both the major | parties probably would experience <, little difficulty in composing the diff |
 Iat Gfti n factions and everything would be | lovely. But the progresslves have | been making a lot of noise. They l have been the aggressive. hghung | group. especially in the United | States senate for several years and | they have forced to the front and | kept out in front several economic | issues until they threaten to become the major issues in the next national campaign.
 Hoover and Power Issue
 The water power issue will not be settled even though this session ot congress arrives at some acceptable compromise on the Muscle Shoals proposition. From the standpoint Of allaying agitation, President HooV- CTS selections for the new power commission generally are looked upon as unfortunate. Certainly. the first official act of three members Of the commission in discharging two employees of the commission who. heretofore. had been thorns in the flesh for power interests, was stupid when viewed from the standpoint of political consequences. AS matter of fact, the president has permitted himself to be jockeyed around to where he will experience difficulty in convincing those who believe that trpct raaI1v ic oothliDp mn