Nogales international., 1940-02-10
Discord In G. .O.P. Thought


Hampshire for the Republican Presidential nom-
nation may be joke to everybody but Senator Styles
Bridges but, at least he must be credited with bring
ing new note in the sounding discord of G. 0. P
thought.
According to the Ham Fish school of Economics,
everything done by the Roosevelt administration is
wrong In the philosophy of Candidate Senator Taft
some of the Roosevelt business may be partly right
The Vandenberg idea is that most of the Roosevelt
objectives must be preserved, but under Republican
administration and the happy conclusion of District
Attorney Dewey is that whatever forwards certain
candidacy is O. K. with him. He is for balancing the
budget and thell with anybody who asks him how he
would go about accomplishing it.
Into this strange chorus ventures the Senator from
New Hampshire. All the stated objectves of Roose-
welt are right! But beneath the skirts of every de-
clared purpose he the coven foot Take the N L.
r. B. 1t is generally supposed to be for the purpose of
relieving labor of certain forms of coercion, ETC. Ac
cordng to Senator Bridges it is merely agency for
bureaucrats to vent their hatred against business
Then there is the Securities and Exchange Commits
sion, formed to prevent certain WellknOWn forms OF
stock market sWindling, but which the New Hamp-
shire Senator has discovered is employed "to check
legitimate enterprise and give observation-disclosures
the opportunity to put into effect their theories to
how business should be run.
Social Security could be made something worth
while by Republicans but now it is, says Senator
Bridges, "an imposition on the employer and part
fraud upon the employee
When Republicans Disagree
This rough survey of the ideas of various Republi-
can spokesmen- candidates suggests that there
may be some disagreement when it comes to formu-
lating a platform The Glenn Frank committee has
been working at it for something more than two years
and does not appear to be any nearer to accord than
the Republican aspirants.
Governor Francis P. Murphy of New Hampshire re-
Gently sounded mournful note to his fellow Repub-
licans when he harked back to the Bull Moose revolt
of 1912 Even the takeoff Of his Senator did not in
spire him with any confidence for he refused to see
fo-,4 4LoG ~,
Given more" he said, "an disturbed by the lack of
unity exhibited by these woudb leaders, At the pres
ent time the three spearheads of party travel
ing in three different directions in their conceptions
of party policies and their views of what is best for
the future"
Dolefuly, he came to this conclusion "I am very
emphatic in my opinion that political history will
duplicate the fateful results of 1912 unless 60 back
to old Republican principles.
Perhaps there may be something of comfort after
all in this sad Governors dea for it at least implies
that there is enough left of the Republican party to
have bolt
We must wonder how he is going to feel in the near
future when the announced rash Of g. 0. P. speech
making breaks out-when Herbert Hoover sounds off
in Omaha, Chairman John Hamilton speaks in New
York Mr. Dewey talks in half dozen places, Senator
Vandenberg electrifes ST. Paul, Senator Taft shows
in Florida Governor James of Pennsylvania and Gov
Bricker of Ohio and few other candidates are
all on the programs and all within single week.
The Sound and Fury
With so much oratory in the wind ordinarily there
would be some expectation that somewhere along the
line somebody would say something Of Importance
but there is no indication of such an outcome The
same men have been talking for months. Their com
bned speeches. if set up in ordinary newspaper type
and measure, would make column twenty leagues
long, the flies and yet there has not been
single sentence that anybody remembers; not para
graph that anybody would quote off-hand not
phrase, let alone slogan that caused tingle or
thrill It is doubtful if in all wordy history Of po
ltical zephyrs gales there has been period de-
void of sensation, so destitute Of even novelty.