The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-16

! every rIsh,-th!nk!nr people should. for
Justice and the defcn:o OF our rights
liz, We have no designs on what othe:
,riiious POSSESS. This treaty haH, ~
. argr measure. precluded the possibility
IT wars of aggression between the pow
,-s who have signed It.
power Balance Fails.
In Europe In the past statesmen
struggled to preserve peace by trying
to maintain what they called the bal
ancc IF power They attempted to 60
, mis- by making alliances between tho
various nations. In these alliances
they tried to group the countries n
such fashion as 10 make II inadv!sAbls
. for either group 10 attack the other as
60 to war unless they feel that their
Strength is sufficiently great to make
victory probable. The history OF Europe
bears witness 10 the failure OF thi.
attempt TO preserve peace.
What you must ask yourself row l:
whether you want the Republics
party TO remain in power. or whether
YOU don't. You will have in the next
few weeks many fiery speeches and
urations made 10 you. There Is but one
on his performance. There is but ons
way 10 Judge party and that is by
it's record. All ask Of You Is that
YOU request from the orators who speak
10 you concrete stdteEhcHts, hol scH-
cralitics.
Demand Proof.
we Republicans are prepared 10
come across with concrete statements.
These are some Of the things we have
done We found debt OF twenty-four
billions, major portion Of which wa:
due 10 Democratic incompetency and
all annual interest charge OF over
billion dollars. .
I'm the first year; we have paid off
three hundred and fifty millions OF tho
principal OF this debt. We found .
dsorganiZcd revenue system. We
passed Il new law and We have reduced
the taxes approximately eight hun
dred and nineteen millions a year. We
found Liberty bonds selling for eighty
live cents on the dollar. They are how
I'm 1920 the total appropriations were
-; mateiy cut this in half. and our appro-
priations for 1922 were but S3.990.1S2.-
20s.46 We found 640.l75 civil en-
ployes. They have been cut by over
1000.
We found farmers in the Country
faced with disas ters. as war contracts
closed and deflation threatened. We
aided them through timely legislation
through the Federal Farm Loan board,
and the War Finance corporation. We
found a state OF war with Germany:
We ended It. We found chimerical
League Of Nations, wherein the United
States had she Joined. would have for
We discarded 1t, and We substituted
therefor a Limitation OF armament
treaty which in my opinion has done
0 the tG tee Of the last Hundred
together. Rome was not built IN DAY;
II is impossible to clean the decks or
the Ship of State completely in two
short years after they have oeen
- G,,, hv
crew. Every day, however. registers
accomplishments in the interests OF the
country.
Sutherland Speaks.
Following Colonel Roosevelt I. 5.
Senator Howard Sutherland opened his
fall election campaign stressing Tor
the most part the policy Of Republican
leagues are pledged to advance.
Following out the exposltions made
by Col Roosevelt in the matter OF Dem,
cratic extravaganza, Senator Sutherland
declared:
national debt previous TO tho war pcrloc
and in the period following as unfair.
Let me then. make a fair comparison.
when the last Democratic congress
left unpassed The Republican con.
congress took them up in hand o and
pruned them to the extent OF &l.iS0.0oo.-
ZOO. Next they took the estimates OF Dem
ocratic department heads for the 'ap-
preparations necessary for the opera
ton Of the government for the follow
ing year and cut them N.700.000.OOo.
Budget saving Zig.
The adoption Of the budget system
Rs a part Of the Harding program Is
saving the country 100000 per day.
he said. Senator Sutherland explained
his stand on the Newberry resolution
and the soldiers bonuL declaring ne
would pursue the same course II again
given the opportunity.
He eulogized the work OF Congress
man Rosenoloom and urged his re-
election. Speaking Of Mr.. Rosenoloom
he said:
The longer 4 man represents you IN
Washington the more valuable he Pc
comes to you and the better he Is able
to serve you"
Paying his respects to n. II. Nicely
Democratic opponent as worthy can
didate and a gentleman OF high char
acter. he nevertheless branded as silly
the declarations Of the former that
Sutherlani's votes on the bonus oues-
ton and the Newberry resolutions were
political tricks to curry favor.