The Bismarck tribune., 1934-11-09
HOUSE SPEAKERSHlP
TO Cause Fight IN
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Northern Group Opens Deter
mined Drive to Name
Leader in Congress
LAF0LLETTF 70 MAKE TOUR
Farley Predicts Roosevelt Will
Be Reelected by IMAM
imous Verdict
Copyright 1884, by the Associated
(Press)


(Press)
Washington, Nov. o.-(R)-Th<
first sign Of internal rivalry In TIN
Democratic party since Tuesdays
victory raised It to its highest pin.
nacle appeared Friday. Certair
Democrats north Of the Mason-D Dtxor
line opened = determined drive *
capture the speakership Of the
house, for which the South also 1.
contending.
Declaring that the South has beer
In the saddle In the house for fou,
years because It. held the majority
leadership and the chairmanship o1
all major committees, these Demo.
Gratis ask more power. They empha-
size that northern Democrats nov
have more seats thap the South
Representative Martin J. Kennedy
Tammany Democrat who disclosed
the drive, said he believes "New York
Is entitled to the speakership."
This development topped . list Of
others as Tuesdays smashing triumph
for President Roosevelt's party opened
almost umitless possibilities:
I. James A. Farley, Democratic
chairman, predicted that Mr.. Roose-
velt would be reelected In 1895 By q
verdict .prs6eically unanimous" The
Republican party, he said, is posi-
lively through"
Liberty League Launches Drive
2. The American Liberty League
quiet before the election, jumped into
the picture when its president, Jouett
Shouse, said at Lexington, KY, that
It would launch this month q drive
for 1.000, 900 members. Denying en-
phatically that the League was or
gani0ed In definite opposition to the
present administration" he said 1t
would oppose any attempt at per-
version" Of American principles mo
matter from what source such at
tempt may come"
3. Senator young Bob" LaF'ol-
lette planned q lecture tour to tell
people the economic principles that
prompted him to start his new pro-
gressive party. The senator, who ia
vors huge program Of public works,
still remained silent about the con-
versation he had with President
Roosevelt at luncheon Thursday.
Some thought It might have touched
on the forthcoming plans for social
security.
I. President Roosevelt, saying
nothing about Tuesdays plebiscite,
continued to attack such problems as
the budget, relief, public works. With
l7,000, 900 persons on relief rolls, half
Of them getting outright doles, relief
officials are ready to put more en-
phasis on work relief the moment the
word comes from the White House.
A swing away from the dole to work
relief Is noticeable.
Situation Worries Fletcher
5. Republicans were thinking q
great deal about the future of their
crippled party. Henry p. Fletcher,
national chairman. was In New York
to confer with leaders. Though men
like Senator Borah were calling for
drastic reorganization along more lib
eral lines. there was no sure sign yet
Of what would be done. LaFbllette
and others foresaw q new alignment
on . national scale.
s. Two contests for congress were
still undecided. Senator Bronson Cut
ting. Independent Republican, still
ran ahead Of his Democratic rival,
Dennis Chavez, in New Mexico, and
. seat in New York now held by
Democrat was In doubt. But neither
could affect materially the landslide
which gave the Democrats about
four-fifths Of the major offices in
the country.