Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1921-07-07
NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON
WEEKLY NEWS ARTICLE
Especial Correspondence
REPUBLICAN DiScoNTENT GROW.
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Washington, D. c., July 6, 1921
The aims painful notes of discon
tent over he inaction and apparent In
ability of the administration contin
ue in the Republican press, which is
much severer in it's criticism than
the Democratic press, because the
latter has shown disposition all
along to give the administration a
fair chance to make good.
The Boston Transcript, an ebon'
dyed Republican paper, commenting
on what it calls the Republican Fail.
ure" and the explanation Of some OF
the Presidents friends that the Re.
publican majority in Congress is too
large to be handled easily, says:
I'VE hink we can safely promise
the President considerable reduc-
ton in the Republican majority in
each house.
The staunch Philadelphia Inquirer
spokesman for Pennsylvania reac-
tionary Republicanism, commenting
on the prediction of former Chairman
of the House Apr priations Commit
tee, Good, woo recently resigned
from Congress, that unless the ex-
penditures of the government are ma
terially reduced and the burden Of
taxation subsequently lightened the
Republicans will be swept out Of
power, says:
Beyond a doubt the American peo-
pie have been greatly disappointed
by the up-to-date sum of accomplish
ments in the directions indicated"
1t warns Republican leaders in
Congress that they should heed Mr..
Goods warning, but iees no evidence
of such desire.
Economy Wrong-End-To." -
The tenseness and seriousness of
the plight of the administration by
reason of growing dissatisfaction, ex-
tending into the Republican party
press, over the failure to meet the
expectations of the country has been
relieved somewhat by the activities
of the new Director of the Budget,
Gen. "Hell-and- Maria" Dawes, who
likened the machinery given him in
the budget bill, to "toothpick with
which to tunnel Pixies Peak" The
General, however, has set to work
with the. toothpck to prepare the 1922
budget.
In well-ordered governments, budg-
cts are made before appropriations,
but as the appropriations for 1922
have mostly been made, Gen. Dawes
budget follows the appropriations.
This latter method, however, it is
pointed out, harmOnizes with the ad-
ministrations plan of beginning at
the wrong end on economy-that is
to say, letting the ninety-three cents
for war of each dollar of taxation
stand as it is and trying to save
something on the other seven cents.
There is precedent for these meth
DDS, however, If not in government,
at .least in literature. The famous
trial in alice in Wonderland" be-
gins by the courts instruction to the
jury to prepare your verdict"
The Thirty Day Tariff Bill.
Under the caption Tariff and the
Business Mans Party" in this cor
respondence last week it was stat
ed that I'm the Democratic Congress
elected in 1910. the House passed a
tariff bill within thirty days after it
was organized" The date should
have been 1912.
In the first session Of Congress fol.
lowing the election Of 1912, Mr.. Un-
derwood introduced tariff act bear
ing his name on April Il, 1913; the
bill was reported back by the Ways
and Means Committee on April %
and passed the house on May s.
The comparison Of this prompt and
business-like method Cd disposing OF
the tariff bill in the House with the
delay of the present Republican Cong
ress, which has just reported a tariff
bill after being in session nearly
three months, made in the news ar.
ticle referred to still holds.
Not only did the Democrats Of the
House pass tarih bill in business
like way, but they passed a business
tariff.