The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-03-17


harassing big business. believe 1t is
generally conceded that some big bust
ness ought to be harassed, but there
must be legitimate business some
where. know that many of the Dem
oWatic wheelhorses are a little bit
alarmed. They think the confidence
upon which the President is depending
can be undermined in this direction.
AS Republican office holders file out
from their jobs throughout the coun-
try and the Demo-
New Things Gratis march up to
Transpirinp the pie counter I'M
der the mandate Of
the November election, things are
transpiring here In washington that
appear to the observers to be some
thing new even in this hub of the
political universe. The regulars" In
both major parties are becoming con-
cerned about it. They do not know
exactly what it means, astute politi-
clans though they are.
Ordinarily, when a change in adj
ministration has taken place such as
we have just experienced, the "ins"
stick together and seize all of the
spoils and the "outs" sit back awhile
and suffer. 1t takes few months for
those who were licked to establish
their poise as the minority
To the extent that the "ins" are
seizing the spoils, the recent change
in control of the government has pre-
scented nothing new. But the "outs'
are not sitting silently awaiting better
luck. They have begun to build battle
lines.
In the meantime, within each of the
two major parties other movements
are taking place. Within the ranks
of the Republicans, that is, the old
line party men and women, there is a
concerted effort to rid the party OF
the individuals who failed to stand
hitched to the Republican platform
and candidates. Within the ranks Of
the Democrats, there is very definite
effort, just as concerted as exists
among the Republicans, whereby the
conservative wing Of the party in
power will have its feathers clipped.
In other words, the regular Repub-
leans are fighting to retain control OF
their party and the liberal and radical
Democrats are struggling with a
mighty effort to capture control of
their party.
The new Democrats apparently feel
their OATS They want recognition. 1t
is a problem with which the old-tim-
ers have not been compelled to deal
before Frankly, they are puzzled.
While this gas going on, Senator
Norris, of Nebraska, who was elected
as Republican, but who always has
been the bell sheep of the progressive
flock, was going forward with some
ideas of his own about establishing a
new bloc. He proposed that those of
liberal tendencies band together and
organize a group which could maintain
a headquarters in Washington. to op-
crate freely and without affiliation
with either major party, and to WELD
the power which he insisted they had
available to them.
The Norris proposition seemed to be
tor Reed, the Pennsylvania Republican
who often has been described as prob
ably the most regular of all regular
Republicans. Senator Reed makes no
bones about the situation. He says
the time has come to kick out those
who have been wearing Republican
label at election times when they are
candidates, and who then jump the
reservation.
But when Senator Norris announced
his ideas about the progressive bloc,
the Reed declaration assumed new
significance to the observers. On the
surface, it may seem to be just an
ordinary party fight, yet the under
current of gossip contains suggestions
that here actually may be the beginning
of new alignment in politics.
In every campaign, each major party
has fired blank shells at the opponents
about their reactionary tendencies.
Each party has entered the claim to
being the better equipped to adapt the
federal government to the new condi-
lions. 1t has happened year after
year.
Now, however, as a result of the
Reed declaration of principles, the
Norris command to the progressives,
the movement among the younger mem
bers of the house and the generally
disturbed conditions, some folks actu-
ally are looking for the segregation of
conservatives in one party and the
radicals In the other.
Then, there is another possibility
that is pointed out by those who seek
to analyze the trends
More Parties In Europe, it will
Possible aforementioned, there
Is not a single cOun-
try which is not the homeland
of whole flock of political parties.
AS many as dozen parties exist in
some of the countries It Is asked:
are we to see three or four or half a
dozen political parties formed in this
country?
In support of the theory that there
is a very real possibility of the pres
ent two-party system being destroyed
and a new political structure erected
In its place, attention may be called to
the widely divergent interests Of our
nation. There Is the manufacturing
East, the agricultural Middle West
and South, the mining areas. the irri-
CATION states, the sections where dairy
ing predominates, as well as the fruit
centers. Linked with each and every