Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-08
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=; STEVENSON in CHESTER
Says Country; is Becoming Dissustsd
With Republican Politics.

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Chester Reporter.
Congressman VI. F. Stevenson.
whose great address at the Fair
Grounds yesterday morning on bust
ness condittons-the causes therefor
md what is required to put the bus
rness Of the country back on a stable
hnd satisfactory basis, is looking well.
Notwithstanding. the grind he has re-
Gently been through at Washington.
md looks to be in first srelass strim4 for
he hard fighting with the: Republicans
that will .ensue as the, various i Items ten
Of; the Republican ;legislat tive .:program
come. UP: for, DISCUSSIONS =: sr:y"s Il
While in: the city, Mr.. Stevenson. was Z;
The guest Of Mr.. S. c. Carter, and FAM
lily on saluda street, leaving here: this:
morning, over. the. C. &N.-W.i Railway
FOR Montreal, N. C.. to. join; Mrs Stew
snson for a few days before going
back to Washington. a,,$$.'s,r::..
Mr.. Stevenson said there Is plain
ly' discernible a. growing dissatisfac-
ton with the Republicans. who made
liyeIrs and sundry promises-any-
thing to get into office-and now can't
ieliver. Mr.. Stevenson thinks Pfesi-;
dent Harding is very pleasant gen.:
tlemann, and barring a few. offices that
he is compelled to turn over, to the
negroes for support in doubtful states
will do nothing to injure' the south.
Postmaster Gen. Hays, Mr.. Stevenson
said, has developed a presidential
boom, and four years from now the
country may see one of theipresidents
official family contending,;with, him
+ for the nomination = - -
Mr.. Stevenson Sal that he. noted
leader MondeiPs pointing with pride"
to the. fact that this, congress has re-
luced the army and navy appropria-
;tions 100 million dollars, below the last
congress. In the first place: he is COM
pairing one Republican congress with
another and II this one is to be com;
mended the last: one: Is to be: con-
demned. And Mr,aMondelt, lied itEalso:
In the second place he. failed tosstate
that the army cut was made on the
motion Of Congressman. James F.
Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina,
supported by the Democrats and a lot
IF insursent Republicans over the pro
test Of Mr.. Mondell. who said the
| adoption Of the motion would make q
mob Of the army: It was also opposed
by; Secretary of War Weeks, anil mild
qy by the. president. The cut In the
|. navy was also made over the protest
1'by Secretary DENLY and the admins
tration leaders generally. So :" the
credit for the achievement is not due
the administration but the insurgents
and Democrats.
He, stated also 4,that he noted that
Rev, votaw, brother rin-law Of Presi-
dent Harding and superintendent of
United States Penal institutions, IS In
Atlanta, supposedly: for the; purpose
Of arranging the release Of Eugene
|,Debs from the penitenH Hary: He: had
predicted that this. woHif shsppah III .
speech in the house in April, critics.
ing the action Of the. government-&ln
allowing Debs to come to Washington
without guard in citizens clothes, and
that speech was so widely difrused and
approved by the press that i has ap-
parently delayed the expected action,
but 1t was one of the campaign prom
ises that must be kept. If this preach