The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-11
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SEE
SWEEPING VICTORY
Believe People Will Reward
Competent Administration
OF Public Affairs

pot is beginning to boil and bubble
on Capitol Hill. Democratic lead
ers are putting the Republicans or
the defensive and embarrassing the
leaders. Majority Leader Mondell
is under a fierce fire. Republicans
of the old progressive group are
weary of the Mondell partisan way
of doing things; they fear he will
cause a reaction against them back
believe that the voters of the ma
tion will return the Democrats to
full power in Washington next Nov
emher.
- Because the federal Office of
the country, now largely in the
hands of Democrats, are well ad-
ministered.
e. Because the Democratic ad-
ministration conducted a successful
war against the German autocrats
CD Because the Democrats en-
acted more constructive and help
full legislation within the last eight
years than the Republicans did in
the four decades prior to their down
fall ten years ago.
ca Because the Democratic lead
er-President Wilson-has the
greatest personal following of any
man in public life in the United
States. Since the death of Colonel
Roosevelt the Republicans have no
leader with a strong personal fol-
lowing.
go Because the country is pros
porous and the average man is hav-
ing his day.
Believing these things to be true,
Democratic workers of Congress
will take the offensive now, and be
the aggressors in all rough and tum-
BILE political fights. If the Republi
cans continue to play politics, as
they have done since the Sixty-sixth
Congress convened, the Democrats
will meet them on their own ground.
There is promise of a spirited war
in the House where the Old Guard
partisans are fatally bent on MAX
ing trouble.
Legislation To Soldiers
Minority Leader Champ Clark and
his chief lieutenant, Representative
Claude Kitchin, have routed Frank
w. MOndell, the Republican leader,
and Phil Campbell, chairman of the
Rules Committee of the House, in
the controversy over proposed sol
diers and sailors legislation. The
Republicans have been camouflaged;
they would court favor with the re-
turned fighting mon, bct have no
of doing the right thing by
hem.
81 would like TO ask the gentleman
from Kansas (Mr. CampbelD," in
quired Mr.. Clark recently, when
they are going to bring up the sol
diers' farmland bill"
Mr. Campbell said he was not
able to advise the minority leader
That bill has been reported and
has been on the calendar here for
five or six months-since August l
and a great many people want to
know when anything is going 10
be done about it, or if anything at
all is going TO be done about il, and
why il is not brought up and con-
sidered," insisted Mr.. Clark.
That bill provided three things:
First, to get water onto the dry
land, and TO take water off of wet
land, and to take over cutover lands
Here is the point: Before this Con-
gress met, Secretary Lane got up
bill which is now called the Mon
lell bill.
1T was heralded all over the
with great flourish of
trumpets and braying of brass bands
and everything else that that pro-
posed legislation was one OF the
chief things that the extra session
Of Congress was going to meet for"
Representative Walsh and Camp
bell tried to divert Mr.. Clark but
without success.
I'VE have been running for seven
months on what the gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Mann calls Chicken
feed bills, and nothing has been
lone about this important legisla-
-iOn," declared Mr. Clark.
Mr.. Kitchin, laughing, said Mr..
Clark was cruel to the Republicans.
That question Is very embarrass-
ne to the chairman of the Rules
Committee" said Mr. Kitchin. HE
$ not in favor OF the bill himself.
md il is quite embarrassing to the
majority leader. ! can tell you when
he Republicans are going TO give
'ou some information about that.
hey are going to wait until the