The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-21

dress to the DemOcratlc e night. The speech follows:
 The elaborate apologia delivered by Senator Brandegee at the recent Re publican Convention affords but little hope of relief from the distressing condition into which public affairs have fallen, for it clearly indicates that the American people have noth- ing better to look forward to than a continuance of aim1ess dr1ft1ng ana hopeless f1oundertng. the speech cen in question is fairly reflective of the : Republican attitude toward pupnc questions, it must be confessed tnat we have government without a program, an adminlstraion WatnouI o1 [" header and a country without pol
 There seems to be no recognition or the profound economic cnanges place both at home and abroad; nor any realization of the fact that neM conditions call for new remeoIes ana a that the statesmanship of 30 years aso is helpless in the iace oA Sno
 lens of 1922. c.,+o-
 The outstanding note or S,ssSSt pranderee's speech seems to consAsl in a naive rejoicing tnas haen nre- served'' and that a new tarnL ac. aa as ebo,It to be passed. That tne ea inue nandence of America was tnrea.se by a treaty which iettbovt ou Isa Ioss of inde-
 andance is too childish a suggesuoies fo he made at the present siase n,,hIic thought; and the simple a aaire e-a that relief will come hieh ~is is practically rae renIica of the infamous Payne-Aiuttto ~. hill is merely renewed eVluepp s pa,uhIi
 there is a certain type or ,,,.,,n1, in aan leadership which is so oouroon .t SSara ctar that it learns notnlns 1Au forgets nothing.
 The Tariff
 Senator Bradegee in support .a,, oL auo
 anIinr tariff bill quotes from cerSaln of the campaign !;Ii e speeMSnGKSi SD McKiniey. M He raeIects. however, to recall one oL 'ne e most significant of the utCeIano t ss,,or Mr Mckinley. At Buffalo, oust p, to his assassinatiion' arion that MaeH was to be, President Mckinley declared tnat rne dav of exc1usiveness IS past. ,..o n4 mend this sentiment to the lhanS
 the pending tar1f olli. s+,sas those ~onnecticJt manufacturers ana ini s,orters who oppose the poIcy oA ,;th Iation and who are concerneu wieh w tba maintenance of the markets Wh1Gu America has won in the world. lie ignores the storm of disapproVai snxas t,.,, has been aroused all over the couroes as and which is reflected in the uIee. .s,,7a oS of n,anv of the most responslple -oL RepubIican newspapers me bostoh I Transcrip, a sturdy Republican heMs. MS naner. on March 3, 1922. said: o Eafe the record of the House oI Ranresentatives in the first year or +ha new administration stamps .1t unnaistakably as the worst House III ! 20 years. It has broken naore ,nor parnicious propaganda, it has tres Passed in more directions on the ex- ecr1tive authority than has any one of it's predecessors in 20 years Srasenta. aansl. q. lives as controlled by the Repubiican , party. if Judged by it's record to asIe, ssI ! fs unworthy another lease or hIe. { The attitude of such papers @ as yars rIe Tribune, the Philadelphia Induirer i and many others is indicative Of the i low estate to which the les1siaI,ve branch of ST,d our governmden5b 1aadsrSb,n nas 'ae
 1t is literally a Congress without a friend, even amongst it's own mem hership. Secretary weeks, himseI a Secretary of War in the Cabinet ot President Harding, speaking at Cievs- land. Ohio, on June 15, 1922, salo 'The legislative branch of our nat1ona, government probably never mas oeeh
 f a lower ebb than it is today"
 Everywhere and from all sources Where arises the insistent call TOT ieau- Y ership and 1 there IS s,ss no n,an aS ne said of the administrations of Presldent Roosevelt and President Wilson, they taught the people the value and the necessity of intelligent leadersnIp. ship. Amidst all the problems that cIarnor for settlement, there is not one strong national voice today lnolcat- ing the way out of the turmoil. On- der these bewildering conditions, Re- nublican leadership reverts 10 type and seeks to reappply the processes ol antiquity. At time when puslness industry and agricultural prosperity are largely dependent upon foreign markets. the administration IS deIln, erate1y adopting a policy Wh1ch VII make international trade "eli-nis-
 1t is useless for Senator Brandegee or anyone else to enumerate as grea' achievements the routine leglslatlor rcfer to the paper reduction of the -pI,t,lic debt when the taxes are not reduced, and when most intelhgen' people are aware of the fact that tne reduction in question was made possl- fie\ through shifting of balances from 1921 to 1922 and by the use o1 the receipts from the sales Of the i'm ,nained on hand after the war. Ii is useless to attempt 10 raise aSa1t the antiQuated cry or free traoe. OniS the simple are misied into the pene' that there is any free trade issue in volved in this election. Adequate tariffs are necessary as part of the revenue producing agencies or ths government. Iney SnOuto be WtI1tei f,v the public servants upon full in Formation, scientifically gathered b1 an Impartial commission and not h5 the attorneys for the beneficiaries o
 tariff should be adequate to 1egit' innate needs, competitive in eharacte, and revenue producing. It shouls not be a refuge for graft. inefficienc1 and extortion. It should not be ar embargo upon intercourse with othel nations. It should not be a monopo iy T,roducing device. It should never be d matter of special favor or tht means by which political debts art