Show party split 30 plit more fun than a fir fire schism 01 Dixie democrats could wreck party pady hopes by BAUKHAGE news analyst and commentator A political year may be pretty hard on business international affairs bairs and persons who who expect congress or the president to take some highly important but controversial action which might scare away votes but if youcan stand on the sidelines do dodging 1 i rl g the brickbats brick bats which each side hurls at th the e other a political il 1 year is lots of fun one thing that Is ss as interesting to the casual observer as workmen excava excavating ting a cellar a sandlot baseball game a fire or a dogfight dog fight are re the quadrennial party splits which threaten several months bafo before the conventions to rend the big parties in twain they usually end tb the same way both splinters singing sweet Adel adeline lne and cursing tai the other party in perfect harmony S on the surface the recent row between the southern democrats and the white house v looks like one of those affa affairs irs there Is no doubt that the southerners are good and mad and by all their sta standards nd they have every right to be so there Is no telling what might hap happell peril but the fact re 2 mains that the negro voters in Bauk baukhage bage the north can va vote te either re publican or democrat democratic t ic just as they please in fact the colored population really basmore ha smore freedom than the rest of the electorate because c it has no tradition of following a strict pattern A democrat however Is he lives in the south and if he Is to remain a democrat has to vote with the democratic party even if he does it with anger in his heart and tears in his eyes since the administration banks on this th I 1 a we see evena even a president from the southern state of mis aft r bourl defying the wishes of his y friends below the mason daxon I 1 am not questioning any of the supporters of civil rights and the constitution from the president down buchere does remain the fact of the th e waw vote a and nd there remains 1 likewise irp e many a warm pe personal and political friendship which has to be i subjected to a painful 1 orde ordeal al the split is exciting ito 10 watch whether with sweet adeline or not and it if you look across the aisle see some more aters are inore listen ii this IS it alcan leaders in congress congress want r to win the political both republican and independent voters they must stop trying to sell the program of the national association ot of manufacturers rs as good republican doctrine that henry wallace aspea speaking nor democratic national headquarters that was republican sen wayne morse of oregon morse assails the conservative leadership of his own party as vigorously as he scores reaction in the democratic party I 1 already have discussed wallace and his third party split there are those who think it of so little importance thatis that it can be ignored some now are predicting that before the election wallace will be granted some concession some advantage and will come out for truman for president I 1 go 90 that tar far but I 1 have heard the prediction in more than one quarter republicans are supposed to welcome wel como wallace to the race and aad to count on him to cut down the democratic vote to something almost insignificant let me quote senator morse on that subject as his words appeared in an article in the february issue of the progressive magazine morse says that wallace be taken too seriously but that he be ignored either he adds let my republican party never forget that there are not enough republicans to elect a republican president nor enough democrats to elect a democrat as president fortunately tuna u tely there are not enough fellow travellers to elect wall wallace a e 11 splits cant be ignored it Is true they are important because there is always the possibility that the splitters might find another teddy 0 roosevelt too sevelt to lead them that tha t cana happen often though and meanwhile splits are fun to watch |