Evening star., 1922-03-19
ANSWERS
DEMOCRAT ATTACK
BY c. 0.P. RECORD
Jones Declares Party Ac-
compIishments Have justi-
fled Public Confidence. :

The record of the republican party
! since the present administration came
/ into power a little over year ago has
fully justified the confidence of the
American people. Senator Jones of
Washington declared In the Senate
yesterday. The Washington senator
surveyed the accomplishments Of his
party. giving particular attention to
the Washington conference on limi-
tation of armament and the legis-
lation enacted by Congress. His
speech was in reply largely to re-
cent attacks upon the republican ad-
ministration by democrats.
| 'On March last the republican
party took charge of every branch of
the government" said Senator Jones.
For a little over two years after the
armistice the administration had been
These problems were hard enough
when the war ended, but they got
worse and worse as time passed"
"Driftins" Increases Dimculty.
! Congress, he said, had looked to
the democratic President for guidance
and leadership. but it got neither"
| When the republicans took charge
| IHcy lOuuu tHe pIOuicHiS HlduC HiOiS
difficult by two years of peace drift
| 1.-THE burdens the people bear come
| from the war and from democratic
| incompetency. and not from u.s." said
| Senator Jones. The war obligations.
party Is in power. mo matter how
| unwise the obligation. no .motter how
wasteful the expenditure. we must
| fulfill our agreements and pay our
| debts" he continued.
| For many years." said Senator
; Jones, good men and women have
| done much to promote world peace.
They sought an organization among
the nations of the world to secure
| and enforce it. A strong sentiment
had been created and high hopes were
held out that world peace would be
insured. When the world war came
! to a close President Wilson placed
himself at the head of this move
ment and sought by solemn treaty to
do this great thing. His effort ended
in failure: why, l will not say, but AS
| the years go by the greatness of
! his aims and sacrifices will hide the
causes for his failure. He left us
in humiliating position.
| Declares U. 8. Had. No Friend.
without seeking the cause, it is
enough to say that on the 4th OF
,March, 1921, the United States was
without a friend in the world. No
people trusted US. no nation honored
| or respected us. That is all changed.
| We lead the nations of the world.
| They honor, respect and trust us and
| seek our advice and counsel. This
! is due to the tactful, wise, states
manlike and patriotic conduct of the
! administration and Is an achievement
| deserving of the highest commenda-
, ton.
| CT, tod hat
peace of the world. Nations have been
brought together about the conference
| table to talk and reason over the diff
| ferences and devise ways and means
to promote mutual understandings
and remove the causes of war. Its
| wisdom is now clear. That it will be
| a permanent practice among nations
Is certain. This very great thing has
been brought about by this admins
| tration, and it will loom larger as the
| years go by. If nothing else were
done. this alone justifies last elec-
! tion's verdict.
1.-The calling Of the arms conference
met glad response from every heart
| in the land that hopes for peace. The
success it attained was beyond the
dreams of the most hopeful. It's work
| will loom larger with the passing of
time. It will tighten the burdens of
humanity through the centuries and
| save generations yet unborn from the
horrors OF war WHAT mdH OF WOMAN
can now regret a vote cast for War
| rem G. Harding?
+; Comments on Tax Revision.
! Turning to the legislation Of the re-
publican Congress, Senator Jones re-
| ferred to the tax revision act, saying:
| ut is now the law. 1t did not
| wholly meet the wishes of any one.
No tax bill raising three or four bill
lions can be prepared by anybody that
4 yl.{11 yUhn11v Safifv This la
has many injustices in it. but they
are the injustices Of the democratic
| law. 1t places no more burdens upon
the people, but it does relieve them
of many. We not only revised the
tax laws more equitably. but we
made a great reduction in the taxes
Under this law, even with the great
| demands upon the government, the
tax burden on the people will be
more than $s00.oO0.000 less next year
the people of the country from pay
ing more than $S00.000.000 taxes an
nually that they would have had to
pay under the democratic law.
Confronted with the necessity of
raising almost as much tax as during
the war. this. 1t seems to me, was a
great thing to do. The wonder is not
that we did not get better bill
that we got one SO good. We are
seeking through economy and eff
C1ent service TO reQuCe the demands
of the government so it can be fur
ther reduced and more equitably ad-
justed."
Answers Tariff Criticisms.
Senator Jones said there was criti-
cism BECAUSE the republicans had not
yet passed the permanent tariff bill.
He called attention 70 the fact that
it took from seven to ten months to
pass tariff laws in normal times in
the past Today. he said, conditions
demanded extreme care. SO as not to
injure business.
The great need he said, "is to
foster and encourage business. Labor,
agriculture. industry. transportation
and business of all kinds must be
guarded from every angle, and it is
far better to move slowly but surely
than to move swiftly and hurtfully."
Among the achievements of the re-
publicans Senator Jones listed also
! the resolution declaring state Of
many and Austria. the negotiation of
peace treaties with those nations: tho
$50, 900 men, with a consequent re-