Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1933-03-16
those factions will stick with the Pres

the plea of men who are losing their
FARMS the vail of those whose savings
are being wiped out by failing banks.
1t gives rise to the question: Will con-
gress keep It's head and try to enact
sound legislation? Or will 1t yield TO
the cIamor TO nix things up and at
tempt to do so by undermining the
currency. by voting out additional bill
lions in loans to corporations with In
durable diseases and to states to spend
every which way. and cause additional
burdens of taxes to be saddled on
those who carry the load?
There appears to be a very real
danger OF this situation. Further,
there appears to be q very real dam
ger that congress will go too far In
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
ocratic wheelhorses are q 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
Transpiring the pie counter I'M
der the mandate OF
the November election. things are
TRANSMITTING here in washington that
aDpear 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 1t.
Ordinarily, when change In ad-
HainistratIen- has taken place such as
we have just experienced. the ms
stick together and seize all OF the
spells andpthe 'outs" sit back awhile
and =suffer.It=t takes a few months for
| those ,wha-weEe= lieked-to= establish
their polse as the minority.
To the extent that the "lns' are
| selling the spells. the recent change
| In control Of the government has pre-
| senred 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
i 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-
| licans are fighting to retain control OF
their party and the liberal and radical
Democrats are struggling with q
mighty effort to capture control OF
their party.
The new Democrats apparently feel
their oats. They want recognition. II
is a problem with which the old-tim-
ers have not been compelled to deal
before Frankly, they are puzzled
While this was going on, Senator
Norris, OF Nebraska, who was elected
as Republican, but
Morris Plans who always has
| New Bloc been the bell sheer
/ of the progressive
flock, was going forward with some
ideas of his own about establishing q
new bloc. He proposed that those OF
liberal tendencies band together and
organize group which could maintain
q Headquarters In Washington. to OPP
crate freely and without affillatloT
with either major party, and to wielt
the power which he insisted they hat
available to them
The Norris proposition seemed to bt
q direct answer to the blast by Sena
tor Reed, the Pennsylvania Republican
who often has been described as prob
4 abty tire most regufur of niff regufu1
Republicans. Senator Reed makes M
homes about the situation. He say
the time has come to kick out thos'
who have been wearing a Republican
8 label at election times when they ar,
candidates, and who then jump TIL
reservation.
But when Senator Norris announces
his ideas about the progressive bloc
the Reed declaration assumed nep
significance to the observers. On tn
surface, 1t may seem to be just al
ordinary party fight, yet the under
current Of gossip contains suggestion
that here actually may be the beginning
Of new alignment In politics.
In every campaign, each major part
has fired blank shells at the opponent
about their reactionary tendencies
Each party has entered the claim t
being the better equipped to adapt tn
federal government to the new cond
tions. 1t has happened year afte
year.
Now however, as result Of tn