The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-30
HARDING FLAYS
CONTINUED From Pags onsl

said in this campaign about the hcart
of tho world. surely something Is ouS
10 be said about the heart or America.
From tho beginning Of this cani'hls u
there has been persistent ellort upon
tho part Of our opponents. TO divert az
trntion from The most important issues
of the campaign. to concentrate tnc
interest Of the voters upon snccuia-
tive propositions with reference 10 ou'
foreign relations. But VIC 90 not prS-
Sion or irnor" their responsibility FOR
tho conditions which confront US.
I'VE have. for the past eight years
had an administration which has been
moro conc. rncl with theory than win
performance, more Interested in interna-
tIonal!tv than in nationality. We haN"
had an administration always ABROAD q !
home. and never at HON" abroad. IN"
administration placed in power ny inc
Democratic party In lsl2 has asah 70
make n report OF It's stewardship.
~ Failed to Cut Living Cost.
an 1918, the Democratic party went
into powcr with promise 10 renuC'
what was then considered the h'Gh CoHt
OF living. They made that ,b the r,. GfTH
ment: They lowered the barriers OF
trode' threw opcn the world 10 unfair
world competition. and brought us 10
the verge or industrial paralysis.
"Thcv went into office with a nlensss
establish governmental 'Np'''!'' 49,
they broke faith with an exhibition or
tho most profliGatc and lncNcusaoin
waste Of public funds which the world
has ever known. J do not refer 10 me
oxncnditureS necnSSitatcd by TN" WIZ.
Rut il is fact that from III" very mo-
ment the present administ IA ton too@
the roins OF power tn" cost or govern
mont began to Increase by leaps and
bounds. In 1912. under q Repuhilcah
ndmInstra ton tho GXp.ndi'HHnn%"$o 90 OF inc
1916. they had risen TO sItG.oou,VVu
Now, two years after tho nrmlstic". IN
time Of practical. II not t"chlnical
mace. we find this administration ask.
ing for appropriai ions for the current
ycar of $685. 100000.
Army Of office Holders.
In 1912. they demanded in their plat
form a reduction in the number OF gov
rrnmcut office holders. The new pa "
Government found 280,000 civil service
emnIoycs on tho rolls of the govern
mont. There was continuous addition.
and the last estimate NJ the civil ser
Vice commission indicates that tho
number is approximately hofOoo oi
course, our world war machine created
tho nccd for more hclpsin nearly all the
dcrartnents, hut since tho wax tho civh
list has not shrunk even approximately
10 II peace basis
Take up the question Of government
in any. phase and We ina upon tne
incapacity or inaptitude, tho same want
OF foresight. the same lack Of practicai
comprehension of business as applied TO
"Fnur years ago. the public discon-
font with the conduct or affairs was
already so great that the party in power
would have been driven out or Office
except for the appealing statement mat
,hs President had kept US out Of war.
And vet at that yer! time III" admins
trat!on knew definitely. absolutely that
our entry into the war was inevitable.
Yet with that knowledge concealed from
tho ncoplc. withheld from congress. the
camnai ign of false pretense was con-
tinued No steps were taken to prepare
for our entry.
I'VE do not care TO dwell on inc cosby
bIundcrs ond tho unmistakablo waste or
tho var administration. But VIC hold to
strict accounting for the grievances and
failures OF two years OF peace. we must
set our own house in order and make