The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-03-05
BORAH FEARS FOR
PARTY'S RECORD
FAILURE TO KEEP PROMISES
WILL BRING DEFEAT, IDAHO
SENATOR PREDICTS.

SENATOR PREDICTS.
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At last the political foresight OF THE
politicians among the Republican ma
lJortty in congress seems to be antic-
ipating the effect OF the Kindergarten
game OF politics that has been played
by the new-tried leaders OF that body
during the nine months of Republican
control. So loosely have they lived
up to their pledges that Senator Bo-
srah, one of their number, was found
1T necessary to demand in the course
OF a senate debate that his colleagues
carry cut the after-the-war economies
they laid so much stress on in the
1919 campaign that placed them in
power
To date the Republican leaders
have tried to play both ends against
the middle and while promising econ
,omies they have developed fantastic
schemes for spending money that
would have put Croesus to shame.
In addition to the Republican military
training bill, which minority report
of the senate military affairs commit
tee declares would cost more than a
: billion dollars year, the senate ma
. jority recently attempted to put
through a plan for the creation of a
new ministry of air or bureau of air
1Rervice- 1t was at this time that
Senator Borah baked and took occa-
sion to.reAd the riot act ON the floor
of the senate to his colleagues on the
whole majority program to date.
Billions of New Expenses
There are Eafore the senate
now. said Senator Borah. with ref.
terence to war matters alone, in
icreases of expenditures amounting
= : Ito billion and half dollars year
: We have bill upon the calendar, or
introduced, which, 1t is estimated
] will take from seven hundred million
ito a billion dollars to take care OF
universal military training We
!, have bill which will place upon the
!, Treasury an increased burden oi
: sac, 100000 for increased pay. We aIt
: now creating a bureau (the air min
listryo and the amount which this bu
lreau will call for no man assumes x
lsuggest or predict, We start ou
. with an estimate of something like
. I$98. 900 900, but II is understood tha
THAT is simply the beginning, ant
how far II will carry us even tn,
), Iauthors of the bill do not pretend Il
: isay.
: Everybody promised that whel
Z the war, was over we would adopt ,
: 1policy 81 curtaffing public expendi
:. lures, and the party of which | am
humble member made specia
lpromise of that in the last campaign
III was one OF the things upon whicl
= 1.-The election was fought. Now. | ga.
: Ito my friends upon this side of tn
- lchamber that there Is not the slight
! Jest evidence in this congress that w
= propose to carry out that program.
After delivering these few remark
!. to show his colleagues just what leg
a they had left to stand on by way Q
!, keeping promises the senator digress
: ed to talk Of the new platform CON
Imittee of al members recent
% manned by Chairman Hays OF the RI
% publican organization. and in spit
4, of the fact that It was an attempt I
= unite all OF the differing elements
that party, he declared that 1t woul
have little to do In the real bushes
!. tof platform making. which functio
!. would naturally have TO follow IN
~ lines of the record the present Kspul
"a llican congress makes.
~ Fears G. o. p. Record
!. Imittee OF III varieties" said Senate
~ Borah amid laughter from both side
;a lof the house. This congress wi
- make the platform. This record her
as our beginning for the four year
ax lease OF power we are going TO az
m for. will be the platform and II
gifted gentlemen who are to give 7
-. 1.-The platform will not be able TO col
ta vince the people against the record
g. which will be made here. IL we
not keep the promise made last ia
1.-THE literary production OF this prod
to lgious committee on platform wi
n. mot secure votes"
,,a Arguing for real curtailment I
na expenditures, the Idaho senator d
h. lclared: I'VE can postpone these e
"A. tpenditures until we know more as
the ability of the taxpayer 70 tai
lcare of the budget which We mu
10 necessarily impose upon them 4
on 1.-THE next year
!. How far Senator Borah believ'
his party has lived UP to its pTor
ises and what it's control of pow
portends for the country Is appa
,st rent from thefollowing gloomy pi
al lture painted for his colleagues
on I'VE ought in good faith upon bo
N sides of the chamber to begin TO car
I'd Tout the promise which We made
ne the people when the war was ov
- there sheuld be curtailment and G.
We ting 10 the bone In all these expen'
n. ltures. There II nothing SO discoura
n ling and 90 deadening to personal
he litiafive in the Industrial world tod
,ry las this tremendous extravagance
rs on the part OF the government NJ
are discouraged from going into D.
S liness and building up industries !
cause they see ahead Of them an y
Ia limited grip Of the government up
ain whatever they may earn or whatev
cir tprofit they may have at the end