Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-30

Senator Warren G. Harding said in part! From the beginning of this campaign theer has been a persistent effort upon the part of our opponents to divert atten- tion from the most important %sues of the campaign, to concentrate the interest of the voters upon speculative proposi- :. tions with reference to our foreign rela- tions rather than to have any discussion of our deplorable domestic relations under i the present governmental administration. l But we do not propose that they shall evade this discussion or ignore their re- 1 sponsibility for the conditions which con- i front us
 l We have, for the past eight years, had I an administration which has been more 1 concerned with theory than with perform i ance, more interested in internationally | than in nationality. 1 We have had an administration always l abroad and home and never at home abroad.
 1 We have had an administration which despised facts as puerile, ignored causes l as negligible, and sought results by proc lamation.
 The administration placed in power by
 the democratic party in 1912 has again to
 make report of it's stewardship. It is
 again seeking for renewal of its com
 mission of authority and a vote of conf
 dence,
 DOOkSCH0to ANVON VI OVuhGSs
 I We are asking for the return of the
 republican party to power becauce of the
 desperate need of the country, because of
 the perils into which incapacity, needless
 ness, false principles and loose practices
 have plunged us.
 Il It is a matter of self-defense and self
 preservation for the people of the United States. Their government is not function ing effectively, their public revenues are being wasted, their public debts increased to a point threatening their national sol : vency, while their industries their con- : l merce, their transportation systems are 1 staggering under checks, burdens and : in1posts, housing conditions becoming se- , l riously inadequate and living costs mount ing beyond reach, and government obliga- 3 tions in the hands of the citizenship under par and depreciation
 ,t Fortunately, the republican party has s record for meeting and solving such prob , lens, and opening and maintaining the l pathways of prosperity. and it can and , will do so again.
 l. In 1913 the democratic party went into
 power with a promise to reduce what wa.
 then considered the high cost of living 5 They made that the paramount promise : of their 1912 campaign. What of the full 3 fillment? They lowered the barriers ot trade, threw open our American marke ' l to unfair world competition, and brough s us to the verge of industrial paralysis ant g commercial stagnation, which the admin | 1 istration announced placidly and mistak o enly to be a psychological depression and only the world needs of a world wa y saved us from economic disaster at tha d time.
 = They went into office with pledge t 1T establish governmental economy and the IS hI0l-sa faifh wifi avbi hF %ba e- profigate and ineXcusable waste of pubii le funds which the world has ever kf1o#r t. And the cost of living went up step b l. Step, and leap by leap, in company and i IS sympathy with it. And this was befor le the war and in the face of that psyche $ logical depression to which 1 have at y, verted.
 Id An Unprecedented Sum. In 1912. under republican admins
 tration, tho total expenditures of the go, in ernment totaled $654,0O0,G DOC In 19l te they had risen to $742,o00, ,00o. Now, tw ty years after the armistice-and in 8 tin ne of practical, if not technical. peace-v es find this administration asking for appr k priations for the trent year of S5,294 H. OOO,Oo0 That r1uous, unprecedent. st. sum would have been expended if a r re publican congress had not sealed dow Ike the estimates. The present adrninistr h. tion can make no promise to reduce tl
 a cost of government in the coming year u- continued in power.
 rs In 1912 they demanded in their pla he form a reduction in the number of go nd ernnent office holders I believe tn Ter demand was justified. The new par
 is government found 2So,o00 civil servi IT. employees on the rolls of the governmel les Instead of reducing the number from lid very start, there was continuous ad, for tion to the civil list. The last estima lst l of the civil service commission indicat to that the number is approximately 65T @ he and the best information is that the es ,as mate is more than 1000 short of 1 ,a- actual number
 The administration in power seems
 be utterly incapable of getting back to me peace time basis of organization, admin IT. tration and expenditure.
 ner This not only indicates an unnecessa seq expenditure of public funds, but it tai as out of the ranks of production and dist ng- button every unnecessary employe a Tor adds to the cost of living. The amol 'ool asked for the executive departments elr the government this year means. tax all $52 for every man, woman and child ty- the country ry-approximately $250 ne every family of five.
 a In the war the American army and 27, American navy upheld the traditions
 of our people and our history Ameri, den genius and American skill worked W
 in ders at home and abroad, but in tn 7elt successes, ih these triumphs, the adm 7 is istration had little part.
 eat We do not care to dwell on the cos un- blunders and the unspeakable waste lis- the war administration. We may fore sser the aircraft waste and disappointment leo- aircraft equipment in the war, but lost hold to strict accounting for the gri pro- ances and failure of two years of pc; our We can forget the unhappy story of
 of heard of waste and extravaganza in SC
 ing shipping to meet our war needs, i;. we do. not forgive the utter failure =. <. meet the opportunities for shipping e toal hence in peace. The failure of the sl ' r ping board, the astounding inability i ;rst meet the surpassing opportunity of Tas,, time is the outstanding proof of incap ". ty to meet the call of the new order in -e,, world.
 @ Problems of Reconstruction.
 the Every nation with few exceptions
 ev- facing the problems of reconstruction ? of reorganization following the world rges heavai America is no exception. h nec- referred to some of these questions. , in must set our own house in order and 900