Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-12-31
SECRETARY WEEKS FLAuNTs WEST.

The rcactionaryism Of the Harding administration has
been manifested in many ways by the President himself and
party leaders but in way ooshly extensively
than in the recent speech made in New York by Secretary
OF War Weeks the of lie insurance presidents
when he pleaded for OF Canonsm in the House
OF Representatives.
1t is comparable the plea OF Secretary Mellon in his
first annual report Congress for reduction in the higher
surta from 50 to p per with ultimate reduction to
10 per cent in behalf of multmionaires and proteers
Both OF these politically senseess acts are on reaction
airy level with meeting OF Senator Penrose and Vice Pres
dent Atterbury OF the Pennsyvani Railway discuss who
should be appointed to fill vacancies the Interstate Com
merce Commission, which makes for Mr. Aterburys
railroad These brazen evidences Of the parys commit
ments to reactonaryism and special privilege Haunted
in the face OF the public time when the entire liberal
and progressive sections of the West in state Of re-
volt against that party because OF the demonstration it
has given in the late special session of Congress- moi only
OF its inability, but OF its utter ncompetency to relieve
business industry deal ntellioeny with the fiscal
requirements of the government.
Not only do these representative of reactonsm thus de-
~ the progressive element in their party everywhere but
the speech OF Secretary Weeks pleading for restoration Of
Sanonsm and naming it such made for the special
purpose of indictns and ayng the progressive members
OF his party in Congress who had refused to obey the die
tates OF reactonay President reactionary lead
efs III both Houses He wanted Cannonsm restored in
erdef a the yoke OF reactionayism might fastened
upon the neck of these progressives prevent them in the
latufe from defeating reactionary measures He de-
nounced the legislation passed in behea OF the farmers and
put the blame for the depressed condition OF agriculture I'D
on the farmer himself "He (the farmer) should have
oreseen the inevitable collapse values declared Score
ary Weeks. He criticized farmer legislation generally
attnbuting to the combination OF Democats and progress
sNe Republicans and specifically he critzed the law in
ceasng the rate farm bank bonds IL Der cent
and leaving the the farm borrower the same as # had
BEEN the secalled pure wool bill he called "unwise the
proposed law regulate cold storage and the GOOD roads
laws also included
Secretary Weeks taken to task by Representative
linehcr Rep kan for his criticism of farmer legislation
especially the increasing OF the interest rate on Farm Loan
Bank bonds Among other things he said: Il desire to
can the attention of the country the fact that the pes
dent OF the United States has signed all OF the legislation
that has been passed by this Congress- that Mr. Weeks
criticism applies to the Executive well as to the eesa
tive branch OF the government
Representative Tincher attributed Secretary Weeks re-
marks TO the TACT that the Congress had reduced the army
to 10000 and said he informed and believed thai the
Secretary Of War the President writing the
letter to Congress saying that the bill was ulworkabe
CONTINUING Mr. Iincher said Suppose the President had
followed the advice OF the Secretary of War and vetoed
that bill then would have known how unsound the
position OF the Secretary this question Now we
all know that the army reduced way before the time
contemplated by the legislation