The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-18
G., O.P.S SPLIT
AS ELECTIONS
DRAW NEARER
Conservatives and Liberals
at Odds in Battle
Over New Deal.
BY THOMAS L. STOKES
Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Sept. i6.-Seven
weeks before the congressional cleo
lions finds Republicans today still
as badly split as ever over the flu
ture course of the party. pulled this
way and that by outright %conserva-
tiveS and moderate liberals as they
have been since President Roosevelt
trampled them down in 1892.
The primaries are nearly over. The
results show a preponderance among
the party's senatorial candidates Of
out-and-out conservatives who have
attacked the Roosevelt program all
up and down the line.
The fate Of these men in the COM
ing elections may have a bearing ON
future policy. Most of them are
old-line stalwartS. At their head is
Senator David A. Reed of Pennsyl-
Yania, recognized as an heir appar-
ent Of the HoOver-Mellon regime
which was repudiated by the voters
in 1882. along with former Secretary
OF Treasury Ogden l.. Mills.
Differing pointedly with their
philosophy is a middle of-the-road
candidate, Senator Arthur Vanden-
berg OF Michigan, who has decided
New Deal leanings for a Republican,
and Senator Charles r. McNary of
Oregon, minority leader. who has re-
manned quietly aloof since his seat
is not at stake.
N. Y. Liberals Out
Beyond these. in "outer darkness"
as far as the @. o. P. is concerned.
is the fringe of western Roosevelt
Republicans" who do not enter into
any consideration in the tug of war
within the party-Johnson of Cali
fornia, La Toilette of Wisconsin, Cut
ting of New Mexico. Nor can Senator
Lynn Frazier of North Dakota, who
also is up for reelection, be classed
with the G. o. P. He is rather with
the Observation-Disclosures school.
The fight between the conserva-
tives and the liberals has been
draniatized in New York state,
where Old-liners led by Representa-
tive James w. WadsWorth and house
minority leader Bertrand H. Smell
have thrown overheard the liberal
Kingsland w. Macy, state Repub-
lican leader, who wanted to make
the election campaign on state is
sues and ignore the national pattle
over the New Deal.
Direction of the party's national
campaign, SO far as propaganda is
concerned, is in the hands of the
conservative group which seized
control at the Chicago Republican
national committee meeting and
chose a Pennsylvanian, Henry P.
Fletcher, as national chairman.
No Echo in West
But the critical broadsides eman-
ating from national headquarters
here do not find an echo among
many Republicans out in the coun-
try, particularly in the west, and, as
a matter Of fact, seemed to work
no charm in "doWn-east" Maine.
The majority of Republican seats
az AoouC III ANONCllADCl dLG III GdSbSIllg
conservative territory. ANY inroads
by Democrats in this territory would
be regarded as handwriting on the
wall for the conservatives. Some
have p~rofessed to see it already in
Maine.
Much interest centers in the Wis
consin primary tomorrow in the size
of the vote polled by Senator Robert
M. La Toilette, who has no opposi-
ton for an Independent party nomi-
nation. Democrats as we'll as Re-
publicans will watch this vote for a
clew to possible third party strength
beyond both Republican and Demo-
cratic lines.
Old-line conservatives pin their
hopes in the coming election upon
such regulars as Reed in Pennsyl-
Senators Austin, Vermont;
Hale, Maine; Hatfield, West Vir-
ginia; Kean, New Jersey; Hebert,
Rhode Island; Townsend, Delaware;
Walcott, Connecticut; Fess, Ohio;
Robinson, Indiana, and Patterson,
Missouri.