Evening star., 1935-05-06
ThePOlitical Mill
By C. Could Lincoln.


plane crash in Missouri today takes
from the Upper House one OF the
hard hitting younger Republican
progressives. Senator Cutting had
won place in the respect and friend
ship of his colleagues. He never left
any doubt as to where he stood on
public questions, and he invariably
took the liberal view. He was one OF
the strong supporters Of the demands
for generous treatment of the World
War veterans His insistence upon
notifications of the Roosevelt econo-
my act, which he contended worked
hardships on the veterans, is be-
lieved to have sbeen responsible for
the serious break which came be-
tween him and the Roosevelt admin
istration. Cutting had supported
President Roosevelt In the 1882 presi-
dental campaign, turning away from
the Republican national ticket. But
the Democrats worked hard to defeat
Cutting for reelection last year.
Senator Cuttings death will mean
another Democrat in the Senate. pos
sibly former Representative Chavez,
who was Cuttings opponent in the
1884 election. The Governor OF New
Mexico, a Democrat. has authority to
appoint to fill a vacancy until the
next election Is held. Senator Hatch.
for example, was appointed to the
Senate in october, 1888, to fill va
cancy caused by the resignation Of
| former Senator Bratton. and was
elected to fill the place in November,
1884. The present Governor is Clyde
Tingley. Coming just as it does on
the eve of vote in the Senate on the
soldiers bonus bill. Senator Cuttings
death may have consequences OF far
reaching Importance. The vote in the
Senate, if it comes to proposal to
| override a presidential veto, may be
extremely close.
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| If the spokesmen for the Demo-
| cratic party are to be believed. the
G. o. p is so badly split. so divided
as to what its course should be in
the coming campaign, that the Re-
| publicans dare not hold national
gatherings to discuss the situation,
but must content themselves with
regional conferences" At the same
/ time. spokesmen for the Republican
party see the Democrats themselves
divided over the "socialistic" plans Of
the Roosevelt New Deal. and ready to
split into violent factions These
points of view we're emphasized in
Pittsburgh Saturday night, when Sem
ator Robinson Of Arkansas, Demo-
cratic leader Of the Senate, and Sem
| ator Dickinson of Iowa spoke to the
same audience. They were invited to
discuss the New Deal" before the
Amen Corner-and they did. But
neither neglected to pay his respects
to the opposing political party.
! Senator Robinson took his fling par
ticularly at the recently projected re-
| gional conferences Of the Republicans.
I after he had scored combination" be-
! tween "old line Republicans and radi-
| GALS He even went so far as to
suggest that radical propaganda is
! being financed in part with funds
contributed by conservatives in a des-
/ parate war to break down the faith
of the people in the Roosevelt New
Deal. The regional conferences Of the
Republicans, one Of which was recently
held in Boston. and another is to take
place next month in Springfield, H.,
are merely TO avoid and to postpone
the internal conflicts" in the party.
which Robinson sees resulting as soon
as the Republicans attempt TO gather
in national convention.
|
Reiterating his declaration that "the
Democratic party amt what it used
to be-" Senator Dickinson went into
considerable detail regarding the gen.
esis Of the New Deal" now attributed
to President Roosevelt. He explained
that in 1924 the Conference for Pro-
gressive Political Action, which met
in Cleveland and nominated the late
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette of Wis
consin for President and Senator Bur-
ton K. Wheeler of Montana for Vice
President was the real father Of the
Roosevelt New Deal-and that men
who were prime movers in the Cleve-
land meeting are now occupying key
positions in the Roosevelt New Deal
| administration. He said the speech by
the national chairman of the confer
ence in Cleveland was "headlined"
as New Deal Is Text of Keynote. E"
We believe the time has come for a
New Deal was language used in a
message to the presidential nominee,
/ Senator La Toilette. signed by A. A.
Berle, jr.: Frederic c. Howe and
others. Mr.. Berle is described by
Senator Dickinson as "one of the
original members Of the brain trust"
and Mr.. Howe as the consumers coun-
sci Of the A. A. A.
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Who. asked Senator Dickinson, was
chairman of the Resolutions Com
mittee of the Cleveland convention
which nominated La Toilette and
Wheeler in 1924? And he answered
None other than Mr.. Donald r.
Richberg, now assistant President
of the United States" The Iowa
Senator proceeded to give some of the
resolutions to which Mr.. Richberp
and his Resolutions Committee gave
birth at the time of the Cleveland
convention. They were almost iden-
tical with several of the New Deal
policies. One of the resolutions read !.
I'VE favor submitting a constitutional
amendment providing that Congress
may, by enacting a statute, make It
effective over a judicial veto" Mr..
Richberg may wish that such a con-
stitutional amendment was in effect
when the Supreme Court of the
United States hands down its de-
cision in the Schechter case, involy.
ing the constitutionality of the Mr. A.
Some of the other resolutions
adopted ran almost on all fours with
the Roosevelt New Deal policies. For
example. they said: Public owner
ship OF - water power and
creation of a public super-power
system"
strict public control and perma- =
nent conservation of all natural re-
sources. ="
Promotion of public works in times
OF business depression"
Reconstruction of the Federal Re-
serve and Federal Farm Loan Systems
to provide for direct public control of
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