The Washington times., 1932-10-17

goes an indirect attack on Mr. Roosevelt because Mr..
Roosevelt not born poor Is Mr. Coolidge turning
Communist? Or am l. as | suspect, little dense!
London Calling
Comments from abroad often Illuminating. A friend
of mine discussing the election and an Engishman
said "Ah yes. And when Mr. Hoover is defeated he
will become the leader of the opposition won't he? My
friend replied that defeated candidate retains for
time the post of leader of his party but explained that
Mr.. Hoover would not be in the Senate the House.
The Engishman was baffled 1t seemed to him against
nature that we could elect complete Congress of Demo-
Gratis to support Democratic administration with moth
ing to correspond to His Majestys opposition He didn't
how managed in administration dlspleased
us, why had to wait four years before turning
an unsatisfactory government out
At the time heard of editorial in the London
Times expressing the usual European bewiderment
two parties. The Times went to the extreme of quot
ing limerick, which repeated to me:
There was an old in Khartoum
Who kept two black sheep in his
"They remind me-" he said,
"Of two friends who dead
But I can't remember of whom"
The two black sheep, according to the Times are
two parties, reminding suppose, of Hamilton and
Jefferson.
Yet there is difference which Americans feel deeply
For thing the Republican party has ruled the
try almost continuously since the civil war, with Ceve
land and Wilson the conspicuous interlopers sacred
Republican territory In the period since the Civil War
America has become great industrial and imperalist
country and the ruling party has, naturally taken the
characteristics. That is to say the Republican
party had to represent the dominant forces-the great
powers of industry and capital For long time made
effort to harmonic the desires of these classes with
the desires of all the people, Tradonay that has been
the role of the Democratic party-an opposition out of
office.
The Pyramid
There isn't much difference between the parties as
there should be-especally in the programs The Re-
publican party should have called itself dry for one
thing and the Democrats should not have been burdened
with the occasional high tariff members of their party
But the feelings of the parties different Neither
represents single class-we haven't divided up that
way; each represents choice of emphasis think that
the average man of small income who is Republican
thinks the Republicans will take of him by begin
ming at the top and letting prosperity tricke down to
him. And the wealthy industriast who is Democrat
there many-beleves that you begin at the base
of the pyramid and wealth will increase at the top be-
increases all through the structure On the whole
the Democratic party has liberal cast the Republican
conservative This is due to the difference in their
experience The Republicans being in, want to change
nothing The Democrats, being out that something
has to change or drv-rot will set in.
Our foreign friends do not recognize campaigns for
what they system by which every four years Amer
leans learn something about their Government. They
seminars in political education. They register conf
dence dissatisfaction It is quite certain that this year
the issue is not between radicasm and Notwithstanding
matter what the Republicans may say 1t an issue be-
tween two kinds of Americansm-the kind we imagine
we ought to have and the kind we have had
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