Milford chronicle., 1920-10-08
QETTTERS

Washington, Oct. S.-A record fol-
shirking the responsibilities of public
Office is here set forth by the Repub-
lican Publicity Association, through
its president, Hon. Jonathan Bourne,
Jr., for the consideration of the vo-
ters:-
"McAdoo says the Republican par
ty wants war With whom, pray2 The
Democrats won an election on the
promise to keep us out of war, and
we had war, and the Democrats as
sumo the full credit for the winning
OF it,
The Republicans refused to accede
to Article Ten OF the league covenant,
and the Democrats demand that this
nation accept that article as the
heart OF the league Yet. Article Ten
is pregnant with wars which would
call for the man-pOwer and money of
the T.. S. without limit. should
we become q member Of the British
Wilson league.
Promptly following the calling Of
the armistice. McAdoO and his court
shirked the postwar responsibilities
and sought enlarged opportunities to
get rich quick. Now they talk in
terms of international altruism. To
the Republican party was left the
task of national rehabilitation follow
ing the destructive wake of war.
''McAdoo and his crew fed the deck
and left the nation saddled with
huge merchant marine and not one
vestige of legislation TO guide its pol
icies. The Republican party enacted
the Merchant Marine law which sal
wages billions of dollars worth of YES
sells from the Democratic scrap-heap
and is spinning their prOpellers Ov-
er the trade routes of the world.
'McAdoo and his wastrels commit
ted the United States Government to
billions of dollars of unnecessary
contracts, expenses, and debts, and
then skipped out leaving the job of
meeting those commitments to the
Republican party. The Republicans
Topped two billion five hundred mil
lion dollars from the Democratic
sight-draft on the American taXpay-
ers. yet McAdoo and his plutOcrats
complain that the Republicans did
not reduce taxation essential to meet
governmental pledges made by the
Democratic party. The McAdOovian
plutes protest against the taxes on
their swollen incomes.
"McAdoo and his sky-pirates in
fated the currency until a dollar
would purchase but 40 cents worth
of goods. and then they made par
achute jump to escape responsibility,
leaving to the Republican party the
lob of dehation and the future re-es-
tabIishment of the dollar at something
approaching par.
"McAdoo and his band of burles-
duers made d vaudeville exhibition Of
themselves in an hysterical appeal to
the people to purchase war bonds,
with solemn promises that those
bonds would be always as good at the
wheat And then the McAdoodlers did
an eXeunt OmneS, and the Republican
party must tackle the job of restoring
bonds to par, through the serial bond
plan. preferably.
"McAdoo and his gang of honey
fuglers promises a lowering in the
cost of living through free trade. and
then vanished leaving the country a
prey to a tariff policy which permits
So .000, 100000 worth of foreign goods
to enter our ports annually. A fund
by the Republican Con-
gress to assist the Attorney General
in curbing the profiteers was used by
him TO further his ambitions for the
Democratic presidential nomination.
1t now remains for the Republican
party to restore the protective policy
and bring about nOrmaley in prOduc-
tion and consumption, so far as leg
islatiOn will succeed.
"McAdoo and his crowd have prov
Ell themselves to be incompeten quit
ters in whom no reasoning man has
faith. and the Republican party will
require and will receive long period
to clean up the mess they have made -