The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-15
PALMER STANDS ON HIS RECORD;
who'll BE pREslDENT?"-No ~ -.
OTHERS RELY ON THEIR PROMISES
The Attorney General Has Been
Doing Things
BY HARRY 3. HUNT

washington, Jdu. TO- Ac uAuJoA .
ity Of presidential candidates, both
Republican and Democratic, are franz
ing their campaigns on the same gen
eral issues-anti.Redd anti-hig gh-
of-living, law and order, ending
industrial unrest, regulation Of indus
try. 49,
All the candidates will talk, and
their friends will talk, about what
they WILL do-if elected-on these
subjects. But there is only one man.
in the. whole field OF candidates, who
will be able toNmake the race on his
record-on what HE HAS DONE-iu
dealing with these issues. That man
is A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney gen
eral. .t-E a.,.an-. %
Record May, or May Not Help
Palmer's ability to make the race
on his record on these issues, instead
of merely talking about them, has,
however, its disadvantages as we'll
as it's advantages. II the public de-
cides the record is good, then fine! If,
however, the decision is that his &C
complishments do not measure up to
some other fellows promises, or that
he went about the job in the wrong
way and hungled it, then Il record may
be a hindrancc instead Of help.
The general impression in Washing
ton Is that Falmer's present activi-
tie; are all conducted with a double
barre,ed object--that he is aiming as
much at setting up record to for
ward his presidential aspirations as
he is at solving the problems con
fronting his department.
While others are talking about the
necessity OF suppressing the Reds,
Palmer is rounding them up by the
thousands and deporting them by the
shipload. # a
Palmer Answers Them
s'Wc must deal with the native radi-
cal and agitator" some rival candi-
date suggests. @
'iCertainly," says Palmer. ''Pass
the sed!tion law ! have submitted to
Congress. That is the necessary first
step. Then I'll do the rest"
Labor must be dealt with fairly,
but firmly" anothe: candidate tells
his audiences. "o,
"Quite true,' answers Palmer. See
how | settled the coal strike"
Selfish interests must not be per-
mitted to dominate any line OF in
dustry either to the detriment of the
industry or the people at large an
other announces.
"Exactly!"' says Palmer again.
"The packers were doing that very
thing. I have forced them out OF
all lines OF business unrelated to the
packing industry, and by freeing
stockyard banks and market papers
from their domination have given the
stock raiser and the independent
packer free market
~ "Protiteers Are Next
"The profiteer must be curDed.
Prices must be forced down. The
people demand and government must
give relief from present prices the
whole candidates chorus chants.
Il have halted the increase" de-
clares Palmer, "and will put prices on
the skids very shortly. Just be pa
tient. The jails are TOO full of Reds;
now to provide accommodations fO-
the profiteers. They're next on my
list
, AS result of his position, which ell
ables him to present real record OH
the chief issues OF the campaign, Pal
mer und oubtedly is factor in the
fight for the Democratic nomination
and-if the people and his party ap-
prove that record--in the big fight at
the November election.
His opponents, however, in both
parties, believe they are on safer
ground in standing merely on promis-
es than Palmer is on things actually
undertaken or done. His labor pol
icy, they assert, has made Palmer en-
emies both in and out Of organized
labor. E.
Flare Back May Come
A flare back Of some sort Is not i'm
probable on the policy Of summary
deportation of alleged Reds. Much
capital may be made against him on
the basis of his proposed sedition bill,
which may be turned to appear as a
first blow at free speech and a free
press.
And if, as the Bureau Of Labor Sta
tistics maintains, prices continue to
go higher despite all Halmer can do
by jailing profiteers and talking lower
prices, the men and the women who
are footing the bills will reject his
record as bad and will cast their sup
port to someone who, unhampered by
entangling facts, can. paint an enticing
picture Of moderately priced food
and clothes, busy factories, contented
workers, satisfied employers and a
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