| Show History shows Democrat downfall j not too probable By DICK MONSON Widespread speculation has spontaneously arisen over the of the rift that has recently developed in the Democratic The seriousness of the situation was in the recent nominating- convention when one southern delegation stormed out of the hall in angry protest to the J platform endorsement of Truman's civil rights Bitter southern Democrats assert that by insisting upon his has insured the destruction of the Democratic It is difficult to believe that the country is witnessing the disintegration of the Democratic New Deal Democrats refute such claims as but all evidence points to the Disintegration of the Republicans was widely heralded after the disastrous Landon defeat of but the hard core of the Republican party remained united and there were always Republicans who were willing to provide the financial backing- necessary in political If the Democrats suffer a similar defeat this it would tend to expose not only the magnitude of the internal split within the but would also reveal that the Democratic coffers are almost completely empty and are likely to remain With such deeply-imbued antagonism prevailing within the and no prospect of financial recovery looming in the near the death of the Democratic party seems at least highly The two-party system seems but various parties perish for a variety of After the death of Alexander founder and leader of the Federalist party in there followed a dynasty of Jeffersonian Democrats that ran through Madison and Franklin who organized the post-depression Democrats into one of the most powerful political parties in modern died in 1945 and his party has been riding a rocky political road ever Death of a political party is invariably followed by political With the collapse of the debtor's was property restrictions on voting were and the national band the collapse of the Democratic party in the south following the Civil war brought sweeping legislative reforms in civil rights and slavery |
