The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
|BORAH SCORES
UOTURE RULE
AIM In SENATE
Idaho Senator Pictures
Gloomy Outlook for
America.
|MCUMBER POINTS
TO DEBT SCALING
Harrison and Underwood
Applaud Attacks on
Majority Plan.

The Republican motion to limit
debate on the tariff bill. which is
to be voted upon today. precipitated
yesterday an afternoon of offensive
the Senate over the policies Of the
party In power.
Senator Borah of Idaho opposing
the cloture motion, enacted the role
of Csssandra. picturfng the gloomy
fate OF the nation. II the Republi-
can leaders carry out their program.
rush through the tariff bill and then
pass a soldier bonus bill, a ship
subsidy bill and other legislation
increasing the tax burden of the
people.
The Senator said that IL we care
for our disabled soldiers as We
ought to and as we cared for the
disabled soldier of tn civil war.
the cost would be SIS, 200. 0eo. 900 and
with our present debt of S22.o0o.-
100000 and the cost Of the soldier
bonus. ship subsidy and other legi-
Station added. we shall have a total
debt 1t will take ESQ years to pay.
Refers TO Recent Elections.
While discussing the bonus. Sem
ator Borah referred to the tenden-
cies manifested In the Republican
primaries this year.
lis there any doubt that there Is
political revolution on IN this
countryy' he demanded. we may
not feel II in all its effects here in
Washington. but II has reached here
The people are resentful of the fac,
that the promises to lift the burden
have not been kept. Business mer
are actually borrowing money &c
4 pay their taxes. have examined
| the lists in ten o, the great agri-
cultural States, and thousands oi
farms are for sale for taxes. While
this -.condition% confronts US ant
while the soltiers are dissatisfied
and the farmer Is discontented. we
4 propose without hesitation TO la.
| upon the people an additional bur
den of from four to six billion dol
lars and to grant someone contro
over the whole In the United State.
| Treasury"
Senator McCumber sought to lel
i in the sunshine on the gloomy pic
ture painted by the Idaho states
man. He contended that the cost Of
the bonus would be only s3,soo,ooo.'
600 spread over forty years.
McCumber Defends Spending.
Notwithstanding the mighty OBJ
\ legations that were imposed upon u.
| at the close CT the great war: not
| withstanding we did not at thai
time realize the burden to be placed
upon our shoulders, within the las'
two years we have reduced our ma.
tional Indebtedness more than three
and a half billion dollars" McCum'
Der said.
Senator Borah contended that
most OF this sum was realized from
the sale of surplus war material
/ Senator McCumber insisted that the
country could well afford to pay
the soldier bonus and concluded, u
do not believe we are going to the
bow-wows because of our eNtrava'
gance."
"wha: are our friends propos-
ing to do within a short time after
they pass the perding tarif billE
Borah asked.
After we have disposed of thu
bonus. which will add from $4,000
0o0, 900 to $4,000. 100000 to the in
debtedness of the country. what II
our next point upon the program
The ship subsidy bill.
Opposes More Judges.
Then after we pass the ship sub
sidy bill, we propose to take up thu
bill for the creation of twenty-foul
Federal judges, which will be an
other drain upon the Federal Treas
ury. Then we propose to go int
the Treasury of the United states
despite it's condition and loan LIB
eria 5000, coo at a time wheL tht
people of the United states are blet
white. At a time when the grea'
reclamation projects of the Yves
are standing as they stood for thu
last seven or eight years.
Tho fact is that the constant