The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-12-02
Divergent VIEWS OF
SECTION SPLIT PARTY
Leaders Of Middle West And West
Refuses Support To Old Machine
Methods To Benefit Corporations
At Expense OF Public.

Washington Nov. 30.-The wide
and constantly growing split in the
Republican party as manifested by
the gigantic revolt of western Re
publicans. mostly Progressives,
against the reactiOnaTy leadership
and policy OF their party, would,
under ordinary conditions, be filing
and overlooking the columns of the
newspaper press now given in large
to the details of the Conference on
the Limitation of Armament by a
trained and able army of newspaper
correspondents and a corps of bril-
liant commentators.
The conditions are much the same
as those which led up to and pre-
vailed in the Republican party split
of 1912, condition which the Re
publican reactionaries seemingly
have ignored, for it is not possible
they can have forgotten it.
The fundamental underlying cause
of the constantly widening breach in
the Republican party, is now as in
1910-12 the reactionary policy and
leadership Of the party, as in the
days of Cannonism and the reign of
Aldrich. Not only is the Republi-
can leadership reactiOnary in the
Senate ans House but it is equally
so in the White House. The record
of Mr.. Harding as a Senator is re-
dictionary from beginning to end, and
there need be no better illustrations
of his reactionaryism as President
than his advocacy of a high protec-
~; - II,
ufacturing class and to the detriment
of all natural industries: his plea for
the reduction Of the maximum sur
tax rate from IS to 80 per cent, to
relieve multi-millionaTies and profit
GERS as against a rate OF so per
cent. favored by Congress, and his
Obstructive interference in this re
spect and in other matters with the
work of Congress.
The present reactionary policies
and leadershipa on the Republican
party are the same as those denounc
ed in 1912 by Theodore Roosevelt
and againsG which the West revolt
ed under his dynamic leadership. In
stead and against which the Penrose.
ct al, We now have Penrosc, Smott,
Brandegec. Fordney, Mondell with
Watson, New, Wadsworth, Du Pont
elinghey sen ct al, as satellites.
The only things the Republican
party has tried to do under this
leadership have been to enable great
wealth to escape its just share OF
taxation; the big corporations to es-
cape the excess profits tax; the cor
porations generally to charge eXor-
bitant prices, resulting in excess pro-
fits, through tariff legislation; the
bis bankers to again get control OF
the finance, OF the government; the
big railroad owners to proht by
guarantees: appropriations and ad-
vanccs: the packers to pursue their
well-knOWn methods in dealing with
the stock-raisers, the farmer and the
inc Federal control; in fact, practic-
ally everything they have tried to
dc has been in the interest OF the
special privilege classes and against
the interests of the producers and the
masses OF consumers.
Whatever legislation has been
passed OF any benefit to the people
generally has been because the reac-
tionaries have been kicked into it by
Democrats and Progressive Republi-
cans.
The West, with its great natural
basic industries, has nothing ana
can have nothing in common with
such a reactionary program or lead
ership. The intelligent and pro-
gressiye element in the West knows
that the strengthening of the special
and predatory interests in their for
avs and raids upon the people weak
ems to the extent the natural indus
tries of their great producing sec
ton.
The political observers, therefore
il would seem obvious that the
breach in the Republican party,
starting in the special session OF Con-
gress Just passed, will continue tol
widen in the coming regular session.
because the differences. Aldflchlsm,
and the progressive element in the
marty are as fundamental and IRE
now as they were in 1910
and 1912.
In the language OF Congressman
Wood. (Rep. Ind, The people OF
this country employed in every Voca- |
tion and in every character OF busl-
ness are giving this Congress hell.
That is because it is a reactlonary
Republican Congress, doing the Will
of a reactionary party and attempting
to carry out the program or feac-
tionary Republican administrator.
The Old Guard and the Big Inter
ests are again in the saddle and Pro
ny-nr,-yJ- !, iS in revolt.