Evening star., 1935-08-25
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
EFT US look into one aspect Of
the presidential campaign next

" EFT us look into one aspect oi
the presidential campaign next
year, in which the forces and
IL figures are emerging at tine
earlier than in any campaign I can
recall. So many developments are
under way, many Of them unprece-
dented, that it will help If We look
at them separately.
VIII there be a conservative, third
party, Democratic ticket next year2
I am not speaking, in this article. OF
the Huey Long enterprise. I am con-
sidering party to accommodate con-
Servative Democrats, especially con-
Servative Democrats in the South.
where, no matter how great their dis
satisfaction with the regular Demo-
cratic ticket, the disaffected are loath
to vote the Republican one.
If there is q conservative Demo-
cratic ticket next year the result
would 60 far toward assuring defeat
for Mr. Roosevelt. Such ticket would
get a large vote In the South, where
leaders Of Southern thought have
come to understand not only the
broad objections which traditional
Democrats have to the socialism in
herent in the New Deal, but also have
come to see that the New Deal is,
for reasons I shall not go into here,
particularly deadly to the economic
interests Of the South and inimical
also to many of the South's most
cherished social and political tradi-
tionS, including States rights. II
there were a conservative Democratic
third party and If there were also =
Huey Long party the two might readily
absorb so many Southern votes as to
lose that section for Mr.. Roosevelt.
viii there be a conservative Demo-
cratic third party? Maybe. But 1t
will need to arise from leaders not
now active as ONCE holders within
the regular Democratic organization.
Byrd and Glass Make Denial.
On this point. a recent episode
throws light. In Virginia, the two
Democratic Senator'S, Glass and Byrd,
are outstanding critics and opponents
Of the New Deal. OF this fact the
New Dealers took notice. They in
spired a story to the effect that MesSrs.
Glass and Byrd would next year or
ganiZe in support Of q conservative
Democratic ird-party movement in
Virginia. The intention of the story,
no doubt, was to smoke OUT the two
Virginia Senators.
At once Messrs. Glass and Byrd
took notice. They issued joint state
ment saying they had no such notion
and would countenance no such move
ment-they will remain with the reg
ular Democratic party.
Now let no one revile the Virginia
Senators for qualification, Senator
Glass is without challenge the leading
American now in active public life
and Senator Byrd would be included
in any list Of the five ablest Senators.
Senator Glass is the outstanding critic
and opponent of the New Deal, more
able and more effective than any Re-
publican critic. But Senator Glass
cannot take himself outside his party.
1t would impair his influence, might
result in his defeat next year, when
he Is up for reelection; might result
in his enforced retirement from the
public life in which he is now the
most useful figure we have. Conceiv-
ably, Senators Glass and Byrd might
take part In movement to prevent
Mr.. Roosevelt's denomination by the
Democrats, though, Of course, I have
no authority to say so. That would
be acting within the party-it would
be strictly regular. But they cannot
20 outside the party. They cannot op-
pose Mr.. Roosevelt for reelection
after he has received the Democratic