The daily times., 1921-08-26
TREATY DISPOSED {
The Country is Glad the Peace
Treaty Has Been Settled,
That Commerce with Ger
many and the World May
Settle Down to Normal Con
ditions.
(By David Lawrence.
Copyright, 1921, by The Daily

Times)
Washington, Aug 25.-Congress
has cleared up half the job of the
special session and set the Senate
Finance Committe to work on a tax
bill. President Harding and Secre-
tary Hughes have finally disposed of
the troublesome treaty situation
which for the last two and a half
years has been provocative of so
much partisanship and has delayed
domestic reconstruction.
The formula of the Harding Ad-
ministration for the making of peace
with the Central Powers has under
gone many shifts and changes but
the Democrats are joining with the
Republicans in saying the treaties
will be ratified if for no other reason
that the country is sick and tired of
controversy and is impatient to have
ia proclamation of peace issue end
| ing Americas anomalous status in
world politics.
| factions that the treaty with Ger
many will be ratified means a greater
moral effect to the signing of the
pact than would otherwise obtain.
| Business men who have been waiting
, for a clearing up of relations with
| Germany will go ahead with their
plans feeling confident that in this
lease at least the signing of a treaty
! by the executive branch of the gov
I ernment is tantamount to- ratification
by the Senate. 1t makes all the diff
| ference in the. world when the exc
cutive and legislative branches of a
government are of the same political
complexion. Indeed, this treaty was
negotiated in absolute secrecy AMI
the White House admits the United
States government requested of Ger
many that secrecy be maintained.
But the Republican majority stood
with the administration and the
| Democratic minority found it difficult
to criticise their political opponents
for following a course pursued by
the preceding Democratic Admins
tration About the only persons who
derive any satisfaction out of the
turn of affairs are those who have
been proclaiming the theory that
both the Democrats and Republicans
are very much the same when in
ipower and that the differences are
mainly those of "in's'' and "out's".
/ But the truth is that Mr.. Harding
has been helped by the possession of
a big majority in the Senate-so big
as to enable him to get treaties
Through without much difficulty. AL
though it seemed several weeks ago
as if the Administration control of
Congress was loose, the develop
ments of the last few days have believ
ed such a statement. Representative
Mondel1, Republican House leader,
pushed the various administration
measures through the House in re-
cord time and the groups in the
Senate which threatened to interfere
W1Cn the pIdH VI WI. hOOSC, ANOpopAA
can leader of the Senate, for
months recess were Summarily de-
feated Whether it was the propelllng
power of President Harding or the
realization on the part of the Repub-
lican leaders that their mastery of
the situation in Congress was being
tested anyway the program of the
administration has gone through and
everybody is much happier that the
machinery of the majority party is
lfunctioning smoothly. Even the DEM
ocrats would prefer that the Repub-
slicans pass their bills in order that
the country may examine alleged de-
fects and it is fully expected that the
minority party will not obstruct the
passage of either the tariff or tax
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