Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-22
STATEMENTS ISSUED ON SKTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS BY BOTH
sIDES--LAUDED TO SKIES BY REPUBLICANS and CONSIGNED
TO LOWER REGIONS BY SENATOR SIMMONS FOR DEMOCRATS
Calls 1t OF Tariff Bill
Miserable And Deals urderoS Blow
ad-Treament Veterans Shameful Marked BY Betrayal
tBv International News Service,

Judgment at the polls in Novem-
Der, Senatorial leaders Of two ma
ior political parties today issued
statements on the legislative rec
ord of the sixty seventh Congress.
Senator Simmons, Democrat of
North Carolina. speaking for the
minority, charged the Republican
Congress with failure and declared
its legislative record was tainted
with the influence of Wall street
At the same time Senator Nc
Cormick, Republican of Illinois,
declared the legislative achieve
ments Of this Congress have re
duced the national debt $l,000,00O.-
600 and lifted the nation from in
dustrial paralysis to the path of
prosperity.
There rival statements follows.
BY Senator MedII Mccormick
The Republican Congress found
business dead, agriculture pros
trate and 100000 men out of
work. It has written into law the
kellogg agricultural credits act,
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dustry and the grain trade, the
Limitation Of immigration and the
McCormick-Goo God budget act. Under
the budget act, it has been pos
sible to so drastically reduce out
lay that the national debt was re-
duced oo0,0o0,00o.
The annual amount OF taxation
and expenditures have been slash
ed like amount. In the civil, mil
itarv and naval serviceG OF the
government there has been a cur
tailment Of 100000 men. who have
returned to productive industry.
The President by agreement and
not by ruinous competition. has
established the United States as
the equal of the greatest naval
power in the world, and by treaty
has substituted accord for discord
in the Pacific.
As a result the farmer who har'
vested a loss will make a living;
the man who had lost his place
will find a job; the manufactures
whose finance was cold can find a
Market w y dIt th TIC iObb W
prosperity, while every other coun-
try N the world is hurdened by
debts and deficits alarmed by arm
aments and threats Of bloody strife
between rival powers.
Who would turn back to undo
what has been done; to put aside
the WAYS Of peace TO resume the
ways Of war? Who would put aside
the security OF America to plunge
with the Wilsonian Democrats in
IN the league OF nations?
By Senator Furnifold M, Simmons
The Republican party came into
power proclaming its superior CON
structive ability and efficiency in
enacting salutary and remedial
legislation. It proclaimed It would
be in common parlance "a get
there administration. 1t promised
a tariff bill without delay and It
was 10 provide adjusted compensa-
ton for the relief Of soldiers, The
tariff bill which was passed IN a
miserable. lnakeshift, unscientific
unbalanced measure, violating eY-
cry protective principle OF the Re
publican party. II is so clearly
purely profteering scheme OF leg
islation that it would justify being
known as the prolteers adjusted
compensation bill. Il deals a muir
derous blow 10 our export trade
upon which the prosperity Of this
nation is largely based Il will i'm