The Supreme Court issue may force a re-alignment of the two American parties. The Democratic arly has been split asunder by. it, Tt 15 not a mere. question of a few discontented Democrats joining the Republican opposition. Democratic Teaders were the frst to denounce this scheme of a Democratic President. They are Yeading the fight, the Republicans joined them and nob vice versa, The President's desire to appoint extra Justices to the Supreme Court who will pass favourable upon Joglslation he has sponsored has not only split the Demoeratle Party, but has raised the question of whether the Republican Party will disappear look, stock and label and merge with the: opposition Democrats Into some new party.
The plain truth ig that the Prest-en's victory last November was so overwhelming that there are not enough Republicans either "in the House or the Senate to. form an effective opposition. In the Senate (where the Court fight will be hottest) there are only sixteen Ro-publicans. If the President's measure is. defeated it will be because twice that many Democrats deserted their Jeaders and voted against it.
Parties have been overwhelmingly eeteated before and have managed to survive. The Democratic Party itself suffered more disastrous defeats from Presidents Coolidge and Hard: ing than the Republicans did. from President Roosevelt. But while the percentage of the popular vole which Coolidge and Harding obtained wa: greater than that obtained by Roosevelt its distribution was different, There was always a solid Democratic nucleus in the South. The State Governments of the South were Democratic and ready to supply state Jobs to deserving Democratic politllong and thus keep the party alive.
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