The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1921-07-16

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The Boston Transcript. an ebony
dyed Republican paper commenting
on what It calls the, Republican
Failure" and the explanation OF some
Of the presidents friends that the
Republican majority in Congress. is
too large to be handled easily. says:
I'VE think VIC can safely promise
the president a considera Bile
reduction in the Republican majority
in each House"
The staunch. Philadelphia Inquirer,
spokesman for Pennsylvania reaction !
airy Bepublicanism, commenting on.
( the prediction OF former Chairman Of
the House Appropriations Committee,
! Good who recently resigned from
| ConGrcss. that unless the eXpcndi-
lures Of the government are matcr.o /
ly reduced and ,Ne burden Of taxation
subsequently lighteucd the Republic
cans viii be swrb, out of power. says;
1 beyond doubt the American
people have been greatly disappointed
/ by the up-to-dogc sum of accomplish
mcnts in the directions indicated"
1t warns RgpubIican leaders in
Congress that they should heed Mr.
Goods warning, but secs no evidence
Of such desire
"Economy wrong -EHd-To"
( The tcnseness and seriousness Of
the plight OF the administration by
reason Of growing dissatisfaction. cx-
tending into the Republican party
press, over the failure to meet the ex-
! pcctations of thu country has been re-
/ lieved somewha- hy the activities of
the new director OF the budget, Cen
"Hell-and- Maria" Dawes. who Hlencd
the machinery given him ian the bud
get bill to "toothpick with which
TO tunnel Plies peak" Tho general
however. has set To- wort vl h the
'toothpick" to prepare the 1922 bud
get. ts.,.
In well-ogdercI governments, bud
gets are made, before appropriations.
but as the appropriations for 1922
have mostly been made, Gen. Dawes
budget folloTs thg appropriations.
This latter method however, it is
pointed out, harmonizes with the adj
ministration's, plan of beginning at
the wrong epd "a economy-that is
to say. letting tbs nincty-three cents
for war ofYs each, dollar of taxation
4 stand as il ifoas44- tying TO save ss9mnYer ss9mnYe
thing on the 2iher seven cents. ...o
There is pFece1ept for these meth
ods, however,tif net in government at
least I'm literat,tre. The famous trial
in Alice in Wonderland" begins. BY
the courts instruction to the Jury, to
/ prepare your verdict"
Democratic HcIpruiness
In discussing the Frelnghuysen
coal biIl designed to benefit the large
! consumers of coal at the expense Of
the small users, Senator Underwood,
Dem ocratic leader of the Senate, ad-
mirably expressed the attitude the
! Democratic members OF both houses
have borne toward the Republican
majority. In reply to the inference
that his remarks we're political. Sem
ator Underwood said:
mo, the senator is mistaken; I am
not making a political speech. 1 have
sat in silence for over three months,
hoping that the Republican party
u .aight do something to pull this coun-
try out of the Slough OF despond. /
have sat here trying to be helpful,
not hurtful. to its efforts. and I have
said nothing about 1t today. because
you are entitled to your chance. II
| the time comes when a political
speech will be justified, after you
have had your fair chance to save the
country, l can assure the senator
from New Jersey he will hear one;
but he will hear real one, and not a
discussion of a bill" l.
Speaking on the bill to amend the
Federal Farm Loan Act, MIR. Dunbar
i (Rep., Ind.) .recently said: ., .
II want to congratulate the Demo-
Gratis upon the committee, as the rep
resentatives Of agricultural districts,
on the fact that, they were very fair
and of much, assistance in tho con
sideration apd perfection Of this bill
in the committee" ...
The Thirty Day Tariff Bin
Under the caption Tariff and the
Business MeH.s Party" in this CORE
spondence last week il was stated that
'In the Democratic Congress elected
in 1910, the House passed a tariff
bill within thirty days after 1t was
organized" The date should have
been 1919. df- D..
In the first session of Congress fol-
lowing the election OF 1912. Mr., I'm
derwood introduced a tariff act bear