Evening star., 1936-11-26
THE POLITICAL
MILL
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.


from Representative James Hamilton
Fish OF New York. There undoubtedly
will be others. Mr.. Fish, who supported
Senator Borah of Idaho for the Repub-
lican nomination in the re-convention
campaign, demanded that the G. o. P.
purge itself of the old guard leaders who
still remain in the national organization.
He demanded, moreover, that a new ma
tional chairman be selected to fill the
place of Chairman John Hamilton. He
took shot at the "Grundys, Hilleses,
Pomeroys, Rorabacks and Liberty League
influences" This sounds very much like
Borah himself, who rang the changes
during his campaign for the presidential
nomination on these gentlemen. Hilles
is the Republican national committee
man for New York and has been for
years power in the national committee.
Pomeroy Is the national committeeman
for New Jersey and Roraback for Con-
necticut.
What Mr. Fish had to say about Chair
man Hamilton was a-plenty. Many other
Republicans will disagree with his criti-
clSm OF the vigorous and youthful chair
AAAesAA' lAdd llOPCu lOl bCttCi ACoNCA okiiP
from John Hamilton" said Fish, "and am
truly disappointed AS Republican ma
tional chairman, although energetic and
youthful, he clung to the political prin-
ciples and policies he learned from Dave
Mulvane, one of the old guard war horses
of Kansas. Hamilton, unfortunately,
represents the reactionary wing of the
Republican party, and Is not fitted, as
one who made dismal failure OF the
campaign by attacking the social secur-
ity act and charging Roosevelt with be-
ing Communist, to reorganize the Re-
publican party along liberal lines. In
war or business, when a leader fails he
either resigns or is forced to retire, and
it is much more important in politics
that the same custom prevail for the
best interests of the party"
Republicans of the West, some of whom
have weathered the storm by not attack
ing President Roosevelt and the New
Deal, among them Senators Borah,
johnson of California, Nye and Frazier
of North Dakota and McNary of Oregon.
the Republican leader of the Senate. 1T
Id tilC Va pOAieiSoA AoAy, iiC odl0,
ito any longer believe, with a handful
of ultra conservatives and BOurbonS,
that the Republican party can survive
or be victorious without the support of
the Western liberals"
The New York Representative, who
halls from President Roosevelt's own
congressional district, insisted that he
will not remain silent land permit the
Republican party to commit suicide un-
der leaders who refuse to recognize that
a political revolution has taken place"
Indeed. he announced that two weeks
hence he is going to speak again on Re-
publican reorganization and Hberaliza-
ton over a national broadcasting chain,
as he did last night. 1t looks as though
he was ready to 90 forward with a one
man campaign if he does not receive
support from other leaders in the party.
1t is a pretty safe prediction, however,
that he will have support, and that other
voices in the G. o. P. will be lifted in
similar attack upon the present organ
ization of the party. How far Fish and
his friends will get is another matter.
Fish turned his attention to the Re-
publican presidential nominee of 1886.
Gov. ALT M. Landon, who, he said, should
never have been nominated. His prin-
cipal objections to Landon were that
"he had no record on national and in
ternational issues upon which to oppose
our master in the White House., and
that Landon was not a good radio
speaker and had no appeal to the vast
radio audience. He did not accuse Lam
don. however, of being a reactionary, but
gave him credit for being an upright
and honorable candidate" and for max
ing a good fight against overwhelming
odds.
How much backing Fish will have in
his demand for a reorganization and
new national chairman remains to be
seen. Hamilton has declared his will
ingness to continue on as national chair
man and to do all in his power to build
up the Republican party for the 1898
and 1910 campaigns. However, Hamil-
ton has had lucrative offers to resume
the practice of law, and he has no wish
to fight lot of Republicans as well as
the Democrats.
representative LOUIS LuQlOW Ol luul-
ana, who was reelected in his district
with more votes than Roosevelt carried
the same district, has a peace amend
ment to offer to the Constitution of the
United States. He plans, he says, TO
make vigorous fight for the submission
of his proposed amendment to the States
by action of the coming Congress. This
amendment would make it impossible
for Congress to declare the United States
at war with another nation unless this
country we're actually invaded or unless
the people. in a Nationwide referen-
dunn, voted for war. 1t would also pro-
vide for the conscription of all public
and private war properties, yards. fac
tories and supplies in the event of war,
with the compensation for private prop
e. ties temporarily employed fixed at
rate not in excess of 4 per cent. His
amendment, Ludlow says is suppol ted
by the railroad brotherhoods. church.
men, the American War Mothers and
many other organizations and individ-
uals, including 101 members of Con-
gress and Frank B. Kellogg. former Sec
retary of State and author of the pact
of Paris. Said Ludlow
America is in the surges of a peace
movement and the American people are
not going to ask, but to demand, that
Congress shall take immediate action at
the session now near at hand to keep
our country from being dragged into
another war. There is grim character
and determination about this peace man.