Show Third-Party Third Talk Thero There Is no doubt a radical crowd I that would be willing to o flock to a third thir party that seemed powerful enough to cause trouble but the best guess is that if It this crowd cro gets n no countenance at Chicago it will bob up at San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco with more hope of ot being made welcome If It the Republicans adopt as they are expected to do a conservative attitude on the big problems that confront con con- con 1 front the nation there Is sure to be al a I drive at San Francisco for tor the tho radical vote and temptation to play pia up to I It will be exceedingly strong If It there is not radicalism enough there to please the tho outers out-and-outers the air may I be filled with third party talk but with scant probability of It coming to more than talkA talk A powerful argument against a third 1 party is Is th that t unless i less your radical has lost all sense senile of proportion and Is go goIng going go- go ing to run amuck tor for the fun tun of it ft he must have ha in view some object that he hopes to attain through his action lie He must be out either to el elect ct his own manor manor man manor or to help bring about the defeat of somebody else If It his aim is defeat of the Republican n candidate a queer way of doing It would be to divide the Democratic party to which a a. radical platform would appeal surely as strongly strong strong- trong-I trong i ly Iy as it would to Republican voters The Republican party would have to view with concern of ot course a bolt led by men like Johnson and Borah But what likelihood Is there of ot such a development the only conceivable ef effect effect ef- ef of ot which would be a victory for tor Mr Wilsons Wilson's program the very thing these men have been fighting A few tew months can bring about surprising political po po political changes but Just at the present moment the only elements that seem at all likely to embark on a third party movement are those that would cause more anxiety and m more re floor loor walking at San Francisco and in the white whitehouse whitehouse whitehouse house than Baltimore elsewhere Baltimore News Independent |