The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-09

1cal sense bes
 hind this demand" The sense, to quote the recipient of the inspira. ton, lies in the fact that
 "the present struggle will not be over in November, even if the Republicans win both the Presi. dency and the House of Repre- sentatlves. They cannot possibly win the Senate until 104O. A Republican President elected this fall must serve four years with . Democratic upper chani- Der. A friendly ViCe-President, presiding over that body, could do much to secure cooperation"
 The logic of the Tribune's rea- soning may be quite clear to It's editors but to me 1t is cock-eyed. Just how a Democrat CD who took a run-out powder on his party and became presiding officer over a Senate which is overwhelmingly regularly Democratic could expect or receive cooperation, is an t1- scrutable mystery to me. Under what circumstances e man, who by strict party principles must De viewed as e political renegade, could get assistance from his for- mer party associates in the upper chamber is beyond my powers of imagination. Perhaps the Tribune has altered its age-old conviction that Democrats are the spawn of Beelzebub the Prince of Devils and that all their deeds are prompted by the Powers of Dark ness. All that Is necessary to Ind the flaw in the reasoning Is to pic. ture Q Republican Senate presided over by Q Republican vice-Presi- dent who had walked, galloped, ambled, sauntered or scuttled out of the g.o.p. ranks and had been elected to of1ice as running mate to a Democratic presidential carl- didate. I fear the cooperation he would get--and deserve--frcm his erstwhile political fellows would be of the same kind as Abel got from Cain. (See Genesis 4:8.)
 
 Whose Idea?
 The Herald -Tribune's demand for a coalition presidential ticket (the coalition feature being con- tingent upon . Democrat taking second place of course) got lot If hallvhoo. wide dissemination and no little praise from those who were long on praise and short on brains. It was heralded from end to end of the land as soEne- thing altogether original and the newspaper was congratulated on every side upon its heaven-born inventiveness. But among the bouQuets showered upon the Her. ald- Tribune was one concealing Q brick from MT. Paul Block, the publisher of Q string of news. papers, who had no intention of letting 6 rival sheet get all the glory for the inspiration. The Herald -Tribune's demand ap. peared on the front page of the June 2 issue and while that paper was still taking bows and tossing . kisses to the applause givers, MT. Block on June 1, in Q paid adver- tisement, delivered his dornick, to witt
 "It is encouraging to note that 60 important and influential . newspaper as the New York Herald Tribune for many years . staunch advocate of the Re- publican party and its prInci. pIes, has joined with the Paul [ Block Newspapers in an appeal to the delegates tO the Republic can convention i'm Cleveland to nominate . coalition ticket, with . Republican as the presidential nominee and . true JefEersonian Democrat for vice president.
 'As early as February 17, our newspapers, In . first page ed- itoriai, urged this course"
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