Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-07-21

The address OF John w. Davis at
Charlottesville, Va, in behalf Of the
old order as opposed to the new deal,
heartens those who are disturbed by
the trend of affairs at Washington,
while it draws caustic criticism from
those who think with the Buffalo
Times that, except for the literary
flavor, the speech might have been
made by the late Calvin Coolidge
Mr.. Davis opponent for the presi
dency in 1924"
Summarizing Mr.. Davis speech, the
New York Sun days: He sees Con-
gresS delegating 10 the President
duties which no man can carry out
by himself He sees these duties dele
gated 10 SubordinateS whose very
names and identity are not infre-
quently unknown and undiscoverable
He sees on the Federal pay roll some
644,00 employees for more than five
OF whom no single man or woman has
cast vote. He sees the old order
denounced here, as it is by the Com
muniStS, Fascists and NaziS, as some
thing that has failed us. And,
although he did not say it in so
many words. he sees the very condi-
tions which appalled, him under Pres
ident Hoover and which are now
magnitied a hundredfold by expert
breeders OF bureaucracy who were not
heard of in that distapt year, 1892,
when the Democratic party made the
splendid but unkept pledges"
Assuming that some of the new
deal ventures will succeed in whole
or in part" the Toledo Blade adds
that Others probably will result in
lamentable failures and concludes
that the successes and failures will
develop more fully before the next
presidential election" That paper
finds Significance in Mr.. Davis as
sertion that surely we have warrant
TO believe that within the framework
provided by the old order progress
is still possible, reforms are still prac-
ticable and recovery is still attain
able
Mr.. Davis" says the Kansas City
Times, pays tribute to the President
for his energy, promptitude and
driving power He is not for or
against the new deal as a whole He
Is aware of evils in the old order
which the new deal undertakes to
eliminate. But he is afraid of slow
strangulation by an engirdling bu-
reauracy.' He is not a standpa tier,
but fears the concentration
Of executive power, such as now exist
ing, regardless of the greatness of
the executive exercising it. He is
troubled by the measure Of complai-
SAINT acquiescence, public and legisla-
tive, even TO the unconditional sur
render of some State Legislatures.
This bureaucracy, remarks the Buff
falo Evening News, lis opposed by
those who, as Senator Glass said after
hearing Mr. Davis speech, do not
wish to be consigned to the whims and
capriceS of men not nearly SO wise
as those who wrote the Constitution. 3"
THE ISSUES involved" ia the opinion
OF the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
are not definable within the lines
OF Republican and Democratic party
platforms and policies. The refer
endum that is to be held in the cleo
ti0ns of 1894 and 1886 will break
party ahgnments, even If there shall
be no new parties formed. President
Roosevelt and the new deal can antie-
ipate a considerable support from
within Republican lines. Consistently
and naturally. in recognition of the
nom partisan character OF the issues.
they must anticipate opposition from
within Democratic lines. becoming
msre clearly defineds as the discus