, 1922-05-25
Congressional Issues

CHAIRMAN ADAMS Of the Republican national
I committee has outlined at length the issues
mos. likely to enter into the congressional cam,
paign this year State primaries are being held
in many of the states early in the coming month and
from then on until late in August. Several have
been held in the present month. All early signs point
TO Republican victory at the polls in November with
a general approval of the Harding administration.
Among other things Mr.. Adams says:
"In this congressional campaign two great political
parties are contending for the control of the legisla-
tive, branch Of our government. The issue before the
people is a clear cut choice between continuation IN
power of the Republican administration and a rever-
sion 70, the Democratic party and its policies. There
is no other alternative. Senator Lodge in a recent
address before the Massachusetts, legislature aceur-
ately described the situation thus:
eThe choice which lies before the voters is not
between the Republican party and some ideal organ
izat;on which never makes a mistake and which pleases
everybody, an organization which has never yet
existed and never will exist. The choice is much
simpler than that-very different-it is a choice be-
tween the Republican party and the Democratic
party"
.Although the contest is between these two great
political parties and will be waged largely by the
machinery of these two parties, yet fundamentally
the issue is an economic one. Political bombast and
ordinations will play but little part in determining
the choice of the people. Men and women are now
engaged in sober consideration of the problems of
reimbursement These problems are quite as impor-
tant to the future welfare of the nation and each
Individual of the nation as were the war problems,
hut they must be decided without the excitement and
stimulus of war times. They call for calm consider
alton and sound judgment.
aThe great majority of the American electorate
are substantial, thinking people. BY the November
elections they will have experienced over 18 months
of Republican administration. They will have the
record made up and before them. They will ask them
selves whether conditions during those 1s months
have not changed materially for the better; whether
the nations business and all Observation-Disclosures
industry and commerce-are not on a more substan-
tiaf basis, in a more prosperous condition, and with
a more reassuring outlook because of the 10 months
of the Republican administration. They will ask
themselves if the sum and total of 10 months of Re.
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been for the veal and progress of the nation and its
citizens. Petty issues. personalities and isms, no mat
tershow cleverly presented or violently proclaimed
will not swerve the American voters from a decision
based upon actual conditions and the irrefutable
record of things accomplished.
"The Republican party came into control of the
government at the end of eight years of Democratic
administration. Public affairs were in a mess. Bust
ness interests OF the country were distraught. The
basic industry of agriculture was approaching bank
rliptcy. The record shows that as soon as the Repub
lican administration assumed control of public affair,
conditions began to improve. The details of the ad
illustrative program which brought about this i'm
proyement are too lengthy for discussion in this arti
ciey They are already well known to the reading
public. They will lie elaborated upon in the cam
paien.
Suffice it to say that nc other nation during The
last year has shown such progress in a material way
o-ssuch growth of contentment among its own people
or-Such acquisition of coed will of other nations al
the United States. There is not on record another
administration in our own national affairs that ha.
grown more steadily and surely in the confidence Of
the people as has this administration. It initiated anC
carried to successful conclusion the greatest single
move in the world toward an end of all war, and tht
establishment of amity among all nations, This move
ment was the conference for the limitation of arma
meut, called by President Harding, its official pro
gram formulated and directed by the American dele
CATION under the craftsmanship of Secretary of State
Hughes. and its product of eight treaties ratified b,
the Republican senate within 40 days from the date
o. their submission by President Harding recorc
in international affairs that is without parallel in ths
worlds history.
THE Republican administration inherited from the
eight years of Democracy a staggering debt. extrav
agant ideae and and slipshod methods that would hav,
bankrupted the nation in a few more years. TIL,
special session of congress promptly enacted the bud
get act, the greatest piece of business legislation il
a generation. which enabled the executive branch o.
the government instantly to stop extravagant prac
tees and substitute business methods which compeIlec
economy. No other government in the world maj
made such drastic reductions in expenditures as thu
United States has made since we elected a Repub
fcan congress in 1918. No other government in tn,
world has so nearly changed its deficits to a surplu!
as has the United States under the present admins
traton.
No congress of the United States in time of peac,
has passed so much constructive and helpful legisIa