Evening star., 1922-06-23
HULL FLAYS c. 0. P.
IN MAINE MEETING
Democratic Chairman De-
cIares Another Republican
Congress Would Be Calamity
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associa led Press
WATERVILLE. Me, June 23.-By
electing another republican Congress
the American people would ratify the
i record Of the last two incompetent.
| leaderless and do nothing republican
| Congresses and take the risk OF
| continuing the period Of business
depression. decentralization and eco
| nomic prostration given to the coun-
| try by the first fifteen months of the
Harding administration" Cordell
| Hull, chairman of the democratic
national committee, declared at
meeting of Maine democrats here yes
terday.
! "Why should even the most ignor-
ant voters" Mr.. Hull said, favor the
, election of another republican Con-
| gress composed largely Of the MEM
| bership of the present Congress,
| which republican leaders and fepub
lican newspapers throughout the
| country have characterized in Ian
| guage more damning than any that
has been spoken by its political
| opponents? When Secretary of War
Weeks solemnly testified, in a recent
| speech. that the highest public esti-
| mate of the present Congress was
| that it had reached the lowest ebb,
his statement implied many impor-
Reached Lowest Ebb."
! This estimate of Congress by the
Secretary and the general public nee
esSarily means that this republican
| Congress has reached the lowest
ebb' Of any previous Congress, OF
whatsoever political complexion. in
| the nations history; that the pres
| ent national administration, at least
| to the extent that the great legisla-
| tive branch of the government can
make it possible, has reached cor
| respondingly lowest ebb; and that the
| republican leadership in control or
| the government has reached the same
| lowest ebb. A political party In con-
! troll of the government is the govern
| ment itself"
| implications drawn by the demo-
| cratic chairman from what ne Salu
| were criticisms Of the present Con
/ gress by republican newspapers. one
| of which. he said, declared 1t to be
| the worst Congress of any WITHIN
the past twenty years. were that
| it was dangerous Congress, nope
/ leYsIv in leagu. with the predatory
interests woefully lacking in public
I morals and surcharged with political
| dishonesty.
"Master Minds" DisappOint.
The republican master minds. OF
| which the party leaders have boasted
| in recent years as super sta teSmen'
| readily taIbtblt OI tlIctliliS al Hc1eS-
| sary readjustment, despite the fact
! that they have had full opportunity
Of three ana half years to ac
| complish this. Mr.. Hull said. have
disappointed all classes by failure
to adopt any broad. definite policies
domestic or foreign" for the relief
of the American people.
Questions upon which he said the
present administration had adopted
no 'intelligible, practical or sane"
policy included internaltax readjust-
ment and reduction. general tariff
revision, except a Chinese wall and
commercial isolation: restoration Of
sound reciprocal foreign markets"
for American producers. settlement
Of capital and labor differences, the
/ Mexican problem. an Association OF
nations and our foreign relations
generally" suppression of profiteer-
ing. settlement of war claims against
,Gcrmany and collection of amounts
due for expenses of German occupa-
ton and reduction Of the high cost
of living"
The American people are now
realizing and appreciating as never
before" Mr.. Hull said in conclu-