Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-04

du Pont family big munitions man'l-
facturcrs Of Delaware, either cOutri-
butcd or loaned the league more than
% per cent of the $493175 which has
'oar contributed to it. or a total Of
$143,25O, that John J. Raskob. former
lager OF AL Smiths presidential
campaign gave $4,000 to the league
and that ohter wealthy industrialists
have been among the largest contri-
butors to it. are only serving to show
that the Liberty League is definitely
anti-Roosevelt and pro-Rcpublican. it
is being pointed out here. The pre-
vailipg Opinionin the more OutspOlcn
political circles here is that the Lib
crty League is nothing more than
tho Republican party in sleeps cloth
ing. trying to convince the public that
it is composed Of both Democrats and
Republicans. when in reality it is
composed of nothing but Republicans.
some Of whom were formerly Demo-
Gratis when the Democratic nominee
for President happened to suit them,
os when Al Smith was the nominee.
For it is now conceded by most Dem
ocrats here that Smith was just as
conservatives as Hoover and just as
acceptable to big business as Hoover
and that fundamentally he never was
and never will be a Democrat in the
sense that Roosevelt is a Democrat.
It is also cited by some of the more
liberal Democrats here as showing
that the conventions of both major
parties had been under the control
of the conScrVa tiveS and mOneyed in
tcrests until Roosevelt was nominated
and that these same interests are now
trying to regain control of the Demo-
cratic party, or at least of the con-
vention 1t is contended that these Ill
iterests still have control, as they have
always had in the past, of the Repub-
lican party, with the exception of the
liberal bloc headed by Senator Borah.
The activities Of the Liberty Lea
que and the Republican National
Committee, which many think arc
working together as closely as if they
were Siamese twins. are going to
bring the forthcoming campaign
squarely out into the open as a cam
paign between the wealthy conserva-
tivcs who believe in the Hoover doc
trine oe rugged individualism" and
the devil take the hindmost" and the
liberals. as represented by the RoOsc-
welt administration. who believe that
the wealthy few must help to bear the
burdens of millions of less fortunate
who try to make a living but who
arc frequently unable to. ii is main
tanned here. In other words, for the
first time in history the Democratic
party gives indication OF becoming q
really liberal party. while the Rcpub-
Iican party will become the real con
Servative party it is pointed out. For
in many cases in the past, it is con-
coded that in many southern states
the conservative party. while it has
been the liberal party in the north
and west.
il the activities of the Liberty Lea
que and the Republicans i'm fighting
Roosevelt and the New Deal succeed
in bringing about a new alignment
IN both parties and make them really
locrai and conservative in nature as
many now think they will, this new
alignment may have a distinct bear
ing on state politics and the contests
for the Democratic nomination for
governor. the Senate and for Con-
gress, some maintain 1t is going to
mean that those Democrats in the
state who for years have voted the
state Democratic ticket but voted for
the Republican candidates for Presi- !
dent, are going to have to come clean |
one way or the other also that all |
candidates are going to have to take
definite position, it is claimed