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to help its reconstruction. and points
out that Congress has been ham
pered by the opposition of a hostile
President. who is a Democratic free
trader of Socialistic proclivities.- He
frames an indictment against the
administration in explaining the diff
ficulties that Congress has been un-
der in achieving economic reform.
He says that these efforts have been
resisted by habits of waste: by
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; by the sacrifice
Of efficiency to political purpose.
never before so recklessly INDUCED,
and by an incompetency so marvel
Gus as to seem not to be due to ma
ture but to the result of art.
Legislative Work Lsuded.
Then follows a recounting OF the
legislative work OF the present Con-
gress while still one-half OF its life
remains-the reduction of the esti-
mates of $1,000. .000. 900. the oil leas-
ing bill, the water power bill, the
vocational rehabilitation of the
wounded and injured in the war. the
amendment of the Federal Reserve
and Farmers Loan Acts, the increase
of civil war pensions to meet the
high cost OF living. the civil service
retirement act. the navy and army
Till. and the army reorganization
bill. the shipping bill, the budget
bill and the railroad bill-a list
which he says, and says justly,
would be most remarkable at any
time except the present, when so
much more than Is possible Is de-
manded and when the Congress Is
wrestling with an unfriendly and
opposing executive. The defeat of
the water power bill and the budget
bill by veto. o, course. cannot be at
tributed to Congress.
Senator Lodge speaks of the rail-
road bill and of the defeat of gov
ernment ownership in well-chosen
and wise words. He says that gov
ernment ownership means not only
that the government shall run the
railroads but that those who run
the railroads shall run the govern
ment: that the rights of the public
will be ignored and it's participa-
tion will be confined to paying the
deficit. His description of the Mex
lean policy Is phrased with great
force and justice and the lament
able conditions under the "wstchful
visiting" of Mr.. Wilson, in which
he drove Gen. Huerts from power
and turned the government over to
Carranza for condemnation.
Secs Justice in Repfoach.
In his criticism of the President
on these subjects, as well as Mr.
Wilson's determination to rule or
ruin in respect to the exact form
of the league of nations by reject
ing reservations voted for by a ma
jority of the Senate. Mr.. Lodge is
severe, but there Is so much OF
justice in what he says that he
must have had the intense SYM
pathy of his audience and will have
the approval of the party and Of
many. many Democrats. 1t is when
the Senator comes to the discussion
OF the Republican policy as to the
league and when ne appeals to the
convention to stand by the repre-
sentatives Of the party in the Sem
ate in their action that he strikes
a false note which no grace of die
tion or attack on Mr.. Wilson can
conceal. He rehearses the arsu-
ments used by him in the discus
sion of the league and in the SEN
ate against its ratification as SUBJ
mitted. II is unnecessary to re-
peat them now or suggest answers
to them. They are beside the pres
ent question. What all are. Justly
concerned with Is the position that
Mr.. Lodge takes as to the future
policy OF the Republican party in
respect to the league and upon this
we are given no light. He describes
the reservations on the Monroe doc
trine, on Article X, on Shantung
and on English representation.
He says: Some Of US were deep
~ convinced that there ought to be
no league at all and that absolute
safety could be obtained in no
'thcr way. Others of US, more nu.
nerous, believed that the reserva-
tionsLI have described would pro-
tect the United States against the
perils of the covenant IL we joined
the league"