Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-10-04
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by William Bruckart

November elections.
The fate Of the progressive party in
Wisconsin as organized by Robert M.
La Toilette, Jr., and his brother Phil,
can be expected to have considerable
bearing on the plans of those who are
viewing the field to determine whether
sizeable public sentiment can be mar
shaled behind the third party move
ment. Many political strategists both
in the National Capital and elsewhere
believed, and gave expression to their
views at the time, that Senator La
Toilette made major political error
when he came out openly for President
Roosevelt in 1882. This made certain
that the Democrats would carry Wis
consin-the state many regard as the
birthplace Of the Republican party
and it was equally certain that the as
tute James A. Farley, as chairman of
the Democratic national committee,
would lose no time in building up
formidable Democratic organization
through the power of patronage at his
disposal as postmaster general. The
vote in the recent Democratic primary
indicated that he had done a rather
thorough job, but whether the La Fol
lette hold on the Wisconsin electorate
can be broken remains to be seen.
With some four or five tickets in the
field, including the Democratic, Repub-
Dcan, Progressive and Socialist, the
outcome is bound to be doubtful.
Whatever the Democratic majority
may be in the next senate, the New
-, Dealers are certain
Would Guido to have two flies in
"Kingfsh" the ointment, when
heretofore they have
had only one. Mississippi is sending
to the senate its former governor,
Theodore G. Bilbo, to join Louisiana's
irrepressible Huey P. (Kingfsh) Long.
Mr.. Bilbo, who became a newspaper
clipper in Washington under the New
Deal, has promised his constituents
that If they would send him to Wash
ington he would "raise more HI than
Huey Long" He has set for himself
a very sizeable job because admittedly
Mr.. Long has raised more HI since
he has been in the senate than was
raised by even those two Heretofore
Incompatible HI raisers Cole Blease
of South Carolina, and Tom Hefiin of
Alabama. They constituted real team
from the South during their stay in
the worlds greatest deliberative
body" but unquestfonably Long and
Bilbo will put their record to shame
that is if they team up together. Sem
ator Long has demonstrated during his
brief stay in the senate that he likes
to, hold the center of the stage with a
silent cast about to admire. Whether
he will take kindly to another ''h--l
raiser" within his own party ranks
remains to be seen.
Democratic leaders do not overlook
the possibility that If these two team
together they might create a schism
within the party ranks. Senator Long
has far outstripped any of the New
Dealers in some of the proposals which
he has made, and Mr.. Bilbo apparently
is determined to keep pace with him
II not surpass him. There are several
Democratic senators who might con-
ceivably go along with them, as they
are not wholly satisfied with what they
regard as the conservative radicalism"
of the administration.
Two pieces of legislation enacted by
the last congress with view to aiding
the farmer seem des
Due f0r tined for the scrap
Scrap Heap heap. They are the
Bankhead com pull
sorry cotton control law and the Lemp
ke-Frazier form mortgage BILL Strange
ly enough it is Senator Bankhead of
Alabama, author of the cotton law, who
leads the revolt against that measure.
which limited cotton production to ten
million bales with each state allocated
its respective share of this total. It so
happens that the total yield was only
nine million bales, q million less than
permitted by statute. But, peculiarly
enough, some of the southern states
had superb weather and raised more
than they were permitted to raise un.
der the ALLEGATION made by the Agricul-
tural Adjustment administration. There
is a penalty of $50 on every excess
bale raised in any state and taken to
market. Mr.. Bankhead would have this
confiscatory tax waived, setting UP the
argument that since only nine million
bales in all are available it is senseless
to keep any of it off the market in the
face of crop shortage.
The Lempke-Frazier bill, in the first
test case brought in the courts before
Federal District Judge W. Calvin
Chestnut, in Baltimore, has met the
fate which its opponents predicted 1t
would meet. It has been declared un
constitutional. The purpose of this
measure was to declare a moratorium
on farm mortgages for a period of Eve
years.
1t will be recalled that this was ON,
Of the measures which was passed BY
the senate In the hectic closing hour.
of the last session, and It is no secre,
that many Democrats voted for 1t H.
the belief that Mr.. Roosevelt woult
veto 1t and that even II he did sig
(which he did--the courts would dc