Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-10
AMBITIONS Of
LONG CAUSED
Speculation
By LYLE c. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O.-Death
struck a smashing blow at the radi-
cal political movements in the Uni
ted States today when Sen. Huey
P. Long died mumbling of his col
lege boys in a Baton Rouge hospi-
tai
\ Long died as he had lived, with
the eyes of nation upon him.
The capital and wise men of
politics throughout the country
some in fear and many in hopeful
confidence-await now the first
rending echoes of the collapse in
Louisiana of a political machine the
like of which had not been known
in this country since reconstruction
days of the south when individuals
ruled states as dictators according
to their WhimS and ability.
Long was the greatest individual
menace to President Roosevelt s
control of the agrarian south and
midwest. He had forged the larg-
est and most likely wedge to be dri-
ven between the new deal' Demo-
cracy and the so-called solid south
and he knew it.
From Maine to California, the
man from Louisiana had follow
ing. In the east it was small, pro-
testing, unhappy minority. In Louis
lana it was the state. In the far
west it was an impotent, interested
audience.
But from the back country Of the
farm belt, from scraWling villages OF
cotton land where share cropperS
gather on market day, from some OF
the wheat states beyond the MisslS-
sippi the senator heard a call-ol
thought he did.
The "kingfish" and his SOUND
trucks were going to those places
next year. An assassin's bullet STOP
ped him on a march toward tn;
White House. The keenest obserV-
ers of American politics did not eX-
pect Huey Long to make his presi'
Dental bid next year. He spoke of j
often enough in his Dragging way
But the Senator's plans appeared Il
be pointed for 1886 toward pas
sage at politics with some of tht
brigade commanders of new deal
strategy rather than with MI
Roosevelt.
Planned Guerilla War
He Judged, and many astute OBJ
servers considered his Judgment t.
be correct, that 1896 was year fo
guerilla warfare of "Share-Our'
Wealth" raiders on new deal" out
posts. Therefore, he made his en-
gagements. First with Sen. JOSEPH
T. Robinson, new deal leader o.
the senate. Robinson is a candidate
for reelection in Arkansas where th
"kingfish" and his sound trucks up
set state politics in 1882 by keeping
Mrs. Hattie w Caraway in the
senate against field of candidates
whose local Prominence made tbs
woman statesman's prospects utter
ly hopeless until Long rolled intt
the fight with his sound trucks FOL
six days of speaking,
Long promised to defeat Robinson
next year and none was sure ~
would fail. After the senate leade'
came Sen. Pat Harrison of Mt5Sis
sippi, like Robinson a candidate
next year.
"I'll be there, Pat" was the Louis
ianan's promise.
The Caraway campaign convinced
Long that his political power Woulc
extend Beyond the borders of Louis
lana, make him at least a leader
with a bloc of states, and perhaps
later surely-put him in the White
House. More than that, the CaraWaJ
campaign frightened south n er
statesmen. From 1882 onward the!
spent much time wondering where
Long would strike next and hopnl
it would not be in their vicinity.
An infestation of earwig has beer
diccovorad il, Mana county and al